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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1904
Page
6
Woodbury Parker, a civil engineer at Charlestown navy yard, fell 36 feet into a deep excavation Friday noon while ascending a ladder. Native of Stow, son of James Parker, he is married to Lelia Larkin of Hudson, and educated at Hudson High School.
Mrs. Maria Cunningham wife of Patrick Cunningham died at her Maple Street home Thursday at 4 30 pm after three years of ill health and a recent complication. She was 68 and a long time resident here. She leaves a widower, two sons Andrew and James both local, and three daughters Mrs James Carey Annie of this town and Margaret in Chicago.
Yoeman Chandler Tucker in charge of the Providence R I Naval Station, the leading recruiting post in New England, hosted his mother on Summer Street. He has recruited widely with posters and aggressive advertising, billing the office like a circus to attract men and expects rising enlistments as the Navy pays the bills.
Representatives of William R Hearst and Richard Olney visited the Onley local Democratic town committee to gauge support. Most members favored Olney with few exceptions and the committee hesitates to back Hearst loyalists like Col Gaston or Oliver Me Sweeney.
Calvin S. Hoxie of Hoxie and Sullivan will move his family to Hudson after buying the Frank Johnson estate at Felton and Pearsts. The deal, arranged through T. B. Carter, ties Hoxie to a permanent Hudson residence and notes Carter's active role in multiple real estate transactions.
A fragmentary quote questions the meaning of a slip in a crack of the earth and what it signifies. The passage notes geologists’ explanation and invites scholars to define the term and its significance observed Sunday night.
William Shaffer of Dennison Ohio lay bedridden with inflammatory rheumatism after trying many remedies he bought Chamberlains Pain Balm from Me Caw's drug store and within a week could work again. For sale by P B DeLee Maynard.
Miss Bessie Hagerty acts as district nurse in Brattleboro Vermont. John J. Dee attends funeral in Boston. Spring sewer work begins. William Milner bags a fox in Fairhaven woods Thursday. Hollis Howe becomes father of a jeweler born Friday. New W C T A fountain planned for the square. Wright and Ditson of Boston win uniform contract for 1904 C H S baseball. Mike McManus marks 7th birthday with a party on Lexington Street. Nathaniel Maker and David Brooks seek enlistment in Company I. Firemen's ball posters issued for April 8 with committees prepping. James Hanley, Tufts hopeful, seeks receiving end for last year's high school catcher. Local baseball management pleased with freshman. South Framingham firm conducts solicitations for April 19. Concord to look festive along parade route.
An 1869 Militia note highlights Concord Company I Sixth Regiment M V M showing the lowest attendance, 29.5 percent, urging townspeople to enlist to preserve its proud wartime history and avoid disbanding. The piece compares past battles and calls for support from present and former members.
Last season's final entertainment was held at the Unitarian church Friday evening with Mrs. George E. Walcott in charge and a program titled The Magic Mirror featuring many local performers led by Miriam Barrett at the piano. Refreshments followed. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a six month leg ulcer in five days, promoted by local pharmacies with a 25 cent price.
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