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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1897
Page
8
All matter must reach the office by Tuesday to be printed in the same week. Earlier receipt prevents condensation or delay of items. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
A roundup of local happenings includes Willis and a friend returning with 17 fish, Reed’s new boarded house, patriotic flags on the 19th, and a 10 pound boy born to Leonard Willard. Reports cover church services, Easter concerts, Y P C union elections, local illnesses, and depot updates plus a Norwood cattle sale and local notices.
Congregational church led by Rev W R Buxton with morning and evening services and Sunday school. First Universalist Church of South Acton with morning service at 10 30 and Y P C U at 7 00. Free pews noted. Local notices include egg sales by S A Christie and watch repair by S A Christie Baldwin's Old Stand. Cough cure advertised by B F Johnson & Son and others.
Electric railway plans extend south and east from Marlboro. The Marlboro Southboro Framingham company seeks control of Framingham Union street railway chiefly the Framingham Centre branch, which is to be electrified this season, while Framingham road owners resist sale. A through line from Wayland and Weston to Waltham may materialize this summer via Saxonville Cochituate and Natick, linking South Framingham with nearby towns and forming a circuit back to Waltham. An electric route between South Framingham and Medfield via Sherborn is also contemplated.
Transacts a general banking business sells drafts payable in the United States and abroad buys and sells Government Municipal Railroad and other bonds. The bank highlights bonds of water companies as solid investments and offers careful selection facilities. Safety deposit boxes available with absolute security from fire or burglary. John L. Stone, Cashier, Marlboro, Mass.
The office requests all material reach them by Tuesday night to secure same week insertion. Early receipts prevent condensation or delay of articles. News advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with A. N. Noyes at the post.
Local items report Mrs F S Davis visiting Boston and Miss Florence Day with her aunt in Somerville. Cattle inspectors again warn livestock owners amid ongoing cases and a search for better chemical solutions. The A C I 5 begins spring improvements and sidewalk work continues. Towanda club of Woburn dined at Monument House April 19, with Shirley visitors. Local figure K C Nickerson, former Monument House keeper and long-time postmaster, was found drowned near Sudbury. funeral in Everett and burial in Townsend. he leaves a widow and four children. Auction notices list estate sales in Acton and nearby towns, with farm implements and livestock, plus dissolution of Livermore Bros. partnership and continued business by J William Livermore.
In Sudbury a praise and preaching service is scheduled for Sunday at 7 20 p m in the schoolhouse, with additional services at Wayside Inn district and the town hall. Meanwhile the body of Bowman C Nickerson of Everett was recovered from Hop Brook near the NYNH Hartford bridge after a missing period of days. He was 49, leaves a widow and two children, and an autopsy by Medical Examiner Hoitt and Dr C L Cutler was performed.
Miss Carrie Wetcherbie was in town for the holiday. Miss Mary Nelson returns April 22 a Smith college. Miss Florence Dodge returns to Som erville next Saturday. Mrs. Sarah BE. Perkins has gone to Lynn for a week's visit. Wednesday the conference met, at the Congregational church. Miss Florence Wetherbee has re turned from her western trip. Miss Mabel Dodge began her studies at Concord high school April 20. Chas. H. Burroughs, who has been working at Concord, N.H., for some months, is at home again. Miss E. M. Beganson and her sisters Blanche and Belle spent Sunday and Monday at the home of their parents. The Y. P. S.C. EF. held a game social Tuesday evening at the home of C. A. Perkins. "An enjoyable evening was reported, Last Thursday despite the stormy day and threatening weather toward night a very large number, turned out in search of Sweetness and Light at the vestry of the Congregational church. No better supper of syrup and other good things could have been had, and the light for the mind was unusually good. W. & Whitcomb & Co. will not run their cart through this town until further notice. Their market at West Acton will be closed Friday forenoon.
An advertising note claims One Minute Cough Cure provides instant relief from throat and lung troubles after a disturbance at a Sunday service. The float lists Bb. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C. H. Whitney Concord H. A. Littlefield Weiston as suppliers.
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