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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1896
Page
1
All material must reach the office by Tuesday night to be included in the same week issue. Early submissions avoid delay or condensation. News, advertisements, or subscriptions may be left with C. H. Persons in Riverside block and at J. B. Deane's Loewe's block.
Sunday evening James Dawson former Maynard resident delivered a temperance talk at the Methodist church. Christmas morning at 9 30 o clock a Holy Communion service will be administered at St George s church.
Far from a green Christmas this year with cases of whooping cough in town. Christmas tree events at the Methodist and Congregational churches plus St. George’s will bring gifts to children. Mill stock-taking Friday. Rev. A J Haynes preaches. Blanchard to resume duties next Sunday. Case’s offers holiday bargains. Maynard House guests include Detectives Whitney Hammand and Pope. Associated Templars host Saturday event in Good Templar hall. Millpond skating disrupted by a Wednesday snowstorm. Holiday clerks at Case’s include Pettigrew Whitney Jannell Henderson Childs Lehy and Mrs Maynard. Union Good Templars meeting Tuesday. St Bridget’s concert January 1 features Brigham orchestra and turkey supper. Musical day at Congregational church with AM Maynard Mallison Farquiar Sunderland Hayes Hoobs.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drane and sisters express sincere thanks to the community for aid and comforting words during their heavy loss. They convey lasting appreciation and wish others the same support in difficult times.
Town officials had posted no reward at first for the arrestee but later offered one upon conviction. The question of entitlement rests on whether Officer King Mr Lord the boy Whitney or all are eligible.
Quiet American family of three adults seeks a cottage or tenement near Maynard with a stable for one horse. Contact James Aspinall at Big Brown St Marlboro Mass.
About 200 members of the New York City Woman's Suffrage League and guests attended the fifth annual Pilgrim Mothers dinner at the Tuxedo yesterday. Speeches and songs covered patriotism and the emancipated woman. notable presenters included Mrs Lillie Devereaux Blake and Mrs Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
Almanac data shows sunrise and sunset times and lunar phases for New England with a forecast of heavy snow along the coast and gales from the north. An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as harmless and reliable for colds croup and lung troubles with pleasant taste and endorsements from local firms.
Instructions urge insurers to file by Tuesday night to prevent delay of articles. Advertising matters and subscriptions may be left at H. L. Whitcomb's bookstore or at the post office for processing.
Miss Lilla Phelps enjoys two week vacation at home. Anson Wheeler completes two 150 foot greenhouses. Mrs. Steele visits Concord. Harold Bush of Ohio national guard tours Co. I at the armory. Dr. William H. Prescott named medical director in Boston. Wheeler family attend Quincy House banquet. Milk Producers union reorganizes, Charles Prescott elected president. Harvard students fund and perform a town hall concert by the glee banjo and mandolin club with a dancing follow-up. Harmony lodge officers elected. several members step down after long service.
The Couthoui Concert company played to a full Concord hall on Saturday evening with extra artist Handel from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Jessie Couthous made her Concord debut to warm applause while Mrs. Leviing, Miss McGibeny, and Mr. Wilder offered praised piano and flute selections and encores.
The Enterprise reports Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company issued its 1897 calendar. The card features the home office building on the upper left, the Colonel James Barrett house on the upper right, the North Branch river image on the lower right, and the Hosmer house on land once owned by Governor Winthrop on the lower left. It is artistically conceived and expected to be highly prized by collectors.
Rev W G Puddefoot field secretary for New England of the Congregational Home Missionary Society will visit the Trinitarian church next Sunday He will preach in the morning and present a stereopticon lecture in the evening illustrating home missionary work especially in the west The lecture is under the auspices of the Endeavor society missionary committee All are invited to hear this speaker.
The ad asserts life length may be increased by removing dangers and claims most deaths come from lung troubles. It promotes promptly using One Minute Cough Cure and lists addresses for Johnson Whitney and Littlefield in Massachusetts towns Maynard Concord West Acton.
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