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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
8
Instructions urge all material reach the publication office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week issue. Submissions and ads should be left with T. F. Newton to prevent delays or condensation of content.
South Acton notes list new clerk Robert Porter at T. J. and W. grocery, staff changes at Burdett's college, local travel and visits, and a bicycle parade. Church services announced for Congregational and Universalist parishes with morning and evening preaching and Sunday school details.
Dr Duhamel located at Worcester. Mrs Albert F Putnam visits husband in Freeport. N H Sunday marks A H Stowe 65th birthday with family. Good Cheer ladies hosted by Mrs T S Carter. Lena Putnam returns from Danvers visit. E D Jewett teams move Northboro party to Milford. Fifth regiment companies attend Herald bicycle parade in Boston. Mrs J H Barnes visits Lucy M Bailey in Isaac Kennedy's. Naphtha motor carriage seen postHudson. Emma Hill leaves for Saugus visit. Elihu Parker accompanies. E V Spooner resumes duties at Bridgeton academy after Nobscasset season. West Acton Celette Edgar Hall attend G A R encampment in St Paul. Mrs Charles Brown visits her father G T Knowlton. Peter Foley returns from New York Coney Island trip. Marion Folsom returns to post office duties after Monument Beach visit. Coal hay and.
Mr and Mrs W O Holden travel to Shirley for the funeral of his sister. Mrs Teele and Miss Knowlton plan fall millinery purchases in New York. J Houghton offers coal hay to Concord Junction residents. Union reunion of Co E Sixth Massachusetts held Labor Day in Littlefield's hall with prominent speakers anticipated. David Kinsley survived a railway accident at Orange Sunday. Mrs Ann B Littlefield dies at 82. funeral at Universalist church with family bearers and floral tributes. remains sent to Boxboro. Willie Gilmore dies at 19 after years of ill health. Various local notices: ship new wagon for sale, Knowlton white goods sale, grain shoe at Littlefield's for $2.00.
A promotional note touts a comprehensive curriculum covering all subjects needed for practical business knowledge. It claims an up to date and eminently practical system, designed to teach students real world skills from the outset.
G. W. Whitney announces examinations for admission to the Fitchburg normal school on Academy street Fitchburg Mass Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 8 and 9 1896 at 9 a m The model and training schools with the normal school open in fall A new building funded by the commonwealth costing 150 000 will be ready for occupancy early fall For catalogue or information address the principal John G Thompson
Senator Palmer presides as 100 delegates from 41 states attend the Chicago gathering in Tomlinson hall. Bragg and Bragg allies are favored. Wisconsin supports Bragg while others back Buckner for VP. Cleveland and other candidates face internal divisions as debate over income tax and Supreme Court reform stirs tensions.
Advertisers claim DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the most effective pills for indigestion and stomach troubles, highlighting relief from sick headaches after days of work. Local merchants B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard and C. H. Whitney Concord listed with others.
A cheerful note extols Glenwood Range in the kitchen and Glenwood Heater in the cellar enhancing home comfort. The copy argues the products make housekeeping easier and living more pleasant for households already equipped.
Daniel E. OConnor, candidate for representative to the general court on the Democratic ticket last year, again enters the race and his name will be presented to the caucuses this fall.
An advertisement asserts DeWitt's Little Early Risers cure sick headache biliousness indigestion and constipation whether by neglect or unavoidable circumstances. It lists B F Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as sellers.
A party of 86 editors from the Republican Press association of West Virginia arrived in Canton yesterday. They were escorted to hotels and later paid respects to Major McKinley in the afternoon.
Sept 2. When shown Vermont bulletins up to 10 pm, Mr. Bryan refused to be interviewed and offered no comment.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island 75 Italian workers arrived from Boston for sewer construction fueling protests amid 1300 idle laborers. Over 1100 people receive aid from the overseers of the poor as unemployment bites the woolen cotton and rubber trades. A meeting of 300 unemployed demanded work or bread and voiced strong indignation at imported labor.
Early yesterday morning four incendiary fires erupted in Halifax within densely populated districts. The Ladies College and Conservatory of Music, the Grosvenor hotel, a Hollis street building, and the Halifax hotel were set alight but were stopped in time to prevent major damage. In New York Julius Stein and Joseph Edison are jailed over a $100,000 diamond robbery at Julius M Lyon’s Maiden Lane store, a loss that toppled the firm.
Sept. 2 report says reinforcements intended for Cuba will land in Puerto Rico due to signs of a brewing rebellion there. The note cites authorities in Madrid observing unrest and mobilization around the Caribbean island.
Almanac weather note for Wednesday lists sunrise at 5 10 and sunset near 6 45 p m with a day length around 10 hours. Forecast calls for fair skies in New England with light frost in the north and winds turning from west to south.
Dispatches from Constantinople note 5000 Armenians dead and widespread killings in Hassim Pasha and Haskoi quarters. Ambassadors plan a note blaming Turkish government as Young Turks seek to dethrone the sultan. Dublin hosts a large Irish race convention viewed as a failure with foreign delegates accused of packing.
A Berlin dispatch reports the Hamburg South American Steamship Company the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and the Hamburg Colonization Society have united to acquire land in Santa Catharina Brazil to establish a German colony aimed at attracting emigrants and trade. The Times notes Brazil’s welcome and potential clash with the Monroe doctrine as the US views the plan.
Vienna reports mouthner Von Mar kow, the brewer, shot himself after writing a letter blaming anti Semite newspapers for attacks alleging tax fraud. Despite the accusations, he was considered of estimable character and not a criminal in the Octroi tax matter.
The Times reports Lord Colville of Colross arguing modern transatlantic steamers travel too fast. He warns catastrophe is likely unless liners adopt extra precautions after the St. Paul nearly swamped a smaller craft on Tuesday.
Dr Guion recounts that Prince Lobanoff survived since 1891 due to indomitable energy after an operation on Rostovsky. The Russian foreign minister suffered grave kidney troubles with cardiac symptoms, with life described as a continuous miracle.
The Standard mock editorial notes William Jennings Bryan as magnetic and suggests Republicans may face stiffer odds. In Paris Liberte reports China hiring French engineers for the Oo-Chow arsenal works and plans to build fast armored cruisers, with larger warships ordered abroad.
Vancouver dispatch reports a Cariboo hydraulic mine cleanup of 81600 dollars after ten days, the largest bullion haul from any mine in the same period. The finds underscore a remarkable gold yield from the region.
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