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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
8
All material must reach the office by Tuesday night to be included in the same week issue. Early submissions prevent condensation or delays. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Local items note Mrs. James Jones's Florida trip, church events, and a large petition signers list for a post office site. A fatal Fitchburg railroad accident befell George Stevens, an inventor, with funeral arranged. Also reported are Miss Jennie Gates's death and church notes from South Acton Congregational and Universalist churches.
Wall Street awaits President Cleveland to act on foreclosing the government mortgage on the Union Pacific system. The plan remains to bid face value for the debt, with an upset price near 35 million dollars and a 40 million dollar fund to back bids. Union Pacific stock rose about a point as the status of reorganizations is clarified.
W G Markham of Rochester secretary of the National Wool Growers association announces a joint meeting with the National Association of Wool Manufacturers in Washington as soon as feasible to set a tariff schedule satisfactory to both parties. An executive board meeting is set for February 9 at the Ebbitt House with the president and two delegates from each state in attendance.
The United States dynamite cruiser Vesuvius was formally placed in commission at League Island navy yard. It is reported her destination will be the Florida coast to patrol for filibustering ships.
Commissioner McSweeney reports last year saw 99,223 cabin and 252,350 steerage passengers landed at New York on 822 vessel trips by 24 lines plus 30 trips by misc steamers. North German Lloyd carried 38,034 steerage from Bremen and 16,146 from Mediterranean ports. Hamburg American 32,280 from Hamburg and 35Sr from the Med. White Star 21,220. Cunard 20,000. Anchor 18,839 from the Med and 6,448 from Glasgow. French line 17,371. American line 12,530. In cabins, American line 16,859. Cunard 17,999. Hamburg American 12,173 from Hamburg and 438 from Med. North German Lloyd 10,921 from Bremen and 2,634 from Med. White Star 11,607.
An advertisement states arrangements to sell chair-wood once sold by Loring Bros with prompt delivery in Concord or Acton at usual prices. It asks buyers about winter coal supplies and offers hay and feed at low prices.
The Hudson Cooperative Bank will sell at public auction on February 6 1897 at five o clock PM the premises conveyed by a 1895 mortgage to the bank by David Henderson. The property includes two lots in Maynard with detailed metes and bounds and is to be sold for cash with balance due on deed delivery at the bank in Hudson within ten days. The sale is conducted by Hodson Cooperative Bank mortgagee through Treasurer Charles E Hall.
In West Acton, Mr and Mrs Bisbee recover from illness while revival meetings run at the Baptist church each evening at 739 Carroll. Perkins the cash store proprietor is sick. Geo Burroughs teams as clerk. J E Richardson returned home from Maynard to care for Mr Newton who is improving. A fundraising old folks concert rehearsal is set for Saturday at the Universalist vestry. The Knowlton family leaves for California due to lung illness. Winona Rebekah lodge officers installed January 6. Obituary for Edgar H Jewett of Littleton formerly of this village with tribute from Mrs C A Hosmer. He died December 12 in Ft Valley Ga after health decline. Interment in Littleton December 16. Sale notes include stocktaking and clearance dresses, bargains at Miss Knowltons, and local agency updates for carriages and shoes.
Adalyn Riley teaches singing and voice building with references to Miss Clars Munger and Mr. George Parker of Boston. For terms, correspondence should go to 31 Newton St Marlboro.
An old advertisement claims a product called One Minute Cough Cure provides immediate relief and reduces recovery time. It lists manufacturers and sellers including B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield. The copy stresses urgency for croup and life threatening situations.
A notice explains that placing orders earlier ensures timely insertion in the same week. It warns a late receipt may cause article condensation or delays and directs readers to leave news, ads, and subscriptions with A. L. Noyes at the office.
Post office letters uncalled for list William McPherson Daly Gaudet Miss Ellen A Jones G L Millington A L Noyes postmaster Next Sunday at 7 am a Good Citizenship meeting at the Congregational church with Rev W R Buxton and F C Nash speaking on Public Sentiment Music by the church choir A Milk Producers union local section meeting Jan 6 elected delegates J B Tuttle H B Fowler W H Teele W F Kelley to Boston Jan 15 Farmers push to improve the milk trade Local section now 42 members and growing
J ess e Parmenter passes 86th milestone and remains active at 86. lecture by Professor Barton on Greenland set for Jan 21 at town hall. Rev Heizer denounces capital punishment in Massachusetts. Nahum Goodnow leaves Sudbury for Georgia seeking relief from throat ailment. Sudbury station agent Dennis Reardon Jr. dies suddenly at 36, heart disease cited. funeral in South Sudbury and Copake Iron Works service noted. A.B. Deshaise named acting station agent. Fireman Baker sentenced to two months for copper wire theft. Lost child notice and local ads conclude.
At Marlboro a daughter was born to Mr. C. L. Doane on January 7. Another daughter arrived January 2 to Mrs. F. B. Doane in Marlboro.
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