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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1898
Page
7
G Clarke Nutall explains in Nature how photobacteria cause sea luminescence. Bacteria, some motile with cilia, multiply to emit light when oxygen is present. Experiments show light returns with air, coral-like colonies form chains, and sugar boosts glow, while not all light comes from these organisms.
Items of Interest lists rainfall figures for Manila, census notes on Worcester, and England imported honeybees. It also cites Mexican coinage value, Chinaman wages in Amoy, and fashion trends including warp prints, shirt waists, belts, colors, silks, plaids, and trims.
In the dialogue Eva asks if she has lied and fears heaven without George Washington. Mam denies lying and reassures Eva that she will go to heaven, stressing the virtue of truth. The exchange reflects moral instruction through a child’s question about truthfulness and the afterlife.
The Kansas City Times reports Governor Stephens of Missouri had a nephew in London who attended a theater. When the orchestra played God Save the Queen and the audience cheered, the nephew thought it showed English sympathy for the United States and wrote his uncle. The governor did not see the joke and had the letter published, circulating in the press.
The Detroit Tribune notes Dewey opened the national expansion debate and closed it, while Ridge wond News admires how the mantle of Farragut fits him, praising the fitting analogy and the strong association with naval leadership.
In London Fun a playful quarrel unfolds over Freddy’s habit of soaking bread in gravy. One brother finds it bad form while the other defends it as good taste, revealing a light domestic clash captured in the column.
A detective recalls two seasons at Monte Carlo watching jewel thefts and con games. He details a hallmark case tracking a forger through multiple disguises from Nice to Mentone, weaving pursuit with intimate gambles, and ending with a dramatic arrest of an Englishwoman at the roulette table.
A Chicago Tribune humor item shows Tommy Tucker answering a teacher asking about hibernation. He jokes that hibernation means to get on the police force, reflecting a playful misunderstanding.
Gabski has a Berlin engagement for the present month. Hoyt is writing a play for Anna Held. Tamango sings in Milan at La Scala next season. Ellen Terry stays with Sir Henry Irving. Mansfield studies Corneille in London. Clara Thropp tours with Leopald Jordan's Where's Matilda. Keene widow to manage a Cincinnati theater. Robert Taber to play Macduff in Forbes Robertson's London Macbeth. Imma Eames leaves Paris for Italy until October. Tim Murphy stars in The Carpetbagger by Opie Read and Frank Pixley. Wilson Barrett to play John Storm in Hall Caine's The Christian. Marcella Sembrich to sing a short season in Berlin before touring.
A man in Yorkshire saved a boy who fell overboard while fishing. A nearby farmer praised the act, offering a Humane Society medal, but the rescuer modestly deflected praise, noting the boy had bait in his pockets. The tale ends with humor about the boy’s pockets and the rescuer’s actions.
Report of a humorous exchange quoted in the Richmond Dispatch where Mrs Weeks asks what happened at a house last night and Mrs Meek responds that the sounds were merely a husband singing the baby to sleep, framing the incident with light domestic humor.
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt outlines pawnbrokers charging interest and storage fees for bicycles, acting as warehousemen for the goods left with them. It notes that pawnbrokers can loan money on stored goods and collects storage rent and care charges. The piece also touches on historical quips about Berlin and Rome, and a sensational theater anecdote about Miss Ellen Terry and a play with an odd title.
In Dekalb County near Lithonia Georgia the McWilliams farm long known as Reid’s place is said to host Jude’s light a wandering reddish glow that rises from Jude’s grave travels against winds and returns to the grave observed since the 19th century by locals and visitors alike, including Nathan Lyons and Hartman’s party. The light is not a will of the wisp and remains a constant size and height.
Collector of Concord announces unpaid 1897 real estate taxes on numerous parcels in Concord Middlesex County Massachusetts. Properties listed include Bowmen Alfred F Clark Edgar F Flannery Maria Hatch Myrick L Ingerson Roseatte Lowpon Andrew W Murphy Henry A Reid George Berry and non residents Hodgman James Reed heirs of James Wheeler James Quinn and others. Auction set for November 1 1898 at 2 oclock in Town Hall Selectmen's room to cover taxes costs and charges unless discharged.
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