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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
7
A girl named May fires up the curtains but acts quickly to stop the blaze, lifting burned fabric from a window and alerting her mother as smoke and a blackened heap reveal the near disaster. The mother questions why she wasn’t called sooner, and May explains she was too busy to wait.
The piece notes Lewis and John Benner of Philadelphia aged 4 and 6 as the riders of a 15 pound two seater with 16 inch wheels enameled crimson. Described as the smallest tandem ever made for the smallest racers in the world in an American Cyclist feature.
In Philadelphia a white and a black bootblack clash over compensation after aftercare of boots. The white bootblack agrees to work but demands equal pay for both boots, prompting the black bootblack to call him a blackguard and strike with a boot.
The article describes two outdoor grace hoops games a two stick toss and a center pole version using a five foot trimmed pine. Floral hoops about two feet across are decorated with different flowers and hung on the tree to score by height for prizes.
A reflective verse about letters B and D and their place between them. The speaker notes the odd comfort found when between B and D, while a companion E giggles at the idea. The text blends playful wordplay with fragmented lines mentioning Cs, BeD, and Mrs H. M. in St. Nicholas.
The Baltimore Sun details a young Norfolk native who secured a naval cadet appointment after personally appealing to President Cleveland. He recounts four White House visits, letters from friends of his father, and a final March appointment after passing exams.
The Italian paper details government guarding costs for King Humbert's minister of state. It lists two police commissioners at 1.60 dollars daily, 22 detectives at about 0.90 each, two vice brigadiers at 0.60, and a carriage at 2.50. Total daily cost 26.10 dollars, about 9,526.50 yearly. When the prime minister travels, expenses rise three to fourfold, near 12,000 dollars annually.
A 13 week drought in Indiana left a creek near Anderson dry and showing oil in a small stream. The oil increased over 24 hours and was traced to abandoned gas wells, raising fears of fire. The stream is guarded as the Indiana gas belt shifts toward an oil field.
John and Richard McGriff the oldest known twins in the United States marked their ninety first birthday in Geneva Indiana with about three hundred attendees. Both men are in excellent health and show lively youthful vigor, never needing glasses or a cane.
Verdi completes a mass for the seventh centenary of St Anthony of Padua to be celebrated next month. He is also setting to music several hymns to the Virgin written by Signor Boito.
The Marion Star notes a recently deceased citizen died about 8 p m and that his spirit took a flight in good time to attend the evening service in heaven. The item presents a brief obituary style tribute from the newspaper.
A Chicago Times-Herald note predicts patriotic fervor as delegates nominate a famed figure. The poem likens the party to a ship waiting for voters, poised to sail if the incumbent remains or drift if not, emphasizing virtue and wealth.
A period advertisement promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a small pill that cures headache indigestion and constipation. It lists distributors B F Johnson and Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield West Acton.
A local advertisement proclaims a newly stocked jewelry shop with a large, complete selection including diamonds opals and watches. It asserts direct-from-manufacturer stock to undercut jobbers profit and promises satisfaction to buyers in the vicinity with very low prices.
Frank H. Sweet describes Trout Brook where a timbered arch stood for an old mill. The stream spills over a waterfall and pools in sunlit eddies before it flows calmly toward the river valley. A vivid nature vignette from St Nicholas.
The article argues constant observation fuels originality in art. It cites Hogarth Stothard and Raphael Michael Angelo for habits of sketching chance scenes and notes a Burns quip about turning a plow mouse into an immortal image, praising invention over mere copying.
The Philadelphia Times notes the end of heavy distended skirts once deemed fashionable. Physicians blame health harms and women’s patience has driven a fashion revolt, expecting skirts to shrink and lighten soon.
A wry scene from a Sunday society blurb notes a girl pianist’s upcoming marriage in the next flat while a weary man watches a tired woman wheel a bulky baby in a stroller. He mutters revenge as tabloids tease a union amid sharp urban glimpses.
A humorous exchange where a patient asks the doctor to write prescriptions in Latin and the doctor replies with a joke about billing in English. It reflects medical humor and office language in a London context.
A bald eagle questions crows in a humorous scene from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The article notes diverse U S climates from Arizona deserts to Greenland regions and cites Missouri’s rye yield of 808,807 bushels from 24,283 acres in the last census year.
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