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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
8
Notices must reach the publication office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week issue. Early delivery prevents condensation or delay of items. News and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Notes at the post office.
Acton residents travel to New York and New Jersey for business and family visits. local church services, school events, and community meetings fill the week. a bicycle club closes, and auction plans proceed for club furniture.
State Normal School Fitchburg Mass announces entrance examinations at the normal school building on Thursday and Friday June 24 and 25 and Tuesday and Wednesday September 6 and 7, starting daily at 9 00 a m. Candidates should take the first examination if possible. For catalogue and specimen papers contact John G Thompson principal.
Herbert Bumford, 23, Morley button factory bookkeeper for three years, is said to be a defaulter possibly in the thousands. He handled time slips and pay envelopes from Boston, allegedly keeping payments for discharged workers. Last Friday he fell ill, and three unclaimed envelopes for former female workers revealed the scheme.
Constantinople dispatch reports stormy sessions and German obstruction stirring indignation among ambassadors. The powers stand firm on three Turkish demands Greece has entrusted through concerns over Thessaly annexation capitulations abolishment and indemnity.
The 14th annual convention of the American National Association of Masters of Dancing opened in New York. President J A Hawkins welcomed delegates and blamed the four year business downturn for the reduced interest in dancing noting a bicycle craze drawing former dancers to cycling.
Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey meet at the Palace Athletic Club tonight in a decisive fifth heavyweight contest. Both fighters are in good condition and betting sits even as Chief Cronin warns the bout will be halted if brutality ensues.
Joseph Richardson, once a poor English boy, died in New York after building railroads with the Vanderbilts and Goulds. He shaped sections of Union Pacific and other lines, owned Bridgeport waterworks, and lived in a five foot wide Lex ington avenue house called the Spite house. He chose a twelve year old coffin stored in a Bridgeport barn, boasting he wanted no fuss in life or death and would fill any space with sawdust.
Commander George E Wingate of the Charlestown navy yard is dead. He was born in Fort Portsmouth New Hampshire July 10 1837 and began merchant and naval service in 1865. He held commands on the Monongahela Michigan and other vessels and lived in Malden since December 1884 leaving a widow and two sons.
Mrs Barah A Granger widow of Julian N Granger and sister of the late Stephen A Douglas died at the old Granger homestead after a stroke of paralysis She was 86 years old and had lived on the same farm 65 years She served as post mistress here under President Arthur
News from Portland reports the death of A. L. Dennison aged 72 a longtime secretary of the Maine state fair. He died May 27 in Scotland from heart disease while there on business with his wife after traveling from Portland in April.
Dr George Dodge visited West Acton last week and Miss Taylor from Boston University will teach in the grammar school. A Baptist church social is planned with the Ladies Benevolent Society, and a fire company committee is formed to locate a new chemical plant. A field day at Acton is set for June 15 with tours of local historic sites. Memorial services were held by the Winona Rebekah order at the Universalist church. The Barrett anniversary dinner for Mr. and Mrs J A Barrett is reported with family letters and poems shared. Local notices advertise clothing, yard goods, and household goods for sale or rent.
Mr Bracket and family of Newton visit Mrs L H Snow for a week. Mrs James Fiske picked strawberries on June 8 the first of the season. Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union holds its 35th annual meeting at the Congregational church on June 10. They plan a visit to Acton on June 15 and dinner in Lower Town Hall to see Acton antiques. Augusta M Wheeler Acton Mass June 7 1897.
Mr and Mrs F D Knight and Miss Sadie Ross attend commencement week exercises at the Institute of Technology in Boston with George H Knight among this year’s graduates. A five car special train carried part of the Sixth Regiment from Northampton to the South Framingham muster, traveling 13 miles in 16 minutes despite a poor road. Rain filled street gutters and sand clogged crossings, while a Mossman area car track needed clearing and minor excavation to reopen.
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