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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1893
Page
3
An article outlines methods used to test railway employees sight including wool tests color blindness and the card test with a color bulls eye at 15 feet. It argues for regular testing every three to four years and for an exhaustive three part examination to ensure safe operation.
The New York Recorder essay argues ears reveal mind and morals. Large, coarse ears imply coarseness. long narrow ears suggest pug nacity. waferlike ears signal distrust. very small ears show a trifling mind. High-set ears hint narrowness. well-shaped, unexposed ears denote generosity. many people share diverse ear traits, with individuality.
Chauncey M. Depew recalls telling a private dinner tale in England that drew modest laughter. The next day an English host joked about the joke being carried by a freight train, prompting confusion from an American observer and a pressed reaction in New York World.
A. G. Smote recounts a tale from the La clede corridors about a 1876 Cleveland robbery and murder. The fugitive escaped after police captured him, later resurfacing via a faulty letter and ending with a life sentence after capture in Cleveland.
An Augusta resident recalls a partridge that landed at a sick girl’s home and a community debate over killing it for broth. A neighbor decided to kill the bird, the girl drank the broth, and she recovered, echoing a Times belief that partridges can affect cures.
The Death Valley region in Iugo county California is likened to the Dead Sea area in the Holy Land. Covering about eighty by thirty five miles the valley lies well below sea level with extreme heat and aridity. Geologists view it as a striking sign of Earth's ancient condition as storms rage nearby and the sun scorches the sands.
Sir James Crichton Browne the English brain disease expert argued in a recent popular lecture that insomnia is not as dangerous as feared. He noted that worried sufferers often overestimate danger and cited literary men whose brains adapt, allowing about six hours of rest in a 24 hour cycle. He described brains in insomnia as rotating centers that alternately go off duty.
Wet leaves on West Kinney street caused slippery rails and multiple runaway cars on Newark’s Rapid Transit line. One derailed car blocked Washington street while a second car rolled toward it, forcing a perilous stop as passengers feared a collision. A switchman kept crowds safe and crews sanded the tracks after two more cars slid down the grade. The motormen blamed the leaves for the dangerous slides.
Washington cor arts column notes a pattern in Blaine’s life with events tied to Sundays. It cites key episodes including the Mulligan letters, the 1876 sunstroke shaping Hayes’s nomination, the Florence letter of 1888, and resig nations to presidents Arthur and Harrison. The piece links his final illness to a Sunday announcement.
In Walla Walla Mrs Mary Miller of Kennewick and Frank Foster raced to file on land near Kennewick. Both rode hacks from the evening train and hurried to the United States land office, she arriving first with witnesses while he was late after misdirection. The event reads like a humorous local note from the Washington Statesman.
A Louisville Courier Journal mobilizes a Mobile correspondent report that Thomas H. Carter and the national committee sent urgent letters to party leaders. The letters claim a nearly 225000 deficit after the election and urge subscribers who pledged half a million to fulfill obligations. An assessed southern member faced a $1000 demand to raise or forward funds within five days to Duane, the treasurer in New York.
Edgar Lee reports that astrology as a science has strengthened its position in England over the past decade. Regular astrologers in London agree popularity rose since 1886, with prosecutions dropping to four years prior. The Rogues and Vagabonds act remains a potential hurdle, but many expect repeal in the next Parliament.
The piece compares the Valhalla to other grand vessels including White Heather Venetia and St George, noting it as the largest English yacht afloat. It cites a voyage from Southampton and an upcoming longer voyage with Mr Laycock, highlighting speed and seaworthiness based on a prior voyage and Telegraph praise. It also includes a quoted note from Alfred Emerson about the high cost of worldwide patent protection and a critique by Sir Louis Globo-Democrat on patent costs.
Mrs J A Rice of Florence Kentucky testifies eight years of suffering ended after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She claims it eases irregular, painful menstruation and general female complaints and promotes health. The advertisement notes Mrs Pinkham Liver Pills sell for 25 cents and urges women to seek the remedy.
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