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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
2
A spirited column urges women to resist crowded venue elbows both literal and metaphorical. The author recalls being pushed aside in theaters banks and post offices and insists on standing one’s ground, arguing civility fails against such behavior and advising sisters to fight back.
Miss Lily Marshall of Van Oost studios, an English artist trained in London, designs and markets copper ware silver and gold pieces. She creates black and white sketches before hammering, crafts flower motifs from nature or gold patterns, then tours towns to secure orders. Her iridescent pieces, not sold in stores, gain value over time and have caught the eye of Mrs. Cleveland and Sir Henry Irving.
Augusta Holmes, noted for La Montagne Noire, wrote music and lyrics, designed scenery and costumes, and directed rehearsals. Born in France to Irish parents, she is hailed by the French as a very great genius in opera.
A comic dialogue shows a barber charging fourpence for a first class haircut while the customer questions the price. The barber retorts that the customer does not have first class hair, defusing the dispute with a witty line.
The passage surveys Shakespeare’s references to dogs in plays and poems. It notes Theseus and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Taming of the Shrew, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, along with Launce's Crabs and Macbeth’s broad canine imagery. It discusses how dogs symbolize value and human traits, from watchdogs to curs, within a moral catalogue.
A tale cited by Sir Humphry Davy describes a paralytic patient who, believing in Beddoes with certainty, felt thermometer-induced expectations as the gas was tested. The patient returned the next day, and after a fortnight was deemed cured, though no real remedy had been used beyond the thermometer.
A veterinary surgeon notes that fashionable owners feed beef to horses by drying and mincing meat into oats or bran mash. While some claim it boosts health and courage, prolonged use may make horses vicious and coat quality decline. The practice is cited among carriage horses, a titled lady’s wary generosity, a retired colonel’s hunters, and even a London brewery’s horses.
Slice stale bread into半 inch fingers and soak in milk then drain. Brush with white of egg, dust with flour, and fry in hot butter. Layer the fried pieces in a hot dish and top with gravy.
After a Civil War supper at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York, Cassius M. Clay and other guests debated which poem is most martial. The Charge of the Light Brigade and Holmes Old Ironsides were recited, provoking a rousing defense of the American flag.
A 5 year old hears the word Frenchy used to mean especially pretty and praised. His mother explains it as the highest compliment for a hat. Later at church he returns saying he liked it and that it was so Frenchy.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe recalled a childhood visit to Quincy where she met an aged man in a black silk skullcap who her guides identified as John Adams former president. She noted the moment left a lasting impression despite her youth.
Levi Rogers boasted of seven wives from different nationalities before dying at Perry Oklahoma. The article recalls his marriages, including one American wife who died, then six others MexICan Bohemian Indian German creole and a very black negress who survived him. It then describes a craft box decoration and notes the first system of modern fortification the bastion or Italian system with its two taces and two flanks.
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