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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
5
Miss Bessie Holmes guests of cousin Mrs Thomas Hollis. Various residents record illnesses travels and visits while Frank Bartlett and others stay or depart. A third auction of Mrs Carroll Hutchins goods occurs, with library acquisitions listed for September 1897.
Rev Dr George C Lorimer of Tremont Temple Boston delivered the centennial oration for Montgomery lodge Freemasons in Milford. He extolled Masonry as service to mankind, eight hours for labor eight for sleep and worship, and the role of justice and love in social reform.
The weekly bulletin notes favorable harvesting weather in New England states and Maine for corn and oats. Rain is needed to bring up fall sown grain and to keep pasturage fresh, with drought effects mild but present in some areas.
Concord High defeated Lincoln 66 to 7 in a high profile Friday matchup. Paine of Harvard was billed to play with Lincoln but did not participate due to illness.
At Concord post office for week ending September 21 1897 a roster of names appears including Wm Butterick P M C O Arnold Wm J Ahern Geo Bascom H A Brooks Co A L Brown Fred A Currier Richard Dobbins Joseph Everdean Professor Emerson Jerome Ford William J Foley E F Hayes G C Horne L F Lund A D McLennan N Neilson Pierce Page Nat Shaw George G Thompson C B Webster and many Mrs and Misses such as G P Wilkins Fred Wood Alice Abbott Bertha Barker Eliza Bisset Lucy Coe Jane Clark John Grant G W Gates Win Holland Annie Hobbs Julia Johnson Grace Little Mary Mabr Motte Ada Merrill Eliza Stewart Martha Wills J B Wingnan
General orders No 9 authorize the annual regimental rifle meet on Monday Sept 27 at Walnut Hill. Each company will field 10 men, two substitutes, one commissioned officer and one NCO as scorer reporting to Lt. Smith at 10 30 a m. Staff officers may qualify as marksmen. a revolver contest will follow.
Farms in Concord Acton Carlisle and Wayland offered for sale. Apply to C Fay Heywood in Concord Massachusetts for details.
Rev Loren B McDonald leads Sunday morning 10 45 am service Sunday school at noon Young People guild meets 7 pm Evening services first and third Sundays Nov 1 to Jun 1 at 7 40 Trinity Church offers 10 45 am service 12 pm Sunday school All seats free Trinitarian Congregational under Rev Geo A Tewksbury meets 6 30 pm Friday prayer at 7 30 Scandinavian M E Church led by Rev J P Anderson holds 10 30 am and 7 30 pm services with class meeting Friday at 7 45 pm
H L Whitcomb is agent for Noyes Brothers laundry. All goods left before Tuesday noons will be returned Friday p m the same week. Flower Pots in all sizes at Towle Kent. Two carved Quincy granite tablets three ft high at 50 dollars each. Two Rockport granite tablets Father and Mother 10 dollars each at Sheehan's marble works. Pure cider vinegar at Towle Kent. Second hand Lovell Diamond bicycle for sale cheap. Write Box 28 Concord Mass for particulars.
Holders of bonds dated Aug 1 1889 may present them for payment at Farmers Loan and Trust Co New York City or at Peoples National Bank Marlborough Massachusetts. The Marlborough bank offers investment securities as well. See John L. Stone Cashier for details.
Popular excursion via Hoosac tunnel and day line to New York returns on the Fall River line. The round trip fare is five dollars.
Martin Flaherty of Lowell won on points over George Siddons of New Orleans in a 20 round New London Athletic Club bout. The crowd from Boston to New Haven packed the gym as Referee Jerry Regan worked a hot, close fight with Siddons pressing late and Flaherty tiring near the end. Siddons opened with head shots while Flaherty aimed to body blows through the bout. The decision was well received.
Providence reports the New England Whist association executive committee met at Pomham and then with the Providence Athletic association. The fall meeting will be Oct 8–9 in Boston at the Boston Duplicate Whist club where the first play for the new American club trophy will occur. Committees were named for the league congress preparations. The group invites the American Whist league to hold its next congress in New England in Boston early next July.
Baroness Zika tripped in the second heat of the 2:50 race near the home stretch. The mare bolted over the fence, was chased and caught unharmed except for a severe head cut. The driver escaped injury as observers witnessed an exciting incident.
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