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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1905
Page
3
Maynard readers report census taking, visitors from Medway and Boston, mill work changes, loom fixer duties, and a parade of social events. A special train to Marlboro for a theatre production, a child’s diphtheria death, and town notes on festivals, elections, and new businesses fill this issue.
Harmony Me resident E B Reid recalls his mother’s death from lung disease and credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with preventing serious lung trouble. He endorses the remedy for coughs and colds, noting a trial bottle is free and prices of 50 cents and 1.00 at local drug stores Johnson’s Pharmacy Maynard and Willard South Acton.
Teachers and parents met Friday night in the Nason Street School assembly hall for the annual high school reception. The show featured piano solos by Agnes Richardson and Beatrice Sunderland, glee club selections, violin solos by Mae Martin and Theresa Heffernan, and a Grace Barnes vocal, with refreshments and social time to strengthen school ties.
John Dean, employed by Dennis Sheehan, halted a potentially lively blaze on Hillside street Thursday. He discovered a grass fire behind the house, with a fence and several outbuildings in immediate danger, secured water from a nearby house, and extinguished the flames after a hard struggle.
The Maynard Woman's Club literary department will meet at Mrs. H. A. Wilson on Monday November 43 at 3 50 p m Rev W G Puddefoot will speak on The Heroes of the Frontier at the second club meeting November 14 Mr Puddefoot is described as The only Puddefoot and U S Mr Puddefoot of the U S and is highly regarded by those who can attend.
Testimonial style note promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as easy to take with no griping or unpleasant effects. Mentions sale by Johnsons Pharmacy H J Dwinell Maynard.
About 50 spectators watched a lively confrontation at the model drug store when a rooster challenged A. C. Loewe and Frank Ferns. The bird entered uninvited, knocked over merchandise, and dodged shooing attempts before a newspaper man escorted it out. Ferns reportedly uses hair restorer and Loewe headed to Florida for recovery.
The annual English tea party at Music hall under St George's Church auspices drew a large crowd Saturday night. Supper ran 5 to 7:30 p.m. with quick service and ample offerings, followed by an 8 p.m. program of a quartet led by James Cowles and Harry Fowler, humorous readings by Mr Musgrave, and songs by Miss Davis. The event, run by committees led by Mrs William Bishop and Oliver Trees, yielded a sizeable profit and praise for the organizers.
An audience filling the opera house enjoyed the Bennett Moulton repertory's second play Shadowed Lives last evening, highlighting a standout star of the production.
John W. Connor secures lease to occupy the former Outlet clothing store on Main Street Marlboro with plans to install four pool tables one or two bowling alleys and cigar and tobacco fixtures. He will carry the same lines as his Maynard shop and will keep Maynard manufacturing. A South Framingham outlet is also planned.
At a special meeting in Cooperative hall Friday night 20 voters attended. The town voted to extend the water system along Butler avenue Lincoln street and Brown street and to appropriate 2000 to borrow against 1906 taxes. Extensions to be done by water commissioners with five percent guarantee. Selectmen instructed to maintain the newly macadamized portion of Main street to state highway standards.
A Johnson's Pharmacy notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as an ideal cold cure, claiming relief of lungs, easy expectoration, and prevention of pneumonia. The ad highlights safety and pleasant taste, with H. J. Dwinell as the local supplier.
A newspaper ad promotes Hyomei as rapidly curing deafness caused by catarrh, claiming a week of use outperforms six months of specialist treatment. It features Miss Meeks of Mattewan, N Y praising results, outlines a $1 complete outfit from Johnson's Pharmacy, and notes a money-back guarantee if it fails to cure.
Notices announce appointments of administrators and executors for estates in Middlesex County Massachusetts. Listed are Erastus Pons executor in Concord Oct 26 1905, Mary Lally Adm. Oct 19 1906, and James F. Sweeney Adm. Dec 19 1905. Creditors must present demands and debtors pay to the respective administrators.
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