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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
6
The clove tree is a tall evergreen from Mo Inoca Islands, member of the Myrtles. It yields flower buds called cloves, named for the nail like form, dried for commerce as mother cloves. buds lose potency if left on tree. The plant emits strong aroma. cloves formed by a flower rolled up with four surrounding points.
Liberty Neb businessman G H Bell recalls a May 1864 skirmish at New Hope Church Georgia where a swarm of lightning bugs fooled both armies into firing for over an hour. He and rival G W Harris of the Fifty-fifth Tennessee survived as both sides exhausted ammunition and timber lines were torn by fire.
A collection mentions an Irish deacon baptizing with tea water, a tutor's condolence note for a bereaved parent, and a home ruler critiquing English terrorism. The snippets illustrate Celtic word values and the contrast with Saxon rhetoric, with Cornhill Magazine cited.
Professor Virchow told the International Congress in Moscow on August 1 1897 that life has no origin beyond life itself and that discoveries by pathologists and biologists establish this truth beyond doubt. He warned that if life taken from life comes from a highly developed life then so will the wife that is taken and expressed hope that biologists will solve life’s final mystery before the congressmen pass away.
The Sudan expedition while laying the Nile railway encountered striking mirages. From afar workers seemed to toil in a lake surrounded by lakes, wooded hills, ships and cascades. Field glasses amplified the illusion rather than dispelling it.
Leslie Stephen argues in National Review that Boswell shaped our knowledge of Johnson and English literature. He suggests Boswell acts as a fixed datum guiding judgments and questions whether other portraits reveal aspects not seen in Boswell.
Professor Crookes discusses diamonds under polarized light revealing a rotating black cross and rare gas filled cavities that can explode the gem. He notes large diamonds burst more and some are transported in raw potatoes. An experiment shows diamonds deforming steel without damage, proving extraordinary hardness.
In Opelika Alabama a patch of limbless cotton rises five to seven feet with no limbs or branches. Bells form on short twigs and the stalks resemble a white column when in bloom. The Rev. I. N. Fitzpatrick, a presiding elder of the negro Methodist church, owns the patch and tends it at night with a dog and gun amid expectations of about four bales per acre under favorable conditions.
The article notes annual kilt production between 150000 and 200000 for 17 battalions of regulars militia and volunteers with a biennial military kilt supply of 7000 per year. It highlights raised-letter typewriters aiding the blind and cites North Dakota bans on quail pheasants beaver and otter trapping until 1903 or 1906.
T J McNally a Chicago cab driver and survivor of the Light Brigade recounts his long service in the Gordon Highlanders and the 1857 Lucknow relief. He recalls marching from Cawnpur to Lucknow and the brutal siege, Havelock’s death, the Alum Baugh relief, and the lack of a pension after ten years in service.
A Sunday School commentary on Ephesians 6 10 20 from Rev D M Stearns explains the armor of God phrase by phrase. It emphasizes spiritual warfare reliance on grace and prayer and urges steadfast witness amid trials and demonic opposition.
A prosperous man touts Gusher spring water as a remedy for a lifelong monetary difficulty. He stops short of details while claiming it eased his chronic distress. Boston Transcript notes the claim without specifics.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a Maine case where a lawyer exposed a widow to a costly suit over a non binding engagement. A rich suitor demanded $50,000 with a written apology and affidavits of other dismissed suitors to pressure settlement. The widow capitulated to avoid public scandal.
A young man criticizes a prosecuting attorney at length and is praised for his thought, the attorney saying the only reason he could not be a successful lawyer is that the youth does not know enough. The youth wonders if his time spent on others is worthwhile as he walks along.
A curious list highlights creative terms used for animal groups by sportsmen. It includes a covey of partridges a niche of pheasants a wisp of snipe and more such as a siege of herons a flock of geese a pride of lions and a sleuth of bears.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate notice for Mary W. Chaffin of Acton. Executor William D. Tuttle presents final account and is cited to appear November 23, 1897, at Cambridge Probate Court to show cause why allowance should not be granted. Publication in Acton Enterprise and mailing to interested parties required.
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