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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1896
Page
6
Fragment from poetry reflecting on Philistines among violins and souls, with references to Mrs. So-and-so and the dreamlike work Songs From Dreamaland by May Kendall. The passage laments the souls trapped in music and the inability to redress their plight.
A narrator and Mrs Lawrence discuss the possibility of a second husband after an imagined drowning. The exchange explores heartbreak, renewal, and the idea that a new, devoted partner could heal the survivor. Robbie returns, prompting reflections on romance and prudence.
Jack boasts of winning her love after a fierce quarrel. Tom asks if she accepted him while Jack reveals she swore never to speak to him again. This exchange captures a dramatic moment from Pick Me Up.
A wry remark from Etoile Belge notes the cemetery’s current calm as no funerals take place, highlighting a somber humor about absence of ceremony in a resting place.
A Denver News item by Marion Beatty describes simple peanut crafts for children. It shows making a small peanut chick and a standing peanut squirrel with toothpick legs and a fringe tail, plus sailing boats from split peanut halves with paper sails and cork masts.
A New York Asylum For Blind Children recess scene shows sightless boys enjoying a tiny frozen patch as a symbol of contentment. A hopeful reader notes how the “lake of ice” brings happiness to a boy who has long known hardship, amid the schoolyard bustle.
A found bundle of Charles Lamb letters highlights his Roast Pig essay and other writings. The piece extols Lamb as a cultivated author, notes Miss Agnes Repplier on readers’ zeal, and praises his life devotion and self sacrifice as described by the New York Times.
Margy introduces her new yellow cat Amber and notes the kitten has not scratched her since she got her yesterday. An aunt asks about the timing, and Margy confirms she acquired the pet just yesterday.
Explorers Metcalf and Matthews found a rope descent near a cliff face leading to a tunnel that opens into a great chamber 250 feet from the entrance. The tide only opens the passage at low tide, but other routes may exist. The discovery parallels mentions by Richard Henry Dana of a cave near Point Loma.
Dr. Benjamin Blackford of Western State Hospital in Staunton Va warns in his annual report that cigarette smoking harms youth during brain development. He cites nervous system strain, potential mental injury, and compares effects to alcohol, noting college late nights with smoking may exhaust brain function.
Coroner Hueber questions Bertha Koenig in New York about the death of Abraham Koenig from a fall at 78 Chrystie Street. The witness shows confusion over basic facts and Bible knowledge. Separately James Jackson arrives in Port Townshend to deliver Alaska mail using sled dogs, a private miner funded venture with government support and high risk.
Instructions from the Philadelphia Times describe a cleaning solution using soap saltpeter and ammonia. Dissolve soap in warm water, add saltpeter and ammonia after dissolution, let sit ten hours, then rub ties with a cloth to remove dirt.
A four year old named Ernest rushed home shouting that a street monkey with a hand organ looked like a man yet acted like a kitten. The anecdote comes from Youth's Companion and highlights a child’s playful misreading of a performance animal.
The Kansas City Times notes that the Atlanta exposition will close 1895 with outstanding progress and achievement and begin 1896 with a clean slate, independent of the past as the bells ring out the old year and in the new.
Barney Meibers of Decatur Indiana surprised friends by publicly removing a facial cancer from George Martin an old soldier The cancer had troubled Martin for years and would likely prove fatal if untreated This remarkable event drew local notice and astonishment.
After debating military spending the French chamber of deputies ruled no more tinned meats for the army after January 1 1897 except for those produced in France or its colonies.
A 19th century style advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as relieving female symptoms including irregularities and womb troubles. It promotes accompanying Liver Pills and Sanative Wash as cures and invites correspondence from Lynn Massachusetts. All druggists carry these remedies in liquid pills and lozenges.
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