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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1893
Page
4
The piece notes the college baseball season starting and comments on Easter millinery, street life, boyhood games, boycotting legality, and strong critical lines about Boston officials and colonial impacts in Hawaii, reflecting local concerns and headlines.
Katie McInearny, 23, died in an elevator accident at the Waldorf Hotel during the Damrosch concert opening. Her dress caught in the gate on the eleventh floor as she tried to exit. the elevator rose, dragging her, tearing the dress, and she fell about 150 feet to the shaft bottom. The tragedy was hidden as guests continued with the celebration.
A vast island once on the northwest Australian coast sank beneath the sea. Swedish trader Laem strom visited it in early 1892 and Dutch naturalists collected specimens in May and June last year. A recent voyage found no breakers where it stood, with soundings showing the island now 48 feet below the surface. The sudden subsidence remains a mystery.
Three senior judges in the court of appeal decide on land tax for tunnels under city streets. The Metropolitan Railway faced a land tax for its tunnels though claiming no surface ownership. The court rules the tunnels must bear the tax with surface owners liable where ownership is split.
A Milwaukee worker seeks Sunday work to attend the World’s fair on Mondays while Sunday closing advocates loom in commentary. Rhode Island pronunciation of Olney differs regionally with Oh ny. A Manasquan butcher crafts seven guitars in spare time, earning praise from musicians.
Readers note an upcoming Lowell vs Maynard football game at 9 o clock on Fast day. The article also details church exchanges, motorized exhibits by James Haire and Frank M. Ridler, a Congregational ladies’ Empire Drill, local liquor case outcomes, town meeting actions, budget votes, and various town appointments.
The Congregational Ladies' society hosted a profitable sale and entertainment at Riverside hall on Friday. The event began at 7 45 with a grand tableau and featured 13 numbers including piano duets, readings, songs, and cornet solos by Miss Connor Flood Warren Wentworth Peters Veitch Osgood Lord Haire. Ice cream and social time followed.
The Ma sonic chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star marked its third anniversary with an evening of vocal and instrumental music and readings. Highlights included the After Dark Party by seven ladies and five gentlemen, duets by Nellie Henderson and Ida Genelle, a baby chorus by local children, and a banquet closing one of the season’s most elaborate social events.
Leighton taxidermist at Stuart's block offers birds and animals preserved to order. Russell's promotes paper supplies, ink, low prices, and clothing items while Jennie S Deane's millinery showcases hats. Miss Naylor debuts spring millinery. A. F. Sargent sells Llewellin pups. Jim promises superior garden tools and seeds.
The Sudbury Enterprise reports on tax changes and office terms, school funding, Memorial day plans, and town meeting actions. It notes auctions for estate sales, residency moves, and a large April 10 personal property auction, with by laws and local appointments pending.
The Music hall, formerly the Congregational church building, was formally dedicated Tuesday evening with a social dance by Bird's orchestra of Marlboro. The hall now serves as a cheerful, comfortable venue for public events in town. An illustrated article on the old Howe tavern appeared in the Boston Herald. Sudbury residents note public interest in local history as material is requested for a Wayside Inn article from the Literary Press Bureau of Chicago.
The listing shows items such as Ladies' Gond lace and patent opera boots priced at 250 and 125 to 150 dollars, Ladies' kid button boots at 8 dollars, common sense heel styles, and men’s Cordovan and Kangaroo shoes with Globe and Graham toes priced up to 3 50 dollars.
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