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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
8
An item notes possible condensation or delay affecting articles including news and advertising matter and subscriptions. It mentions T. F. Newton in relation to handling or receipt of payments and orders.
Local items include F Jones painting the schoolhouse, Leonard Willard’s return from vacation, August closure of Tuttle Jones & Wetherbee tailors, Acton baseball loss to Milford 13 8, hotel sale by Mel Ford to Hodgdon of Bedford, new watering troughs, Somerville visitor Ghoelong stopping with Mrs. Allen, Elliott Clapp’s Philadelphia visit with son Henry, steam clam supper hosted by Mrs. Hattie Barnes, bicycle trip to Berkshire hills by Rev. Wm F Dusseault and John Walot, staff changes at Taylor and Co and Merriam & Co, Sunday services omitted at Congregational church with 7 pm service on Temptation, and South Acton church notes with schedules and free pews.
West Acton locals include a lodging for rent at five dollars a month and a tenement with six rooms. Properties seek pasture for horses at Wildwood Stock Farm. Stores promote low prices on hats, ribbons, flowers, underwear, tobacco, and Hammocks. An Ingersoll lecture on faith is slated for Lake Pleasant on August 16 with Fitchburg Railroad offering reduced fares and special trains.
Testimony from Railway Wingster Night Towermar Haus Fireman Hallahan Con duct Pienan Arthur Stiles and Engineers Greiner Farr describes signals and actions before a Reading and West Jersey collision. Witnesses mostly say Farr tried to stop the Reading train. Greiner cites signals as guiding his run toward the crash. Inquest proceedings are expected to continue for several days.
Li Hung Chang visited the house of commons in London on August 5 accompanied by many attendants. He sat under the gallery during debate on the Scotch agricultural rates bill while Secretary Curzon outlined key points. In the afternoon he met with the Marquis of Salisbury and was carried to the audience room on a chair due to stairs fatigue.
The Navy Department finds the Colwell court martial regular and acquittal honorable with no warrant for harsh treatment charges. Rhodes faces British probes over Jameson raid but Crown law ridicules prosecution under foreign enlistment act. Korea grants Americans rail and mineral rights from Seoul to Chemulpo in Vladivostock dispatch. other powers France and Russia receive concessions. Various baseball scores note games ending due to darkness.
James T. Mc Nally Edward Gallagher and John Tufts were reprimanded by Judge Berry in Lynn Massachusetts for a disturbance linked to the Plant shoe factory strike. Their cases were continued for four weeks.
Beverly Massachusetts August 5 William Kennedy a fisherman was arrested on returning from his lobster pots for possessing 200 short lobsters. This is the biggest seizure here Kennedy faces a four dollar fine for each lobster seized.
The Metropolitan water board awarded Snyder & Williams of Dayton Ohio the contract to lay a 48 inch pipe in Cambridge and Somerville sections 4 and part of 11. Bid amount is 42 581 90 dollars.
Tromsoe Norway Aug 5 The Arctic expedition led by Sir Martin Conway and his nephew has achieved the first east to west crossing of Spitzbergen. A vast ice plateau was found in the island’s central region.
Miss Mattie Maxwell of Springfield was thrown under a streetcar when her dress got caught in her bicycle wheel last evening. Authorities reported serious injuries, and her condition remained critical as of late.
Far from decisive, still larger returns suggest a sweeping Democratic win with fusion gains. In Minnesota and Kansas the party claims substantial county and legislative advances, with 14 of 100 seats in the House and 11 of 17 in the Senate, and a tilt toward silver measures shaping the state and national scene.
At Hutchinson the platform endorses the Chicago plan and silver coinage while urging resubmission of prohibition. The rules committee backs fusion with Populists, proposing electors be chosen and a five member mission sent to Abilene to seal the alliance. Judge Johnson leads the ambassador group as adjournment follows.
Nine gold Democrats from various Vermont regions met at the Pavilion to map a campaign. They elected P M Meldon as chairman and W H Creamer as secretary to discuss J H Jackson of Barre for governor and align on a course. They agreed to await Jackson position, back his candidacy, and send a representative to the Indianapolis sound money convention. A sound money state committee was formed to report and call a state convention as advised.
A new Massachusetts non-partisan Silver league formed in Boston elected Norman Cameron president John Vaugher vice president L M Barralle secretary and A Barralle treasurer. The group, which includes women as members but not voters, received letters from the American Silver league and branch groups. The league pledged support to Bryan while remaining non-committal on the vice presidential candidate.
Sharon Massachusetts reports the death of Professor Daniel B. Hagar a renowned educator who led the Salem normal school for 31 years and taught since 1843. Born 1820 Newton Lower Falls he authored numerous mathematical texts and is survived by five of seven children.
In Cleveland eight union leaders from different trades were interviewed and six favored against a sympathetic strike, deeming it unwise and unlikely to aid the Brown strikers. A decision rests with tonight's Central Labor union meeting.
Willimantic Connecticut August 5 the State Firemen association opened its 13th annual convention. About 200 visiting firemen attend representing nearly every steam hose and hook and ladder company in the state. Main street blocks are festooned with bunting and engine houses richly trimmed.
London reports the sultan has called on Lord Salisbury to arrange new concessions for the insurgent Cretans.
The New England Assembly banquet filled the hall of philosophy with about 4000 attendees. Rev. William R. Clark D. D. of Cambridge served as president and Rev. William Full of Lynn acted as toastmaster.
The advertisement claims immediate relief from coughs for all, presenting One Minute Cough Cure as a safe remedy for children. It lists distributors B F Johnson and Son, Maynard, C H Roney Concord, and H A Littlefield West Acton as suppliers.
If you have never spent a day at Lake Pleasant you have missed a lot. Rectify the omission by taking the Fitchburg R R excursion of Aug. 16. Tickets are $1.25 for the round trip and include passage on the special train leaving South Acton at 8 27 AM.
Advertisement urges use of DeWitts Cholera Cure for immediate relief from cholera morbus or diarrhea. Claims rapid results and healthy bowels. Mentions B F Johnson & Son Maynard Whitney Concord H A Littlefield Weel Acton as local distributors.
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