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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
2
The article describes a science trick using a corked vial and a paper figure attached to a card. When moistened vapor swells the card, it pops, allowing the manikin to fit into the air above the glass. The setup relies on a slit in the cork and careful alignment for the effect.
A group of youths enjoyed a puzzle game using the first three letters of a word. Players take turns proposing words that start with those letters, with credit shared if two contestants guess simultaneously. The challenge grows with an eight letter limit and prizes for most correct guesses and most puzzling words.
Margaret Compton advises on stationery and pen choice for refined writing. She praises unruled paper for flourishes but favors white formal paper with subtle scent and black ink. The guidance favors business pens with thin holders to prevent hand cramps and improve penmanship.
An advertisement promises extraction at no charge when teeth are ordered this month and promotes best teeth priced at ten dollars.
A mosaic of items notes a marriage anniversary celebration by Mr and Mrs John Brownsmith drawing a crowd and well wishes. A Euripides Manufacturing directors case ends with five year prison sentences for financial mismanagement. A Washington Street pedestrian disrupts unicyclists and prompts thoughts on urban walking. The death of Solomon Strongmind recalls his unusual city residence stability. A man seen in trousers is arrested and later dressed as a woman in a stationhouse incident reported by the Boston Transcript.
From Paris and Italian bakeries comes the record bread. Italy’s pipe bread reaches two to three feet while France makes four to six feet long rolls. Paris bread is delivered by women starting at 5 30 am polishing loaves. carriers earn two shillings to half a crown daily and finish by 10 am.
A quiet well dressed man with trimmed beard rides the elevated lines daily. Colonel F K Hain, manager of the Manhattan Elevated system, reviews every line and works eight hours on operation details, arousing the crew's energy with his unseen presence.
Silas Oatkin questions a local trader about a recent exchange with Farmer Corntessel. Corntessel admits to a transaction described as a stand off after he unknowingly passed a counterfeit $50 bill for a Washington Star.
In Egypt locals hold that crocodiles cry and moan like distressed men to lure prey and perhaps lure the unwary into dangers of the river god's domain.
A curious experiment by Charles Graham of Ohio Falls Indiana describes filling ostrich eggs with an explosive chemical. The report notes another Graham from Mount Vernon Indiana who found a mound near Alton Illinois with ancient maize and a mound burial. He planted grains and produced a corn strain likely an ancestor of modern varieties. The grain, though 490 years old, grew rapidly into a tall stalk with a large well shaped ear. The ear resembles dried sweet corn and tastes sweet and agreeable.
A stamp expert notes Pauls Philadelphia collection is valuable but not the world’s largest. He cites Philippe de la Renotreferry’s Paris collection valued at 1 to 2 million, T. K. Tapling’s bequest in Britain, and Maine and Cleveland holdings ranging from 50 000 to 2 million. The piece highlights the money invested in old stamps and the hobby’s fascination.
Outsiders note large quantities of yellow ocher imported into Chicago and claim houses are painted with it, but the pigment is used to paint canvas covered hams and bacon for protection of cured meats.
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