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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Globe cautions the girls left behind not to flirt, notes hunting as a rising topic tied to an aerial journey. Volunteers rejected for poor teeth still chew, patriotism excuses odd dress, nine Worcester soldiers rejected for heart trouble, and bicycle scorching blamed rather than smoking.
The piece recalls boys from 1861 who never returned and expresses hope that the class of 1898 will be home before Thanksgiving. It criticizes newspapers that issue extras with empty or misleading headlines and asserts that discerning readers do not fall for repeated deceptions.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co shows a strong 1897 with dividends up by 61000, leaving 90881 after distribution. Revenue rose by 316437 while expenses grew 260947, figures that readers can study while waiting for a connection.
The letter discusses Spanish origins through philology and history, tracing Iberian roots to Latin Romans, northern invaders, Greeks Carthaginians Phoenicians Goths Celts and Visigoths, with Vandals and Basques noted as distinct. asserts Basques as a separate race per Mueller and Haeckel, concluding Spaniards share ancestors with other Mediterranean peoples.
The Boston Journal notes Berlin enables three minute long distance calls within Germany for 25 cents, with outside-Germany tariffs from 50 cents to 1.8 dollars. Berlin has 39,000 phones and links to 416 towns, with direct lines to Copenhagen Amsterdam Rotterdam Prague Vienna Budapest and Basel, while Berlin Paris ties are halted for political reasons.
A Shelby reader reports a woman named Mrs. Light Lutz cured after seven years of illness and a three month cough using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Trials sold at local drugstores in Shelby Mandar and Concord with two bottles claimed to fully cure. Regular size bottles priced at one dollar with a money back guarantee.
Hugh Miller leaves Haynes employ and Mizpah lodge visits Saxonville. Work on the Mirror Lake line advances as St Bridget’s Sunday school pauses seasonally. Miss Carpenter suffers a fall on Nasan street with minor injuries. Shakspere club winds up season at Miss Kershaw’s. Robt Sliggins preaches at the Congregational church. Emily Shearer and Benj Brown wed at Maynard home. couple to reside in South Acton.
Members of the M E church hosted a reception for their new pastor Rev Edward Higgins last week Wednesday evening. Natick guests joined in a varied program including musical pieces by Mrs Geo Lawton and Joseph Haigh, with vocal solos by Miss Bates and a chorus led by Robert Farquhar. Ice cream and cake followed the entertainment, and attendees reports say the event was very enjoyable.
Mrs Ellen F. Barnes aged 58 formerly of this town died at her home on Hill Street Marlboro last Friday after a long illness. She leaves a daughter Mrs Ellen Cook and three brothers. The funeral was held Sunday at her home with Rev L B Goodrich officiating and burial in the Stow family lot cemetery.
A testimonial from M. A. Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky credits Electric Bitters with curing six months of yellow jaundice after doctors failed. The letter endorses the remedy as effective and asks others to use it. It lists B F Johnson Son Maynard and C J Friends Concord as sellers.
A local classified list highlights Mrs Waters offering fashionable dressmaking on Leones block, a special millinery sale at M KE Jannell on Pleasant Street with hats at cost, Miss Naylor selling her father Thomas Naylor's boot and shoe stock with new goods, Cleary Williams stocking millinery at low prices, and Miss Deane promoting a large millinery selection. Hatch Sheehan in Concord Junction and Darlings block on Summer Street host various services.
A correspondent from the Havana blockade describes the May 1898 action against Matanzas forts. The New York opens fire at 5000 yards with the Puritan behind, then Cincinnati’s rapid fire and effective shelling raise a furnace of flame as the fleet presses the siege.
By tomorrow six government transports at Port Tampa will be ready for loading of troops and horses after being supplied with coal and water. Loading of ammunition for rifles and rapid fire guns began yesterday and will continue around the clock until completed. St. John’s Newfoundland dispatch notes a fleet of 15 American fishing vessels may abandon Grand Banks due to fear of Spanish cruisers and head toward the Straits of Belle Isle in British waters.
Washington May 11 Senate in executive session debated the lack of southern staff officer nominations from the president and the south’s low officer representation. Senators Money Bate Bacon and Lindsay noted the issue while Hoar Carter and Wilson defended the administration. Boston and Troy reports follow with editorial and boxing notes.
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