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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
4
The Enterprise reports on labor talks and a push toward an independent organization of shoeworkers. Weiner argues the Brook stroke case is not an orphan while discussions cover court matters and Sullivan. The piece notes debate over June 17 as a legal holiday and holiday timing concerns for the town.
A Boston Globe critique dismisses a Washington linked cartoon and party lists as trivial while defending genuine American patriotism. A New York sheet faces backlash for calling Boston papers full of ooze and slime and for cheap Valentine themes.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter notes a broad shift in footwear costs and buying patterns. Moderately wealthy shoppers in cities abandon custom orders, paying 5 dollars for high quality shoes and as low as 3 dollars for patent leather or calfskin pairs. Manufacturers and retailers gain by direct selling, with four or five leading firms each surpassing 1.9 million dollars yearly.
A folio notes weekly cuts about shoes health wealth and woe with a casual remark on a Boston Globe page six item about Baketell of Hanover and Home Rule referenced by the Waltham Free Press.
An English statistician estimates that if 20,000,000 women in England shed tears twice a year, the total product of those tears would roughly equal the displacement of an 180 ton yacht, according to Exchange.
An advertisement offers a fox terrier for sale noting it will eat anything and is very fond of children, with contact to apply at a listed address.
A town improvement overview highlights Maynard Hua's compartment system in stores and Parker's bicycle stock. It also covers local events from a reform school to church lectures, accidents, obituaries, and social club plans with Musketaquid bicycle club expansion and Riverside park clubhouse project.
A D Holt will close his store on and after Feb 1 with sale of chubs. Store hours Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at 6.05 p m. Apply to Charles Haynes for purchase details.
All schools will be closed Feb 22. A. W. Taylor denies buying a California house. Advertised letters list Mrs Mehegan Edward Welch John A Williams Rev John A Lawrence O P Crane James Bradley. Ten from here visited the Chelmsford I O F fair delayed by a storm. Charles Worthely 20, a grocery clerk, is arrested as a suspected firebug.
The Antiquarian society will honor George Washington at the Congregational church in South Acton with a dinner and speakers from Boston and nearby. Luke Smith of Acton, age 82, will be guest of honor. An evening entertainment is planned. Sunday Feb 24 a Christian Endeavor rally day includes a sermon and a late program on the movement. Rev Buxton preached last Sunday from Exodus. Ladies Aid met at Mrs Bernard Coppings for sewing and tea. Mary Edwards leads the Christian Endeavor service with the topic To What Has Christ Opened Your Eyes Acts ix 21 11 17 21.
Rev J Gunderman of Dimondale Mich cites a wife struck by pneumonia after flu as saved by Dr King s New Discovery. The minister recalls quick relief from terrible coughing after trial bottles offered free at local drug stores with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
In Marlboro on February 14 a son was born to Mrs Euseb Phibeaudean. On February 19 a son arrived for Mrs E F Simon-Wwen Marlboro. On February 17 a daughter was born to Mrs George c.
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