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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
4
The piece notes clergy groups vow to fight cycling as a moral issue, recalling how roller skating was once shut down. It also discusses Klondike migration draining many from the states while Alaska beckons, and new U S rifle targets featuring human figures to improve marksmanship.
The national lecturer outlines August Grange discussions on Living on the Farm with two questions. Do farmers live as well and economically as they might. How can life on the farm be made more attractive and enjoyable.
In the last year 11 Brockton shoe concerns faced departure threats but only two moved. L. C. Bliss & Co. relocated to Whitman and James O Donnell shifted to Middleboro. Both received accommodation and retain wages at prior high levels.
W W Oliver and Fred Cahill added neat granite curbing along the sidewalk in front of their homes on Summer street. The Methodist society hosted a lawn party on Parker street opposite the paper mill dam, where a heavy shower damaged lanterns and decorations but attendance remained good and items on sale sold out. The Maynard brass band played during a pleasant evening.
A swarm of honey bees visited the well known Maynard cooperative store on a Saturday afternoon. They occupied a yard pile of boxes and kept clerks busy while the insects helped themselves and appeared to be customers. Some bees lingered days after the event, with the manager noting the place as one where all were as busy as bees.
The Massachusetts Broken Stone Co of Boston has the contract for Main street work. Superintendent George H. Pierce says grade stakes are being set by engineers. The plan calls for seven inches of crushed stone center and six inches on sides with granite below and trap rock above from Waltham quarries. A steam roller from Andover will be used after tolling.
Maynard locals advertise J Butterworth upholstering and furniture repair at Roberts house Summer street. A capable girl seeks housework. Dahl the jeweler advertising. W Marshall on Nason street offers bicycles and repairs. Greenberg and Carts offer suits to order and alterations.
An 19th century ad touts Electric Bitters as a medicine for tired liver and languor. It claims the tonic prevents fevers and cures headaches indigestion and constipation, available at B F Johnson Son and John C Friends drug stores for 10 cents and 1 dollar.
In Greenville New Hampshire on August 4 masked burglars entered a New Ipswich farmhouse belonging to William Charles and Samuel Wheeler. They beat three men with clubs after waking them, Charles Wheeler likely fractured skull, all victims unconscious. Robbers escaped with about $25.
At Columbus Driving Park on an clear fast track Nicole won the 2:11 pace with heats six and seven. Pearl Onward equaled the mares pacing record in the 5th heat but driver Spears was badly injured in an accident while starting Rene. Spian then drove Pearl Onward but she broke in each heat allowing Nicol B to win. Grace Hastings set the season’s fastest 2:08 1/2 in the 2:12 trot. Josephine won the 2:20 pace in straight heats and the Monk won the 2:24 trot. Spears suffered injuries when Rene stumbled at the wire.
Washington reports from the Asiatic station show no trouble between Yorktown and Boston sailors and Japanese at Kobe. Deserters often face capture and may be restrained by police before being returned to ship, a practice that can be misread as mistreatment.
Waterville Maine August 4 Professor W A Rogers of Colby College has been elected to the Babcock professorship of Alfred University New York a physics chair endowed by George H Babcock of Plainfield New Jersey with one hundred thousand dollars Rogers is on vacation at the Azores and will return to Colby to remain until March then depart for his new post
The Glucose Sugar Refining company with authorized capital of 40 million dollars was incorporated yesterday afternoon in Trenton. Incorporators include FE O Matthiewson of New York and James B Vredenburg and A Q Garretson of Jersey City. The firm is empowered to produce sugar from corn and to manufacture all corn by products.
Concord New Hampshire August 4 Regent Fred Gowing oversaw the first examination for physician and surgeon registration. Fifteen men and two women appeared as candidates, with the exam to be concluded Wednesday morning.
Report from Hong Kong details the July 14 capture of the British steamer Pegu by Achinese pirates who killed Captain Ross and seven crew, wounded 16, and looted the ship before fleeing. Earlier, on June 9, Chinese mobs attacked the Yuchen Plymouth Brethren mission and the Ladies' Home boarding school, burning buildings and driving residents to hills, with women and Mr Blanford later taken by boat.
The Northern New England assembly and Maine Chataqua union begin a three week session in Fryeburg with extensive plans. Music concerts lectures from noted speakers include Hezekiah Butterworth H V Abbott Gorham Gilman and Gov Powers. Classes cover painting parliamentary law botany shorthand and more with organized excursions and field days.
Syracuse reports Tommy Roach a noted gambler barely avoiding a mob at Rockaway Beach Onondaga lake Monday night He ran a wheel of fortune and refused to pay a Syracuse saloonkeeper 36 50 claiming winnings A cut from Roach's partner and a woman’s intervention halted the mob. Roach fled into a woodshed while his partner took the money.
South Bend Indiana August 4 a statue of the late Vice President Schuyler Colfax is to be erected in the city his home and where his family now lives A committee C B Stevenson A L Brick and Dr S L Kilmer was appointed to solicit funds Funds will be raised in South Bend and requests sent to Rebecca lodges nationwide Mrs Colfax founder of Rebecca lodge lodges across the country are expected to respond The statue would sit in a niche on the Washington street side of the courthouse under construction.
The Decost shooting affair in Berlin New Hampshire concluded with Staples, the shooter, bound over for the Coos county supreme court October term. All witnesses were held in $200 bail.
Forecast covers Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with showers then improving to fair conditions and variable winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut see generally fair weather with southerly flow. Almanac data includes sunrise and sunset times length of day and moon phase for Wednesday August 4.
Miners from New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company continue to join the strike in Sandy Creek Turtle Creek and Plum Creek districts amid rising idle mines. At Camp Determination most workers who returned to work were in sympathy with the movement and officials report growing support and external aid requests. Peace and order remain the strikers’ watchwords as the labor action expands.
Governor Atkinson responds to a miners strike committee noting the executive cannot intervene in court actions but affirms broad free speech rights in public discussion. He cautions against trespass, incitement to riot, or violence and promises state action to preserve peace if rights or property are harmed.
Father Thomas Fitzgerald leaves Auburn Nebraska for Conception Missouri to join a monastery and serve a six month seclusion. The move completes a long case stemming from a 25 priest rebellion against Bishop Bona cum over alleged tyranny.
In Ellsworth Maine on August 4 Captain Phillip H. Gray of the steamer Seaconet owned in Newport was tried in municipal court and found guilty of unlawfully catching porgies in Blue Hill harbor. Judge Peters imposed a $200 fine plus costs.
In Hoboken on August 4 W A Larned of Sumit beat H A Nesbit yesterday afternoon at the St George Cricket Club courts. Harold S Mahoney defeated G L Wrenn.
Albany reports John Flanagan, renowned hammer thrower, shattered all records by tossing the 16 pound hammer 157 feet 4 inches yesterday.
Reports detail a 9 year old Joseph Callahan drowning in Lynn Massachusetts after a seizure during bathing. A Canton Ohio hardware firm suffered a large modern blaze causing 75000 in losses. A Lewiston Maine inmate James Barry hanged himself. A Lewisburg West Virginia fire destroyed 15 businesses, 75000 in damage with 25000 insured and labeled incendiary. Newark teen John Flynn died from a breast blow in a friendly boxing match. A Rochester New Hampshire youth Karlen Puff’s body recovered off Kennebunk Point after Wells Beach drowning. George Montgomery from New Orleans with relatives in Portsmouth fell from a Lynn freight train, sustaining severe injuries likely fatal. N J Grace of 82 years with Grand Trunk Railroad leaves to seek other work. The Bath Maine schooner E J Ingraham found a boat from Ellsworth Arboreer wrecked in gale, near Monhegan, diminishing hope crew survived.
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