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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
4
The piece notes sleighing may be light this winter yet advises bells on outfits for safety. It also observes Boston fire underwriters may raise rates until capital competition lowers them, warning that excessive conservatism ceases to be safety.
The West End street railway is renamed Boston street railway. In Gen Bancroft the pew corporation appoints an efficient head who vows to provide good service if possible.
The Times notes varying mayor salaries from Lowell and Fall River at 3000 to Beverly at 500 dollars annually. It suggests Beverly should modestly raise its limit. Strong focus on city by city pay levels and a call for adjustment.
The remarks credit John Wanamaker with preferring newspaper space over posters and handbills. He explains buying large civic space in papers, selling jewelry or gambling only via posters, and dealing directly with publishers. He notes setting aside profits for advertising and owes his success to newspapers.
A proposed weather barometer would tell if a call between three and 30 miles will be clear. The device would prevent wasted remarks and save time by advising when to send a message by other means.
An Attleboro Sun letter denounces 1200 European cats shipped to a Philadelphia store as harmful to American cat quality and national spirit. The writer mocks free of duty status for art, urging against chronic imports and celebrating domestic cats as superior.
A Milford News item mocks a French statistician who claimed only nine of 872,564 marriages were truly happy, highlighting local skepticism about the claim and noting the critic may not have lived in Milford.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever blisters tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Price twenty cents per box. Sold by B F Johnson Son Maynard and Jno C Friend Concord druggists.
A sea tale recounts a mother shark and her pups feasting on a large whale carcass aided by a pilot fish. A dramatic fishing moment ends with the shark disabled, later killed by other predators as workers remove the hook and she sinks, a grim Caribbean scene noted by observers. In closing, the piece notes Greece imports fish totaling about $700,000 annually.
Magd lene chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star holds a Tuesday evening installation at Masonic hall with Deputy Grand Matron Carrie A. Cushing of Somerville presiding assisted by Acting Grand Patron Frank H. Salisbury of Maynard and Acting Grand Marshal Fannie I Terwilleger of Melrose. Officers installed include W M Miss M Florence Fletcher South Acton W P Dr Walter B Currier A M Mrs Lida A Hart secretary Miss Nellie Dufur treasurer Mrs Emma M Jones C Miss Lizzie A Wilson A C Mrs Maggie A Rayner chap Miss Matilde Fix M Miss Lizzie Deane Adah Mrs Bridget Hayward Ruth Mrs Annie Whitehead Esther Mrs Sarah M Mullen Martha Mrs Florence W Currier Electa Mrs Mary Flood W Mrs M Abbie Clement S H A Clement. The evening began with a banquet and social hour followed by speeches from grand officers and visitors.
The great ocean scene in A Fisherman's Luck transforms the stage into a tempestuous sea. Nellie is tossed overboard and rescued by Tom Manly, while Neiilie dies in act 3, drawing sympathy. Tickets are on sale at Johnson's.
Mrs Catherine Williams expresses gratitude to all who offered sympathy and aid on the occasion of her little daughter's death, with special thanks to those who sent flowers.
Mrs D Sullivan and family express thanks to all who contributed generously and pledge grateful remembrance for all time.
The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a vegetable nerve tonic for the nervous system and digestion. It claims to tone nerve centres in the stomach, stimulate the liver and kidneys, purify blood, improve appetite, and aids digestion. Sold at B. F. Johnson's & Son's Drug Store Maynard and John C. Friend's Drug Store Concord for 50 cents and one dollar.
Maynard notices promote Booth & Lords sandwiches priced at five and ten cents and pork products guaranteed pure. They urge visits to their pork store and advertise a clothing sale in Darling’s block with 25 to 35 percent savings. Also note Gaskill’s lunch room offers fried clams at 15 cents and all hours service.
An early 20th century ad announces prices slashed on hundreds of shoes and rubbers at Gaskill's near Darling's block Summer street. Lot listings detail ladies and mens footwear with steep discounts to clear stock before a storewide inventory. Sale starts Thursday morning January 6 with no holds.
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