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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
7
A Chicago Record item explains a simple summer toboggan using an eight inch wide plank laid on a high platform with a supporting cleated slide at the end. Rub the plank with soap, place a square board as the seat, and release for a rapid ride to the ground.
A summer holiday on Lake Geneva ends with boy Jimmie nearly drowning after a prank gone wrong. He large-heartedly uses his uncle’s improvised life preserver in the water, prompting rescuers to arrive and find him floating calmly by the pier.
Poem recounting a child’s grief after a doll dies with classmates from New Orleans visiting in black. The verses describe a makeshift funeral with a coffin, prayers, hymn, violets, and a grave in the violet bed as the author mourns and eventually reburies the doll.
A three year old girl named Ethel, punished by her mother for small misdeeds, cried briefly and then gently rebuked her doll. She listened to the doll and declared that mamma must not be called naughty for punishing her. The scene is described in the Philadelphia Times.
A Washington Letter in Forest and Stream recounts a hunter's tale from the Potomac near Gunston Hall. An eagle swooped on a lone decoy, seized it midair, but after realizing the error dropped the decoy back into the river.
Boston educator Miss Lucy Wheelock, a longtime kindergarten champion, has been re-elected president of the National Kindergarten Association during the group’s annual session in St. Louis. Born in Vermont, she built a renowned career in Boston, directing Chauncy Hall’s kindergarten, leading training classes, lecturing, writing, and translating children’s stories from German.
Exquisite neck trimmings replace stiff collars in summer outfits. Linen batiste bands with tiny folds and narrow valenciennes lace edge feature medallion embroidery points. Wide organdie collars with lace finish French zephyr gingham and dimity dresses. Valenciennes lace and insertion are prominent in thin gown decoration. Irish lace and linen insertions offer delicate everyday options.
A discussion on fashion shows dainty stockings with stitched insteps and contrasting embroidery. The piece then shifts to Pearson's Weekly recounting Bascomb in a Canadian model city where rules ban soft coal and Bascomb fights for his right to burn it, arguing cost savings and personal choice.
Colonel T. W. Higginson recalls 1859 transfer of The Atlantic Monthly to Ticknor and Fields. Fields edited and published, advancing payment on acceptance and aiding women authors, while discerning talent and supporting new writers. He valued Dickens over Thackeray for restraint in storytelling.
The New York Tribune notes solid black lace lingerie from Paris as the latest concep tion in fashion. A black petticoat, light filmy foundation, delicate lace, black satin corsets, and spun silk undervests form an elegant, costly ensemble growing popular across the water.
The tale recalls Archbishop Whately nicknamed Ursa Major at Oxford and a Dublin castle party where a youth challenged him. The exchange ends with the archbishop and aide-de-camp each admitting ignorance about the other’s difference, delivered with a wry closing remark.
A Bolton collier with a pigeon in a bag argues with a policeman who forbids tossing it in the town hall square. The miner releases the bird after a streetwise rebuke, and the pigeon flies away as the officer stands in astonishment.
A Boston West End conductor amuses passengers with a sharp voice and a quip about seating. He taunts a surly rider who claims no room, replying that the man has never seen courtroom justice and seat space is found for the lady.
Mrs Donald McLean regent of the New York city chapter of the D A R is praised as brilliant and capable. Under her leadership the organization gains honors and she reportedly prompted a letter to Senator Edmunds on the Venezuelan arbitration matter, earning official recognition for women in international arbitration. She originated the idea of a Barnard College chair in colonial and Revolutionary history and descends from Revolutionary stock, daughter of the late Judge John Ritchie. Born in Frederick Maryland opposite Barbara Frietchie’s home.
A tenant complains to the agent that visiting relatives cause palpitations when using the elevator. He requests a second floor office with a stairway only access to avoid the elevator. The exchange highlights the clash between accessibility and health concerns in building design.
The Chicago Tribune notes a potential new war between French and Italian theater worlds as Duse and Bernhardt split New York audiences into rival factions. The piece also observes language statistics and comments on life milestones like first love and first shave.
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