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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
5
An advertisement touts Vinol wine of cod liver oil as a remedy for nervous disorders. It claims to invigorate the body, aid waste removal, help build flesh, strengthen nerves, purify blood, improve digestion and sleep, with a money back guarantee.
A Concord report lists local youths camping at Coffin's Beach and Nagog plus visits by Rev Geo Tewksbury Mrs Wood and families. Residents travel to Nantucket New York and Rockport Maine while tax rate set at 12.40 per thousand and Rev Bernard Copping to take Trinitarian pulpit next Sunday.
I W White the Main street blacksmith can fit rubber tires quickly and neatly. P W White sells Democrats and Concord wagons. A sale on handkerchiefs 50c down to 25c each, plus combs, brushes, underwear. Maynard C Clark lists a Bedford street property. J W Raymond offers coal prices. Richardson's Blackberry Cordial marketed for summer. Concord Furniture Co advertises furniture and chairs. Eastman kodaks and supplies at H L Whitcomb. J Kulenar offers barbershop services. Everything first class.
Residence of late Mr. John H. Chapman to let furnished or unfurnished. Cottage on Main Street West of the Railroad to let. Occupants include G. St. L. Abbott Esquire and Mr. Herbert D. Hale. Apply to Prescott Keyes 5 Tremont Street Boston.
New business opens in the rear of the bank offering carriage repairs in a workman-like manner and custom wagon building. Law filing is a specialty by Howarth White head.
In Concord the Trinitarian Congregational, First Parish Unitarian, Trinity Church Episcopal and Scandinavian M E Church list service times. Rev A. G. Tewksbury preaches at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm with Sabbath school and Y P S C E at Trinity. Unitarian and Scandi- church offerings noted with respective Sunday schedules.
The Second Oregon regiment broke camp at the Presidio and departed for home last night leaving behind very few men.
The piece praises Col. Curtis Guild Jr. as a strong Republican candidate for the second spot on the ticket. It highlights his soldierly aid to injured servicemen, Harvard prominence, and Cuban War service. It notes President McKinley appointing him to the Colonial Commission and Major General Breckenridge commending inspector generals like Guild.
Miss Florrie Bowker visits Milford friend Miss Alice Tucker while Bay State Gas sits out as a expressed investment favorite. Local letters, arrivals, funerals, illnesses, land bonds, new shops and plans for mill sites reflect a busy Concord Junction scene with real estate flutter and potential 25 new houses near mill locations.
Stow constables raided the Mike Early place at White Pond last Sunday seizing 36 bottles of beer and one quart of whiskey. Keeper John J Curtin plus Thomas Gallagher faced charges. Curtin fined 100 dollars and three months, Gallagher 50 dollars, Collins and Callahan 10 dollars each. Callahan unpaid and jailed.
Rev J M Yingling of Bedford Street Methodist Church Cumberland Maryland recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He cites personal use and others' success and notes it is a sure cure when taken in time. Available at UH A Littlefield West Acton Johnson's Drug Store Maynard H S Richardson Concord.
On the British steamer Mesaba arriving from New York, a cattle man named Diebitz reportedly leaped overboard after attempting to murder fellow cattleman Spheet. Diebitz drowned.
Four young men in Elkland Pennsylvania died within 24 hours after reportedly drinking poisoned alcohol at a Sunday picnic in Elmira. Several others remain seriously ill and two more deaths are feared as investigators probe a mass poisoning affecting residents of nearby towns.
A new blacksmith shop opened by W. H. Lawrence offers prompt service for all kinds of metal work and repair tasks. The business emphasizes quick turnaround and skilled workmanship for the local community.
The notice advertises wheelwright work of all kinds, with prompt attention. It specifies a shop near the Blaine factory in Concord Junction for prompt tending to repairs and blacksmithing tasks.
You can get rubber tires fitted to your carriages by calling on W. H. Lawrence, the blacksmith. If you want something rich, don't forget Rich's fruit cake at Dart's. Call on the new barber at the old stand for first class work. Everything bright and new. Main st. Littlefield's Anti-Fly at Dart's.
Union church services listed with Rev. W. W. Campbell as pastor. Sunday morning worship at 11.30 after Sunday school. Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at 6 p.m. evening service at 7 p.m.
Cleasondale notes Benj Wheeler will spend a month in Nova Scotia traveling by boat and taking his wheel. The local church plans two Sunday vacation periods with no services Aug. 13 and 20, while Sunday school and youth groups adjust activities.
In Philadelphia on August 9 the inquest into Charles A F Autenreith’s death by self inflicted gunshot found he faced severe financial ruin. Autenreith also served as representative for George C Mecke & Co bankers of Bremen. The jury ruled death caused by nervous prostration with no external foul play.
In Detroit on Aug 9 three people in the Polish district suffered burns from kerosene fueled kitchen fire explosions. Within a week four more similar incidents there caused four deaths. Investigators suspect kerosene below 120 degree safety threshold increases ignition risk.
Mrs Isidora Coffin wife of Andrew A Coffin the telephone lineman killed last Friday arrived from Providence and identified the body at the morgue. She will take charge of the body and arrange a Providence burial.
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