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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
6
In a 1895 note column, topics include the French navy building cruisers modeled after the Columbia, Maine enacting prohibitions with Keeley cure facilities, a prediction that electricity will replace steam, and Georgia girls described in crimson bloomers as a spectacle riding through town.
The text argues Mr. Gladstone is not tied to the ruling party and could freely decide Britain's response to Armenian outrages. It also critiques Westerners seeking easy money and predicts public restlessness over investment.
A New Jersey man sues to stop his wife from wearing bright red bloomers on her rides, while she calls her bike and biking. The piece notes band concerts should be free from interruptions by fakirs and pedlers, and adds a warning about Boones pond campers navigating winding paths at night.
The Boston Globe suggests a quirky neighborly remedy for hen disturbances. Tie corn kernels to strings and attach cards reading Please keep your sons at home to attract owners’ attention and keep hens quiet.
The Brooklyn Eagle mocks a dry era claim by noting a postage stamp ounce of alcohol could be used to brew beer. It suggests soaking stamps in water with quinine and vinegar to supply a churchless Sunday drink for New Yorkers unable to visit saloons.
Said Rev. J. M. Cleary president of the Catholic Total Abstinence union of America addressing about a thousand delegates in New York on Wednesday last. He declared a man cannot be a good Catholic and run a saloon, a remark met with tumultuous applause as the convention endorsed him.
A Kansas man faces a lawsuit after kissing a Kansas woman with her attorney describing the act as loud boisterous felonious and unseemly challenging damages claims. The piece notes the absurdity of alleging harm from a kiss and reflects on the clash of public virtue and private affection.
The piece discusses a proposed electric locomotive by Westinghouse able to move 150 miles per hour with a heavy train. It notes the impracticalities such speed would pose, including sunk tracks to avoid cross roads and the challenge of stopping within half a mile, while humans might settle for a mile per minute.
The column surveys varied topics from slang origins and local expressions to notes on public holidays school vacations and Prohibition delegate timing. It honors hero Michael Sullivan a Fitchburg Railroad brakeman who died at his post and praises his selfless bravery.
The piece weighs whether the Cleveland infant should be Marian or Marion noting Webster's feminine Marion and masculine usage by General Francis Marion. It mocks infighting over the name and congratulates Cleveland for not naming the child Marianne.
The Enterprise Printing company in press with The Age of Reason by the late George Stearns. He predicts a new motive power to replace steam, enabling aerial navigation and easier locomotion, and foresees a substitute for typesetting that could dispense with labor.
Enrollment for the coming fall at Burdett College of Actual Business already exceeds last year’s level, showing strong early interest.
An advertisement urges quick use of DeWitt's Calf Cholera Cure for children especially infants suffering from cholera infantum or summer complaint. It lists vendors B F Johnson Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton.
All matter must reach the office by Tuesday night to be included in the same week’s issue. Early receipt avoids condensation or delay of articles. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
South Acton notes list Sunday school picnics Y P C U meetings and a range of local updates. Mentions morocco factory paint, shop closures, vacations and community events with church notes and local travel.
A humorous health piece presents ten commandments about diet and hygiene, ending with an advertisement for DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure. The ad lists distributors in Maynard Concord Littlefield West Acton and promotes instant relief from severe stomach pains.
A clambake will be held Wednesday August 21 at 6 30 p m in Reformatory grove under the Union church auspices. The notice mentions clothing items on sale at deep discounts under Miss E G Stoddard and Jeremiah Sheehan with prices marked down.
Boxboro notes Benj Mead has sold his farm to Simeon Wetherbee. Rev A B Peabody returns from vacation. Miss Jennie Orendorff of Concord visits. Geo H Burroughs works for C H Mead for weeks. Mrs Henry Willard and Miss Alice spend August in Maine. Grange ladies prep for annual fair at town hall on Thursday August 22.
An excursion train runs next Sunday on the Fitchburg railroad to Lake Pleasant leaving Marlboro 8.15 a m Hudson 8.24 Rockbottom 8.29 Maynard 8.38 South Acton 8.45 Return departs Lake Pleasant 5.10 p m The trip features scenery concerts by the Troy City band and a lecture by Colonel Robert G Ingersoll Round trip fare is 1 25 dollars.
Advertises DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure from B. F. Johnson and Son as a remedy to use at the first symptoms of cholera morbus to prevent fatal results.
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