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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1898
Page
2
The Deco rator and Furnisher outlines low cost ways to create an American corner and a New England corner in homes. Suggestions include red white and blue fabrics, flag themed upholstery, crest and military decorations, family heirloom displays, and simple alcove drapery using homespun or denim with green or turkey red accents.
A Broadway dealer notes a surge in toy demand in April and May with a run on pewter soldiers and miniature naval craft. Sailboats and drums sell quickly, with prices dropping to a quarter for tiny upright yachts. Children stage improvised battles on uptown lots, enlisting “re-enforcements” from nearby streets as toy soldiers and accessories fly off the shelves. Also advice on making fragrant potpourri is offered for girls with step by step directions and ingredients.
Colonel Francisco Javier Cisneros, a Cuban engineer, visits Washington to study U S postal and telegraph systems and to recruit capitalists for a postwar Cuban central railroad linking Havana with key cities. He seeks to become Cuba's first postmaster general and to oversee a national telegraphic network, with several wealthy congressmen said to back the project.
The Etude notes a German proverb urging beginners to master basics before speed. It argues right notes and fingering trump strict time and warns early focus on expression or tempo can create bad habits. Teachers should guide students toward sure execution before emotion.
A boy with a violin finds the instrument speaks of hope and ascent in a lyric dream like performance. Separate passages reveal a study of youngsters answering a question about who to resemble, with most answers sincere and fatalism rare. Paris women adopt a Grecian frontlet styling trend, featuring full hair over the ears and a side part for a classic look.
New York's Miss Anna Estell Wilson advances a new occupation teaching music for invalids. She argues that music can benefit healing by stimulating depleted nerves and calming overactive nerves, with several physicians endorsing her method.
A doghouse lashed to a cube of ice carried an Irish terrier and six newborn pups. An accompanying note and a tiny flag drew curiosity while captain and crew awaited answers about how the dog came to drift at sea. The tale also previews Myrta Lockett Avary on earthworms and Darwin’s view of their soil work.
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