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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
4
The piece muses on Monroe doctrine debates jingoism and Russo-Turkish war echoes. It recalls a Disraeli inspired concert hall tune and a Christmas motto about a child nine feet long. It questions the League of American Wheelmen’s grip on racing and the league’s impact on many wheelmen outside its ranks.
A traveler describes leaving Sabinan and wandering through abandoned villages and mountain passes near Jalon. He forages for food, endures a thunderstorm, rests in Calatayud’s grand church, and is granted access to a hospital lower floor by the alcalde. He calls the town dirty yet fascinating.
A Mississippi judge known for bachelor resolve answers a charity visitor at his home with humor and misheard lines. The exchange leads to a playful misinterpretation about a bereavement being an achievement, reflecting his long years of solitary life and wit.
The 1810 census first reported industrial details for leather goods, noting 4 816 tanneries with New York 867, Pennsylvania 715 and Massachusetts 299. Leather and footwear manufacture valued at 17 935 477 dollars, annual sole leather output 2 608 240 pounds, and 44 053 dozen skins processed. The Northampton tannery led with 5,000 hides yearly capacity.
Myre Vaughan Davies and Mrs Humpheys Owens, wives of members of parliament, have been elected to the court of the University College of Wales.
News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton. The note references insurance against condensation or delay of articles and mentions Anl parties.
A recap of Christmas services at Universalist and Congregational churches with choir highlights and upcoming sermons. Also notes the twentieth anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fletcher with a piano lamp gift, plus church schedules for South Acton and universalist notices.
Central Market advertises fresh oysters daily and a new six room tenement inquiry. Hats for Thanksgiving from M E Jannett on Pleasant Street feature millinery specials this week. A Nason Street store sells fresh butter cheese and eggs with weekly freshness guaranteed. Tea sample at four cents tea for 25 cents. Cash-only shop with framing and furniture repairs and up to date furniture at surprising prices. Darling's Block store run by W H Leighton. Christmas goods including handkerchiefs fascinators head rests and more from Cleary Williams.
Concord Junction notes report Policeman Chas W Ball, recently resigned due to sickness, departed for Georgia Monday to spend the winter as friends wish him a healthful return. Church notes list Union Church services and schedule with Rev W W Campbell. locals urge holiday stamp orders and advertise market offerings in Warner's block.
An early 19th century style ad promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for biliousness indigestion and constipation. It lists B F Johnson and Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as suppliers.
Billy Murphy of Australia and Sally Smith of Los Angeles fought 14 rounds at the Olympic club arena in New Orleans. Smith won as Murphy could not withstand Smith's rushes and clinches. Murphy was knocked down in rounds one and fourteen. referee stopped the bout with Smith the victor.
The aging Miss Nightingale, unable to attend the Bala klava veterans dinner, has long promoted sanitation in North Bucks. She has driven a home management and sanitary effort through the Bucks county council technical education committee, remaining a moving, unassuming force in her later years. This charity work endears her to English hearts from the Crimean era. A lighter note recalls a man who shot himself to escape indigestion, with a husband quipping about DeWitts Little Early Risers.
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