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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
3
A Detroit citizen recalls an Omaha exposition trip where he spent freely and lost $20 to a counterfeit note. He explains he gave up $15 after a stranger seized the bill, then had to telegraph home to cover expenses. The tale appears in the Detroit Free Press.
A mother recalls giving her son a chain a diamond stud and a watch over three, two, and one year ago, all lost or broken. She asks what lasting gift remains and a jeweler suggests diamond earrings while she notes the son has pawned her treasures.
The dialogue centers on a forlorn suitor pursuing hopeful ideals while Beryl, uninterested, urges him to abandon his pursuit to spare him further pain. The Detroit Journal conveys a tone of pathos and cautious compassion in a personal conflict.
A garbled dialect fragment describes a pushy vendor pressuring a woman to model a likeness. The terse, odd plea hints at a mock portrait scheme and threats of a morbid outcome if refused, reflecting peculiar street footnote in a neighborhood exchange.
Willie Washington notes a friend resists flattery and doubts any praise. Miss Cayenne agrees, joking that only true compliments would persuade him. The exchange reflects social wit in a Washington Star column.
An Adams County observation notes how prolonged engagement leads to drift as a woman appears in worn kitchen clothes and uncombed hair, prompting the man’s once steady affection to fade like a tired heart.
The plumber was sent to a private house for half an hour of work and finished the job in half a day. The exchange appears in Bits.
A compact note from Journal Amusant indicates a youth requests a small haircut so others will note he has contributed his share, reflecting social pressures and humor of public grooming.
The poem notes life is not only romance but a wishful line about spring and the hope that violets and roses scare microbes away. It contrasts poetic sweetness with persistent roadside microbes lingering in hallways as people tread paths. The refrain urges haste to banish germs.
A conversation in the New York Sun humorously critiques outdated geographic names and distances. Father and son debate Manila hemp origins and island sizes while correcting terms like Sandwich Islands and Porto Rico, ending with a playful jab about travel routes to Vladivostok.
A Chicago Post quip questions the flood of war articles from veterans and nonenlistees alike. The teacher notes 382 magazines seek war pieces from every man who enlisted or served briefly in Cuba Porto Rico or the Philippines, asking when the war literature craze might end.
Uncle Jerry Peebles says the stokehole of an iron battleship is the hottest spot on earth, while Uncle Allen Sparks adds the hot seat is where a young husband carves his first turkey for company.
A New York Weekly blurb recalls a prison scene where a warden orders a Delmonico dinner for a prisoner who killed a man while an assistant asks about another inmate. The warden answers that the bread and water go to the man who stole a ham, illustrating stark contrasts in punishment.
A narrator recalls two recent visits by Madge who asked for change for a $20 bill. The first request involved converting small bills into a $20, and a later instance followed shortly after, noting Madge is doing well. The account appears in the Indianapolis Journal.
A fond mother fears consent is needed for Mabel to wed Mr. Jones while her frugal father worries she will elope. The Chicago Post reports a domestic tension over arranging a union.
The Chicago News quotes a sports editor arguing the season is closed yet encourages ongoing play. The piece emphasizes that people should get out on the course rather than discuss golf, underscoring practical participation over idle talk.
Rural Hostess explains the soap bar is for farm hands and faces, clarifying its outside placement by the pump. The exchange reflects a rural housekeeping quip found in the New York Weekly.
A brief exhortation promotes recruitment as a fine profession with promotion prospects. It cites Lord Kitchener as an example of rapid advancement, urging enlistment in a wartime context.
A New York Sun summary describes matrimonial receptions among life-term convicts on the Andaman Nicobar islands. Eligible couples meet in a reception room, choose partners from a line of women by religion and history, then await a three Saturday process before marriage on a boat to the Nicobars. Couples receive huts and land but occasional fights occur, and offspring rarely survive due to fever. The lone resident English officer at Nicobar endures a solitary post.
The world hosts about 8,064 languages and more than 1,000 religions. This vast diversity reflects numerous cultures, communities, and belief systems worldwide.
An expert argues native American foxhounds outperform imported English hounds for red fox chasing. He cites better nose, voice, hunting sense, and adaptability to American woods and cross country running. The foxhound’s colonial lineage began in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the premier hunting dog across states.
The article details a Malay game called tragang or rawgong played in Ceylon. Players keep a split cane ball aloft with agile kicks, using hands only to start and a distinctive Cheenadeée or Chinese kick when returning the ball. The move blends balance, body momentum, and a rapid sequence of foot and hand actions.
J T Brush continues a campaign against disorderly baseball with aims for a cleaner season. His signature stands out on contracts and checks, signaling stronger enforcement of standards.
The article argues Holland as the birthplace of skating with early bone skates found in Friesland mounds. It notes Scandinavia and Germany also practiced skating early, while Russia lagged due to heavy snows. A Danish historian cites the sport in 1184 and bone skates were first used in England.
Jim Frawley argues that proper boxing under Queensberry rules makes the Break signal unnecessary. He contends that clinching with one or both arms violates rules and that fighters should avoid such actions by adhering to a strict one hand or no clinch approach.
Golf pioneer Tom Bendelow claims a world record by laying out about 150 courses in a year and a half. He notes the sport’s growth is remarkable and predicts the New York area links will not accommodate the crowds next year.
Middlesex County Massachusetts Concord town collectors to sell at public auction the Brown Wheeler and Deer Pond parcels for unpaid taxes from 1894 to 1898. The sale set for January 17, 1899 at 2 PM in the selectmen's room Concord. Parcels include 264% acre Brown lot on Marlboro road 10 acre Wheeler lot near Sudbury line and Deer Pond 50 acre parcel with tax tallies listed for each year.
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