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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
4
A collage of local notes from April 22 1893 including shipping records for Haverhill shoes Colonel A A Pope potential governor candidacy and debates on taxes for poles telegraph and street railway stock and leather trust comments. Also mentions naval training ship post of honor and Marlboro post office ratings and Massachusetts military education opportunities.
Bishop Goodsell of the Southern New England Methodist conference warns that ministers lose influence when engaging in party work. The remark arose after a New Bedford preacher sought a supernumerary relation to aid the Prohibitory party. An article on Phillips Brooks by Rev Arthur Brooks will appear in Harpers May issue.
An Australian gardener recounts taming a large toad rescued from a rattrap then released in a rockery showing daily feeding behavior before it vanished. The piece notes a rule about handling tame creatures and mentions Moses Loria born Mantua 1814 died Milan leaving $8 million to Milan for an international home for laborers.
Maynard notes a new boiler arrival for the mill and planned river end houses this spring. Roadway realignment under the railroad dry bridge will straighten with Main Street. A St. Bridgets theatre drama is anticipated at Music Hall. Town bylaw prohibits mischief and noise in streets with fines.
In a public resignation style note the author apologizes for missing a deposit of 7.65 tied to 108 votes for Joseph Larkin in a fair contest. He acknowledges the error was his and offers repayment from his own funds. He notes the winner had over 500 votes and asks the public for guidance on further redress.
Maynard Leighton advertises taxidermy and a land sale on Acton Street opposite Luke Brooks' orchard with a ground inspection on Saturday April 22. Other items promote yard tools groceries millinery and furniture repairing at Higgins Russell Deane and Leighton's Stuart's block plus a window for sale of house lots.
Two applications filed under the public statutes seek sixth class licenses to keep intoxicating liquors for medicinal mechanical and chemical purposes as druggists. B F Johnson at Main street Maynard and Daniel W Adams at Loewe block Nason street seek premises on first floor and basement with local selectmen noted.
Rev Bulklely and Rev Campbell exchanged pulpits in Concord Junction. Social events include a sixth birthday party, a dance with Fisher's Bedford orchestra, and a husking bee entertainment by the Rebekahs. Church fund plans feature a dollar-earning drive and a chain letter fund idea. Tufts memorial stone dedication is planned for Memorial Day. The Damon Manufacturing Co. owes 263790 with assets described, and local notices promote Amesbury carriages and White Dove Flour.
An OCR fragment lists prices for ladies and men's footwear including kid button boots, opera and common sense heels at $2 to $2.50, Kid opera and common sense at $125 to $200, and men's Cordovan toeg shoes with $500 limit, plus Kangaroo Globe toe and congress styles at $3.50.
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