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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
5
The Woman's Parish association schedules a sale in Concord town hall on Friday Oct 30. An accompanying supper will be served followed by a play and dancing. It is the year’s only association entertainment.
The Old Sixth staged a cold but well attended Field Day at Concord with Colonel Parsons leading the attackers and Lieutenant Colonel C F Woodward defending. The mock fight featured skirmishing in Lovers Lane and a town assault, ending with a parade and review by local officials. Strong attendance from Concord and nearby towns followed the drill trains. Strength reported: A 52 B 48 C 54 D 56 E 38 F 33 G 50 H 37 I 51 K 50 L 37 M 35, band and drums bringing total personnel to 550 with 47 officers.
The record lists 208 total cases pending Oct 1 1895 with 95 guilty 120 not guilty 12 plea notes. It cites 173 convicted 119 sentenced 54 put on probation and 5 appeals to the superior court. Civil docket shows 53 entered 19 defaulted 18 tried 26 pending 3 appeals. The notice ends with an advertisement for DeWitt s Little Early Risers pills by B F Johnson & Son and others.
A Concord column lists local business updates and notices. C E Brown promotes a clothing line with men suits and trousers, G H Hopkins offers horse care and carving items, and Kennedy’s Cracker meal appears at Towle & Kent. Also notices about rentals, sales, laundry services, fish market goods, and a new barber in Garris block.
Among the Churches details weekly worship times for First Parish Unitarian Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal and Scandinavian M E Church. The notice lists morning services at 10 45 a m Sunday schools at 12 m and evening services at 7 40 p m with varying dates and meeting times and Friday prayer and class meetings.
In Concord Massachusetts on October 5 1896 a list of local residents and clergy is noted alongside an advertisement promising One Minute Cough Cure by B F Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney and H A Littlefield. The item promotes a quick remedy for a hacking cough as a public health aid.
The effects include a brief card of thanks from Ellen M. Sawyer of Concord dated October 6, 1896, expressing gratitude to friends who aided her during a long painful illness.
The record shows temperatures from a high of 71 and low of 40 across the period with a weekly mean of 55.1. Precipitation totals reached 1.07 inches. Frep A Tower, Observer, notes the week ending at 7 p.m. October 5 1896.
A. F. Bowman sells his meat and provision business in Concord to F. S. Andrews of Boston who plans to maintain a first class stock of meats and vegetables. The market will open for business at any hour with reasonable prices and invites trade. Beginning Friday September 25 the dental rooms in Friend's block will be open Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays for artificial teeth and dental work terms.
In Middlesex probate court Acton estate of Joseph W Tuttle deceased trustee Hapgood presents first account for allowance. Citations require appearance October 13 1896 at nine in the forenoon at Cambridge to show cause why allowance should not be granted.
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