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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
2
A discussion on how water marks and dandy rollers certify antique papers. The piece explains jug marks from Elizabethan times, blind blanks to dodge suspicion, and the method of creating marks with the dandy roller. It notes invocations of signs on paper and naming conventions like pot paper and foolscap.
In Paris a physician named Luys demonstrates a hypnotic hand trance with a patient. The hand is guided to a missing finger area and repeatedly punctured with pins under cover of a newspaper. When the pen nearly touches the table the patient remains still, showing no pain or movement.
A Washington Star clipping notes a store conversation where a haughty girl rejects the phrase I want Shake sspeare's works and clarifies she wants his plays. The brief exchange highlights a preference for plays over general works.
An English scriptural prophet cites events from Daniel and Revelation batting between January 1 1895 and April 1901 with a world end date. Predictions include the ascension of 144 000 living Christians on March 6 1896 and a Napoleonic massacre of 10 000 Christians between August 14 1897 and January 26 1901. The millennium would begin in early April 1901.
A New York Sun report describes six celluloid fashion plates printed as transparent sheets. Each measures about 1.94 by 0.75 feet and displays trousers and full suit figures with cloth texture visible through the garment areas.
A naval wife notes Americans fail to endure life in Japan, saying air or conditions affect health. She cites two admirals dying from liver issues after years there and other officers suffering serious ailments. She contrasts English residents who seem less affected.
The article notes Briggs asks about the extreme penalty for bigamy while Andrews questions the severity and references two mothers-in-law and the Family Herald in a point of view on legal consequences.
Notice states Charles H Towle is administrator of George W Towle of Concord Middlesex Mass who died intestate. He filed bond as required. Creditors must present claims and debtors must pay to Charles H Towle at Concord Mass dated February 11 1895.
The Detroit Free Press notes varied views on tobacco health effects citing a fatal warehouse accident in New Orleans and anecdotes about animals and people. It mentions de moralizing influence and peculiar comforts for smokers including cannibal island reflexes and mosquito resistance.
A ranch hand Tom Buckley is bucked by a broncho after his rope entangles a silver tip bear in southern Montana. Both animals yank the rope apart, Buckley seeks safety on a nearby butte, and the bear and horse separate with the rope broken. The tale ends with humorous note about the high spots.
In a Glasgow Letter parodying fashion and industry, refs link the doomed Val kyrie and Lord Dunraven’s boat, now parts of a switchback at a Glasgow fair. The coal hod is rebranded as a coal vase, praised as a handsome drawing room accessory.
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