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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1894
Page
2
Around the World in Eighty Days a wager tale
A narrator recalls a Paris to Havre dash echoing the Fogg gamble from the Jules Verne tale. He bets five thousand francs, boards a 6 55 train, pursues a dramatic last minute arrival, and reaches St Lazare just before noon, with tense clock watching and a near miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
East
New York
Havre
Lazare Station
Stock Exchange
St. Lazare
Exchange
Bargate
St. Lazare Station
Clock Alarm in a Trunk At The Stock Exchange
A traveler mistaken by officials is searched in Paris after a trunk sound of machinery alarms authorities. A clock inside a nightshirt triggers a wild pursuit, a chaotic chase ending at the Stock Exchange as noon strikes. Dyspepsia notes follow, detailing dietary guidance from the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
New York
London
Louis
Place de la Bourse
Stock Exchange
Semaphore
New York World
Old Time Rip Van Winkle A Potmaker’s Prolonged Sleep
The London antiquary John Stow recounts William Foxley, a mint potmaker, who slept from April 27 1546 a Tuesday in Easter week until the first day of term, fourteen days and fifteen nights later. He emerged after forty years, with physicians unable to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stow
London Antiquary
William Foxley
T. Louis' Republic
Blond or Brunette Preference Revealed in Conversation
A playful dialog contrasts blondes and brunettes with a self aware speaker admitting a past preference for brunettes. The arch remark highlights lighthearted taste and a central question about attraction.
Color hearing a noted, historic sensation defined
The piece reviews Dr W 8 Colman on color hearing a phenomenon where colors are triggered by sounds such as vowel pronunciation. It cites cases from Flournoy Gantier and Saint Catherine of Siena and notes Lancet commentary linking color perception to metaphorical interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Colman
Dr. Colman
Flournoy
Theophile Gantier
Hoffman, Gosthe
Hans Sachs
St. Catharine
Siena
The
Lancet
Salvation Army
London News
Divorce Ceremony in Egypt Ends in Minutes
The American consul reports a swift Egyptian divorce where a husband loudly proclaims I put you from me three times to his veiled wife. The scene erupts with abuse, the servant withdraws his dowry, and the marriage ends with no alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Egypt
Land of the Nile
Chicago Tribune
Ingenious thief and odd Paris to Brooklyn anecdotes
A Paris detective swindles a watch seller by feigning a second purchase, then captures the thief at a station. A Brooklyn statistician jokes that many cats cause insomnia in the city, and Berlin's photo-peddler case ends in a dungeon. A Punch exchange mocks hunting lions and a Sunday School gag closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saindo
Paris
Quartier du Temple
Savido
Paris Journal
Brooklyn
America
Terrible shipyard brawl ends with rescue and arrests
On a New York World report the chief fireman Hinz nearly died when an enraged engineer grabbed a 12 foot poker and swung toward him. Fireman Wagner tackled the assailant, saving Hinz, before a brutal fight led to Peters and another engineer's arrest and a warrant issued by United States authorities. The incident erupted amid a coal platform scene aboard the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Hinz
Waller
Peters
United States
Shields
New York
Jacobus
Solomon
New York World
Mary A. Tupper in a Woman's Prison
A Victorian era feature extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female weakness. It claims Mary A. Tupper was released from confinement in Wilton Missouri after two bottles of the remedy restored her health and mobility. The piece urges readers to seek the product from a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Tupper
Wilton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinknam
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