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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
2
A New York Journal report states Mrs. Joseph Vincent earned renown for firearm prowess. In two incidents she fired on burglars, one at her home when a thief fled, another at a neighbor's house. Police pursue a suspect, aided by bullet marks used for identification.
Forty prominent women abducted Mayor John V. Sterr, kept him for two hours in a private residence, and forced a pledge to present reform measures. They urged strict curfew rules, tighter saloon enforcement, and protection for young girls, prompting citywide debate.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a gold pencil on a slender chain as a sign of elite household management. Foreign and American women increasingly adopt the accessory, with the best dressed actress introducing it to her matron role and organized homes expected to follow.
Miss Lula M. Lloyd of Emerson College of Oratory Boston presents a graduating essay The Possibilities of Woman arguing women’s capabilities prove duties and future achievements. She notes women sculptors in Paris including Zoome Taft Janet Scudder Bessie Potter and Julia Bracken, all young and gaining recognition.
Rosella Babcock, a 15 year old girl, paddles a mile twice daily to deliver mail to the Tarpon river boat in Palmasola Florida. She earns twenty dollars a month to support her mother and younger sister. The article also notes moths as a common household plague and recommends cloves as a remedy with oil of cloves for infestation.
The New York Journal notes critics say modern dentists focus on science and neglect the patient. It urges dentists to develop a lively, reassuring bedside manner to entertain patients during delicate work, citing Viennese ideas to teach conversation as a serious supplement to technique.
Edward Gunnison, a Minnesota prospector, fell into a subterranean lake 20 feet below a pit while testing iron near Two Harbors. He found a two acre cavern lake with clear cold water and an underground outlet to Lake Superior, surfaced with a white blind fish, and discovered two crumbling Indian skeletons at the cavern mouth.
The United States government plans to buy about twenty thousand marble headstones and footstones under an act honoring veterans. The quartermaster general advertised the wholesale purchase as part of marking graves for soldiers and sailors with full name birth and death dates plus regiment. The government pays about two dollars per stone and ships them to designated sites at government expense.
A plan to build a cinder bicycle path from Chicago to Peoria is under serious consideration along a railroad line. Frederick Pattee of Peoria offers 5000 dollars in prizes for a national race named the cinder path road race to fund construction. He projects 20000 dollars in gross receipts and estimates total path cost at 40000 dollars for the 200 mile route.
The Boston and Maine railroad offers reduced rate excursion tickets to Northern New England and the provinces from June 1 to Sept 30. Readers can request illustrated booklets by sending ten cents in stamps to the general passenger department in Boston.
In Washington children enjoy a doll show with a Paris gown and other outfits. Mrs Cleveland reveals the doll to be named Columbia after Margaret Lothrop of Concord, Mass correctly guesses the name at the bazaar.
The Peoples National Bank Marlborough transacts general banking, issues world payable drafts, buys and sells government bonds, specializes in high grade investment bonds, and recently purchased a block of bonds payable in gold. Accounts and correspondence solicited. John L. Stone, Cashier.
The advertisement promotes a salve claimed to heal cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, rashes, and more with a money-back guarantee. It lists price at 25 cents per box and credits B. F. Johnson & Sons, Maynard, and H. E. Richardson in Concord as sellers.
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