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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
2
A simple science experiment explains how wine lighter than water forms a rising column. Set a corked flask with a hole, pour water around in a glass vessel, then gently swirl to start the ascent of wine as if a volcanic plume.
A New York Times note recounts a town’s scheme to curb slovenly English by fining residents for speech slips. Parents pay ten cents per error, others one cent for five mistakes in children, with proceeds going to a fresh air bank.
A small boy rides about town with a box on his bicycle imitating a baby carrier. Inside sits a small black dog who watches others with disdain and insists on riding. The dog shows spoilage and dislikes walking, even preferring streetcar platforms when offered.
A playful vignette of Johnny driving a cow under a sunny meadow scene shifts to a surreal nightmare where the cow seems to drive John amid a mad world. Louis E. Richards notes in St Nicholas and a Sunday school scene where children test language by replacing verbs with couldn’t, prompting a humorous moment.
A playful note suggests girls read about meetings and cake, claiming the soft icing lies beside the fruit called bliss. The line hints at pastry tasting and social interest in shared treats.
A New York Journal account describes a bold advertising gimmick in Paris where a man sits in the front row of a theater with a glaring soap sign painted on his bald head. He remains still and compliant, drawing laughter and attention as he moves between venues, a walking billboard for his employer’s soap.
Cardinal Sa tolli will be replaced by Mer. Averardi the present nuncio to Mexico. Tomas Govinnia of Venice brings the update from Mexico City noting Averardi says he will not return to Rome for three years and plans to become apostolic delegate to the U S hierarchy. He would oversee the church in the United States Mexico and Cuba.
The bride Julia Stevenson daughter of the Vice President posed several days before her wedding in various gowns including the wedding dress and bridal veil for portraits by Frances Benjamin Johnson. Washington Post notes the act defies common bridal superstitions and shows bold modern flair.
The Sketch reports that during a royal procession the empress appeared in dazzling robes in a state carriage guarded by a glittering escort. Peasants prayed as she passed and onlookers whispered in admiration at the coronation scene. The queen takes pride in her granddaughter’s reception by Russians and foreign observers.
A commentator asserts the century belongs to women and envisions a woman’s Bible with a heavenly Mother alongside the Father. She claims pilgrim ancestry ended and cites Plymouth Rock as a site of many women. The piece praises women’s building at expositions and critiques male competition, with skeptical wire service lines about tyranny. A wolf parable mirrors shepherds discussing wrongs.
Emil Greeff proposes a bimetallic coin alloy of one part gold to four parts silver to serve as a universal legal tender. A one talent coin would hold four-fifths silver and one-fifth gold, worth about $4.14 in gold value, with potential market values near $4.67 today. A fifth of a talent would be about 98 cents, and prototypes of both coins were shown by a jeweler, bearing Argentum Universale 1896 and United States inscriptions.
The Springfield Republican notes 18 bills before Congress proposing statues of great men in Washington with appropriations totaling 1 486 000 dollars. Names include General Grant Lincoln Paul Jones Edwin Stanton Hahnemann Comenius Owen Taylor Ney Chase and the private soldier. The total for the nation is not yet estimated.
The Globe-Democrat notes Horace Mann birthday celebrations highlight broad adoption of his educational ideas. It reports Mrs. Stanford transferring Stanford securities yielding 120000 dollars yearly to Leland Stanford Jr University and Mr Rockefeller donating 100000 dollars to Vassar College.
The Chicago Tribune notes New York society plans boar hunting on Long Island, calling it Anglomania as the English pursue the Boers. It argues society should focus on its own duties rather than exotic pastimes.
The Kleine Journal hints that Emperor William has authored a new stage work to be staged soon at the Berlin theater, signaling his continued versatility beyond rulership.
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