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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
3
A vintage Burkes Drug Stores advertisement lists price cuts on household and personal care items. Featured items include cod liver oil, face powder, soaps, dentifrices, malted milk, Epsom salts, peroxide, and related health products with prices shown as low as fractions of a dollar. The clipping emphasizes reduced costs and assorted laundry and grooming goods.
A barefoot eleven year old boy, fringed trousers and a dirty face, asks for Shakespeare. A librarian guides him to The Merchant of Venice and another edition, amid confusion over which title to select.
A simple sewing trick extends glove life. Attach a small piece of the same color kid leather to the inner finger seams to prevent nails from tearing through. The improvised protector can keep gloves usable for weeks.
Read and heed signals of distress from disordered kidneys including dark secretions, frequent or scanty passages, backache, headaches, and dizziness. Doan’s Kidney Pills are promoted as quick help, with Marlboro carpenter W H Swift giving a testimonial. Sold by dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
Deposits earn interest on the third Wednesday of January April July and October with dividends payable on the third Wednesday of January and July. The notice lists officers William D. Burpeast President and Charles P. Holv yokk Treasurer. Other items include a poultry advert and a collie puppies for sale with contact tel 2124.
Dr. Jacques Bertillon warns France has fallen from 16 to 10 percent of world sparsity, urging policy change to boost births. He cites deaths exceeding births in 1911, and notes laws in Bavaria Roumania raising birth rates, proposes grants to large families and incentives for mothers with four children.
A envisioned marble city near Dragon Arizona aims to host a postgraduate school of sculpture and a home for the aesthetic and beautiful. Los Angeles residents including Henry Busse drafted plans on a plateau east of Dragon. The site offers vast marble deposits and diverse shades within miles.
A. J. Heinn, founder of a Milwaukee manufacturing company, gouged out both eyes with a small knife in Los Angeles. He said he would never forge another check and would be at peace. The report also notes Utah approves a mothers pension bill providing a base $100 monthly to mothers with one dependent child and $7 for each additional child.
Voters will see extracts from Chapter 635 of the 1912 Acts on tenement definitions and building rules. The note explains nuisance, lot limits, room ventilation, water access, fireproofing, maintenance, and boards of health powers to enforce the housing law in Concord at the April town meeting.
Mrs Mary Costello widow of William Costello died at her Walden street home in Concord after six weeks illness. Born in Ireland about 89 years ago she had lived in Concord over 60 years and left no immediate relatives. Funeral Mass was held at St Bernard's church with Rev William B Finigan officiating. nephews John James Michael Finigan and Patrick Jennings served as bearers at the parish cemetery.
Colonial Inn in Concord undergoes extensive renovations with painters, plumbers, upholsterers at work. The lobby and offices gain new paint, pictures, and a display of Emerson, an old musket, and other relics. Dining area, staircase, and a new telephone room reflect Colonial style with white draperies and birch window boxes.
The note describes extensive remodeling of a living space with antique mahogany furniture and soft brown blue tones. A grass fire mantel area with colonial accents, a carved settle, and the Paul Revere tile picture define the style. Lighting and lattice work enhance the welcoming atmosphere amid ongoing furnishings shortages.
Five Concord men died in a Maynard bowling alley incident. The report, confirmed by hurried phone calls, notes the tragedy occurred at the Maynard alleys with a Maynard quintet involved. Scores mentioned include 117 pins, linking event to a bowling match.
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