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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
6
The New York Post notes danger from refined modern milling reducing the quality of cornmeal and flour affecting traditional Indian pudding and brown bread recipes passed down through generations. It laments scarce dark brown sugar and molasses, forcing use of paler sugars and extra spices to mimic color and flavor.
Meehan's Monthly notes that many plant species including Silphi um laciniatum grow mainly within two to three hours after sunrise. The southeast facing orientation of opening flowers and turning mower blades toward that direction suggest a defined daily growth window influenced by heat and light.
Max Muller recalls Tennyson in reminiscences describing a period of moodiness followed by a return to normal after the poet gathered remnants of a pipe and tobacco from the garden. The anecdote shows a reluctance to give up tobacco despite his temperamental days.
Miss Marian Parker graduates in Ann Arbor and, within two weeks, works as a civil engineer on equal footing with men. She earns the same salary and has the same chances for advancement as her male counterparts.
A recent article reveals that there are at least 1600 women working as traveling salespeople or bagmen, marking a notable surge in feminine energy in commercial travel. The piece notes the growing presence of women in these roles across the field.
Women cast their first votes in Minnesota Episcopal Easter elections with notable enthusiasm. In one precinct 35 of 45 ballots were by women, illustrating strong participation in the historic moment.
The Sept 27 1825 milestone marked Stephenson as father of the locomotive. The Stockton and Darlington line proved steam could haul passengers, despite ridicule from engineers and political economists who feared disruption to traditional transport trades.
The Needlewoman's Friend society in Boston celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. It helps women do feminine home work and runs a salesroom at 149 Tremont Street with linens and children's clothing. Friday work hires sixty women at 50 cents per task, supporting regular earnings and steady pride in their labor. Receipts last year exceed $5,000 with $41,000 invested. treasurer is Charles G. White and president is Mrs. A. Davis Weld.
A Venetian glassmaker creates glass bonnets with a silk-like shimmer that resists water. Japanese paper underclothes offer a thin yet strong fabric, seamed like cloth and highly flexible. French reports claim the material is light and tough, tearing with difficulty even when wet.
The New York Sun notes a bold trend as women embrace red in all shades from handbags to footwear. Leather goods makers offer chate laine bags purses and card cases in flaming reds with silver or gilded trim while greens purples and red shoes rumored to appear. The piece playfully questions the shock of this seaside resort style shift and its social impact.
The New York World advises readers on millinery Etiquette focusing on hat proportion avoid oversized faces tiny hats excessive trims for small faces and plain bonnets. It recommends softened effects with poufs and warns against multi material hats and short bonnets that fail to project properly over the face.
Miss Marie Lopez of 415 South Fortieth Street owns an ostrich egg presented by Joseph Puilsiver, sent from South Africa. The sender recalls Carr, a skilled ostrich breeder who tamed the mother bird, but she attacked him and he died after a struggle that wrecked the eggs except the one now sent.
A Chicago photographer recalls a North Side woman who asked him to photograph three love letters to keep a legible copy for herself. She claimed the ink would fade and warned against risking the originals in a breach of promise suit, dismissing moonshine.
London Answers notes that a fiancée’s close friends often resent the engagement as it deprives the bond of companionship. The newly engaged person focuses on the partner, causing distance and misunderstandings, sometimes ending strong friendships for both women and men.
Count Enzenberg invited Prince Bismarck to inscribe an album page bearing autographs of Guizot and Thiers. Guizot wrote on prudence: forgive much and never forget. Thiers added that a little forgetting would not hurt sincerity. Bismarck noted he has learned to forget much and to seek forgiveness.
A playful note describes a motherly figure overseeing a cat at a poker table, remarking that the pet is drawn to the game and the money pot, with light humor about the cat keeping an eye on the kitty.
Mr Gaswell shows guarded interest as the dealer offers landscapes and still lifes. Gaswell declines most works but hints at a lively nude scene, per a Chicago Tribune item reflecting artistic tastemaking and buyer behavior in a gallery encounter.
A quotation from the Indianapolis Journal contrasts wisdom with speech by noting that true cleverness lies in knowing when to stop talking and when not to start.
The earliest modern bank notes appeared in China around the year 1000 A.D. This development marks a major shift in financial practice as merchant and government needs fostered a paper currency system.
Parson questions the crew about delaying departure while the captain insists on waiting for the fog to lift. The exchange suggests a disagreement over the planned course as they assess the sky overhead.
The article traces teacup and coffee cup adoption in Europe from 1645 in Venice to 1694 in Leipsic, noting the rarity of teacups even after tea and coffee arrived. It explains the oriental coffee cup’s limited use, mentions the Chinese teacup’s multiuse, and describes porcelain’s introduction to Europe in the middle ages and the surge of Chinese porcelain collecting, which invites careful study due to forgeries.
A New York Sun note explains Welsh rabbit as a dish nickname, not a corruption, listing American and British slang terms for foods. Examples include Jersey lightning for whisky and Bombay ducks for dried fish, showing regional nicknames for edibles.
A Cleveland Leader item recalls a hungry tramp who pressed a woman on Euclid Place for any food. She refuses all assistance saying she has nothing to give while the man asks for a basket to feed his starving family.
A street corner quip contrasts women’s roles with modern work. An old lady asks what a man is doing while a young woman replies Maw’s home making a quilt and she is out making a spread.
Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Munchausen, a Hanoverian nobleman born 1720 and who died 1797, served in a Russian cavalry unit before retiring to Bodenwerder. He became famed for extravagant tales about military exploits, first published in German in 1781 as Vademecum fur Justige Leute, then expanded in English as Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of His Marvelous Travels and Campaigns in Russia.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a woman tending a slow fire with a kerosene can, illustrating a cautious household mishap. The quip suggests quick action by men contrasted with the fate of the woman in the scene.
An Irish customer complains after the German barber trims more hair than requested. He wakes to see the altered style and, enraged, threatens legal action. The anecdote ends with the Irishman quipping that it is a clever way to get a haircut.
A New York Journal item uses dialect to note a claim about the rap acallion eagles near a family, mocking travel or departure of a mother and asserting no more children in the home.
A New York merchant argues that workers who enter trades as youths become more proficient. He notes three decades in business prove apprentices with lifelong dedication outperform self taught adults, asserting early hands on practice shapes dialects and habits essential to success.
Professor Thomas Davidson argues in Forum that Germany's fate hinges on socialist moves. He outlines three paths: continued opposition, absorption of the empire into a feudal state, or collaboration with concessions to strengthen the empire. Davidson says a socialist partnership could end autocracy and raise liberty and culture for all.
The customer demands delivery by the 10th asking if it can be on time. The jeweler counters that the time request requires a deposit before making the ring. Detroit Free Press reports the exchange.
A young woman recovering from typhoid loses her hair and wears a wig. In a playful moment she places the wig on a chandelier, prompting remarks about dizziness from the gas jet. Her mother comments on the daughter’s remark and the husband’s humor, noting egotism in laughter.
In a Tennessee debate Horace Maynard, tall with long black hair, quotes Latin verses. Thaddeus Stevens responds in his vigorous style, then quips that he does not understand the gentleman’s English or Choctaw, delivering a sharp parting remark.
Miss Lillian Gordon Pym of Boston passes Royal College of Music examination in London and earns associate degree at 16. She also holds a pianist proficiency medal from the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music and a licentiate from the Royal Academy of Music.
The first car on the new Electra Line in Santa Barbara was operated by Miss Hattie K. Muller. Her skilled performance impressed observers as she drove repeatedly, and she told the road president she preferred being a motorman if people would stop staring. The president affirmed the role would be hers whenever she chose to pursue it.
A controversial claim argues that size or prominence of the brain in illiterate or low status individuals can surpass that of renowned scientists poets and philosophers, challenging conventional ideas of intellect and worth.
A Parisian inventor aims to perfect a phonograph watch that will whisper the time in your ear by touching a spring. If successful, the device promises a new way to tell time discreetly.
The exchange has Fred claiming his schooldays were the happiest of his life while Mamma insists it is true. He hints at hockey and avoiding trouble as part of those days.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at labor and illness with a northern minstrel tone. The text references an old woman in hospital and a worker questioned about work while in a dialect setting. No clear event or names are provided.
A 19th century boxing quip notes Tim remarking on Scaldy Mike entering the eighteenth round and James Blowhard recalling the late rounds as the bout wore on with hoarse speech and a final word.
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