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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
The passage surveys various topics from corn huskings and red cars to imperial fate, earthquakes, wage talks, water scarcity, and a typhoid scare in Lowell. It mentions a Brooklyn brewery in Cuba, Rhodes, Oklahoma statehood, and an epidemic miscount tied to Collinsville drinking water.
Richard Croker and the New York democratic press push Roosevelt for the next vice president. The aggressive Colorel aims to stay influential in state politics rather than exit to national service. Lafayette dollars will be minted in Philadelphia to fund a monument to Lafayette, selling at two dollars each with 60,000 units planned. The first coin will be presented by the U.S. president to the President of France.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the best cure to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood. It promises strong nerves bright eyes smooth skin and a rich complexion making a run-down invalid attractive. Sold for 50 cents at Johnson's Maynard and J C Frierds Concord.
A shop offers a large assortment of flour and canned goods including wax lima beans string beans and red kidney beans.
In Shoe Leather is a problem to which many a tired father is still trying to find a solution. The ad promotes a full shoe line for boys girls and misses with prices from 31.50 to 5.00 and a complete infant line at 60c and 75c. The Boston School Shoe Queen Quality Riverton Regina Snow Line and other brands are listed as honest values with a large selection.
A speaker announces in Concord and vicinity that they are prepared to supply all who wish with high quality rail coal and act as a coal dealer. The notice emphasizes readiness and accessibility for local customers.
Local ad announces high quality flour at low prices with delivery or pickup at the Post Office or Walden Street near Tuttle’s stable for prompt service. Includes offer for hay and grain.
Miss Bertha Lamb visited Miss Dorothy Reynolds while Mr. and Mrs. Towle traveled to Bellingham over the holiday. Families gathered for Thanksgiving as Rev. Charles H. Johnson preached on The Pessemist and vegetables decorated the pulpit area. Plans were revealed for a crystal palace conversion on Walden street with stores below. The Town hall hosted its first large society party in two years, a subscription event organized by Stedmano Buttrick and others with about 50 couples attending and ending in a German.
In Concord Thanksgiving day crowds saw Hustlers lose 5 0 to Wayland Athletics in the morning. The afternoon featured Concord High versus St Joseph A A of Boston with fights and crowd unrest. Officer Craig restored order as the second half began and Concord won 12 to 0 with touchdowns by P McHugh W Dee and Hubbard converted by Hubbard.
J B Lilly of Bannibal Missouri recounts a life changing recovery from typhoid fever that turned to pneumonia. He credits one bottle of King’s New Discovery with rapid relief and subsequent full recovery saying he is now well and strong. The medicine is advertised as a universal cure for throat and lung trouble with trial bottles offered at local druggists.
Union church notes list Rev. W. W. Campbell as pastor with Sunday morning service at 1039. Sunday school at 11 30, Y P S C E at 6 pm, and evening service at 7 pm.
The notice lists morning and evening worship times for multiple churches led by Rev. George A. Tewksbury Rev. Loren B. Macdonald Rev. Henry King Hannah and Rev. Charles H. Johnson including Sunday school times and communion schedules with no specific dates for events.
A listing of services for Maynard area churches including Congregational with Rev. Washburn and W. H. Gutteridge, Methodist with Rev. Higgins and L. D. Wilson, St George Episcopal with Rev. Hudgell, and St Bridget’s RC with Rev. Crowe. Times cover morning, afternoon, evening masses and activities such as Sunday schools, choirs, and catechism. West Acton note included for first Sunday.
Foresters meet on the first and third Mondays. Companions of Forest on the second and fourth Mondays. Red Men hold gatherings on the first and third Tuesdays. A O O W meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Maynard Lodge No 131 meets every Wednesday. I O O F held weekly. Mizpah Lodge No 54 D of R on the first and third Thursdays.
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