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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
1
All matter must reach the publication office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week’s issue. Earlier receipts prevent condensation or delay. items may be left with C H Persons Riverside block and J B Deane Loewe block for subscriptions or notices.
Master George G. Rodgers will sing a solo at St George's church next Sunday on Whit Sunday following last Sunday's Expectation Sunday observance.
The item notes a desirable farm offered for sale in Concord Junction under Acton, with local figures and social tidbits from the community. Other notes include visits by Mrs Austin B Howe and Mrs R W Carter, musical duties, and temperance events in Maynard and West Acton.
The fragment recalls John Stetson who observed more fools in Boston than men. It notes not all have tied to marriage, referencing his late legacy and matrimonial record in a short, period voice.
Dennis Long longtime Maynard resident and former Saxonville and Framingham favorite dies after two weeks of pneumonia. A Grand Army comrade of state Senator Reed, Long was a veteran of the Civil War and served in the 100 Days Men with the Sixth Massachusetts. His funeral included escorts from Saxonville post Maynard Foresters and Celtic Literary Society with a large funeral turnout from Brighton Saxonville Framingham and Boston.
An exemplification of Eastern Star floral work was presented at Masonic hall Tuesday evening by Magdalene chapter No 28. A quartet including Mrs Lizzie Hodges and Mrs Minnie Durkee performed, withMrs Efe Morton accompanying. Captain T E Jackson received a jewel from the chapter for services in perfecting the floral marching. a banquet followed with remarks from visiting members from Marlboro and Concord Junction.
A dust and sand squall moved along Main and nearby streets Monday morning, creating sharp pain and stinging exposed skin. The dry air filled with powdered street refuse drove clothing with grit, and those in poorer attire fared best against the storm.
Advertisers claim the remedy cures coughs and colds with quick action. It is praised as safe for children and easy to take, with firms B F Johnson and Son in Maynard C H Whitney in Concord and H A Littlefield in West Acton pushing the product.
Notices direct readers to leave advertising matter and subscriptions at the H. L. Whitcomb bookstore or at the post office, outlining where to secure insertion and avoid delays in articles.
Miss Louise Bigelow visits Dorchester while Otis H. Forbush puts a farm up for sale in the village. Miss Ellen Emerson adds a plaza to her Lexington street home and Frank Foss’ Walden street house shows the outline of a future facade.
A Monday noon forest fire near Lake Walden burned over two acres, destroying pines once sheltering Thoreau's hermitage and damaging the Forbes parkway. Drought and wind hindered containment as five alarms sounded, with help from Concord and a 50-man special train from Waltham.
The Trinity chapels overflowed for the Ascension service featuring a new boy choir led by Rev. E. A. Atkinson of Cambridge. Fred A. Tower organized the choir and is choirmaster, with Mrs. Fanny E. Sampson as organist. The town-based boys blend well and will soon wear white vestments. The music included All Hail the Power of Jesus Name Venite Te Deum Benedictus Alleluia Sing to Jesus How Wondrous and Great St Theresa and a tenor solo. Tower plans to enlarge the choir as suitable voices are found.
Dr. Wm H Prescott spoke in the town hall on Australia with stereopticon illustrations to aid a geography and city plan talk. A large crowd attended the fundraiser for the Old Folks home as the lecturer guided the audience through the continent with map aids and pictures.
An old advertisement proclaims Buckien's Arnica Salve cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and more. It promises satisfaction or money refunded at 25 cents per box sold by B F Johnson Lone Maynard and H E Richardson in Concord.
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