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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
4
A mix of domestic tips and local curiosities recounts fashion changes in hairdressing, opinions on school integration in Florida, and an odd tale of a New York boy using a bicycle to kill a mad dog. It also mentions a 25 dollar police court fine for overdriving a funeral procession and previews the Boston cattle show drawing citizen attention.
Massachusetts is cited for fine road laws yet many miles of roads remain poor harming merchants and farmers. Uniform methods and public spirit are needed to fix main and remote routes, boosted by bicycle riders who support road improvements and represent voters.
A Vermont legal note argues that owning a hotel where alcohol is sold bears the same legal status as selling it, underscoring equal treatment under the law. The discussion frames hospitality business actions within state statutes and enforcement considerations.
The article reports a lessee selling the Ard ent on premises without owner consent, owner convicted, governor who owns a hotel declines pardon, facing sharp press criticism. Proponents claim pardoning would excuse the governor’s transgression and undermine law, while opponents warn of retaliation against the leading citizen.
Massachusetts reformatories adopt a rule approved by the governor and council. Prisoners re imprisoned after a first sentence must show 13 months of perfect conduct in the first grade before release on permit, except misdemeanors involving repeat offenses may be released after seven months. The rule aims to secure better conduct from second time offenders and to permit earlier release for satisfactory behavior.
Advertising is indispensable for business success. Those who hesitate lag behind as competitors advertise and the public favors advertised goods. You cannot afford not to advertise. past ease is gone.
Local guidance requests all material reach the publication office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week’s issue. Early receipts guard against condensation or delay. News, ads, and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
Misses Gertrude and Alice Pike are in town. Rev John Kingsley preached here last Sunday. Miss Annie McCarthy has returned from abroad. Carl Pickens studies at Burdett's. Mr and Mrs F F Conant visited Lowell. Luther Conant and Elbridge at the White Mountains. Albert Tuttle returns after 30 years. G D Chamberlain died in Cambridgeport. Funeral Wednesday. ACTON SOUVENIR WARE announces new German china ware with monument engraving. Fitchburg railroad moved more trains for Knights Templar conclave than ever before. Seventy seven extra trains to Louisville G A R encampment. DeWitt's Little Early Risers promote health. Bold health claims by B F Johnson & Son Maynard, C H Whitney Concord, H A Littlefield West Acton.
Emily L Eldridge returns to Maynard as a Sixth grade teacher after a three to four year absence. Miss Mellish moves from Third to Fifth grade. Rebecca M Howes joins Third grade from Greenwood. A F Graves from Malden assigned to Mixed. Central bell signals installed with a roof laboratory completed. School Morale praised as 520 pupils attend a well kept facility.
The slim attendance at the special town meeting approved borrowing $4000 for a storage well. O S Fowler reported the committee on storage well recommended a 4 percent max rate with payments split between 1897 and 1898. The panel also urged covering the well and disposing of unused material as needed due to stronger earth wall than reservoir wall.
Having secured the services of Mr. E. B. Shaw a custom shoemaker we are prepared to do all kinds of custom work and repairing at short notice and at reasonable prices Ladies will find it to their advantage to bring their work here and have it done in a satisfactory manner.
Small tenement to let on Maple street apply to E Whitney. Six room tenement to let enquire of Dr F D Gilmore. Cleary Williams advertises marked down shirt waists and new stock including pillow slips aprons and boys blouses. Central Market offers fresh oysters daily. A H Haynes promotes hats in his new ads this week.
An order from Geo. H. Creighton urges timely insertion in the same week issue. Early receipt prevents article delay. News and ads and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Wm Moore digs a well as improved water comes from a lodge. Typhoid sickens Leon Wetherbee and Sammy. Rev A Peabody preaches to a large church crowd. Norris family from Medford wintering with Mrs James Hayden. Schoolhouses repaired whitewashed and painted with new floors. Selectmen schedule town meeting Sept 16 to consider schoolhouse repairs funding.
Abram Jones improves while Hugh Miller resumes duties and Abe Tuttle fills his route. Locals visit, move, study at Burdett's college, and guests stay with families. Sermons at Congregational church discuss If Thou Hadst Been Here and Interpretation of Human Conduct. Y P C U lists officers and state convention delegates.
Alderman James L. Francis of Chicago calls Dr King s New Discovery an ideal panacea for coughs colds and lung complaints after five years use in his family. Reverend John Burgus of Keokuk Iowa a Methodist minister for 50 years says it gave speedy relief. Trial free at local druggists Maynard H S Richardson Concord and B F Johnson Co.
Mrs. G. W. Gates vacation at Old Orchard beach. Congregational church ventilation improved. James Tuttle ill under Dr Barker care. Jessie Jones leaves for Lexington visit. Maynard official visit to Acton council by G Hart next Tuesday. Y P C U topic riches and righteousness led by Carrie L Shapley at 7. Dr Hosmer sick. Rich of Maynard to assist. California Pioneers reunion in Boston with 250 attendees. South Acton Congregational church schedule and Universalist services listed. Acton Souvenir China ware promoted at Mead & Co store.
The photographer at 227 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts advertises one dozen cabinets for 2.00 each until October 1st. A colored mounted on devil glass costs 3.00 and a life size cray on 4.00. First class work with free sit-over.
Children especially infants are soon run down with Cholera Infantum or Summer Complaint. Don’t wait to determine but give DeWitt’s Colic & Cholera Cure promptly or can rely on. Use no other. B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord Hi A Littlefield West Acton.
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