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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
4
A reader wonders if any team will play a football game on Christmas Day. The message contrasts holiday scheduling with social tensions and economic concerns about rumors affecting local business in a city of 15,000.
The Marlboro scene shows six couples wed over two days as locals joke about joint living costs. The writer notes bleak immediate prospects for Philippine self rule and likens governance to a well grown boy with a bad record for fighting and eating.
The exoneration of Lieut. Fennessey of the ninth regiment from charges of cowardice and inattention to duty shows how easily one may attack a man’s character, but impartial judges cannot substantiate such claims.
South Framingham residents weigh the idea of a city government as Marlboro and nearby towns consider joining the move. Citizens note advantages and disadvantages of the plan and discuss potential impacts on local governance.
Veteran actor Joseph Jefferson known for Rip Van Winkle and Bob Acres appears to near retirement. He has entrusted his two greatest plays to his sons, signaling hope that the Jefferson name will endure in American theater.
The Ninth Massachusetts regiment is mustered out and its members are free to return to civilian pursuits. They have earned the right to retire on their laurels, though there is a worry that if no regiment leaves the service another may not, and that the Sixth’s term could be extended. The fortunes of war remain uncertain even in peacetime.
The editorial notes Marlboro should trial women on the school board given many teachers and students are female. It suggests female trustees could improve tone and efficiency, but warns Marlboro women may hesitate to step forward. It adds a Ward 7 opening exists for next year.
D M Moore arrived home Saturday night November 19 after months in Cuba with severe malaria. With treatment from Dr. F A Rich he has since shown significant recovery and improved condition.
Boston reports France New England coast battered by Sunday storm with near thirty wrecks and unknown death toll. The steamer Portland with nearly 100 aboard is lost. Cape Cod ends battered. vessels ground. wrecks and lifeboat rescues unfold as weather hampers communication and relief. Coast towns suffer cold hunger as ships, tugs, and two barges vanish in 75 mile per hour winds.
The British schooner Narcissus, en route from Boston to Shelburne and Liverpool, foundered in a blizzard about 70 miles west of Seal Island. Captain McIntosh and crew of 23 were rescued by Hiram Lowell after a perilous day of storms and seas, with all aboard losing their belongings. The Philadelphia offered tow but was refused due to danger.
Mrs HW A Hancox visited Worcester over Sunday and Monday. Rev A J Rackliffe will lecture on The Fall of Babylon at Temple Hall next Sunday evening. Belshazzar cantata rehearsals Friday at the High School. Charles Cowles presented A Country Merchant to a good Hudson audience. William P Collins of Bolton arrested for drunkenness. Robins case filed. employed by Vandela EK Whitcomb. Freeborn family spent Thanksgiving in Washington. Snow measured eight inches there before Saturday’s storm. A boy narrowly escaped being run over by Walter White’s depot carriage. The Standard Concierge at Boston will appear December 9 at Town Hall under the auspices of a Dan Lodge O F. Performers Milée Nannie Hands Renee Theodore Gordohn Kronberg Miss Corabee. Rev F Upham D D guest of Rev D N Ela. storm prevented church services. Gov Gen Eaton presiding elder was delayed. usual Methodist services to be held next Sunday.
After nearly sixty hours of isolation, Provincetown reports via Gloucester Fish Company steamer. Twenty seven vessels were driven ashore and wrecked. crews saved from most, but several lives were lost. Four
A list of vessels wrecked or stranded includes schooners Daniel Boone Mary Cabaral Isaac Collins Clara Sayward F H Smith and steamer A B Nickerson of Provincetown. The Unique and fragments of R Walker and Addie E Snow drift ashore near Race Point with barrels of flour pork lard and whisky. The Jordan s L Mott sank after drifting in from New York to Rockland, with the captain and crew clinging to rigging for 18 hours until rescue. The Lester A Lewis perished with all aboard after capsizing near the Mott while the Albert L Butler went ashore near Highland light with three drowned. The Wood Island life savers rescued some, but Butler was a total loss.
Providence reports the Block Island gale as the strongest ever known among living witnesses. Winds reached ninety miles per hour before a recording device failed. Fourteen or fifteen men went ashore in a lifeboat and many fishermen sought refuge at the life saving station. The Danielson steamer was kept from shore by lifeboats. Charles Shaw drowned in the Cassio cabin, while crewmates reached land. The Lexington schooner ran aground and its crew were rescued after exposure. The vessel is listed as total loss.
Maynard local notices offer five fresh oysters daily at the central market and a Christmas perfume line at Johnson's Drug Store. Also listed are for sale two second hand sleighs and mason work by O S Fowler with plastering and house repairs. Orders left with John Cleary River St. receive prompt attention.
The Mullin family extends heartfelt thanks to all who assisted and sympathized during our recent bereavement. M. F. Mullin.
The article invites visitors to attend the Mechanics fair in Boston during mild November weather, touting items such as Paul Revere theatre displays, X Rays, wireless telegraph, Japanese tea garden, electric daylight parlor, horseless carriages, and various crafts. Reeves' American band performs daily with soloists, and exhibitors offer souvenirs and lectures in domestic science. The fair will positively close December.
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