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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Gertrude Menard in Boston Budget context and references fate and a historic line. The readable text shows a literary aside with scattered names and places, implying a clipped notice or literary snippet rather than a full report.
Nardo Brizzi, a rugged hunter from Pontida, travels at night toward Caperno and Opreno while a crimson raven haunts his path. Disturbed by a cemetery sight and the bird’s eerie call, he seeks to reach safety as fear of the night grows.
A hunter named Nardo in Opreno battles a raven all night as he tries to end the bird’s life. Morning reveals the raven alive, maiming Nardo by clawing his eyes, ending his attempt to kill the consciousness of his crime. Translated from Italian for Romance.
A young man riding a Broadway car last evening tries to pay a fireman thinking him the conductor. The fireman explains the mix up and jokes that fare requests happen whether inside or outside the car. The incident is relayed by the New York Times.
The piece notes Venetian youths admire rough dogs and fashion, with gentlemen in long boots, curved hats, lemon gloves, and lean shaven poodles strolling the streets. It cites bold expletives and gentle manners while a poodle endures abuse. It also includes an essay urging parental dental care to prevent tooth loss and artificial restorations.
Colonel William Olin recounts a humorous Memorial Day moment with two children planning to decorate their buried pet, a pussy under a pear tree. The band and a tiny flag bearer join the procession as old hens cross their path, prompting a quip about the Women’s Relief corps.
The article discusses Japanese methods for keeping cut flowers fresh using heat treating stems and timing harvests. It notes specific plants like wisteria, hydrangea, nasturtiums, and heliotrope, plus the need to cut stems underwater to prevent wilting. It also covers parrots breeding viability, prices, origins in Liberia and Monrovia, and nets of the African trade shipping to Europe via American ports.
In Pristina Turkey a girl named Hanko served over three years in the Fifteenth regiment in place of her brother Aali Redscheb to support their aged mother. The sultan awarded her the Shefakat third class and lifelong 5 Turkish pounds monthly pension. She was sent home and her brother remained enlisted.
Dark Lantern Dan refuses to stand by as the country spirals toward collapse from bank hoarding. He drills another round hole in the treasure vault door, protesting the hoarding of currency.
In a Harper's essay De Blowitz argues Russia lacks means to realize vast ambitions alone and would provoke no general war, while Italy cannot start conflicts and would gain only through a broad war. He asserts France and Germany fear war yet could spark it, with England and Austria avoiding it.
A compilation of historical writing flaws cited by John Fiske, then a Washington anecdote about Miss Ellery and a sore throat cured by onions boiled in molasses. The piece shifts to comments on rare old Chinese pitchers and inscriptions, then to Mary Queen of Scots lapdog and a quip about Dr Boleyn and a dog request.
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