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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
8
A fragment from West Acton details purchases and social notes. Mrs James Devane gifts a piano for a birthday. Miss Lillian Blanchard’s illness prompts family travel. the E nest Workers present a cantata at the Universalist church. a Baptist Sunday observance honors Sunday school and school offerings. Mourning in East Alstead for Zabine Burroughs marks a family tragedy.
The bulk season saw rapid price gains for U S stamps especially unused items. Executives rise from $4 5 to $25 30, Justice sets from $8 plus to $50 90, interiors to $5 6, and a fine State set once $40 in 1891 changing hands near $250. Demand grows among collectors, bankers, nobles, and royalty while sales tighten.
An advertisement urges swift action with a remedy labeled One Minute Cure for asthma and verish conditions. It claims harmless ingredients and immediate results, naming B. F. Jason and Sarat C. H. Whit Concord and H. Littlefield West as associated parties.
The notice states all material must reach the office by Tuesday night to be included in the same week issue. It notes earlier receipts avoid condensation or delay and directs news advertising and subscriptions to be left with A. L Noyes at the post office.
P J Sullivan will take orders for custom clothing at C J Waite’s store on Wednesday evenings until further notice. Daily stock includes cassimere suits, overcoats, pants, and fall wool goods. Also offering millinery and Delineator magazines through Miss E G Stoddard and Mrs O L Dart Derby.
Washington reports on the Yuruan incident tying it to the Venezuela boundary dispute. Britain argues the case is separate, while U S officials say only a precise boundary location can settle the issue and that U S will not prejudge the territorial rights.
A concise medical truth asserts the smallest effective dose cures best. De Witt's Little Early Risers are advertised as the smallest pills that perform a cure, promoted by B F Johnson and Son and listed with multiple locations including Maynard Concord and West Acton.
Union Church led by Rev. W. W. Campbell with Sunday school at 11:00 a.m. Y P S C E service at 6 o'clock. Evening worship at 7:00 p.m. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as giving immediate relief from hacking coughs. It lists manufacturers and sellers including B F Johnson and Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton.
In New York on October 23 followers held a grand ratification meeting in the wigwam. Resolutions endorsed the Syracuse convention platform and Tammany Hall principles. Overflow crowds gathered in the wigwam basement and outside in front of the building.
Cassius M. Clay letters that he refused to speak for P. W. Hardin after losing the convention by a small margin. He accuses Hardin of repudiating the Democratic platform and says he will not vote for him.
Portland police detained Captain Pendleton and Chief Mate Parse of the W. H. Conners on charges filed by the ship’s steward. Pendleton hinted at an attempted mutiny and claimed no assault beyond necessary discipline.
The old U S frigate Minnesota arrived in Boston Harbor to serve as a training ship for Massachusetts naval reserves. Forty men from the brigade served as the crew during the passage from New York. No notable incidents occurred on the trip.
Boston court yesterday sentenced Dr Jacob W Brown to seven years in state prison for criminal malpractice in performing an operation on Maud L Farrell in the South End on August 3, from which she died.
About 175 New England manufacturers visiting Washington on route to the Atlanta cotton exposition spent yesterday sightseeing and briefed on local sights.
Fire on Goose island completely leveled the Crescent Linseed Oil company works. Loss estimated at 175000 dollars. Falling walls crushed a nearby cottage but no one was injured. Fire officials stated the blaze started late at night and destroyed the plant and its contents.
In San Francisco on October 23 the Durrant murder trial neared the rebuttal phase as Dr. Graham, a medical student and friend of the defendant, testified about an interview in which Durrant urged him to keep lecture notes to help establish an alibi. Prosecution witnesses disputed Durrant’s claims about April 12 and tied Minnie Williams to the crime. The trial could reach a verdict by late next week with Deuprey's future participation uncertain due to illness.
Boston hosts William M Murphy William Carte John R Wigham and William Anderson directors of the Dublin United Tramway company of Ireland to inspect the West End Electric railway workings. The party has already visited several large cities gathering information.
In Roy A Lston Massachusetts on Monday evening at Charles Harringtons home a shot was fired at Harrington as he stood in the barn the bullet went through his hat and lodged in a bench Later that night an iron bar was thrown through his window striking his bed but causing no injuries authorities pursue leads in the case and Harrington remains unharmed.
Meriden Connecticut hosts the Universalists general convention with 120 delegates from 22 states. The secretary reports rising membership and increasing property value as Rev J K Mason of BuI delivers the inaugural sermon.
Storjew ski of East Thompson, jailed since January on suspicion of murdering his wife and stepson, was released yesterday by order of State Attorney Hunter for lack of evidence to convict.
Peter Morgan was arrested by Bangor police and delivered to Farmington county jail after robbing Rosa Clay of her money at trunks in Lewiston a week earlier.
From Florida to New Providence a new first class steamship line will run between Palm Beach and Nassau under the Florida East Coast railway. It will begin operation in January next.
Fire yesterday in ALTA IOWA destroyed fourteen business blocks causing estimated losses around $70,000. No injuries reported as warnings and evacuations were conducted by local firefighters and relief crews.
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