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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
2
In winter snows, local boys coerce Ned the street donkey into a rough sled chain ride through town. He bolts, drags the dozen sleds across streets, jumps a ditch, capsizes the group, then returns to his shed where the harness hangs unused. Ned now flees at rope approaching.
A playful verse describes a belated Santa whose reindeer delay leaves him waiting as chimneys are covered and stockings put away. The speaker laments the missed delivery night and the seasonal absence of presents.
A Wolcott farmer John Watson Hines wooed Emma Eileen Bean and attempted an elopement. Barred by the father Joshua G Beon with a bulldog and a barrel trap the lovers were pursued into the barn. The dog was killed and a Christmas marriage was arranged after a scolding and a night in bed.
A party game is described where players alternately add letters to build a word without finishing it. The sequence starts with i then m a g and continues until the letters i m a g i n a t i o n form a completed word, making the forfeit due.
A girl named Ethel is taught by her aunt to say Beg pardon instead of hm when confused. The next day she chats with playmates and explains her aunt’s rule, noting they must say Baking powder instead.
Mr Shaw of Stockton charges Palmer Cox copied ideas for the brownies from earlier works in The Illustrated London News 1845 and London Punch. He cites Irishmen Indians policemen and soldiers in brownie's early depictions and notes Phil Browne contributed to Punch and Dickens.
Religious groups in Oaktown Indiana split over an organ note after youths won a vote to install a piano in the Christian church. Older members boycott services, leading to parallel meetings as the organ rivalry deepens and tensions threaten church unity.
Charles N. Ames discovered a large peculiar pearl in an oyster opened at his Pittsfield cafe. The pearl, attached at the oyster’s back, resembles a lifelike human head with a beard and possible Columbus death mask likeness. It came from Narragansett bay near Providence river mouth. Two Maine hunters witnessed the find and noted the resemblance.
Antonio Volpe an 18 year old Italian appears as a button snatcher in New York City. Police say he targeted women with large buttons pulling them off coats. He was arrested after being seen stealing a button and fleeing with more than forty buttons later found in his pockets.
Clarence G. Martens of Mount Vernon New York a stock broker has purchased a four year old inbred Wilkes colt bred in California. The horse stands about 15.2 hands and is covered in a woolly black coat resembling astrakhan. He can trot in 2:30 says the seller. Martens plans to shear the coat next spring.
A Philadelphia Press note outlines the lavish expenses of a debutante’s first season, including five street gowns, four demitoilets, four evening gowns, jackets, hats, gloves, and accessories totaling about 4615 dollars, with commentary on parental social expenditure. It also reports a Virginia bill to tax oleomargarine and compound lards to fund disabled Confederate veterans, estimating 50000 dollars annually.
John Collins a Kentucky bush whacker faced execution at Harlan Court House in 1868. He escaped after an 80 foot start as firing squad member Tom Martin later saved. Martin married the widow who had saved him, and Collins’ daughter later helped their reunion.
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