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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
2
Fragmentary line from a New York Journal piece hints at theater or literary commentary with a playful jab about choosing a ride over walking, reflecting casual cultural chatter of the era.
A Franco Provencal shepherd recalls a storm night when Mile Stephenette appears in his fold side by side by the fire. He hides his love as she confides and they share stars and celestial lore, the moment sealing a perilous longing.
The Brooklyn Life piece contrasts desires for money and political influence. The speaker favors money as the asset that would enable obtaining both wealth and power, framing a pragmatic hierarchy of possessions.
The piece explains how toy Noahs arks animals are crafted in Saxony with lathe work by older workers. Each animal is carved from a circular block then sliced into wedge shapes like cake pieces, with separate trunk and tail disks glued on to complete elephants and other animals.
A Augusta boy secured permission to install an electric light in his room. To route wires neatly between rooms he tethered a stout string to his cat Kitty and lowered it under the floor. The cat’s tail pulled the string through, enabling the wires to be laid in place, a method praised as workmanlike by Bangor’s Commercial.
An observer spots a show window display featuring a tiny washing set. It includes a brass bound cedar tub a zinc topped washboard a folding rack a small wringer a cedar pail clothespins a flatiron and a suggested makeshift clothesline to complete the dolls outfit.
A Brooklyn Eagle item describes a simple sequence: tie a yard long string to a door key, hold the string in the right hand four to five inches above the floor so the key swings as a pendulum. Have a second person grip your left hand to shift the motion to a circular swing. A third person on the second person’s shoulder stops the motion.
A visiting clergyman asks children whom they admire most and a young girl shyly answers the man in the moon, prompting quiet laughter in a June twilight scene. The excerpt appears from James Buckham in American Agriculturist.
Observation explains why fallen leaves often show their undersides up. Mature leaves curl at the edges, so when a breeze lifts them, the margins catch the wind and flip the leaf to rest with the lower side facing upward, where the wind is less disruptive.
In a Cincinnati Commer cial snippet, Sammy demands half the apple from Nellie, insisting on fair share as a playful family moment unfolds.
An English traveler wonders about the term biddle heard in Philadelphia slang. The piece notes the name Biddle carries heavy social weight among elites but can confuse outsiders. It cites a Current Literature example describing phrases like she is a biddle and they are all biddles.
The New York Press notes eyes in paintings appear to follow observers due to fixed pupils, while in life the pupil centers only with a turned head. Berlin universities restrict women from examinations and lectures though professors decide attendance. Annie Wallace leads Georgia’s State Library Association as women’s library patronage grows nationally.
Prime Minister King ston notes women in South Australia value their franchise and use it wisely, as all adults gain the vote and enjoy new political rights.
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