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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1895
Page
6
Local observers note a strange phrase and unclear event as residents discuss a harvest related incident. Officials urged caution while historians attempt to decode the garbled text and identify the involved parties and location.
A penniless runaway, Tom Mellish, meets Old Derringer in a remote mining gully. After defending their stash from two robbers, Tom learns Derringer is his long lost Uncle Jim Woodruff, and they plan to return to Pennsylvania to reclaim the homestead and start a new life together.
The visitors Broderip and Sir Richard Owen visit Turner at his darkened Turners residence. Turner explains the need for darkness to view paintings and offers wine during the tour. Owen notes Turner’s apparent inward struggle and departs with uneasy reflections on the sherry lingering in his system.
A physician argues fear accounts for at least half of supposed deaths from disease, citing cases where anxiety and superstition led people to believe they would die. Examples include executions where fear, bed props, medical pranks, and a professor's illness ruse influenced outcomes. The Pompeian sculptor workshop finds extensive tools and unfinished statues.
A comparison notes cornstarch grains measure about one fourth the size of those of starch derived from potatoes. The text discusses grain size differences and their implications for texture and thickening properties.
R W Musser argues in the Cincinnati Enquirer that gravity is an active force from molecular motion. He suggests gravity is atomic and that active essence can exhaust with differing materials. Lateral gravity supports a canyon dweller more than a monument summit.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report quotes a London eyemaker on artificial eyes. Rich wearers often keep multiple eyes for different lighting and pupil sizes, with one gentleman ordering eleven more after a well-fitted first eye.
A jockey’s daughter ill with a severe cold is counseled by a doctor who blames low shoes. After tongue-exercise, he names it a low shoe cold and bans such footwear. She then asks him to inspect her feet and fringe, prompting the doctor to abandon prescribing for smart girls.
In a German court martial, a presiding captain questions a witness about an accused offering a cigar during sentry duty. The witness confirms declining the offer and recalls the accused calling him an ass. The exchange is reported by Komische Volkszeitung.
A comical dialogue fragment shows a Wire Man asking about dinner quality and a wife replying she cooked it. The piece mentions brass and ivory combs from Roman tombs and notes Latin poet allusions suggesting they were needed by the ladies of the world metropolis.
The New York World describes the butcher bird or shrike as a prolific killer that impales prey on thorny branches. It notes the bird's habit of stealing and stealing bait, provoking stories of haunted trees and misdeeds. The piece covers the bird's nest, eggs, and young, and the attitudes of Canadian trappers and Indians toward Whisky Joe.
In Philadelphia on August 16, 1894 the will of John Morris is probated after being found on a canceled Milestown Building and Loan association bond expired April 7, 1889. The document names Sallie and mamma as beneficiaries with Annie under a guardian, and notes gifts to the boys if the mother dies.
In a Paris note, the painter Ixe describes a method to avoid tipping. He pretends to pay the exact bill and compliments the restaurant, then departs, claiming the establishment is well managed and that a capital dinner has been secured.
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