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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
3
A corrected time table issued for the Marlboro Branch dated June 5 1899 lists revised schedules and service adjustments affecting trains and stops for the specified route. The notice names railroad official J R WaT and references the Marlboro Branch.
Marlboro weekly shipments ended Thursday July 27 reaching 7020 cases. Marlboro branch delegates to the state convention are A. A. Irish and George Rice with alternates C. D. Fay and F. D. Scribner. Funeral of Francis Xavier Loughlin infant held at 8 Sumner St with burial in Catholic cemetery. E. H. Fitch joins Foster Market Co. as partner. W. A. Flannery runs a photography studio in Pittsfield. Bernard McMurray left for Pepperell. J. J. Bradley plays with an orchestra at Bangley Lakes. Miss Nellie Dee teaches music at Cottage City. F. E. Brigham buys new rubber tired buggy. Rev J. O. Genest attended Bishop Clouthier ordination at Three Rivers, Que. Dr S. P. Willard adds chimney and fireplace at Shawmutav. Mrs Agnes Valliere of Montreal visits daughter in Versailles St. Elmer Walters buys a farm at Wolfeboro NH. J. I. Aldrich does mason work for H. F. Walker’s Southboro house. Charles DeWolf, shoe maker at Conway, increases output. Miss Carrie Farnum Howland Jr. vacationing three weeks at Peaks Island Maine. G. H. Turner plans to enter Tufts Medical School next fall, canvassing for Success.
A woodland tale shows a buzzard, fox, wolf, jackal, and hare in a scheme where flattery wins over craft. The fox and jackal share the hare while the buzzard is outwitted, ending with the jackal claiming the meat and the moral that flattery can prevail when argument fails. The piece closes with a Buffalo News moral about cunning and flattery.
A correspondent notes Japan exports mermaidens in varied sizes in glass cases at set prices. They consist of a fish body fused with a dried monkey head, crafted to conceal the seam. The mermaidens market has recently cooled after a period of relative abundance in curiosity shops.
A Washington Star quote notes officials deny action while admitting damage from leaked facts. The passage cites Mexico wheat valued near 30 million dollars yearly, a 6 million dollar rice crop, and 10 million dollars of beans grown annually as a staple diet in peasant areas.
Scientists report the solar system may host at least seventeen million comets across sizes from small bodies to large nuclei. The estimate highlights the abundance of icy travelers orbiting the Sun and informs models of planetary formation and debris dynamics.
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