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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
5
Read E. C. Barrett's ad if you keep fowls. Miss MacCharles, dressmaker, formerly with A. E. Parsons, Boston, is ready to take engagements by the day or at home on reasonable terms. Call or address care of Mrs. J. H. Davis, Lex dada road.
The library lists numerous new titles added in January 1896 including Amicis Ouore, Old English Fairy Tales, Impressions of Russia, Lives of Girls Who Became Women, History of Greece, and works by Browning, Thoreau, and Thaxter. The collection expands across fiction, biography, travel, history, and reference.
Large turnout as town votes on water rights from Sandy pond with Lincoln. Town Clerk Brown reads warrant. George A. King elected moderator. Articles authorize water commissioners to sue Lincoln for alleged water take and to determine if Lincoln holds legal title to the waters.
The town meeting authorized water commissioners to seek compensation from Lincoln for water diversion from Sandy Pond and to sue if needed. Commissioners named are Samuel Hoar chairman, Edw C Damon, Henry J Hosmer, Harvey Wheeler, John C Friend. The meeting also awarded Mrs Brennan, Mrs Manning and Mr Hancock $250 above county award for damages from Lexington Street widening.
J. D. Murray advertises Concord merchants providing staple goods and fine foods. The piece highlights Veuve Chaffard Oil, imported cheeses, jams, chutneys, soups, pickles, glass preserves, and a range of epicurean items available locally, aiming to attract customers seeking quality at home.
Concord Mass January 28 1896 list of names includes Wm Buttrick P M F L Dole A M Eaton C M Fowler A M Marsh George Mayott H A Miller Isaac Moss Benj Nelson W Oldin D Smithers H Y Smith Stock Broker J A Wheeler Geo H A Williams Mrs Barry Mrs Charlotte Coourn Mrs E W Converse Mrs Susan H Haines Miss Fanny Lambert Miss A B Schulz Mrs M E Scribner
The Guild of the Unitarian church convened its seventh annual meeting in the church Sunday evening. George G. King presided as papers on the History of the First Parish were read by Mrs. Prescott Keyes Miss Margaret Blanchard Walter N. How and Howard Jackson. Rev Loren B. Macdonald delivered a notable address.
Boston druggists advertise Antidol cures headache and indigestion. They sell Wheeler’s Cough Balsam and Wheeler’s Plaster, Adams’ Troches, Wheeler’s Liver Pill, Wheeler’s Carbolic Ointment, and Wheeler’s Toothache Drops for 25 cents each.
Mrs Abby Morton Diaz of Belmont will give a reading from the William Henry Letters at the lower town hall Saturday afternoon February 1 at three o clock. Children and young people are especially invited. Admission ten cents.
An advertisement claims the product applies the right amount at the right time for coughs or colds. It emphasizes taking it to avoid coughing and lists seller names such as B. F. Johnson & Son in Maynard and C. H. Whitney in Concord.
First Parish Unitarian lists services at 10 45 a m Sunday school 12 m and evening 7 40 p m with monthly first and third Sundays. Protestant Episcopal Church offers 10 45 a m morning prayer litany and sermon 12 m Sunday school 7 30 p m evening prayer. Unitarian Congregational notes U P S C E meeting 6 30 p m and Friday prayer 7 30. Scandinavian M E Church holds services 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m with class Friday 7 45 p m. All seats free.
A compiled set of notices and adverts. Listings include property for sale and rent on Main Street and Lowell Road, rental requests, business notices for G H Hopkins and H L Whitcomb, sales on lamps lanterns and walnuts, car and carriage services, a china sale at Miss Buck's, a Waltham watch offer, sparrow chocolates, rope and halters bargains, and a charity sale by the Whatsoever Circle with ice cream and cake.
The report shows a maximum of 40 and a minimum of 4 degrees with a weekly mean of 27.5 and total precipitation of 1.19 inches. Snowfall measured 1 inch. Data compiled by observer Fred A. Tower for the week ending 7 p.m. January 27, 1896.
Sudbury Centre tailor Richard Hails, famed for forty years of service, will celebrate his golden wedding on Tuesday February 4 in Santa Barbara California where his wife and children reside. Also noted is Henry Edson, a longtime local resident and veteran, who was injured after a fall at his boarding house and moved to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment. The Concord and Sudbury Rivers Improvement Association held a Boston meeting to discuss dredging progress and possible continued funding, with two members chosen to consult the state health board for further legislative appropriations. One Minute Cough Cure is advertised with endorsements from local merchants.
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