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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
8
The town meeting tackles schoolhouse expansion and an intermediate department to strengthen education. A monument dedication is planned with a $500 gala, and a M E society dinner is announced for March 23. Local announcements include sales, removals, and business openings in West Acton and Sudbury.
Measless spreads in several Sudbury families while Loring P Burke plans a trip to Canada and S Wallace Moore shows slight health gains in Colorado Springs. Parmenter McBride finds Maine markets for a confectionery specialty. Civil engineer Ray Pratt visits his Connecticut parents before returning to work. Memorial exercises will honor Governor Greenhalge in area schools after spring term. Mrs Jessie Hunt of Sudbury dies at Framingham leaving three sons. School changes as Wayside Inn district reopens with Elizabeth Thompson leaving for another post and Lily Parmenter new teacher. Bernhard O son of Selectman Waldo L narrowly escapes drowning at South Sudbury.
The agency for Eesex Fertilizers is taken with eCals for corn potato grain and cabbages described as high quality. Essex Potato Manure and Essex Corn Manure priced six to ten dollars above rivals per ton deliveries planned around April 1. Also Essex Flower Food for house plants and E Frank Coe's fertilizers offered with claimed edge over competitors.
Sole agents advertise a cow tonic claiming to prevent abortion in cows and cure abortion cases, improve overall health, prevent tuberculosis, and greatly increase profits for owners. Price listed as 1.00 dollars.
An advertisement touts Davids Hen and Chicken Invigorator as keeping poultry healthy and laying more eggs. It promises no sick hens when used and lists a price of 50 cents.
Sulpho Napthal antiseptic deodorizer insecticide and disinfectant offers cleanliness and health at 50 cents. Also selling hen and chicken wire in all widths and a line of farming tools seeds and related items.
In Wasa IQTON March 18 the Cuban debate winds down with a final Senate vote anticipated possibly tomorrow. Morgan dominates the session defending action against Spain and criticizing de Lome, while Sherman Mills and Pratt are set to speak briefly. the House acts on a tariff bill strengthening the 1890 act with higher duties for under valuation.
The house committee on immigration votes to favor two bills by McCall and Stone. The Stone measure requires a US certificate at last residence before admission. The McCall bill, amended, excludes males 16 to 31 who cannot read English or another language, with broader age limits removed to keep families united.
News from Managua reports rapid government gains as Metapa fell after two days of heavy fighting with about a thousand killed or wounded. Mora capitulated to Zelaya forces and Honduran troops aiding Zelaya occupy Viejo, moving south toward Leon.
A man claiming to be Count Lucien Di Armando Rivere is jailed in Richmond at the request of New York police. He is charged with stealing a gold watch from Leopold Rogge of Brussels. Requisition papers are being sought. He registered at the Hotel Brunswick as Kk Calmonte on December 14 and left the day of a noted robbery, prompting police pursuit.
In New York on March 17 Daniel Armstrong was killed and George Senior fatally injured after falling five stories through an air shaft in a Ninth Avenue tenement. Armstrong lived with his wife and children. Senior boarded with them. Longtime friends reportedly quarreled and fought on the roof, ending in both men being found still clasped in each other’s arms.
Crawford Goldsby known as Cherokee Bill was executed in the United States jail yard in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was baptized that morning by a Catholic priest and left a will giving his mother his farm and worldly goods. He faced the end cool and cheerful as his mother stood nearby without flinching or tears.
The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries authorized a favorable report on a bill to end compulsory pilotage for American coastwise sailing vessels. The measure allows a master or mate to become a pilot and requires no license other than a U S issued credential.
Bernard Harrity of Somersworth, 85, was found dead beside a woodpile at Tarlton's yard. His wife and three children survive. His horse and sleigh were found in a yard half a mile away. Coroner Ryder ordered the body sent to Portsmouth for an inquest.
The A P A carried the Republican caucuses in Springfield last night with ward 6 as the lone clash where the old guard resisted. Elsewhere, the state slate faced little opposition from the party ranks.
Boston on March 18 reports the failure of Ti. T. Pratt & Co, a metals dealer once regarded as a solid firm in the trade. The announced insolvency sent ripples through the market though assets and liabilities are not disclosed.
President Soden notified that W K Mains signed for 896 dollars as pitcher for Boston. The pitching staff now includes Yerrick Nichols Dolan Stivetts and Sullivan.
In Washington on March 18 Joseph H. Manley predicts McKinley will not win on any ballot. Chandler and Grosvenor trade sharp remarks over delegate tactics, while Thurston and Aldrich weigh in on McKinley’s chances. A push to restore General Harrison is discussed as a strategic move by McKinley foes.
The Republican state convention in Milwaukee adopted a resolution naming William McKinley as the unanimous choice for the presidential nomination. It also affirmed support for protectionist policy under the McKinley tariff and for sound money.
A St Louis bound inspection train on the St Louis and San Francisco line wrecked at Rogers Arkansas. Brakeman Bolts was killed and about 200 injured. The directors private car was demolished but all directors escaped serious harm.
Reports from West Prince Albert say old Birch Hills discoveries appear correct. Townspeople are excited as great crowds flock to the fields and stake claims amid the new findings.
Australian fighter Billy Murphy defeated Paddy Smith in Cincinnati last night. the bout ended in the 10th round as Smith won by technical stoppage due to grogginess, and Murphy ended with both hands broken.
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