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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
3
A dated dialect piece advises buyers to press for extra value like free strings with shoes or a collar with a shirt. It insists on speaking up, bargaining tactics, and not rushing, noting persistent shoppers will often gain small add ons and fair treatment in purchases.
A fragment from Notes and Queries describes superstitions about animals and people on boats. It notes that certain animals, especially omen animals, are avoided in boats, ministers share a taboo with rabbits and hares, and lending or asking directions can ruin luck. Names deemed unlucky vary by village.
A resident arrives at the depot in an ox-drawn cart asking about an eastbound train. The depot agent questions if she expects visitors, while quotes imply local chatter about Bay 80 and a remote traveler who has ridden him across the country on a rail, reflecting regional voices in Detroit Free Press style.
A father’s two pet pigeons lose one to an unknown injury on the road. The surviving bird searches endlessly and refuses food, then dies three days later in the dovecot, heartbroken. The two birds are buried together, as reported by the Lon don Spectator correspondent.
Col Hamilton, clerk of the U S district court, described in testimony yesterday how it felt to lose an arm in a field hospital. He said the initial skin cut hurts most, nerves lie just under the skin, and once cut there is no further sensation. sawing through flesh and bone brings only a dull pain.
Paris letters note the French association of Volapükists dissolving after a period of high hopes and fashionable fad status. Lectures and weekly sheets spread the language, but the craze waned, leaving only a few devoted enthusiasts clinging to a lost cause. A second item recalls exotic musical instruments linked to Africa and a Florida clown using a table as a bass, followed by a USA-based note on Japanese laundry customs aboard a steam boat.
Washington letters describe Eckels confirmation after strong opposition from Secretary Carlisle and senate hostility over the silver question. The president stood by Eckels, who is expected to surprise Wall Street and financial centers once in office. A Paris letter discusses leprosy, the Greek disease names, and a royal connection amid a leper scandal.
A dark gray granite rock in Inyo County California is described as a stone elephant. Early California travelers mistook it for petrified mastodon. A Piute elder recalls seeing the stone elephant years ago and now notes it appears in a big show in Virginia City.
A Chinese provincial governor recently forbade young men to wear gorgeously colored and embroidered garments, calling such fashion foolish and unmanly. He cautions fathers elder brothers and tutors they will be held responsible for any excess in youthful attire.
Corrected schedule lists trains west from Boston on Causeway Street with multiple morning and afternoon departures to Belmont Waverly Waltham Weston Wayland and other stops. Eastbound trains follow the reverse pattern with numerous listed times and Sunday service notes.
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