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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
3
Local notes from Maynard recount visits, arrivals, and events. Readers learn of residents returning from Nova Scotia and Providence, new hires at Harriman's laundry, Loyal Assabet lodge members, mill workers changes, social dances, church services, and upcoming meetings. Multiple named residents and nearby towns appear throughout the column.
A reflective meditation on liberty equality and fraternity as guiding ideals amid modern unrest. The author urges philanthropists to act as guardians of these sacred concepts, noting widespread misunderstanding of the terms and their moral weight today.
A patriotic appeal declares journalism honest and honorable as a precious national inheritance. It condemns notoriety driven by sensationalism and insists that truth and virtue must guide reporting. It urges Americans to uphold conscience and patriotism in the profession.
A Friday night burglary at the Main Street post office ended with a blown safe and missing stamps. Postmaster William R. Hall found the office open Saturday before 6 am and deduced the thieves pried the steel knob with a sledge and used explosives. Blankets from Albert Jaynes’ stable and tools of William Gordon were left behind. John McPherson’s shop was entered but untouched. A nearby freight truck was wrecked by train 291, possibly to mask the noise, but authorities now suspect drunken or reckless party involvement rather than a planned robbery.
Meier J Lyons a young man nineteen years old died at his father’s home on Acton Street Saturday morning after a period of illness with consumption He was born in this town and resided here his good character earned him many friends The funeral was from St Brids church Monday morning and burial followed at St Bridgets cemetery
Walter Goss is ill while James Clancy visits Natick friends. Apples for cider at Howe's mill. Brookings & McDermott repaint Warren Howe's house. William Pine opens a market in Arnold building. Marlboro band to play for Fr Lowney reception. Voters to add names to list tonight. Norwood street macadamized with new drain. Mrs R O Clark returns from Weymouth trip. Fish and Game seeks more peasants liberated nearby. B F Greeley and Grace to White mountains with Roy Craig. T P Hurley remodels R F Parker house adding veranda bay window and bath. Funeral attended for Miss nee in Milford. Hart ford Boiler Inspecting rep checks S H Howe Co boilers as safe.
A vintage remedy advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for burns bruises cuts corns sores eruptions salt rheum piles and more. It lists Burdett & Barnard Marlboro J Friend Concord C T Shattuck Northboro Johnson's Pharmacy Maynard and E B Lucia Hudson among sellers.
Superintendent Pitman predicts higher overall attendance this year with a rise in tower grades. Monday pupil counts by building show Centre 277 Hildreth 434 Pleasant 412 Bigelow 405 Washington 365 totaling 1 008 plus 29 percent for the high and 35 for Rice school resulting in 2 188 total. Fall term figures for 1901 unavailable, but increase expected before term end.
The funeral for George V Hutch was held Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church 60 Washington St. The Marlboro Fire Department Division 16 AOH with Chief Engineer J Henry Gleason led in full uniform. Revs W H Finnick and J P Sullivan officiated with burial in the cemetery. Bearers included P Roche O Brien J Mullen Dennis O Brien Felix Clancy Edward Moran.
A boy seeks life saving aid and travels 18 miles with family to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments. Brown of Leesville, Indiana endures asthma’s agony until the medicine offers instant relief and sleep returns. Also advertised are trial bottles and distributors Burdett Barnard Marlboro and others.
The Marlboro band, led by A. D. Baker, cannot hold a fall concert due to circumstances. The leader extends thanks to city government and all contributors. Frank C. Dudley returns from Chicago lectures at Chicago University and will resume teaching at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Irwin LaVerne Powers to begin as instructor at Ere Lomona College, Claremont, Sept 15. Miss Lena Libby retires from a Milford vacation.
Francis Joyce and Frank Whitcomb are employed at Harriman’s laundry. Patrick Hansen joins the mill weaving department. W Scott Perry and Leslie Henry attend Concord High. Mrs. Henry Kimmell goes to Warren for her husband in woollen mills. A plan aims to unite Acton and Maynard on the local diamond with only local players.
Uralite a fire resistant construction material tested at an English works. A deed box lined with uralite showed inner wood untouched while outer layers warped. Pattern doors and platform sections tested. uralite panels remained intact though surrounding timber charred. Uralite can be painted veneered and holds under high heat, remaining lighter than corrugated iron.
A treasury monograph traces growth in land area population wealth and farm activity from 1800 to 1902 with figures for square miles per person total wealth per capita farm numbers and farm value. It also recounts an etiquette anecdote at the White House involving Dom Pedro the Brazilian emperor and a late departure.
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