Local Sale Promises Fine Stock and Early Deals
Patrons urged to arrive early as a sale offers a limited assortment of fine stock. The notice emphasizes high quality goods and encourages shoppers not to miss the opportunity.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
5
Patrons urged to arrive early as a sale offers a limited assortment of fine stock. The notice emphasizes high quality goods and encourages shoppers not to miss the opportunity.
Charles Henry Burroughs aged about 76 died Sunday morning October 8 after a long illness. Born 1832 in New Ipswich New Hampshire he moved to Massachusetts as a boy and spent his life on a Boxboro farm. He married Mary E Brown of New Ipswich and they worked the farm until 1905 when she died. He remained active driving a milk team until a year before his death. He was cared for by his daughter Marion and was connected with the Baptist church from an early age.
The voice in the church choir inspired many with his honesty and upright life. Funeral services from his late home followed by burial at the farm cemetery drew a large crowd. The choir sang songs of faith and comfort as Pastor Lovett aided by Vieto spoke. He leaves two sons George W Burroughs of this town and Charles Burroughs of Kansas City Mo and two daughters Minnie Perkins of Grafton and Marion Burroughs. He also leaves a brother Samuel R Burroughs of West Acton and sister Mrs Carrie Hall of Fitchburg.
Health reports indicate Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross is improving. Officials say her condition has stabilized after recent illness and she is responding to treatment at her home.
Miss Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross arrives in Glen Echo Maryland for the winter. She travels despite not fully recovering from a serious summer illness and is accompanied by her physician and her nephew.
In Warehouse Point Connecticut on October 18 a touring car carrying Mrs Rose Richards of Quebec and Mrs Julian Richards of North Adams Mass and their niece and her husband Mr and Mrs Theophile Mailloux of Springfield crashed after a tire blew out. Mrs Richards died instantly and Mrs Mailloux suffered severe nervous shock while her husband sustained arm injuries and bruises. The car was almost reduced to scrap iron.
The article reports a strong demand by Democrats and progressive Republicans that President Taft appoint a progressive, anti-corporation justice to replace Harlan. It notes close scrutiny of candidates, potential La Follette influence, and fears he could use senatorial courtesy to shape the court. The piece portrays La Follette as a rising power in the Senate with the potential to steer a court appointment.
Mayor Fitzgerald and the police commissioner agree that the Play boy of the Western World will continue at the Plymouth theatre in Boston. Secretary Leahy who viewed the play notes sympathy for residents opposing sordid elements in peasant life stories.
Sault Ste. Marie reports the Emperor, the largest Canadian lake steamer, sunk at the lower entrance of the Canadian lock blocking navigation. Captain Pearson described water force parting the lines as gates opened and the anchor failing to hold, tearing a hole in the hull after the ship left the canal at high speed.
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