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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
8
Instructions urge all material reach the publication office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week issue. Early delivery prevents condensation or delay of articles. News and ads and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Henry Bowker began cider apples on Monday. Clarence Hosmer and wife visited relatives there. Y P C U meetings set for 7 p m. Mrs Frank Houston and two sons returned from a six week vacation. Rev W F Dusseault preached to a good many Sunday morning. A party of 10 attended the Bay State fair in Worcester by Henderson’s wagon with Penniman driving. Some Acton folks to Maynard Saturday night, detained in lockup until Tuesday before Concord judge. A large delegation from the Christian Endeavor society attended the Concord Junction convention. Rev W R Buxton to preach on Does the Dollar Rule the World or Not and evening service. Endeavor topic Our Tongues For Christ. Fred Gray, formerly of this town, arrested at Nashua for morals offences. bonded but unable to find sureties, to mediate at Cambridge. Congregational church notes list service times and Y P S C E 6 15 p m with free pews. First Universalist services at 10 30 a m and 11 45 Sunday school. Y P C U at 7 p m.
C B Stones family returns from Onset and other residents travel and illness updates. Miss Virginia Sanderson returns from New Jersey. Joseph Noyes improves after illness. Mrs Cromley visits Bangor relatives. Mrs Handley visits sons in Milford and Brookline N H. Charlie Durkee becomes Littleton station agent. Herman Parker ill returns to Stoneham. Schools begin. Miss Prindall fills grammar school. Granger sisters and Miss Richardson visit J E Richardson. Mrs J E Richardson hosts 25 for her son Frank’s 17th birthday party with games and prizes. E Company Sixth Regiment MA Volunteers reunion at G A R hall with dinner by W R C. music by Acton band. speeches by Reed, Burns, Sanderson, Patch, Hutchins, Conant, Buxton. Card of thanks from Gilmore family. West Acton locals note ends.
The program promotes practical business knowledge with courses covering all essential subjects. It emphasizes an up to date curriculum designed to teach actual business from the start.
The Times Habana correspondent reports rebels hold their own against Spanish troops with strong white rebel ranks and broad island support. Habana is said to be hostile to Spain, while sugar trade tensions and foreign ammunition supply fuel the revolt. Spain likely to conquer or abandon Cuba. reform offers rejected. Separately John Redmond denounces the Irish convention as a sham and criticizes American delegates and O Connor.
Niagara Falls reports Edison failed to visit Li Hung Chang with Colonel Gouraud defending him after a heated exchange. The item notes apology exchanges with the viceroy and a later clarification. Additional dispatches cover the Grand United Order of Oda Fellows session in Boston, a fatal shooting by Officer Maloney in Chicago, and payroll stoppages on the Sebasticook and Moosehead railroad in Skowhegan and Harmony payments questions.
Fall term opens August 31 with Littlefield's promoting a wide line of shoes for men women and children. Miss Knowlton plans a fall opening with selections from New York aimed at ladies. Highlights include a heavy grain waterproof shoe and a long wearing calf dress shoe.
Notice directs insertion in the issue of the same week. An earlier receipt prevents condensation or delay of articles. News advertising mail and subscriptions may be left with A. L Noyes at the post office.
Acton Centre schools opened Tuesday morning. Miss Viola Tuttle entertained friends on Labor Day. Dr. J. A. Dow of Cambridge visited town. Luther Conant Jr. returned from New York for Labor Day. Miss Evelyn Fletcher of Lawrence guests of Miss Sophia Fletcher. Rev and Mrs Bernard Copping hosted out of town friends last week. John Vouse listed as uncalled for at post office. L Kate Hawes of Cambridge visiting Mrs Perry at Maplewood House this week. Edyth Flagg returns to Perkins Institution Tuesday to resume teaching. Mrs Newell Knight, now in South Royalston, sent a subscription to The Enterprise. her husband formerly lived in Acton and they were married there 50 years ago next November. The Enterprise praises old residents. One chance in a lifetime offer for a six month ticket at New England Business University Lowell for $30 cash. regular $50. Inquiries to Horatio F. Twombly, South Framingham. Runels building Lowell Mass. Glick and Young proprietors. Congratulations to Colonel Parsons as his regiment leads. Bancroft’s Fifth places close behind. Sixth’s record beats previous marks.
Portland. Sept 9. Zenas R Farrington of Farrington and Mann moulding manufacturers cut his threat with a razor yesterday in the office of his factory. No cause is known. He was 48. He leaves a large property to his family.
Mr. Coote, former Tasmanian parliament member, returned from Japan and claims Japanese regard Australia as an outlet for surplus population. He also notes military talk that Japan might send warships to seize territory and develop parts of northern Australia in case of ill feeling.
An official dispatch from Athens says 20 Armenian refugees were killed in Scotra. The message notes a broadcast proclamation in Thessaly about the Constantinople Armenian coup and the Ottoman bank seizure urging Macedonians to mimic the action to gain autonomy from Europe.
The first division of the session occurred last night as Mr Foster's amendment censuring the government for issuing government general warrants was defeated by 103 to 69. The Liberal government held a 34 vote majority with all Patrons of Industry voting for the government.
Berlin on September 9 reports the czar awarded General Von Hahnke the Order of St Andrew, Count Von Eulenburg the Order of Alexander Nevsky, and Count Von Luccanus the Order of the White Eagle. Kiel notes the czar and czarina sailed from the city aboard the Polar Star to Copenhagen, greeted by fleet salutes and cheers from warship crews.
A testimonial from B. F. Johnson & Son notes the quick relief DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure provides for summer complaints in children. It is praised as a reliable remedy for dysentery and diarrhea with several local retailers listed: Maynard, Concord, Acton, and West Acton.
Madrid reports Admiral Beranger, minister of marine, said at a cabinet council that borrowing is untimely so the treasury will advance 35,000,000 pesetas about 7,000,000 dollars for September Cuba expenses.
The Times reports a financial table showing large American wheat and breadstuff arrivals in London this season, attributed mainly to near total absence of imports from Australia.
The King of Abyssinia again shows warlike posture while American cattle may enter Canada. Arm enian refugees get protection promises. Tennessee finances tighten. Hudson Valley firms face changes. Henry Hunt Carriage in distress. Halifax naval aid to a ship overloaded. Obituaries include engineers and judges. a Greenwich unknown woman found dead by suicide. Subtreasury gold exchange. a Madrid report cites Philippine uprising traitor Rojas. subway contracts to Shailer Schinglaw.
Rome reports the death of Khalifa Abdullah, ruler of the Egyptian Soudan for 11 years. The Baggaras led the state with brutal rule, executing harsh punishments and denying education while tolerating mass famine and displacement. He expanded control from Kordofan to Abyssinia and suppressed rival tribes, keeping power until his death at Boga.
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