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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
7
A Chicago woman revels in turning her husband John into a model dresser by reorganizing his wardrobe and teaching thrifty care. She details budgeting tricks, a maid’s help, and a tailor's low prices as they cut personal expenses, ending with her wish for chinchilla fur as the reward.
Waynorn Watson recalls a past with wealth and power claiming a thousand workers were taxpayers, while Perry Patettie counters that the speaker’s workers were never laborers but taxpayers, highlighting a clash over control and numbers.
The Gaulois quips praise a dentist as a real artist noting his false teeth are perfect jewels. The exchange questions the difference between real and artificial teeth and cites an imitation so exact it aches sometimes.
A drawing teacher recalls Tommy the incorrigible pupil in Manhattan. He claimed to drive off a runaway dog with his tablet while the white page showed no marks, insisting the dog was a greyhound that slipped away. The tale ends with laughter from peers and a stern classroom moment.
A man reading a newspaper on a trolley is tapped for fare by a conductor who questions payment. The man insists it is settled, then later asks the conductor if his fare was rung up. Both seek to confirm payment without offense, ending with a quiet smile at home. Philadelphia Times.
A correspondent recalls a British man delivering a chassepot rifle found on the Gravelotte battlefield. He asked for the barrel to be cleared and two bullets, one German and one French, were found to have met point to point inside the barrel without bursting it. He includes a card from the man.
The Strand Magazine recounts a Manchester man famed for odd looks and a child’s joke about his mother loving children dearly. The anecdote frames the man as unusually plain and prompts a humorous exchange on upbringing.
A lyrical scene unfolds of a girl named Mary grazing a sunlit room. A red rose in the pane nods toward her as a bee hums and the daydreams of gypsy garb and Sunday shoes drift through. Mary hesitates then decides to follow the beckoning meadow beckon.
A traveler returning from China extols the charm and brightness of Chinese children, noting girls appear more dutiful and lighter than American peers, while boys resemble “cue strings” at age five. He describes dress, colors, households, and schooling attitudes.
In a Chicago Record piece, shark fishing is described as a thrilling sport. Anglers must use heavy rope, chain, and a large anchor-like hook with meat bait. Once hooked, the shark dives then tires after long whisking ropes and is finally killed by rifle fire.
A Baltimore lecture trip led a weary speaker to rent a sleeping car in a yard. The car's shunting caused repeated crashes and jolts, waking and bruising him before he fled to a hotel. He warns against entering idle cars awaiting coupling.
The London Saturday Review notes diseases have local habitats with some spreading globally while others recede. High mountain and polar zones remain free of microbes as life is barren there. In Britain dense population preserves against many diseases though cancer and consumption still exert strong impact.
A Washington Star exchange features a pedantic citizen and a mild friend debating whether demanding Latin mastery by age 16 proves cultural advancement. The pedant insists Latin shows refinement, while the other argues punishment and practicality reveal true humanity.
The exchange contrasts scribbler and dribbler views on illegible handwriting. Dribbler derides unreadable script as conceit while Scribbler retorts modesty can cause messy spelling, reflecting satirical tone from New York Weekly and Chicago News excerpts.
A terse admonition urges frankness and honesty in discourse. It encourages abandoning affectation and disguises, confessing ignorance and awkwardness, and sharing faults only with a trusted few.
Seller quotes a buyer asking if the dog is affectionate and boasts that he has sold the dog four times with each buyer returning the pet, highlighting a loop of recurrences and concerns.
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