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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1893
Page
8
A brief fragment mentions A. A. Wheeler and prompt service. The text also notes received tions for the same, but overall content is incomplete and non-specific.
South Acton reports Feb 22 observed as a holiday for most workers at the plano stool shop. local life includes theater, weather delays, a railroad injury, and community announcements. West Acton offers shops and services with ads for cigars, flour, footwear, spectacles, jewelry, and upholstery services.
Health, visits, and social items from West Acton include sick lists for Mrs. Eliza Whitcomb and others, visits to New Bedford and Brookline, and a blizzard comparison query. Community events cover school sessions, measles precautions, Boy's Brigade formation, Y P S C E attendance, and a W C T U meeting with Mrs. Estella Cutler and Rev. G F Clark speaking on suffrage.
1892 Hudson items report town house and grounds upkeep costing 355 dollars. Charles Reed promoted to corporal in Co M Fifth regiment. Local trades, moves, liquor concerns, and a large Everett hall young men meeting oppose the drunk law. Re celebration of Dr J H Trull’s inauguration visit. A repeal effort urges Representative Brigham to act on temperance law.
Sudbury pastor Rev. Wilbur T. Hale schedules three March Sunday evenings at the Methodist church with temperance tale Won as if by fire on March 5, high school life tale Tried and true on March 12, and John Darnley's Decision on March 19. The Willis family in Sudbury expresses thanks for support after the loss of husband and father.
Notice states that from Feb 15 1893 hack services within Maynard will cost four dollars per hack signed by multiple stablekeepers including George F Loop David Henderson Samuel G King and Josin Wright. Also mentions U S gunboats Concord and Kearsarge at Port au Prince and a Boston sewing machine seller seeking agents.
Providence dispatch details Adella Ellwood's revelation of her husband George Hibbard alias Ellwood. It covers his 25 year Rhode Island sentence, two years in Cranston, and his guarded Ohio past, plus Adella's sorrowful Feb 20 letter from Detroit urging endurance and reunion.
Dr. Mott Smith the Hawaiian minister in Washington was born in New York. He has lived in Hawaii since 1851 and served the local government for 25 years. Mrs. Smith was born in Vermont and six of his children were educated in this country.
Rose Tan quay of Biddeford Maine died after an attempted removal of a pin from her ear which had caused brain paralysis for eight years. She never regained consciousness after the operation and passed away yesterday.
New York March 1 It is reported that Mr McLeod and J Pierpont Morgan have come to terms. The dispute between them was amicably adjusted, but no details are obtainable.
Washington reports the treasury department issued quarantine regulations today in line with a recent act passed by Congress. The move aims to enforce health safeguards across borders and ports.
New England street railway company forms a syndicate with New York and New Haven financiers. Directors named and plans to electrify routes from Connecticut to Maine. Certificate in New Jersey sets cash capital at 5 million dollars, potential to grow to 50 million. Existing lines include Boston Haverhill Gloucester Chelsea New Haven and Providence.
Boston March 1 A special sitting of the executive council may be called before Friday to consider a petition for the stay of William Coy's death sentence based on newly discovered evidence obtained by postal communication since the court's last decision. The evidence is alleged to bear on Coy's guilt and the punishment due.
John L Sullivan visits St Louis and, amid chaotic reception, endures a rough stage setup and a humorous audience reaction. Sullivan vows to punch the offender while the play devolves into a loud farce.
Taunton, March 1 George Birkenshaw left the city claiming a Florida health visit. A woman posing as his wife has gone to find him. An English visitor arrives claiming to be the real Mrs Birkenshaw, and it is believed George learned of her arrival. Birkenshaw was a noted figure in religious circles and regarded as exemplary.
A man calling himself John Christ faced a hearing in Philadelphia for smashing the Columbus avenue jewelry store window, stealing a tray of diamond rings valued at $2000, firing at pursuing officers, and feigning insanity. Bail set at $1500.
Keeley Institute in Rutland opens last week and already serves a number of patients. Charles M. Foster of Richmond Maine, who also runs the Montpelier Vermont institute, manages the Rutland operation.
New Haven March 1 report says Peter Celli the insane Italian who attempted death by his own hand here Saturday was sent to New York yesterday and will be shipped back to Italy. The steamship company must bear the expense by orders of the authorities on emigration.
Jacksonville March 1 Governor Mitchell names Samuel Pascoe as interim U S senator from Florida for a period starting March 4 until the legislature chooses a successor in April. Pascoe will serve pending the outcome of the upcoming election and legislative selection.
A Japanese schoolboy’s description of editors as the luckiest men in the world highlights the editor’s access to free theater tickets, court visits, and other perks. He notes editors can deny previous reports and stay up late to follow events, dreaming of becoming editors themselves.
The Sermon exchange replaces repeating sermons by allowing ministers to send an old sermon with twenty five cents and receive a new one by mail. If no sermon is sent, a preacher can obtain one for fifty cents, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Denver dispatch reports Providence witnesses refuse protracted Denver stay due to personal financial loss. County Attorney Stevens says witnesses are willing on same terms as first trial. Graves remains silent, leaving matters to his lawyers. Graves plans a book titled The Adventures of a Yankee and has 14 lectures on travels to source material.
Judge Putnam sustains Sherman anti trust law in United States vs Patterson et al officers of National Cash Register. The ruling favors the Lamson Cash Railway company and signals a likely appeal to the U S circuit court of appeals.
The House Judiciary Committee will report a bill to allow petition to the supreme court in Grafton county for the Army reward of 32500. The court or referees may determine entitlement and authorize payment of all or part of the sum to deserving claimants.
The White Star steamship Naronic is nine days overdue at New York after departing Liverpool on February 11. The vessel normally completes the crossing in 10 days, carrying a small number of passengers and a crew of 54 men, with no trace found to date.
Albert W. Cole, Democratic nominee for mayor of Saco, sent a notice to the city clerk declining the nomination. With the nomination period expired the party is left without a leader.
In Lawrence registry of deeds a $50,000 attachment is filed against Charles W. Clark of Andover at the instance of Thomas P. Beal receiver of the Maverick National Bank of Boston.
Edward E Keay was killed instantly when he stepped from a train into an express on the inward track at West Cambridge on the Fitchburg railroad. The tragedy occurred March 1 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A March 1 fire in Pocanontras razed twenty wooden structures leaving about 400 people homeless and causing losses near $60,000. Insurance coverage amounts to roughly $20,000.
Boston March 1 reports Pierce J Grace is offered the vice consul general position in London by General P A Collins who will serve as consul general Grace is 24 years old.
In Atlanta on March 1, Miss Julia Force, who killed her two sisters last Saturday, was yesterday adjudged insane by a court or medical authority.
Charles D. Willoughby, once a Salem businessman, dies at his Lynn home with only his frail wife by his side. Neighbors alert Overseers of the Poor after an anguished scene as workers separate the grieving widow from her husband’s body. The couple’s life ends in modest tragedy with interment at Pine Grove cemetery.
Governor McKinley thanks supporters from across states for sympathy letters and offers to cover debts but declines any monetary contributions. He states gratitude for the goodwill and asks that friends be thanked on his behalf.
Vice President elect Adlai Stevenson and party reached Washington from Bloomington after a 34 hour trip. About five hundred people greeted them around the Baltimore and Ohio station. He later met with senators representatives and key politicians in a casual reception.
Bostoux March 1 Hon Frank Jones chairman of the board of directors of the Boston and Maine railroad says there is not one bit of truth in the story that the general manager or the general superintendent had resigned. D W Sanborn general superintendent denied it as far as he was concerned and said he had not heard that his brother was to retire from general management.
Theodore Moss sued Eugene Tompkins in the supreme court to recover 22500 dollars for breach of contract over the play Soudan. The breach was conceded and the jury fixed damages at six cents after the court directed a verdict.
The Indiana was successfully launched at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard yesterday afternoon in Philadelphia. Thousands attended including the President, the secretary of the navy, cabinet members, and a large delegation of congressmen.
James G. Blaine Jr. remains too sick with scarlet fever to be moved from the New York Hotel where he resides with his mother Marie Nevins Blaine and her parents. The hotel has been closed after guests were told to depart.
S J F Thayer Boston architect commits suicide. A Scotch syndicate buys Silver King mines in British Columbia. Britain to mount larger guns on warships. Oldham cotton mill operators seek free silver. Verdict sharpens $5500 against Boston West End Street Railway Co. Monroe Publishing Co. of New York suffers $75000 fire loss. Gladstone pushes home rule in Parliament. National Cordage Co. faces $42080 judgment upheld. John Redmond authorized to visit imprisoned dynamiters. Reading receivers decree vacated by Judge Nelson. Walls collapse in Chicago gutted bank. eight killed.
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