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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
2
Mr Berrington visits a shaded porch to share a moonlit conversation with a young woman. Their flirtation deepens as unspoken affection grows, leading to a pledge marked by a rose while a distant coach horn signals departure. She warns him not to forget the girl he could not kiss.
An anecdote from Today about Lady Aberdeen who uses telephone invites for dinner on short notice. A misfire with Mr. and Mrs. X. leads to social tension, a missing couple at dinner, and a quick rebuke from Lord Aberdeen to avoid further telephoning fatigue.
Stephen Hayward of Deer Park Boone county owns a musket of great historic value captured from a British officer in Concord Massachusetts on April 1 1775. The musket weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces and is 56 inches long with a 40 inch barrel. It bears Galton armory 1762 stamped on metal and marks III crown G R and Fifty second regiment.
A San Francisco Scientific Press article describes a rust protecting coat formed by ferrocyanide mixed with flaxseed varnish and a small amount of turpentine or benzol. It also notes a manganese based alloy replacing German silver, with copper 67.25 percent manganese 18.50 percent zinc 13 percent aluminium 1.25 percent, offering similar color and strong casting properties.
The author argues population growth defines a nation's strength, noting Europe’s disparities. France loses Alsace Lorraine’s 1.5 million souls while Germany gains 3 million Germans abroad, and France grows by 175 thousand with few French abroad. The piece urges intensified national representation and asserts the absent are always wrong.
The article lists Britain's famed trees including the Major oak in Sherwood Forest said to be 1,500 years old, the Isle of Man’s famed fuchsia, England’s largest willow at Boreham Essex, two inch dwarf willows on Ben Lomond, and ancient oaks Bentley and Winfarthing dating before William the Conqueror.
Two women said goodbye at a street corner. One, round and healthy, the other thin and ill. The healthier woman offered cheerful sympathy and urged the sick one to avoid medicine, saying God is love. The scene was overheard by passersby and described in the Boston Budget.
Nell and Belle discuss enduring proposals as Belle reveals her engagement after rejecting nearly a hundred suitors. The Philadelphia Record notes the persistence of the suitor and the seriousness of the couple's commitment.
A New Orleans Picayune line notes how talkers flood conversations and make only half of what is said hit its mark as noise among many voices.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes official ruling that no women are needed in the impending conflict, guiding nursing to be performed by men initially. Mrs. B. B. Andrews of Delmar Boulevard and other trained nurses had volunteered, hoping to serve at hospitals established for the war effort.
A House bill by Mr. Pearson of North Carolina seeks to restore Nellie Grant Sartoris’s American citizenship lost by marriage to a foreigner. The Women’s Tribune urges amending the bill to prevent denying citizenship to any United States woman by marriage and to restore citizenship upon return regardless of the husband’s status.
Acclaimed illusionist Professor Wriggler suffers an awful accident while performing his famed disappearing globe of gold fish trick as reported in Ally Sloper and Ainslie's Magazine style chatter. The cartoonish scene mixes humor with peril.
The author mocks the tin soldiers who refuse to fight and praises a genuine man who stays away from showy heroics. A season of condescending compliments from fashionable girls ends as the Seventh’s defection becomes her real opportunity. The girl believes the guardsmen would fail the country and values a steadfast partner.
Miss Anna Barrows argues women rely on others for tasks and cites camp life as an example where a man can improvise bread without usual kitchen tools. She speaks to the Household Economic association, urging self sufficiency in domestic emergencies.
Baby bootees are made from white or colored duck cotton cheviot or fine pique in pastel tints. Some feature tiny floral embroidery others edge with narrow Valenciennes lace or ribbon rosettes. They are cool and easy to clean.
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