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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
6
The poem depicts a disabled man named Montille in a suburban setting, enduring stiff neck pain and avoiding a walking stick’s jab in the eye. It contrasts heroic war memory with personal suffering, finishing with a pledge and a mundane meal.
Mrs Carl hosts a hypnotism gathering at her home in which the professor fails to hypnotize Leona Darl but secretly mesmerizes the group. Diamonds vanish, the hypnotist vanishes, and Mrs Carl becomes a believer in the hypnotic power.
A Parisian criminal Altmay er forged a release order by seizing a paper and seal in the Palais de Justice. He copied the judge's signature on a document and, with a sentry's aid, delivered it to Mazas prison. He left as a free man before the fraud was detected the next day.
The Rev. V. Marshall Law designs a silver and gold lined communion chalice for East Oakland’s Church of the Advent. It features a 9 3/4 inch height, scalloped edge, a ten ounce internal reservoir, and a controlled flow that minimizes contamination and spills while ensuring each communicant drinks from a clean, dry surface.
H H Van Meter, author of The Missionary Manifesto, finishes a new work on Armenian outrages to be distributed to major European and Russian newspapers. He also writes a poem urging England not to desert Armenians titled Grand Old England, calling for action against the Turkish threat and urging Britain to defend the martyrs.
An electrical gadget helps nocturnal fishermen by sensing when a fish is hooked. A fine wire runs along the line and closes a circuit, triggering a bell at shore. A small storage battery powers the setup, aiding in catching and inspecting catches.
A clipped cartoonish scene shows Chonny Pull declaring the land is mine after a show of tricks. The little boy and Uncle Sam anticipate danger as the catlike figure asserts ownership, signaling a tense moment in the New York setting.
Griffenhagen, a New York patrolman, heroically grabbed the bridle of a galloping fire engine at the 1892 Columbian celebration in Union Square. He was dragged, saved by fellow officers, then promoted to roundsman, later suffering traumatic neurasthenia with lingering nerve and sensory impairments.
In a playful contest at Two Broad Street, Talman and Perkinson competed in a banana eating match observed by Referee Andrew Ginter. Ten minutes limited, Talman consumed 89 bananas while Perkinson ate 34, declaring Talman the champion with a world open challenge.
S. B. Linski of Middleville Michigan, obsessed with religion, grabbed live coals from a car stove en route to Grand Rapids claiming they would not burn. He pressed his face to steam pipes afterward, leaving a wife and four children dependent on him. He is noted as a singer.
John Ogden of Chester England has been arrested 130 times for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. His father 85 times and two sisters 67 and 29 times respectively share the same trouble. The family has cost the state no less than $10 000 so far.
A London Telegraph note presents a French etymology for billiards. It claims the game began in England mid sixteenth century with a pawnbroker named Bill Kew using three brass balls and a yard measure, linking bill-yard to billiards and noting the French word bille as origin.
The article highlights redwood lands far from main travel routes with Sequoia gigantea and Sequoia sempervirens. It notes redwoods exceed other conifers in size, produce about 850 million feet of lumber annually, and contrasts them with Sequoia groves. Also a brief note about young women collecting old bills in Monett, Missouri.
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