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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1893
Page
8
All tens of news for the Enterprise left with A. A. Wheeler will be thankfully received and promptly attended to. Subscriptions are also being received for the same.
South Acton reports warrant for town meetings, social notes from the week. Florence Angier guest at Varnum Tuttle's. schools started spring term. Hanks moved to Maynard. J A Bowen and daughter voyage from San Francisco. Herbert Tuttle caught a large pike at Faulkner Mill pond. Rev Smith ill, Rev Clark preached at Unitarian church. Vorster returns from Canada with horse stock. show windows by Newton and Finney. Universalist society to host Fast Day event. Fred Reed resigns at T J & W, Warner succeeds. Harry Robbins leaves wagon job. Leonard Willard to Concord. Conductor Philbrick assaulted on train. local shop ads and daily papers available.
West Acton locals report visits from Miss Hattie Davis Mrs George Gilchrist and others. Fire alarm at Acton Centre prompted response from the village. Rev James Fletcher dies likely of heart disease after the alarm. Easter concert planned at Baptist church and a lecture by J K Harris of Haverhill. Local ads promote cigars pool at Windsor hotel Belts spool silk and Daniels veterinary remedies.
Col Gardiner reports 400 000 acres planted to vineyards nationwide with California bearing 150 000 acres and leading in wine and raisin production. California's diverse grape varieties from Mission to Zinfandel to Bordeaux imports shape a vast industry valued by capital investment and output including 80 to 40 million gallons of wine annually and 2 million boxes of raisins from Fresno and surrounding counties.
A Benue river expedition discovers a 20 mile wide no mans land created by moslem converts and local tribes interdicting settlement. Neighbors, unable to live peacefully, abandoned fertile lands leaving a barrier of hostility and bloodshed.
A well known young man in the city, a somnambulist, had an odd episode after visiting Waterbury. He slept on a lounge, removed his shoes and stockings, climbed stairs, and scratched a match to light it. The lit match burned his foot, causing him pain for days and leaving him wary of lighting matches.
A Boston Record report describes a rich lady’s dog laid out in the Lewis Jones undertaking establishment on LaGrange street. The brown spaniel rested on an embalming board beside a fine hardwood casket before burial in Maine after a trip from the city.
Forest and Stream criticizes a hunter who yells at his dog, likening the man to an Esquiman. The piece argues such abuse does not improve the dog's performance and reflects poorly on the hunter's training.
Hon Moses Tenney of Georgetown used blankets woven by his wife's mother a century ago. The state treasurer and receiver general from 1856 to 1861 rests between them and keeps active nearing eighty. The blankets remain in remarkable condition after decades of use reported by the Haverhill Bulletin.
Mrs Grubbs and Mrs Dubbs clash over a daughter's engagement delaying concerns about age. Mrs Grubbs claims the girl has ruled the family for three years while Mrs Dubbs defends the match as good news reflected in the conversation.
A crowd of several hundred gathered outside Galt’s jewelry store after a fashionably dressed young woman slipped her foot into a broken grating beneath the sidewalk. Her French boot wedged fast, and after police and bystanders helped, workmen freed her using saws and crowbars. She rode home in a carriage.
A burglar attempted to rob S M Keenan’s residence but was deterred by Mrs Keenan’s calm defiance. She offered him money and goods, while noting there were others upstairs and urging him to search. He left without incident, impressed by her courage.
A young woman in a dry goods shop shares how she regained a home after four years of hardship. She explains caring for her sick mother and siblings, balancing work and school, and feeling genuine thanks for family reunification during the holiday season.
A Bangor Whig recounts a clever cat story where Tommy chases a large rat from a stable to a woodpile. After failing alone, Tommy recruits a partner. Cat No. 1 positions Cat No. 2, then climbs and scratches, driving the rat toward Cat No. 2 awaiting at the woodpile, ending with the rat caught.
A New York Ledger vignette depicts a government clerk obsessed with order. He dockets love letters, minutes replies on the back, ties them with red tape, and files them in pigeonholes. He writes to his beloved on half margins and schedules each visit with an appointment.
Community items recall longer days in Hudson, springlike weather, deaths of A Lawrence and J Kendall Rand, visits from Miss Larkin in Wilbraham and Nathan Shattuck in East Woburn, plus church and town news from 1893.
An early advertisement for Ayer's Hygienic Coffee from Boston promotes the beverage as containing all the elements the system requires. The copy emphasizes the product and its hygienic preparation by M. S. Ayer.
Price twenty cents a pound. Directions: prepare as coffee using no more than two thirds as much water. One tablespoon per pint. Send two two cent stamps for book on diet reform by M S Ayer Boston. For sale by several Concord area firms and associations.
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