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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
4
A Chicago group forms to suppress bad music and end coon songs in the Windy City. A note on 27 000 Irishmen serving with English armies in South Africa contrasts with Spain’s jewel wealth and current status.
The Brockton Times questions whether focus on the early 1900s period could distract the nation from electing a president this year. It notes a handful of aspirants who will ensure the public does not forget this crucial year.
The season has featured coastal storms with ships adrift but overall winter is milder than last year. The author notes ongoing improvement as sunlight appears to creep back north.
The piece notes John D. Rockefeller giving 10000 to Tuskegee Institute and Andrew Carnegie increasing iron works wages while facing past labor foe depictions. It argues Carnegie may refuse further wealth, cites Snow the boy murderer, and urges Massachusetts to let the law run its course to deter crime and avoid sentimentality that could lead to commutation or pardon.
George Dixon forfeits the featherweight title to Terry McGovern at Broadway Athletic Club after an eight round battle. McGovern defeats Dixon to claim both featherweight and bantam world titles, with Dixon knocked down eight times in the contest.
In a brutal eight round finish Dixon collapses repeatedly as McGovern floors the champion with body blows. Dixon’s manager throws in the towel just before the ninth round, giving McGovern the championship as Dixon concedes after nine years on top. Spectators fill the arena with full attendance and high admission prices.
Boston news reports the will of Robert B. Brigham, the hotel owner valued at about 5 million dollars, giving annuities to many city charities and relatives. A central aim is the creation of a Robert B. Brigham hospital for incurables in Boston to house citizens with chronic disease unable to earn a living.
In Haverhill Massachusetts the city council introduced an order to cut street laborer pay from two dollars to one eighty per day and set a lower rate for workers unable to complete a full day. The measure aims to equalize eight hour work days pledged at the last election and was referred to the street committee.
Portsmouth, N H Jan 10 John F Presson arrested on forging two Gloucester bank checks. Taken to Salem to answer similar charges after meeting in that city. Local cases settled out of court. He is also wanted in Lynn after Salem cases conclude.
Walter Rosser, a medical student who shot Frederick Slater at Madison Square Garden in front of about 5000 spectators, was discharged yesterday by Magistrate Pool. With Slater not appearing to prosecute, the magistrate ruled there was nothing to proceed on and ordered Rosser released.
The parish 40 miles below Montreal was placed under ban by Archbishop Bruchesi after a dispute over the election of a church warden. A heated meeting led to a church riot, minor bloodshed, and the priest being chased from the church.
RUNNING HALF TIME, Winsted, Conn., Jan. 10. Factories in Newwirdre rani Meadow, Collinsville and Unionville face water scarcity in the Farmington river. Several plants close every other day, operating only three days weekly. Over 7000 workers are affected.
A rain area moves east this afternoon or tonight reaching the middle and north Atlantic coast. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expect snow then clearing by Thursday. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut see rain with brisk southerly winds increasing on the north Atlantic coast.
A public debate will be held in the vestry of the Congregational church on Thursday evening January 5. Arbor Vitae and Y M S N clubs debate the motion that English aims in the Transvaal conflict are right. Frank E. Sanderson and L Everett Wilson organize. Strong interest expected among young men.
A 73 acre North Sudbury farm known as the Godling place offered for cash with wood, timber, house, and barn. Arthur J. Coughlan handling sale in Maynard. Dr. Ernest Hosmer cancels office Jan to April for California absence. Leighton offers framing and repair services. Nellie Werner piano lessons listed. coal wood orders via Henderson Co. and A. E. Randall's bakery.
A Philadelphia Record quote argues eel quality depends on habitat not size noting sweet stream eels vs muddy ones. The second item reports a miller praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a severe cramp colic. sold by local druggists in West Acton Maynard and Concord.
Still another handwriting expert, Professor Persifer Frazer of Philadelphia, says Molineux authored the poison package address and related letters. He notes multiple matching characteristics and that Frazer compared predeath writings, not solicited samples, to support his conclusion. A Newark bank teller confirms the address handwriting as Molineux’s.
Fall River Mass January 10 an official effort to secure the site for the American Thread companys mammoth new mill in the city with 1200 workers would move here. A committee including the mayor and three aldermen will report January 15 on the proposed mill bringing substantial population growth to Flint village. Henry L Dawes recalls Morrissey and Yankee Sullivan prize fight and a later Baltimore exchange may reflect political caution.
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