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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1896
Page
2
The Madison county crowd gathers for a horse swapping fair described as a professional dealer’s game. Trades occur across chestnut mares, roan, black, brown, gray, or sorrel horses with little cash value yet lively bargaining. A New York Times note highlights the scene and its winter reflections.
Walter Wellman notes in the Chisago Times Herald that Washington chatter centers on selecting Richard Olney as the party's presidential candidate. The remark reflects early opinion shaping within the Democratic camp.
Mary, author of Coin's Final School, will file articles of incorporation with the Illinois secretary of state to form the Patriota of America. The group aims to restore the bimetallic standard and seeks recognition from Democratic and Republican leaders at next summer’s national conventions. Harvey reports a nationwide canvass since September with thousands of replies from all states.
Patrick Wood, 45, painter, suffers scleroderma and rapid skin hardening for two years. Admitted to Hospital For Incurables on Blackwell's Island, he faced loss of livelihood and almshouse life. After massage failed, doctors shifted to thyroid extract therapy with gradual improvement while partial paralysis from lead exposure persists.
Buston Traveller reports that Malayans and Jakuns in Johore use a secret “camphor language” called Pantang Ka por to appease the camphor tree spirit Bisau. The language blends Jakun and Malay with altered words to mislead the spirit, ensuring camphor finds.
Verona New Jersey farmer John Hedden reports a lay of hay he cut in Caldwell remained dry despite a night of rain in surrounding areas. He planned to haul after drying but found the meadow untouched by rain while nearby ground was soaked.
The Blue Grass belles advance women’s rights as Miss Laura Clay and Mrs. Eugenia Farmer deliver fervent speeches in Bowling Green and other towns under the Equal Rights association of Kentucky.
A Philadelphia Record summary mentions Dr Anna Howard Shaw noted for her Anglo ancestry and tax protest heritage, plus her Boston University education and pastorship in Massachusetts. It also covers Rosalie M Blitzstein, a Russian native studying medicine seeking citizenship for study abroad, and Judge Butler's proceedings on naturalization and questions about the constitution.
Miss Pear Jones of Cleveland heads a newly formed organization in Chicago where about 1200 young women and men skilled in typing and dictation gathered for a convention. Her lineage includes her father, supreme grand chancellor of the Colored Knights of Pythias.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat comparison notes Queen Victoria presiding over fourteen parliaments. It contrasts her speeches’ length with a president who limits messages to a column and a half, suggesting such brevity earns general commendation and efficiency in office.
A report notes that the Presbyterian churches in the United States are divided into twelve branches. These include the Presbyterian in the United States of America and various denominations such as Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cumberland and Associate Reformed South, reflecting a broad, divided Protestant landscape.
In the Mahoning valley Pennsylvania three daughters of Joseph Mans work as engineer pomper and shipper in their father's colliery which supplies the entire valley Exchange.
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