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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
8
All material must reach the office by Tuesday night for inclusion in the same week’s issue. Earlier receipts prevent condensation or delay of articles. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Instructions state a Tuesday night deadline to ensure insertion in the same week issue. Early submissions help avoid condensation or delay of articles. News, advertising, mail and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
Matter reading like a local column notes E H A Jones working for Henry Barker and Edward Woodard returning to town for A Merriam Co. births and engagements, church services, a dawn harvest concert, a student exchange, vacationing George Shapley, a newborn son who died, a lounge quilt prize, a children party, a Republican convention outcome with T F Newton as nominee, and South Acton church notes. Also details on auctions by Otis H. Forbush, a later autumn wedding in Acton Centre, and a recruitment notice for a New England Business University offer.
Alfred Wetherbee recovers from typhoid fever and attendance is urged for the Grange meeting on October 23. Reports on Northampton Mass meetings by church delegates highlight rising Sunday school attendance, blackboard activities, and a 35 to 46 member home department with the church now legally organized.
A list of popular Boston excursions planned by the Boston and Maine railroad. Dates range October 17 to October 22 with routes including Londonderry to Methuen, Chelmsford to Hillsboro, Intergale Jet to Gonic, Keene to Elmwood, St J and L C lines, and Newport Vermont to Wells River.
The document lists holdings and liabilities including due from approved reserve agents, checks and cash items, notes of other national banks, fractional currency, and coin totaling 708 605 24 dollars. It shows capital stock, surplus, profits, and various deposits and notes outstanding with entries for dividends unpaid and due to other banks. Directors Brigham Howe Greeley and others authorize attestations and advertise services like safety deposit boxes and bond selection facilities.
The program promotes teaching all essential subjects for thorough practical business knowledge. Its Actual Business From The Start system claims currency and strong practicality for learners seeking real world skills.
The item lists multiple Oct dates for train stations from Newbury to Olcott and across several branches, with stops including White River Jct. and Penacook, plus a late October note of various towns. A separate line mentions a temperature of 26 just before daylight last Saturday morning. An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive and reliever, naming vendors B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard and others.
The advertiser says arrangements are made to sell chair-wood once sold by Loring Bros and promises prompt delivery in Congord or Acton at usual prices. They ask buyers if they have secured winter coal, and boast hay and feed at extraordinary low prices.
An old advertisement explains that a hacking cough endangers the sufferer and promises fast relief with One Minute Cough Cure. It lists B F Johnson & Son of Maynard and C H Whitney of Concord along with H A Littlefield of West Acton as associates.
Clarence Shattuck will be away in Albany for about a month. News covers local church events, school changes, and social happenings including a large autumn concert, Conant Parker nuptials, and Ladies Benevolent society activities. Obituary for Captain George W. Gardner details his sea career and long service in Concord Junction.
John Baben rests in Nova Scotia while Charles G. Pingrey visited town as surface ice and icicles formed last Friday night. John Whittemore of Manchester NH spent Sunday with friends here. James Beaton suffered a pleurisy attack last Saturday. The first heavy frost of the season covered everything outdoors Saturday morning. The bride of Cephas Patch is Clara not Mary Sumner as announced. Reno post 9 G A R plans dances to boost the relief fund. B H Martin was prostrated with typhoid fever and his mother in New Hampshire was telegraphed for.
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