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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
2
A July 6 1899 Enterprise column surveys gender roles politics and morality noting the persistence of woman suffrage opposition, praise for educated graduates and the impact of advertising. It cites Susan B Anthony Admiral Schley and the Belmont Sloane wedding clerk story while praising the clergyman who returned a $500 fee.
The world moves and China plans to remove its great wall with an American syndicate to manage the work. If Chinese collectors act, small loads of debris may reach America where enthusiasts would pay well for historical wall fragments.
The piece weighs the mixed blessing of Saturday and Sunday showers that fight forest fires but cause damage and fatalities. It calls the piazza season a brief joy before summer fades, urges outdoor evenings, notes an unknown sender sent papers from Olympia, Washington, Salem, Yokohama and Manila, and says a soldier far from home remembers the local daily.
The schools of physical culture claim Americans do not know how to sit properly in a chair. They argue that drinking ice water and consuming ice cream sodas and tobacco use have no relation to the issue.
Hudson notes report cross sectioning for Clinton and Hudson street railway data and a race to finish track by August. Local residents attend school conventions, weddings, and exhibitions while real estate prices rise along the expected rail line.
Sketches and quips from Punch with dialogue involving a Cynic and a Despondent Arborist. The captions mock plans and decisions with witty exchanges about independence and resolve. A husband’s joke about a mislaid hammer adds to the light humor.
W C Hamnick Co of Shelby NC recounts a woman named Mrs Luther Lutz who suffered seven years from a serious illness and control with a cough. After using Dr King’s New Discovery she slept better and was reportedly cured with two bottles. Trial bottles offered free at local druggists Johnson Maynard and J C Friend Cord.
O P Walker at Marlboro Junction advertises the latest carriage models in a variety of styles to suit all tastes. Shoppers are invited to inspect the selection and select the perfect vehicle.
Advertising agents list McCormick and Deering mowers and rakes from McCormick Mowers Walter A Wood Mowers including Thomas Chaingear Tedders Osborne Chaingear Tedders and Emperor and Champion Rakes.
In a short dialogue a cartoonist named Ally Sloper presents his final work to a critic who questions its magnificence. The exchange captures a witty, era specific tone with a focus on artistic reception.
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