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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
5
In Concord a town hall fair is planned to raise funds for the Home for the Aged. Miss Swift of New Bedford visits Mrs. Carroll Hutchins on Lowell Street while a Foss man remains ill.
Charles Stowell, a former resident, member of Old Concord post G A R and deacon of the Trinitarian church, was buried in Concord Saturday. He served as superintendent of the Sunday school and his integrity was praised during the school services conducted by the Rev. Geo A Tewksbury. The G A R burial service was used.
Charles Stowell a longtime Charlestown resident died at 45 Russell Street on Thursday morning after a brief pneumonia illness. A tinsmith turned electrician and early Roentgen pioneer, he worked with Moses G. Farmer in Charlestown and led the electrical department at Wallace Manufacturing in Ansonia before returning home. He served as a volunteer in Concord and saw action near New Orleans and in the spike-unspiking effort with artillery. He was 68 and survived by his wife Abbie Hubbard and three daughters.
In the Interscholastic league contest at Waltham on Wednesday afternoon the Concord nine lost a tight game 4 to 5. Waltham made the early lead and held it throughout, with Connolly hitting a sixth inning home run for Waltham. Double umpire system used with Hosmer for Concord and Handrahan for Waltham.
The election of officers was held Thursday evening. Hose One elected Geo. McDonald foreman, A. Poland assistant foreman, B.A. Battles clerk. Independent Hose elected M. Kelley foreman, J. Mara assistant foreman, Joseph Dee clerk. Hose Two elected M. Collins foreman, J. Loughlin assistant foreman and clerk.
At Concord Massachusetts on May 12 1896 a list of attendees appears including Wm. Buttrick Pi M. George Bennett Eugene Dix F R Hallam Jas Hazelton Robert Lacy Wendall P Patch Mrs R Ss Day Miss Delia A Dinsmore Mrs John D Fleming Miss A Farrell Mrs C S Hayley Miss Bridget Pendergast Lydia M Webb
A testimonial style note extols One Minute Cough Cure as a universal cough remedy. It claims rapid relief for coughs colds and hoarseness and notes it is especially favored for children. Authors listed include B. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitely Concord H A Littlefield West.
Local church schedules for FIRST PARISH UNITARIAN TRINITY EPISCOPAL ARMITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL and SCANDINAVIAN M E CHURCH with service times Sunday school and meetings. Also an advertisement touts De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as a perfect skin remedy and lists sellers in Maynard Concord West Acton.
Local Concord merchants and residents advertise groceries frames seeds furniture and services. Listings include Concord Cream, Bowmans market deliveries, house sales and rentals on Main and Lowell roads, laundry and bicycle agencies, seeds and implements, and new merchandise from Miss Buck C E Browns Towle Kent Hopkins and Hatch with notes on orders deliveries and sales schedules.
A green cloth cape is missing between Concord and Lexington. A finder will be rewarded if returned to Mrs. M. C. Upton on Dev ens street in Concord. Also an advertisement touts DeWit s Little Early Risers for indigestion headaches liver complaint and constipation.
Concording members form Oyete Cabe club with officers William A. Buttrick president Miss Beth L. Barrett secretary and treasurer Frank Richardson captain Reginald F. Jones lieutenant and Rebecca Whitman on the executive committee The membership includes Daisy Brown Ellen Emerson Jeanne Keeler May Bartlett Susie Emmett Dottie Reynolds Mabel Gillespie Winthrop B. Wood William L. Hildeburn Philip K. Walcott Richard Derby Henry J. Hosmer Jr Thomas Todd Jr.
Concord High School defeated Maynard 6 to 1 as Wheeler pitched and Gage made a spectacular grab ending the first inning with three on base. Maynard showed fight with multiple hits from Nyman while Concord relied on solid team play. Batteries Wheeler Daniels Hilferty Winslow umpired by Dakin Morgan.
The figures show week ending 7 pm May 11 1896 with a maximum temperature of 92 on May 10 and a minimum of 30 on May 8. The weekly range was 62 degrees and the mean temperature 58.9 degrees, with total precipitation at 0.08 inch. Frep A Tower, Observer.
The article notes anglers eager to visit eastern New England lakes as ice clears. It mentions easy travel with a new Rumford Falls to Bemis entrance rail line via Rangley, and a Boston and Maine rail line offering reduced round trip tickets to northern resorts.
An old advertisement extols One Minute Cough Cure as easy to try and effective for coughing. It cites distributors B F Johnson and Son in Maynard and C H Whitney in Concord with other names listed.
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