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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
7
A narrative describes a somber streetcar scene with mournful passengers watching a funeral tableau. The observer reflects on human fascination with tragedy and contrasts two sisters in a violet hunt with different fates. A Teutonic family then navigates a crowded expo area using a rolling chair device, illustrating family dynamics and shared joy amid public spectacle.
The Buffalo News recounts a rector remarking on women with large hats at church. He notes their heads stay down to avoid visible hats, making it hard for him to distribute communion. He suggests wearing smaller hats or raising a hand to receive communion.
The passage recalls how a girdle carried diverse items from inkhorns and pens to knives and rosaries, used by scribes, monks, innkeepers, and merchants. It references lines in early plays where girdles hold pouches, spectacles, a punniard, and letter-closers, likening the girdle to a haberdasher's shop of small wares.
A pompous employer demands respect with a formal title. A clerk replies that he is only George to friends and asks to be addressed as Mr Smythe, noting he has a handle to his name. The clerk resigns after the exchange.
Balloon experiments show pigeons cannot fly at high altitudes and even at 800 meters descend spiraling. The piece notes that vision alone cannot guide flight, and a 20 000 meter ascent would be needed to see 800 miles. It also mentions an American peerage listing and an English showman selling a transparent balloon headed baby.
A rider with a sack of sand scatters glittering grains across the town from the wharf to the hill. The seeds rise and bloom in tall, sweet rows as a violet sleep blossoms behind him, a vivid image from Lizette W. Reese in the New York Independent.
At Halmagen a town of 1,200 in Transylvania the Feast of St Theodore brings brides from about 60 to 80 nearby villages. Brides kiss all they meet then offer wine from jugs to recipients. Widows with new husbands stay home. The custom's origin is unclear with Turkish raids cited in rumor.
The New York Telegram reports a new trolley bearing using fiber graphite on each side of the yoke to replace oiling heavy wear. The design eliminates wheel wobble arcing and rattle while keeping contact constant and the car cleaner. The bearing reportedly ran 900 miles with little wear.
Dr. Chalmers recalled visiting a stark Auld Licht church where elders held sticks and wore bonnets during a bare service. The minister delivered a long but impractical sermon, prompting Chalmers to remark that if the people reach heaven they will dwell on its north side.
A Boston Transcript note cites a modern sketch where a gallery man sees his beloved in a snowy cloak in one paragraph and pink pale blue in another. It recalls a line of lofty metaphor using artistic hyperbole about the man’s soul and heart.
A humorous collage notes a chimney repair bill with line items, quotes on civility from Liverpool’s great merchant, and anecdotal health tips. It mentions hot water to ease headaches, notes on US military land use, wealth of the Russian state church, and a reference to Eudoxus of 406 B C who mapped the heavens.
The New York Telegram notes readers enjoy political squibs from The Tribune The Sun The Evening Post and The Commercial Advertiser poking fun at opponents. It says readers grin at clash of parties while political victims suffer.
A Boston Letter describes L. Simonds of Lynn building a steam carriage that weighs 400 pounds and reaches 10 miles per hour with two passengers. It resembles a standard carriage but lacks a horse, uses four cycle wheels, and features a porcupine boiler of 100 pounds with naphtha flames from three jets for steam. The setup includes a seven hour fuel cylinder and a 10 gallon water tank, with steering by a crank on the footboard.
Bartlett left a lion cage door unfastened at Day's Barnsley exhibit. A juvenile lion escaped and was tackled by Jumbo the elephant after car tridges failed. Keepers secured ropes, restrained the beast, and dragged it back into the cage without injuries to spectators.
The New Haven Palladium notes oysters begin to bud as shells dredged up reveal a heavy set under magnification. With ideal weather and no apparent obstacles, this could be a strong season for oystermen.
The Alton Sentinel describes the Missouri River current varying from 4 to 24 miles per hour, noting steamboatmen would call it still water in normal flow. Engineers deem bridging it difficult due to the river's shifting, unpredictable channel and dangerous velocity.
Mrs Harriet Wampler of Minneapolis testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her long standing female troubles after numerous doctors failed. She urges others to try the remedy and expresses gratitude to Mrs Pinkham. Liver Pills sold 25 cents.
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