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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1893
Page
7
A survey highlights medieval noble wealth from gold plate and gowns to vast chests, with Fastolf’s riches and Berkeley’s lady’s funeral plates. It also recounts Malmaison’s decline under the republic, its ownership changes, and Josephine’s purchase in 1798.
The article traces the word magician to the magi of Persia and neighboring regions. It notes Egypt Persia Babylonia Chaldes and Arabia as early fountains of knowledge, with Persian magi famed for geometry astronomy and other sciences. The term magician thus emerged as conjurer or one with supernatural gifts.
Modern physiological research suggests sleep results from a certain amount of blood being drawn from the brain and rests when brain channels and vessels are quiescent. The claim notes that healthy sleep is unlikely when the head is blood filled, aligning sleep with reduced cerebral blood content.
Jean Galade an anchorite of the nineteenth century is arrested near Perpignan for thefts while living a supposed contemplative life. Gendarmes capture him at St Paul and he is jailed in Prades to serve a lengthy period in seclusion away from the world. Buried in his own oak coffin with open trellis work and herbs is Earl of Essex, a note on funeral fashions linked to the Funeral Reform association and Lord Nelson’s open coffin tradition.
A New York Herald editorial argues parties lose virtue after twenty years and that supremacy corrodes. It warns Democrats hold government by popular vote only while faithful to their trust and that an eviction by another party will occur if derelict, asserting the people alone keep the country safe.
A table of clergy misdeeds printed in Truth records breaches of promise cruelty to animals bankrupts elopements personal crisis reports drunkenness assaults and various other charges totaling a year’s list from English clergy with numbers for each category.
The piece praises the singer Mary B. Sleight from Harper's Bazar and discusses Rev Dr W. Bainsf ord in Forum arguing the church must aid the poor. It treats self help and unity as Christian duties, urging believers to bridge wealth gaps and foster brotherhood as the kingdom of the Son of Man approaches.
A New York Ledger reflection argues that trifles and details differ by importance. Small acts like a kind look or brief courtesy can carry hidden blessing and significance, shaping character more than grand actions. Readers urged to examine daily roles and place trifles beneath higher aims.
Pink Whiskers the tramp explains a hat grab scheme near a water tank. A gang hides in weeds as a passenger train begins to depart and yell greetings to pull hats from car passengers. The tale notes regional dialects and a southern setting with comic tone.
The excerpt surveys media influence via the press, British and American ballot reforms, Native American naming rites tied to vision quests, the 1851 London world fair, Paris world fair receipts and Chicago growth projections, changing fashions and gendered perceptions, plus a note from Buffalo Tidings linking a Tourgee novel hero to a local minister Henry A Adams.
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