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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
7
The article recounts a trial scene where a young prisoner answers questions about age and hat costs while a female jury gasps. The prisoner denies guilt and attempts to prove honesty, but the jury declares her incurably insane in a dramatic verdict.
Arthur Sullivan wrote The Lost Chord while nursing his dying brother Frederick. He read Adelaide Procter's poem that inspired the music and worked for hours, the emotional strain shaping the powerful, touching song.
A Russian prince traveling from Brittany to Paris faced delays on the Quest-Etat line after a telegram warning of accidents. Prime Minister Briand instructed the director to check safety but the express arrived six and a half hours late with the prince waiting on the platform.
A party of prominent men challenge a boastful member to three questions. He admits to jail time and electrocution, prompting the crowd’s reaction as described in the World.
Marlboro resident Mrs. Jennie Williams reports relief from headaches back ache dizziness and nervous spells after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She followed a doctor's advice and obtained the remedy from Burke Drug Co noting improvement and recommending it to others.
A retrospective on record chasing in baseball with Ty Cobb Fred Luderus and other stars. It notes records for home runs two base hits doubles and triples, compares modern hitting to early eras and recalls historic single game feats.
A poetic invitation to climb within nature’s steep slopes and river crystal wells. The speaker cherishes innocent dialogue and imagery as a path to bliss, hoping two kindred minds share this tranquil, secluded scene among pavilioned boughs and singing birds.
A fragmentary verse reflecting on love and social class, contrasting beauty and nobility with humble affection. The speaker questions rank and fate, while praising pure emotion beyond status, ending with a farewell to a lady. The poem blends imagery of diamonds and pearls with longing and restraint.
The Woodstock Improvement Society founded in 1903 raises funds via a $1 annual and $40 life memberships and oversees city beautification. It collects garbage, contracts multiple street cleaners, maintains dumps, trims flowerbeds, and redevelops Resurrection Park transforming derelict land into a valued civic space.
Corrected timetable dated February 18 1811 lists Saturday half hour cars from 2 PM to 8 PM with connections at Concord to Arlington via Boston and Worcester and Worcester Consolidated lines for city routes. It notes connections at Concord and Concord Junction for Lowell South Framingham and Worcester routes toward Fitchburg Lexington Waltham and Boston.
A fragment portrait describes a blacksmith named Care, whose pride and anger shape a troubled life. The verses portray hard labor, dirty hands, and a restless mind challenging daily sustenance.
An archaic poetic fragment depicts evening arriving as creatures settle and a landscape becomes luminous under a starry sky. Hesperus appears with the stars, rising in majesty as the moonlight unveils its silver mantle over the darkened scene.
Lowell Acton and Maynard Street Railway announces corrected time table to February 19 1911. A Persons superintendent Maynard Mass signs notice for railway schedule update.
Barnard reports from his observations in Ceylon that snakes, notably cobras, are not drawn to music by affection but by curiosity. He notes cobras react to loud high pitched sounds from flute and chain rattling, while ignoring low notes and drum beats. Barnard also doubts the imagined power of serpents to fascinate birds, based on London garden observations.
A wise woman shares a steam safety tip from the New York Tribune. She demonstrates blowing steam aside to prevent scalds, noting steam is easily diverted with calm presence. She urges readers to remember the trick whenever handling hot kettles.
Public baths in London lag behind Tokyo and St Petersburg with Vienna’s bath named the finest. Tokyo operates 800 baths serving about 800000 daily at roughly half a penny each. Vienna’s basin accommodates 1500 with water changed thrice daily. Germany’s telephone girls retire on pension after age seventy with civil service entry tests and a typical starting salary around thirty earning $450 plus 150 for housing. The text ends with light humor and a children’s riddle.
The Phrenological Journal asserts brain organs conform to the pressure of the spirit and opinions we hold. It claims organs grow by what we feed upon and that sustained anger increases blood to faculties like combativeness and destructiveness, linking mind state to body and facial features.
A reflective piece on how suspense weighs on the heart and body, detailing the troubling, gnawing effects of long waiting and uncertainty on the physical and emotional state.
A reflection on historians balancing literature and accuracy. The piece notes that obtaining history as literature and history as fact requires rare human qualities. It discusses the art of shaping facts into a pleasing narrative without sacrificing truth.
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