17 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
1
All matter must reach the office by Tuesday night to secure same week insertion. Early receipt avoids delays. News or ads may be left with FP B. Ganderson Riverside block and subscriptions at R. J Coughlin's news room.
Maynard notes visiting New York and a town regu lar patrolman to be appointed. Local residents Mr and Mrs William Smith travel, a plan to close stores Wednesday afternoons in winter, and a New England convention in Hudson September 20. A census notes mill workers in new houses and safety incidents at the mill. Funeral arrangements for Miss Jennie Crowley and recent injuries at the American Woolen Co plant are reported.
The Bext Commission Sale at the Vose Farm is set for October 7. The notice advertises cash auctions for horses including springers and mares, with various sale types and values. Also offers a cottage with seven rooms at Concord Street and contact details for O. S. Fowler.
A collage of town items lists vacations to Vermont and Lake, church services at Union church and reformatory, Musketaquid clam bake, and travel to Philadelphia for prison congress. Names include Rev W W Campbell and F X Lee Andover, with lodge visits by John H Marra and others. Ads mention Young’s low prices and newspaper office drop points.
A local column presents opposing views on placing a slaughterhouse in the West End. Supporters note job creation and cleaner operations could keep it sanitary, while opponents warn it harms residential values in Concord Centre and may avoid being suitable there. The piece emphasizes fair consideration and location challenges.
Concord Junction Indiana 1902 ad announces two week stock sale at auction prices. Items include Germantown blue mixed yarn 10 cents per skein worsted 5 cents per yard edgings and laces 5 cents per yard plus underclothing. Miss Bessie Lowe offers piano lessons at 138 Commonwealth av with payments 50 cents.
A fragment from Concord reports political caucus results, local society events, trolley fare details, and social news. Names include Miss Susie Emmett, Thomas Todd, Norman Talcott, Erin Winslow, and Miss Fannie Brown among others. Fragments mention Bedford fare, Ladies Mission Society plans, and a Waltham women’s club trolley outing.
The Lowell and Fitchburg Street Railway Company petitions for a new street railway line crossing Chelmsford to a junction with the Boston railroad in Ayer and running through Littleton Acton and Berme to Concordville. They seek permission to connect with the state road near East Acton Reformatory Station where the line would cross the Acton Concord town boundary.
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