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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
7
The article recounts the famed chess automaton Turk used by expert Paul Morphy style players and reveals the mechanism: Pillsbury hid inside the figure, guiding moves through a concealed chest opening. It notes Europe travel, a pause for repairs, and Hill stepping in before the machine allegedly regained skill.
A 10 year tally shows New York women marrying English aristocrats, yielding fortunes from five to several million dollars. Consuelo Vanderbilt and Pauline Whitney are named as future duchesses, with others like Countess de Chossel and Countess of Craven noted. Separately the old convict ship Success arrives in the Thames after touring Australia ports, now open for public view at East India Dock.
A Minneapolis Journal anecdote recounts Bishop Wilmer of Alabama not attending an Episcopal conven tion yet being represented. A friend’s wife dies and her tombstone reads The light of mine eyes has gone out. The bereaved husband remarries within a year. In a graveyard stroll the bishop is asked to comment on the tomb words. He replies that But I have struck another match should be added.
The Flynn syndicate in New York offers ten million dollars for Manhattan Beach, signaling strong commercial interest in the property and noting its appeal to American audiences and profits for the bid winner.
An eastern newspaper reports a planned athletic clash between Whie and Harvard. The piece hints at a grand, well contested event set to bring notable rivalries to the field, underscoring the looming rivalry in college sports.
A Chicago Record anecdote notes four nearby venues a restaurant the saloon the concert hall and the undertaker forming a vivid street tableau. The columnist recalls the slogan Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow ye die linking the establishments through a single haunting arc.
A former Confederate surgeon recalls General Mahone during the Petersburg era. Mahone, famed for fighting skill and temper, once used a curiously punitive tactic by dining on a cook’s sour biscuits while a negro helper watched. The anecdote underscores his eccentric but determined nature.
San Diego County adopts iron and sheet iron water guideposts along desert routes following Yuma County. The posts direct travelers to water sources and mark distances, aiming to prevent the many drownings and deaths from thirst found in the Colorado valley west of Yuma where some victims were within yards of water.
Comedian Francis Wilson of New Rochelle New York devised a bicycled croquet game played on his lawn with his daughters and guests. The wickets are replaced by targets placed 50 feet apart requiring riders to strike the ball while cycling. The contest lasted about two hours with expert bicyclists aiming for the goal.
A Tribune report surveys Chinese fortune telling in New York street kiosks and joss houses. It explains two stick divination methods, bamboo strips and red fate tickets, with prices from 1 cent to 50 cents and notes on horoscopes and magnetic compass readings.
Dr Ham and Dr Polloch announce a mission to China to cure disease before preaching, studying Chinese, with 3 000 American volunteers unavailable for China without funds. They plan a first colony named New Chicago and will carry an opium cure to ease widespread addiction. Washington Post reports.
A county official is approached by a cyclist who explains a puncture and asks the councilor to deliver a speech at the nearby site. The brief exchange reflects a civic scene with a request for public oratory about an ordinary disruption.
An Illinois physician warns that heavy bicycle use is creating a new gait called the bicycle walk. He compares it to roller skating in its rolling rhythm but fears the bicycle walk may become a permanent hereditary trait as the bicycle craze continues.
The Kreig Jorgenson rifle, newly adopted, is being issued across the army. Beginning in August 1894, infantry, First and Second artillery, and engineers at West Point and Willets Point have received arms. By year end cavalry returns will be complete. ordnance bureau credit is given for factory-made rifles and all ammunition and accoutrements.
A young man in Waldron Michigan was lifted from the sidewalk by a noose tossed from an upper story in a revenge attack on a rival. Passersby aided him to safety. the assailant escaped. The tale appears amid other notes including a big pumpkin crop forecast for southwest Georgia and a farmer editor ride anecdote.
Opinion split on the Valkyrie as dangerous in appearance while Defender trials favor its soundness. The Defender is seen as refined and fast while the Valkyrie type suggests stronger competition. observers note possible reversals from 1893 conditions in current international races.
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