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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1893
Page
7
A Winston County Alabama report details a group of poor mountaineers who eat clay as part of their daily diet. The article describes their homes, crude cabins, limited farming and tobacco habit, and the curious clay consumption with its pale-yellow skin effects but no widespread illness.
The Boston True Flag reports French doctors flip patients head downward during heart trouble under chloroform. An operating table in Paris hospitals can quickly elevate to place the patient in a head‑high stance, claimed to restore circulation.
A large ape in an iron cage at the Jardin des Plantes brands a small hand mirror like a hammer and is baffled by its reflection. He searches behind the glass for another ape, grows angry, shatters the frame, and finally crushes the glass in exposes the creature’s puzzled behavior.
A vivid description from Blackwood's Magazine of a Dutch Tjalk built to ride the water with bluff bows and wing boards acting as a keel. The vessel features a tall mast, a narrow main sail, a curved gaff, colorful carved rudder lion, brass trim, green and white water staves, painted end landscapes, and a raised stern cabin with dollhouse like interior glimpses. The article notes open deck life for cooking and washing aboard.
Holden correspondent reports a recent fire described with vivid personification. The night watchman spotted the blaze and the town bells joined in a chorus as the hose cart and hook and ladder wagon rushed toward the scene.
The Diamond Plate Glass works in Kokomo cast and finished the largest plate in U.S. history. Measuring 150 by 216 inches, or 124 feet wide by 18 feet long, it surpasses all prior American plates in size. Previously largest pieces have been cast here, but none with this magnitude cleared the finishing rooms without breakage.
A playful verse extols the sand man as a jolly old stranger who visits when candles flicker He lightens his bag with a brisk generous hand and gathers children away to the dream world The poem notes his quick entrance into rooms and his soothing effect on children and mothers in Good Housekeeping.
The piece traces plant worship traditions from Bohemian Good Friday rituals to English wassailing. It notes peasant garden observances, Devonshire orchard rites after Twelfth Day, and Tusser guidance urging farmers to wassail trees for abundant fruit.
A young boy named Goolamali Khan, 12, is a favored figure in the shah of Persia’s suite. He holds titles including Azizul Sultan and directs the royal pages. His proximity at the shah’s side, supported by many servants, stems from a belief that the shah’s fate is tied to the boy’s, a prophecy that promises the shah’s health and prosperity depend on his favorite. The report notes his influence exceeds that of ministers and princes, even as he sits on the knees of grandees during the shah’s entry into St. Petersburg.
The New York Telegram notes fainting at public meetings stems from overheating and impure air. While electric lighting and artificial ventilation help, large assembly rooms still lack adequate air quality. The piece praises a perfected ventilation system as a public boon and potential reward for inventors.
A dialogue from Drake's Magazine recalls a bright young man who aimed for Congress. He toiled westward seeking opportunity but met a brutal fate, earning twenty nine buck shot in his anatomy from a hen roost robbery gone wrong.
Boston asked twenty eight doctors about drinking ice water. Sixteen said it is beneficial, twelve called it very good if not in excess, three did not know, and seven thought it should be left alone. The Detroit Free Press notes the split.
The Century editorial argues for continued civil service merit expansion while avoiding spoils politics. It warns against pressuring appointments through private recommendations and urges citizens to push authorities to extend the merit system beyond classified posts. It links spoils to corrupt rings and degraded governance.
Dr C R Carpenter proposes stations to train men to watch for cyclones and destroy them before reaching cities by exploding torpedoes. He cites the Mississippi and Missouri valleys as cyclone centers and suggests attaching stations to the weather bureau with marine glasses for night sighting and early warnings. He notes torpedoes would be launched into the cloud and that the method would not apply to hurricanes but could be trialed.
The New York Times notes a rising call for mixed clubs where men and women study and solve modern problems together, not just merging separate women and men clubs but creating new organizations. It also mentions Mr. Stead in London proposing cooperative homes for unmarried people, a concept blending spinster and bachelor households with shared housekeeping and social mixing, while acknowledging selection as a weak point. The Chicago Sor wants readers to see a street game in which Eskimo men lift coins with 24 foot whips, a controversial novelty described in the New York Sun.
A quotation discusses musical evolution from classicist to romantic to chaotic schools. It argues each generation seeks novelty, potentially eroding artistic form as devices grow pale and listeners demand stronger effects. The passage reflects Macmillan's Magazine tone on taste and progress.
Maggie Benner of New York has made seven suicide attempts in the past year. She first jumped into the East River in March 1892 and was rescued. Recently she drank carbolic acid and paregoric, and has been hospitalized for alcoholism at Bellevue four times. She has also faced an arrest for stabbing a woman.
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