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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
8
Notices request material reach the publication office by Tuesday night to secure same week insertion. Early submissions prevent delays and condensation. News and ads and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Republicans plan caucus at town hall next week. Barn repair and new cellar work underway. A birth, travel updates, and many community activities filled the week. Universalist meetings, millinery openings, and a Y S C union flower mission share the village agenda. Beatrice and Bernice born last Saturday night. A lecture on the Royal Normal College for the Blind set for Sept 26 at 7 20 PM.
Advertisements seek a young girl or middle aged woman to work in a family at South Acton Maplest. Inquiries directed to box 82 South Acton. Also listing double tenement house for sale owned by Mrs Addie K Harris with inquiries to E F Con ant South Acton. Plus local tailoring and church notes.
Acton resident KE Faulkner Conant announces he is an agent for Chase Bros of Rochester NY, promoting a line of nursery stock for next spring delivery to Acton and nearby towns.
Sunday reports from Worcester to Middleboro describe a lively Grace Perkins affair. The Charlestown C. held a half century run with 82 attendees at the Monument House. An auctioneer sale in Westwood lists cows horses hens hay and tools for N Furlong plus other farm and household goods auctions across Massachusetts.
South Acton locals advertise a nine room cottage on Maplest South Acton for let. The fragment notes rental but lacks further details such as price or contact. The readable portion indicates residential rental listing.
No submissions arrived from West Acton this week leaving The Enterprise with doubt about whether nothing worth recording occurred, or if there was no one to report events or a failure to transmit records.
Readable items mention laces and gloves for boys and knee pants at Miss Armstrong's school base. The fragment indicates a school uniform or apparel listing associated with Miss Armstrong.
The Sept 20 report from Boston notes fair weather aided haying and harvests while frosts caused losses in parts of Maine Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Apples and grapes show mixed ripening with cranberry progress slow. potatoes face rot but overall gardens improve. vines and tender crops suffer in frost areas.
Secretary Cunningham urges lasters to resume work pending settlement amid protests and doubts from the Brockton union committee. Over 600 workers are out. several firms had returned their men. Roosevelts rough riders horses sold at auction with low prices and mixed bids.
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