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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
7
A St Louis messenger boy invents miniature paddle wheel steamboats powered by a twisted rubber band. The toy boats, made from light cigar box wood, glide on the Merchants' Exchange fountain basin drawing crowds of delivery boys and older onlookers during the regular session.
The Royal Humane Society honors three young women for lifesaving acts Miss Fullerton of Dundee swam 300 yards to save a drowning manufacturer in heavy seas then guided him to safety before a boat arrived Miss Harris of Belfast and Miss Bright of Reading also rescued others without time lost The article also criticizes views on Indian university graduates noting diverse characters among them and defending Indian graduates against caricature.
Harry's snow adventure in Texas turns thrilling when he chases a runaway horse and sleigh. He leaps aboard, then lapses back as the horse speeds downhill. At journey's end the pug dog sits in the driver’s seat, reins in mouth, guiding the team home.
A short poem about children building a snow man that melts overnight. The verse notes the snow man is white from top to toe, then a warm wind arrives and the snow dissolves by morning. The work is credited to W. W. Ellsworth in St. Nicholas.
Notes and Queries explains Dean Swift's use of rap to describe counterfeit coins in Drapier's Letters. It notes rap terminology appears in the first letter amid coin scarcity and again in the third, describing raps as counterfeit currency circulating in Dublin before bronze coinage became common.
A Chicago News writer recalls meeting a woman who met Rudyard Kipling and shared her impression. She notes Kipling’s fame from The Gadsbys The Seven Seas and Soldiers Three and says Mrs Kipling calls him "Ruddy dear."
A London Answers insight explains soil as a living ecosystem. The topsoil houses molds, fungi, worms, bacteria, and countless tiny life forms that sustain plant growth. Without this living layer, even carefully tended seeds cannot thrive.
The story recalls Lady Helen de Hangest Genlis who founded a small pottery at the Oiron estate around 1524. Her Faience d Oiron, famed for inlaid interlacing bands, arabesques and tinted clays, yields fewer than fifty known pieces, all delicate and giftware in origin.
A traveling doctor visits a remote village with no physicians and learns how locals treat illness. An old woman explains they use whisky instead of medicine, and if one or two drinks fail they escalate to three, joking that the sick would die anyway. The tale preserves a humorous folk perspective.
A fine ruby found in Bur ma sparks a royal procession led by elephants, grandees, and soldiers heading to the King’s palace. The sight underscores the jewel’s significance and ceremonial respect in local tradition.
A 19th century account recalls Captain Page who sacrificed his life attempting to navigate the Pilcomayo as a commercial highway. He built earth embankments and dams to raise water for the Bolivia steamer, advancing 35 miles before again grounding, embodying a doomed effort amid hostile conditions.
The piece argues that healthful, genuine cheer defines lasting charm more than mere beauty or vanity. A ringing laugh and cheerful heart win friends, while a belle who misses amiable mirth risks isolation despite other attractions.
The guide advises a sharp light carving knife held firmly and not heavy. The carver should sit, keep the dish close, and place pieces side by side on the plate. The middle of the fish is best, and care prevents flaking for a neat presentation.
A Portland trolley passenger bored the car by insisting on a fare receipt. The man posed as honest and mocked conductors while forcing a signed slip reading Received 6 cents for fare from passenger riding from Elm street to Union station. He says receipts spare him future quarrels with absent minded conductors and recalled similar Boston incidents. A humorous aside notes a woman with a new dress seeks visibility of both his preferred and least preferred companion.
A New York Sun account recalls a southern superstition where a condemned man allegedly survived three rope breaks. After repeated attempts failed to execute him, the crowd urged mercy until the sheriff finally succeeded with the noose, enabling the man to claim innocence and avoid execution.
A French prison tale from the empire era shows M Guillon mistakenly thinking the streets outside are an interior sentry route. A tipsy turnkey denies entry to the baths in the prison complex, leading to a comic misadventure that ends with Guillon’s release as the turnkey sobers.
A humorous exchange from a Punch cartoon depicts a sportsman who has just shot at a duck and a companion predicting the bird will come down when hungry. The dialogue captures wit and rural sporting culture.
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