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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1893
Page
7
The Grand Army of the Republic has grown from ten states and 50000 members to 45 departments 7500 posts and nearly half a million members. This year’s encampment will be in Indianapolis with a $150000 fund for liberal entertainment and arrangements for the largest encampment in the organization’s history.
A collection of aphorisms on fate, resilience, and faith from Hawke’s Bay News. It contrasts storms and sunshine, seeds and weeds, and urges calm acceptance of life’s unequal paths. It notes marine insurers now pay promptly after the loss of the Naronic.
The Louisville shop scene shows confectioners serving April Fool candy to shoppers. Young women buy five cents worth and sample more from trays, selecting red hot pieces or items with soap cork or rubber inside. Clerks watch as faces grimace at the prank, creating lively amusement.
The Paris Temps reports total income for 52 Paris theaters including circuses and panoramas at 22 533 316 francs, down 1 000 000 from 1891. Grand Opera House leads with 3 068 467 francs, followed by Comedie Francaise 1 978 525 francs and Opera Comique 1 763 081. Varieties 1 135 018 and Bouffes Parisiennes 1 180 551 also large. Hypodrome receipts were 1 582 380 francs.
A Memphis Commercial note praises a movement to relieve the late General Kirby Smith's home of a mortgage, highlighting his poverty and scrupulous honor. The piece urges generous response as he never asked for aid. It also contains a curious line about Potari the Maori cannibal and a Belgian legal note on marriage breach compensation.
Thomas Burns, famed for bridge dives and 32 rescues, dives 95 feet from the Westminster aquarium roof into a shallow onstage tank. He stands on a tiny platform amid roof girders above a roaring crowd, performing a precise header into a 11 by 8 by 7 foot tank and narrowly avoiding disaster.
The Kileanea floor risks lava overflow from Ualemaumau, likely destroying large trail sections and demanding extensive renewal within two years. In 1889-90, lava coatings covered thousands of acres, with halting lava piles up to 50 feet near Halemaumau. The lava lake at 800 feet diameter overflowed around the floor, while 12 fire fountains were sighted by the American minister Stevens, including a 50 by 30 foot bellows fountain observed during April. Honolulu Friend.
A 19th century editorial argues Japan should be restocked with civilized manners after centuries of denationalization. It cites Perry’s visit and warns of expelling Europeans after a native pilot collided with a Japanese cruiser. The piece urges preservation of Japan as a national treasure and calls for international restoration efforts.
A Bengali benefactor Babu Govind Chandra Laha contributes 15000 rupees to Calcutta snake laboratory. The institute will conduct strictly scientific tests on snake bites and poisons, serving as a unique facility in the region and attracting visiting researchers. Max Muller urges preserving the poet laureateship with a temporary hold until a future poet replaces Tennyson.
Miss Inez Robbins of New Jersey and Miss Faith Morse of Massachusetts sang in Paris at a musicale by Artot de Padilla. Their performance delighted a select audience that included Gounod, Massenet, Sarasate, Pierre Gailhard, Madelaine Lemaire, Viardot Garcia, Duchess de Pomar and Bernberg.
Corrected timetable notes go into detail for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Qld Colony Railroad Northern Division with specific departures from Fitchburg Clinton Berlin Northboro Marlboro Southboro Framingham and Boston. It lists morning and afternoon trains, sun schedules, and connections at South Framingham for Taunton New Bedford and Fall River. It includes line officials Kendrick and Geo L Connor with C A McAlpine as superintendent.
Train times listed for Boston to Belmont Waverly Waltham Weston Wayland E Sudbury Sudbury and others with am pm departures. Notes indicate stops for passengers, signal rules, and daily Sunday services. officials John W. Sanborn G F Evans D J Flanders listed as general managers and superintendents.
The Marlboro Branch timetable updated May 29 1893 details schedule for theatre trains from Boston to Marlboro and back with limited weekly runs and special through-coach services. Mixed and passenger trains operate on weekdays and Sundays with selective stops and through coaching on select Boston departures.
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