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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
6
The article describes Gloucester bank fishermen facing brutal winter conditions on the Grand Banks south of Newfoundland. It covers crews from diverse nations, brutal handling of cod, and the dangers of fog storms, long trawls, and hard labor aboard dories and schooners as they seek the season’s catch.
The piece chronicles Gloucester crews sailing from Nova Scotia to the banks for cod. It details cramped living conditions, cold salt air, and the skill of navigators who locate the banks by feel and tradition. It notes dangers, shipboard routines, and the striving to keep the catch until unloading at Gloucester.
English is not highly valued at Oxford with two students running for honors in their native tongue and two in oriental languages. In contrast 143 applied for classics, 119 for modern history, 90 for law, 650 for universal science, 89 for theology and 22 for mathematics.
The Boston Herald describes Mexican home life as centered on parental respect and Catholic influence, with strict social discipline for girls. Unattended street time is forbidden, escorts are required, and public shaming or removal follows insult to women or impropriety.
English artist R Talbot Kelly describes Arabian hospitality in The Century essay. He recounts Bedouin hosts bowing to him at gates and guests avoiding gifts, noting customs of backsheesh and sacred tents amid interactions with sheiks and tribes.
Following Directions, Jones had been quite ill. The doctor found him in a bath tub and asked if he was crazy. Jones replies he is not and notes the last medicine was to be taken in water, a quip on his condition. The anecdote ends with the patient insisting on his humor despite illness.
A character asks for a birthday present and proposes doubling weekly pocket money to afford it. The exchange reflects a child's request and parental consent within a Pearson's Weekly style dialogue.
Hiram C. Wheeler, famed as Iowa’s farming king, has sold his 6000 acre Iowa spread and plans a large dairy operation near Galveston Texas. He will keep 1000 cows to supply milk and butter to the Galveston district while his son manages the new Iowa property. Wheeler, once a gubernatorial candidate, built a vast enterprise with telephones, modern machinery, and a staff of skilled foremen, shifting from crops to stock and finally dairy.
A mixed snippet presents a poem fragment on prairies and spring with lines about a still sea of golden browns and wind larks. It follows with a humorous tale from the pope in Rome where a trooper asks for a private mass and delays until the day after tomorrow to attend.
The piece recounts George Thompson, an English abolitionist, staying with a Quaker family during a lecture tour. A love of music breaks through their discipline when he sings "Off In the Stilly Night," and the hostess asks him to repeat the words in his usual manner despite scruples.
A collage of quips and exchanges shows a daughter’s suitor queried by her father, along with comic asides from Perrson's Weekly and Detroit Free Press. The text includes a stray zoological remark about tropical spiders and a note on Job’s ancient smelting references.
Children from a local school visited the zoo for a natural history study day. A monkey peer pressed for a peanut then sharpened a lead pencil by biting and scratching, proving he could produce a sharp point and write on a ledge before returning to his cage.
A Washington boy in 1880 kept a kite aloft for two days inspiring scientists to study upper atmosphere conditions. Interest grew among grown men, leading to advanced kites and records in flight. The Boston Aeronautical Society offered prizes for articles on kite flying, turning a child's toy into a scientific tool.
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