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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1893
Page
6
A nostalgic verse recalls the minuet’s grace and the old fashioned dance as a solace from modern rush. It contrasts past romance with present Mammon and revels in peaceful memory of bygone days.
In 1893 a French circus troupe witnesses a brutal cage incident as trainer Alphonse Dubosc is mauled by lions after Nanine Lascelles attempts revenge. Dubosc survives, Nanine confesses, and Dubosc later recovers and marries Babette, while the crowd reels from the savage display.
Early today a hand car derailed on a mountain descent near Beaver Meadow Hazle Creek causing a 30 foot plunge into a creek bed. Foreman Frank Eck and six laborers were aboard. two died at once Andrew Conitz and Michael Mortsky. others were injured with Eck and Laurenz hospitalized.
Nanine remains gracious as she departs to her dressing room after a matinee on New Year’s Day. Alphons and Babette receive amiable treatment while a large crowd, including lonely men and theater-goers with children, fills the audience and adds to the show’s lively mood. Dubose’s large show cage tours the stage with a decorative top.
The article notes lunar New Year alignment in oriental cultures and historic shifts in Maryland when the legal year moved from March 25 to January 1 in 1752. It argues the Jan 1 start is artificial, contrasts with the Greek and northern winter solstice beginnings, and mentions lingering dating uncertainties in historical events.
On the last night of the old year the "devil expulsion" rite is performed. The head of the family carries a box of roasted beans through every room scattering them and shouting Faku wa achi oni wa soto Happiness within the devil without. No one should sleep that night. if someone does, they must wake at about 4 o'clock on New Year’s Day, the start of a new day and year.
The diary of Samuel Pepys notes a New Year’s Day 1661 wassail bowl offered by singing damsels, who adorned bowls with ribbons and garlands. Antiquary Wharton compares the wassail bowl to the gossip bowl in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Rising actor Joseph Jefferson pursues boxing to ease dyspepsia and resigns under Boucicault. A dramatic in-drawing room scene ends with a polite settlement. Nearby, a Massachusetts naval reserve tale recounts a Boston tars cry of Moon ahoy on a moonlit cruiser voyage.
Mary Clarke of Dumfries and her 15 year old daughter traveled six weeks from the north to Windsor Castle to appeal eviction. Acting Inspector Kelsey from the royal household police oversaw the inquiry and charity helped them before their return to Scotland.
An Oregon Statesman report notes gold traces found in Irish moss blane mange gathered near Fort Canby. Seaweed washed with black sand reportedly retains gold. a potential mine is discussed but no practical process exists to extract the metal yet.
Washington correspondent Samuel E. Tatum discusses census data showing a smaller share of colored people under ten in 1890 versus 1880. He suggests emigration of light complected individuals from the South creates the illusion of loss of identity as people of color in northern areas.
Dr Free Harris owns a hog that has not eaten or drunk anything for two months. The animal appears happy and contented and resists tempting food. It runs around the street and seems to seek to outdo Dr Tanner in the act, drawing interest and bets as it gradually loses flesh.
A Philadelphia man known for his mean humor refuses to join in singing Old Hundred, joking that he must earn one percent anyway by churns of Ninety Nine. The quip centers on wealth and indifference in a light local anecdote.
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