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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
7
In a Fortnightly Review excerpt a narrator catalogs modest Japanese style furnishings for a 12 room house, noting a wooden pillar instrument, kettle, ladder table, silk cushions, and plates. He reflects on European expectations and admits the space feels under furnished yet pragmatically rich with simple, functional decor.
A tale from The Ladies' Home Journal outlines Mascagni submitting Cavalleria Rusticana to a friend who dismissed it as rubbish. He won a 2,000 franc prize from publishers, a windfall that supported him and his family after years of poverty. The Rome premiere sparked uproar as the composer hurried to the capital in his only garment, a simple tailor-made suit.
The West Westminster Gazette notes higher male suicide rates, with Saxony cited as the most crisis-prone area in Europe while Treeland records 24 per 1,000,000, contrasting Saxony's 469. The piece discusses timing patterns and mentions Monta and Wednesday as references in reporting personal crises.
Fragmented lines hint at a public play with themes of danger and desire. Vague names and places appear amid garbled text suggesting a narrative of romance and risk, with references to a beach or pool setting and a speaker challenging a lover to quick wit and secrets.
The piece recalls General Nelson Miles’s boyhood as he led a band through open woods imagining Native roving, building Wigwames, and adopting colonial outfits. They ambushed, attacked, and captured, wielding antique weapons, while dreams of West Point faded for a farmer’s son without political backing.
A humorous tale from Handelstidningen recalls a cyclist paying a fine of 4 kroner after a court question about royal permission to use a shared path. The New York Sun extols the bicycle as a modern steamless machine shaping outdoor culture and the “S wheelman” ethos. The piece ends by recalling the Battle of Tours in A D 732, noting wildly reported Saracen casualties and the historic decisiveness of the clash.
A historical account describes bioluminescent fungi diatoms and luminous plants in various locales. Notable scenes include a 1000 foot pillar of light in waters off Funchal, Euphorbia phosphorea glowing on rock, and Rhizomorpha subterranea lighting caves. Reports also cite garden glows and Borneo nocturnal lights aiding travel.
The piece notes India’s proverbs on politeness and deception with examples of monkeys and crows. It also reports Philadelphia city records on a proposed 27 foot diameter clock for City Hall, weighing about a half ton, with American-made hopes if feasible and a European expert’s three year construction estimate.
A sultan sells a pompous vizier in an open market for eight pence. The vizier is bought by the sultan and becomes a mockery of pompous speech. The tale ends with the vizier's humbling change as the sultan holds the eight pence as a reminder.
The Chicago Record notes sharp declines in luxury imports for the first nine months of 1894: diamonds from 16.68 million to 5.45 million, musical instruments from 946,249 to 384,582, silks from 28 million to 18 million, toys from 2.83 million to 1.28 million, and wines from 6.27 million to 4.44 million, with broad drops in other luxury items.
In a Chicago Record quip two voices define fear as risk aware action. If fear keeps you ashore while a boat sinks you are cautious if the boat succeeds you are cowardly.
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