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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
4
Reports from Washington on Chinese minister travel and potential homeward return, US Army rations and dental issues for soldiers, and Cape Town despatch arrivals. Massachusetts pays 26 million to veterans families since 1861, while Lipton delays America Cup pursuit until end of Boer War. Czar talks peace as arsenals mass, theater riot at Saunders' Harvard show ending with a bomb.
Ex President Cleveland has recovered from gout and immediately gone duck shooting. If he wets his feet he may suffer another twinge, then he will wish he had stayed at home.
William Dean Howells plans to speak to Cornell students about Novel Writing though some disagree with him. The piece surveys questions on Denmark’s West Indies sale, department store regulation, socialist ideas, and state involvement in railroad leases signaling potential moves toward state ownership.
Pierson drug store manager reports strong demand for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy amid la grippe season. Five bottles often sold per customer with quick cough relief and throat and lung healing. Available at H A Littlefield West Acton Johnson's Drug Store Maynard and HH Richardson Concord.
The Leon XIII arrived in Barcelona with former Spanish prisoners and their families. Authorities and Red Cross workers greeted the passengers and provided aid to those in distress.
Boston stock reaction followed the assignment of H C Wainwright & Co. bankers. Mining shares weakened while other specialties suffered sharp losses. The market remained heavy and trading was narrow.
Mrs Mary F Barnes visiting daughter in Maynard. Crockviole game at John Whitney's house with average age 83. Maynard Dramatic Club entertained by Mr and Mrs Geo Salisbury at Concord street. Wilkinson Crossley moved goods from Brooks to Beacon Street Brookline. Assabet council officials visit Acton council and install officers with supper.
The D Y W Y K club schedules a grand masquerade and ball for Friday evening January 26. For over a decade the group has hosted successful parties pleasing patrons of Maynard and surrounding towns. This year the hall will be cleaned and decorated with Union Orchestra of Marlboro providing concert and dance music.
Jas N Haire says Pawtucketville Athletic Club of Lowell will face the Maynards on Saturday evening Jan 20 at Music Hall. Fans are urged to attend for what promises to be a spirited contest.
Maynard locals advertise a 73 acre farm known as the Goding place in North Sudbury with timber, a good house and fair barn. Sold cheap for cash. contact Arthur J. Coughlan, Maynard. Also listings for a clerk, tenements to let, picture framing, piano lessons, and coal wood orders.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Seymour Laporte at Chapinsill on January 7. A son was born to Mrs. John Me Donough at Marlboro on January 7.
Couples wed across Concord East Hampton Acton Marlboro Hudson and Clinton in January. Miss Margaret Blanchard marries Henry F. Smith Jr at Concord. Miss Emily A Wood Hyde Park weds Lewis W Richardson Boxboro. Miss Katherine Markey weds Patrick Heslin at Marlboro. Miss Emma Alley weds Frank Craig at Marlboro. Names include Myra Underwood Alfred Cutter Amy Wood Moses Look Kate Reardons Thos Manning.
Death notices from January record numerous local residents passing away. Names include Arthur Sasseville Clare Cutter Anna Lowe Persons Chas Cote Blanche Demers Joseph Walcott Eveline Lermond John Clancy Elizabeth O Halloran Martin Reynolds William Mathers Lorenzo Moore George Barnes Sineon Goulet with ages ranging from 15 to 84 in Marlboro Hudson Cordaville Northboro and surrounding towns.
Concord town leaders refuse to permit terminal rights inside town limits and must weigh restrictions on maintainance and surface duties. Competing lines from Hudson Maynard Concord and Waltham Ayer Pepperell debate rights, crossing towns, and potential widening of Bedford Street while awaiting legislative action.
New York January 17 witness Albert Osborne handwriting expert from Rochester testified first in the Molineux trial. Andre Bustanoby of the Knickerbocker Athletic club identified bills charged to the club for goods at Rachel Green’s claimed former residence. The court scolded counsel over Barnet relevance but allowed framing questions to elicit sought facts. Joseph J. Koch, Broadway advertising agent, described 1897 contact with Molineux while he ran Studio Publishing at 1620 Broadway.
The article notes a man positively identifying Moli neux as the person involved. Proceedings closed with questions about payments to the witness for supplying two of the city’s daily papers with exclusive stories for publication.
Hoar declines to attend a pro Boer gathering arranged by the Hibernians of Boston with support from several nationalities at Faneuil Hall. He sends a letter noting he cannot leave his duties to speak and meet supporters of a republic facing an empire.
In Columbus on January 17 J W Murphy cashier of the Third National Bank instantly killed teller P T Shutze and then died by his own hand. Murphy recently suffered paralysis and was said to be temporarily insane though he and Shutze had long been close friends.
The southern idea of running mills day and night has been adopted in Fall River Massachusetts. Hargraves mill No 2 begins night operations in carding ring spinning and mill spinning to avoid state law violations. The mill ran all night with three shifts of workers.
Frankfort Kentucky January 17 Mr Bryan told a Democratic audience he did not advocate for or against Kentucky contest resolutions, viewing them as decisions for the legislature to settle. He urged acceptance of the legislature's ruling regardless of party.
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