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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
2
A dialogue from the Atlanta Constitution discusses courage through a child’s debate about a rabbit’s supposed cowardice. The boy jokes that when chased a rabbit would “streak it like lightning” and links fear to perspective and circumstance.
The New York Tribune reports humorous student responses from a Buffalo public school exam. A stanza imitates America with local twists and patriotic misreadings. Other questions drew jokey answers about the chief executive and Lake Erie water.
The excerpt presents a child named Tommy expressing a fondness for tall tales of giants witches gnomes dragons goblins and wizards while noting a preference for fewer dark places to pass before bed. It appears as a literary a note from St Nicolas magazine.
A New York Times note explains that after rain in summer, toads gather around electric lights in towns and country places. The toads lure insects with their open mouths, catching prey as moths and flies are drawn to the glare.
The old game battledoor and shuttlecock is revived as a physical culture exercise. It stresses a forward knee throw and bat held high with straight arms to engage the right muscles, noting it should be played differently from former methods.
The 11 year old daughter of the late Duke of Hamilton is set to become one of the era’s wealthiest heiresses. Though titles go elsewhere, she inherits most of the family property, including Arran, a larger island than Wight, with income rising to about 1.25 million dollars by adulthood.
A North Side primary pupil tells her geography teacher she now knows all European countries except two. She names Servia and Roumania as the remaining ones cited from a Chicago Tribune quotation.
In a Detroit Free Press tale, a reluctant bride refuses to wed until every superstition is met. Friends trade items from bread crumbs to old shoes as bridesmaids offer tips and jokes about luck. The scene ends with the bride descending the stairs with George Edward and a hopeful, prepared look.
A physician recounts a case where two sisters urged euthanasia for their grandfather. He refused, and the next day the man died with chloroform odors reported. The elder sister now suffers insomnia and keeps gas burning, risking a mental breakdown, notes the Washington Post.
In a vivid fishing tale the speaker recalls a day on Lake Squam with Bob White. After hours without a decent catch they feel a sharp bite and nearly land a ten pound pickerel only to lose it at the last moment. He then describes smashing a giant mosquito with comic exaggeration.
The Church of St Mary in Tengham Kent reveals a solid oak door scarred by eight bullet marks likely from Cromwellian soldiers during desecration of Kent churches. A London Letter notes similar wartime destruction alongside other tidbits from era society.
The board reports a cork-based wood substitute for ships, pressed from waste cork at 400 degrees heat, forming strong noncombustible blocks. It can be sawed, handled like wood, and used in walls and refrigerators, with Germany already employing it under a patent later adopted by the U S and U S firms securing manufacturing rights.
In Rome Georgia the women of the city operated electric cars for a day to raise funds for St. Peters church. Leading society ladies planned two hour shifts, wore conductor badges, and collected fares from passengers including visiting Masons, with lively anecdotes as the event ran until 11 p m.
The New York Telegram notes American cornstalk pith demonstrates superiority to French cocoa cellulose and will be used in all U S navy ship construction. It calls corn distinctly American and fitting for the nation’s naval defense.
A raft carrying over 7,000,000 feet of white pine lumber travels the Mississippi toward St Louis and is considered the river’s largest raft. Rail transport could move 41 miles of carloads.
The Bureau of Navigation reports 682 steam and sailing vessels totaling 182 719 tons built and documented in the last fiscal year, up from 776 vessels and 191 547 tons in 1894. Notable add ons include the steamers St Louis Northland and Newport News with ongoing construction on the Atlantic Gulf coast and Great Lakes. 85 steam vessels and 276 sailing vessels are officially listed as lost this year amid several maritime disasters.
Arthur Hepper of London notes his daughter has 26 given names, one for each alphabet letter. The long sequence includes Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Pearly Quince Rebecca Sarah Trixy Unice Venus Winifred Xenophon Yeola Zeus, forming the longest given name ever recorded.
Chicago labor congress invites Keir Hardie of Britain to visit and deliver an address in Chicago next month. They note John Burns a socialist MP failed to draw a strong audience last year and praise Hardie as a true working class parliament member.
The Norfolk registry in Dedham records Mrs Mary B Turner widow of Royal W Turner of Randolph who leaves public bequests to numerous Boston and Randolph institutions including Home For Aged Couples Seamen's Friend Society Home For Little Wanderers Kindergarten For the Blind Central Aeto association parsonage fund First Parish Randolph Home For Aged Men Home For Aged Women New England Hospital For Women and Children Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Infirmary Massachusetts General Hospital Bethesda Society and other groups. Residue goes in equal shares to Massachusetts Hospital Home For Aged Couples Home For Aged Men Home For Aged Women and Kindergarten For the Blind.
Isa bel A Mallon advises in The Ladies' Home Journal that summer undergarments must balance light weight with warmth to prevent summer colds. She notes light cotton gowns are lined,现 unders are simple corset covers, and favors a light cambric called long cloth for night dresses drawers and wash petticoats.
Princess Christian, famed for phil anthropic work, browsed stalls with Prince Christian at a bazaar. A large purchase was mailed to Buckingham Palace addressed to Mrs. Christian after a playful exchange, with the attendant unaware of the royal sender's identity.
A brief quoted exchange from the Detroit Free Press notes a humorous misunderstanding as Banks explains marrying for sympathy and then swapping roles, highlighting a lighthearted social anecdote.
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