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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1914
Page
3
A request invites securing contracts for electrical installation work. It promotes best materials and fixtures and experienced mechanics to ensure proper completion. The notice emphasizes obtaining an estimate and expresses interest in bidding.
The Suez canal links the Mediterranean and Red Sea shortening the route to India from Europe by over 5 000 miles. Begun in 1850 and finished in 1869 the canal spans about 100 miles with a typical breadth of 1 foot and depth of 26 feet. Estimates place the route cost at around 65 million dollars with distances showing English Channel to Calcutta via Cape Good Hope 28 000 miles or via canal 9 600 miles for the same journey from New York to Calcutta.
Boston post office seeks farmers to join direct seller lists for butter eggs and general produce. Names and product types will be printed and sent to city buyers to arrange weekly direct mail orders and private delivery by rural carriers. Farmers may list butter eggs or general produce and must contact the Boston Postmaster with offerings.
Town hall in Hudson hosts the Mawsim Moorish Bazaar from April 15 to 18 with four story Moorish temple, illuminated booths, and electric lighting. Organizers promise an extraordinary fair experience unlike any seen before as locals anticipate an evening tour.
Fragmented OCR text hints at reformers seeking opportunity and a note about a husband, with unclear context and garbled phrasing. No clear events or names are readable to confirm details.
A garbled OCR note mentions people and actions with disjoint phrases. It references water and a scene with unclear participants and no coherent event, leaving the main facts unreadable.
Agricultural guidance emphasizes verifying a hen’s commitment to sitting before trusted incubation. It advises dusting with reliable insect powder, using dust baths, and avoiding grease on the bird. It recommends testing eggs after a week, housing multiple hens, and keeping nests large enough but not oversized.
Mrs Pozozzle argues against calling a homely woman’s face a clock stopper. She insists many women with plain looks could frighten a clock into stopping, challenging a common quip with humorous defiance.
Maynard Massachusetts notices publish applications for first class liquor licenses by William P Campbell & Co at Maple House 3 Summer Street with multiple entrances and stock cellar. H J Dwinell seeks sixth class liquor license as druggist at 78 Main Street with stock-only cellar.
Mrs Kenneth Damien reports the death of Jesse M Blanchard in Williamsburg Virginia on Thursday at 12 10 after a two year illness with diabetes He was born in Winterport Missouri on April 26 1880 attended Bowdoin College graduating 1908 He served as athletic director at several schools and married Virginia Timberlake in 1912 He is survived by two sisters Mrs Kenneth Damien and Mrs Arthur Butterworth and three brothers Dr Benjamin F Blanchard Dean and Preston Blanchard funeral held in Williamsburg.
Lenten closing exercises at St Bridget's include rosary and sermon on Wednesday, mass Thursday through Sunday with procession, stations of the cross, and veneration of the cross. Easter Sunday masses at usual times. Holy Name Society and Dig 44, AH, to commune. West Acton services include 9 o'clock mass and a choir directed by Miss Florence McNiff.
At the monthly Ma sonic Social club gathering in Logwe's rooms a banquet and entertainment followed. Performers Roderick Melver Oscar Warren William Brindley and William Stokes appeared in costume with burnt cork routines, while Irving Astwood provided piano solos and accompaniment. The club plans a yeast beef supper at the May meeting.
An upbeat feature highlights eye catching store displays promoting progressive values and a dedicated roster of contributors. The piece notes stylish Mayan inspired motifs and a modern approach to retail presentation.
Maynard residents are urged to patronize local shops to sustain progress and discover high quality goods at fair prices, with Easter shopping urged to stay local rather than travel to larger places.
Bequest of 2000 to Concord First Parish minister fund from Amelia Mackay Goodwin of Cambridge noted. Heirs-at-law named for Lydia A. Goodnow of Pepperell. Maynard will filed for Sarah Mullen. John W Flood listed as brother. Probate returnable in East Cambridge April 23. Boston attorneys listed.
A fragmented OCR snippet references Confucius as great and wise and mentions Maye Mauve or Mayle. It also includes garbled lines about Sut lveron of Cautacena and a third Sia. No coherent event or clear entities beyond these faint names appear.
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