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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
8
Instructions urge submitting all material by Tuesday to ensure same week issue. Early receipts prevent condensation or delays. News, ads, and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Skins delay halts the morocco works for seven days. Mrs. Sternes and Mrs. Lothrop depart for Washington and will be away until April. Community notes include letters advertised, a horse stolen or borrowed, a Y P C U supper with performances, Royal Arcanum visit to Acton, and a Washington birthday roundup. Local church services, meetings, sales, and auctions are listed for South and West Acton with numerous individuals and families named.
The Peoples National Bank transacts general banking and sells drafts nationwide and abroad. It buys and sells government, municipal, railroad, and other bonds with a focus on water company bonds as solid investments. Corre spondence and accounts solicited. Safety deposit boxes rent.
Torturing itching and scaly eruptions are soothed and healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel. The advertisement lists B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield West Acton as distributors.
A Chicago Advance quips that women steadily press toward the Methodist conference goal each spring. An advertisement notes a cobbler seeking work, boasting 26 children and a shop in Caldwell and Lanier's rear, offering shoe mending.
E E Turner of Compton Missouri reports cure from piles after seventeen years using three boxes of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. He says the salve also cures eczema and severe skin diseases and lists manufacturers and distributors B F Johnson Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton.
The ad highlights priced staples including pears pickles pancake flour 10 to 15 cents and 25 cents Porto Rico molasses 45 cents per gallon with other grocery lines offered. It notes a large selection of canned goods and additional lines of groceries of equal merit.
Community announcements include the inauguration hall event at town hall on March 4 with Knowlton Allen orchestra and F S Gilmore as floor directors. A civil war soldier monument project progresses with a 7 1/2 ft statue and 17 1/2 ft base, costing about 2000 dollars for Sudbury.
Readers are urged to send news items advertisements and subscription details by Tuesday night to ensure inclusion in the same week’s issue. Early submissions help avoid condensation or delay. Articles may be left with A L Noyes at the post office.
Sudbury prepares for a Memorial day observance of interest to veterans. Grippe cases total about fifty affecting school attendance as winter terms end this Friday. John M. Conant has begun duties as juror in Cambridge and will be there through March and April. A golden wedding anniversary will be celebrated next Monday at Groveland farm. H. H. Whitney, new station agent at South Sudbury, plans to move his family from South Framingham next month into Mrs. Dennis Reardon’s house.
The World publishes an autographed Cuban provisional government letter from Salvatos Cisneros and Maximo Gomez stating independence is the basis for negotiations, with Spain prepaid by a reasonable indemnity. It notes the danger of continued bloodshed and Cuba’s ability to pay. U S arbitration is welcome if sovereignty remains intact.
Havana February 24 General Lee told reporters he would resign if not sustained by the state department. He said he had received no answer to cablegrams about the dispatches in New York and that the issue concerned Charles Franklin Scott who was imprisoned incommunicado.
Washington February 24 General Porter chief marshal Adjutant General Corbin and Captain Johnson heads of aids have nearly completed the general orders for the inaugural parade. A 16 page pamphlet will outline formations and sequence. Full dress will be appropriate but not obligatory and hats bonnets coats wraps canes or umbrellas will not be allowed in the pension building.
In Boston on February 24 the Bram case again appeared in the United States circuit court. Judge Col said the papers are still under examination and will be sent to counsel as soon as the court completes its review. Counsel will attend court immediately upon notification.
Washington Feb 24 Mrs Cleveland her mother Mrs Perrine and the three Cleveland babies left the White House for their new home in Princeton New Jersey Mrs Cleveland will return in a day or two for the inaugural ceremonies.
Reports from Athens and Canea describe continued bombardment and Turkish movements as Greek and foreign officials seek a path to Crete's autonomy. Proclamations by Crete chiefs favor union with Greece while powers discuss a joint, unanimous plan subject to Turkey and Greece.
The Wool Market reports sales slight decline yet firm prices. Territory wools show steady pricing with no advances. Fine and fine staple ranges fetch 30 to 35 cents scoured, fleece wools remain strong with moderate sales. Australian sales exceed 2,000,000 pounds in ten days at firm prices. In Madison a court upholds invalidation of a 1894 vaccination rule for schoolchildren.
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