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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1895
Page
2
A local grocer touts a primo stock of Candy Nuts Sultana Malaga and California Raisins Prunes Cranberries Spices Tea Coffee Butter and Cheese Crackers Fancy Cakes and Cans to complete Thanksgiving dinner. Patrons are invited to call examine stock and compare quality and price.
Local notices report river flooding and washouts, holiday preparations, dances, and concerts. Legal matters include Howland v Maynard cases and Nyman suit for 10000. Health notes cite typhoid and scarlet fever in families. Community groups discuss lodge events, fraternal visits, and a January 10 1896 concert in Co operative hall.
Joe Wright, who fled Maynard two years ago, returned from England with two months there. He was arrested by Officer McManus in a liquor case tied to the old scandal. A confession in the week touches on the affair, and a girl may file a complaint at Concord. The piece condemns double standards in moral judgment.
Maynard residents hear sales pitches for fall and winter millinery at Cleary Williams Miss Deane and others with hats feathers and bargains. Oysters, undergarments, laundry, social events and meetings fill local life with news of engagements auctions and club activities across town.
An advertising blurb promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a remedy for headache indigestion and constipation. The small pills are claimed to be effective and are marketed by B F Johnson Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield West Acton.
A. D. Holt's store on Main Street opposite R. R. station promotes the largest line of parlor and kitchen stoves in Maynard. The Family Glenwood range has arrived with new design features. Also offered are odorless oil heaters priced at one cent per hour.
Mrs. Mary Hillman and family express sincere thanks for sympathy after the death of their daughter Amy R. Hillman. They thank the weavers and classmates for the floral offerings and for the photographs sent.
The notice states where to leave news or advertising subscriptions, with drop points at H. L. Whitcomb's bookstore and the post office. It also mentions securing arrangements within the same week and addressing condensation concerns.
Boston Harness Co. office in Concord Junction advertises first class cumulative preferred stocks yielding about 7 percent. Investor inquiry invites examination, listing residence at Elm St. Concord.
An illustrated lecture on bright New Mexico and its climate will be given at Lower Town Hall Concord by Dr. Wm. D. Gentry of Las Vegas New Mexico on Thursday evening November 21 at eight o'clock. Admission twenty five cents, children one cent.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims relief from loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervous sleeplessness and dizziness with guaranteed heat and strength. Sold by Johnson Co Maynard Concord Drug Store at fifty cents.
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