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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
2
A Philadelphia Times poem urges widening kindness now not later as friends more likely to be missed in the new year. It counsels scattering loving smiles and cheerful words to those whose lives feel dreary.
The article describes nocturnal cultural rituals including the camfor dance with drums and chants. It links these practices to obeah the witch cult and notes fear among Africans and coloured people. It mentions a cricket match where obeah allegedly influenced bat performance.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt explains chiropody based palmistry on feet. Instep, arch, and heel shape signal religious temperament, luxury love, or endurance. Toe length and alignment hint at artistry, business sense, emotion, or vanity, with sole markings adding further nuance.
A two panel clothes horse 3 feet high serves as the base for a home made darning screen. Build from a store bought frame, stain and seal, cut legs near floor, fit stiff panels with heavy fabric, attach with brass nails and ribbons, add lower pockets for tools and a flat pocket for easy access.
A navy lieutenant commander recalls a 17 year old letter to his mother who called him "my dear boy." He laments growing into a man while her affectionate image becomes distant as he reflects on maternal pride and the cost of maturation.
An actor, portrayed as a villain, faces a staged duel while quail is humorously deemed out of season. The exchange blends mock Shakespearean tenor with modern backstage asides. The man warns quail but the villain resists, citing a low wage and a comic audience with a gamekeeper present.
A young man asked novelist William Dean Howells for his autograph. Howells replied in a typewritten note asking if the last book had been bought. The youth answered he had not and planned to sell the autograph to raise money to buy the book.
The article notes Sir Christopher Wren’s burial in St Paul’s London and cites his epitaph If you ask for his monument look round, guiding visitors with a concise historical detail.
An Abyssinian receives three cleansing washes in life birth marriage and death, while at all other times he shuns soap and water.
In a Pearson's Weekly vignette a groom vows to quit smoking for love, then discovers his fiancé desires cigars wrapped in silver with portraits. The gesture backfires as she storms out, leaving the husband bewildered by the hidden wish and the price of devotion.
The article describes a secure money cabinet and vault system using an electric metal lining that triggers an alarm if pierced. A steel alarm box sits inside a hood, and a time lock prevents door or curtain removal until the system is disengaged. Heavy lag bolts must be removed to open the door, ensuring a lengthy tamper process.
In wartime France pigeons are valued as messengers and the war ministry offered a prize for a race from Perigueux to Paris covering 360 miles. A total of 2,746 birds were entered and the winner completed the distance in 7 hours 84 minutes at an average speed above 84 miles per hour.
In a brief exchange Mrs. Haskell consoles a crying Bobby whose finger was caught in a pantry door. Mr. Haskell remarks the jam he sought previously was not to be found this time, in a light domestic moment.
A New York woman, traveling for the summer, faced a flood of applicants from dozens of young women seeking babysitting and light nursing roles for her children aged 5, 9, and a baby. Many offered to work for a trifling wage or without pay, highlighting a surge of capable young women entering wage earning roles and prompting questions about the balance between ambition and opportunity.
The Exchange notes the author endured cruel illness for years and died about 14 months ago. It praises her courage and energy throughout life, her support for struggling young women, and her quiet humility despite prolific output of more than 106 titles.
Leather hat boxes for ladies imitate the general design of men's silk top hats and are larger to accommodate tall headgear. Tea baskets described as bag shaped, sturdy carriers for cups saucers and an alcohol lamp for two on a woodland or seaside outing.
Mrs. Nellie Sawyer Kedzie is named professor of household economy and hygiene at Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria Illinois, moving from a similar chair at the Kansas Agriculture College. She previously led the department after her husband Robert F. Kedzie’s death in 1881.
Misses Charlotte and Laura White, owners and operators of the Crystal Salt works in Blaine county, O T, hope to fund college through their enterprise. The sisters earned claims in Cheyenne country and settled on a land with a strong salt spring, turning out about 80 barrels of salt daily.
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