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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
4
A column of comments mentions a valedictorian salute, a thief’s brief crime with a $10,000 loss, and Mayor Quincy scorned by council members over a private yacht trip. It notes warships leaving Boston and reflects on wedding gifts from Sloane-Edwards while mocking Kentucky yarns and a Mary Baker Eddy question.
New owners at Maynard mills announce upgrades to machinery to produce different goods. They deny any plan to close the plant and expect increased business within months as modern patterns are introduced.
Sudbury items report a Memorial Church choir concert under A. Hosmer as a season highlight. Frank E. Nye named high school principal for September with Florence L. Sherman as assistant. Ed win A. Conant to be replaced on the school board after resignation.
A compilation of local updates includes Moses Chandler winning a painting contract for Thomas Hillis, and James Mullen securing two house erecting jobs at Concord Junction. Community events cover church sermons, lodge appointments, and a dog exhibition amid town happenings.
Martin Lyman Clark aged 68 of Maynard died suddenly at his post on Friday June 23 in the flagman cabin after flagging an extra train. He was born in Berkshire County and worked at a wool shop before joining Fitchburg railroad. He served in the Civil War with the 34th Heavy Artillery and later as a nurse before discharge. He left a wife, four children Lorenzo Henry Martin and Lillian, two sons William died earlier, and four brothers and a sister.
The class of 99 held its day exercises in the assembly hall at 7 45 Tuesday June 27. Officers include Harry G Chapin president and Elizabeth M Salisbury treasurer. program featured music, oration by Jane B E Smethurst and class history by George H Champagne. Graduation set for Riverside hall at 7 45 Wednesday June 28 with diplomas to 13 graduates in classical and English courses.
The Amory Grove Fourth of July celebration offers free admission with dancing on a new platform and music from Sweeney's orchestra along with Cadet band performances. Activities include a 8:30 a.m. horse road race from Balcom trough to the ball field, a 9 a.m. 100 yard dash for all ages and a boys under 16 division, a 10 a.m. baseball game between the Maynards and the West Marlboros, and 1 p.m. bicycle races with prizes such as a bicycle suit, opera glasses, a calcium bicycle lamp, Hartford tires, and a gold handle umbrella.
James H. Barnett of Rockville Connecticut former Maynard employee in the Rockville mill dressing room has been elected captain of Co C at a June 16 meeting. Barnett joined the company over nine years ago and has held all prior ranks advancing from corporal in 1891 to 1st lieutenant in 1899. He served as 1st sergeant during the Spanish American War on coast duty along the New Hampshire coast.
Maynard locals read of new millinery lines at several shops. Miss Naylor, Mrs. L. E. Dufur, Miss Deane, and Cleary & Williams advertise spring and summer millinery including hats, waists, wrappers, lawn caps, and children’s selections. Mrs. Gilmore promotes a glove-fitted unlined kid boot.
David Miller is the sole authorized Hudson Job Print agent in Maynard and surrounding area. Orders for all kinds of job printing left with him or at box 388 post office will receive prompt attention and efficient execution with fair prices.
A compact listing of Maynard and Methodist church activities including weekly schedules for morning and evening services, Sunday schools, choirs, and lay leadership. Details cover Maynard Congregational Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Holy Trinity services with times for prayer meetings, catechizing, baptisms, and other rites.
At Riverside Park Hudson two days of trotting and running gaits with $1300 in premiums. Racing starts 1 30 each day with multiple pace and trot events on July 3 and 4. A July 4 running race offers $150. Howard's Alabama Jubilee Singers perform between races. Admission 85 cents, children 15, carriages free.
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