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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
6
A fragmentary, archaic sounding verse passage speaks of eventide and night as holy, with calls for an angel guide and the solace found in twilight. The archaic phrasing evokes contemplation of day’s end and quiet darkness.
The New Orleans statue of Margaret Hauggery honors a former stable worker who became a city benefactor. She fed the hungry during yellow fever, ran free bread for the poor, and founded or supported dozens of orphan homes and hospitals. Her legacy lives in the charity and cemeteries named for her.
Boston Herald describes Warwick Castle values and rooms. It notes a marble mosaic table from Marie Antoinette, a 10 foot thick cedar drawing room, a Proserpine bust by Power, and a Florentine mosaic table valued at £10,000. Queen Anne bed, George III bedstead, Kneller portrait, a Shakespeare room with Kenilworth buffet, and the castle famed as the kingmaker’s home.
Cardboard letters hung in a furnishing shop misread to read Blank's Shirts Tore, causing pedestrians to pause. The misprint circulated as a quirky cautionary sign in a Boston area storefront.
A railway incident near Ottumwa involved a corpse found in a box aboard a Cannon Ball train. Patrick McGann, following orders, sent a garbled telegram claiming the corpse was dead, after misinterpreting a directive from Dugan. Local lore notes his strict obedience to authority.
The description portrays native Maryland peoples with painted bodies and face colors, lacking beards in youth, and wearing deer skins with midsection fur aprons. It notes sharp wit, keen senses, and potential for Christian conversion if language barriers were removed. Also recaps a cattle fraud involving the Marquis de Mores and English buyers in Dakota, where 5 000 cattle were billed as 10 000, costing him $400,000 in a double-count scam.
A war veteran describes war as an intense first thrill followed by nausea, saying he always feels seasick after battle, a blunt account from the Boston Courier quoted in the exchange.
A reflective piece questions leaders like Salisbury and Gladstone defending their parties. It wonders how quickly public opinion would turn if a party speaker rejected prevailing doctrine. The author notes the public’s desire for its own guiding voice and mocks shifting loyalties.
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