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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
A brief entry notes the Union Passenger Station on Causeway Street in Boston serving the Boston and Maine Southern Division in central Massachusetts. The record records the station location and division designation for passenger service.
A minister Philip Strong preaches about denouncing lavish entertainments amid hard times. The Goldens leave in anger, while a stranger arrives seeking shelter. Philip invites him in, despite wife concerns, and the man accepts the offer calmly saying he is harmless. The scene ends with an open invitation to stay the night as the mystery guest settles in.
The lesson explains Jesus parables on the mysteries of the kingdom, the tares among the wheat, the harvest at the end of the age, and the parable of the leaven. It discusses the church’s growth and corruption, urging true feeding of souls over sensational sermons, with a concluding reader letter about wanting to see Jesus.
The Milford Journal reports Col. Bryan was greeted by a crowd at a small west station where the mayor presented a Navajo blanket. A note inside ridiculed wool prices under Republican and Democratic regimes. The Boston Journal recalls ex President Cleveland’s Cuba policy and views his Havana visit as aiding Cuban liberation.
The Ware River News cites examples of municipal lighting costs and private firm dividends to argue that state law blocks towns from municipal light plants. It compares Edinburg Indiana and Ocala Florida costs and cites Massachusetts lawmakers as "people's hired men" who curb municipal lighting by law.
In the Fitchburg Sentinel the paper notes awakening Southern public sentiment against lynching. It cites Virginia calling out state troops to prevent a mob and similar actions elsewhere. The piece commends moving toward fair trials for accused men even as many still favor extralegal punishment.
Milford Journal cites a 1890 Plymouth speech where Senator Hoar spoke of the tree of liberty spreading across the Pacific and rooting beneath the waves to reach the islands of the sea. The paper suggests his later anti imperial stance is contradicted by the remark and implies impending national decline.
Ivers and Pond Piano Co operates at 114 and 116 Boylston Street in Boston supplying pianos and related instruments to the local market. The listing notes the firm as a longtime Bay State retailer with storefront presence on Boylston Street.
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