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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
8
All matter must reach the office of publication by Tuesday night to appear in the same week issue. Earlier receipts avoid condensation or delay. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
Local residents report new roles and arrivals including Mrs Stowell moving to Maple Street and Mrs Merriam becoming Y W C U treasurer. The Universalist church outlines rally day, district delegates attendances, and a wedding announcement nearby. An accident on Maynard road near dusk injured Miss Willard with narrow escape for others.
West Acton features Fred Green peaches judged first rate and announces Miss Knowlton millinery opening. Local visits include Sumner Hayward of Omaha and J L Richardson's trip to New Hampshire. Y P S G E delegate Alfred Richardson attends Lynn convention. Mass Universalist 1897 session in Lowell September 18 30 with detailed program and reduced railroad rates.
Congregational church led by Rev. W R Buxton holds services at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 11 45 a m Y P S C E at 6 15 p m and praise and preaching at 7 p m prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m First Universalist church led by Rev William F Dusseault offers morning service at 10 30 a m Sunday school 11 45 a m Y P O U at 7 p m Pew seating is free to all.
Rev Bernard Copping preached at Byfield last Sunday. Miss Grace Russell of Auburndale visits Mrs Emily Davis. Dr Lewis Allen and Arthur Allen of Arlington were in town Sunday. Mrs A L Noyes visits daughter in Meriden Conn. Geo Robbins and son of Brookline visiting town. Miss Fut tle's millinery opening dates noted. Edyth Flagg returns to Perkins Institution to teach. Advertised letters: Joel Proctor C Prunes A Adams Fred Hudson Mrs A Adams James Merrill Shoe Co.
The Fitchburg Railroad invites travelers on a Sept 30 excursion to New York with a Hudson River trip option. Passengers choose day or night service, with a round trip rate of five dollars.
Tickets for the Fitchburg Railroad popular New York excursion on Sept 30 go on sale at 260 and 300 Washington Street and the Union Station Boston Mass. Round trip rate is $5 and ticket quantities are strictly limited.
WEST ACTON LOCALS announce Miss Knowlton’s Fall and Winter Millinery Opening on Sept 30 to Oct 2 with New York and Boston novelties. Advertises bargain food items and household goods, urging shoppers to buy in small amounts to save. Line about ladies coats from New York and opening plans by N. W. Knowlton.
Sudbury reports indicate Senator Parsons will be renominated with no material opposition this year, suggesting a smooth path to re election.
The Fitchburg railroad offers a popular New York excursion on September 30 using the Hoosac tunnel route to Albany and the Fall River line to Boston. The round trip rate is five dollars.
D. and H. Lackawanna white ash coal offered at low prices. All coal is screened before delivery and same quality as last season, ensuring satisfaction. Now is the time to buy before prices rise.
E. 8. Locke a past grand of Hudson lodge I O O F is named district deputy grand master by the grand lodge covering Concord and Marlboro lodges.
The county race tightens as Upham’s term ends and three Republicans bid for the nomination George A Roper of Lowell and Charles B Stone of West Acton are contenders Lowell argues the county needs broader representation while Stone promises legal experience Stone is 49 and active in Knights Templars and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery.
Miss Emma Boyce visits Winchendon relatives while Frank Brigham and family return to New Haven. A new awning goes up at Hudson Carriage Co and savings bank. Miss Ora Morse wins first prize at the Middlesex South fair. A B and M baggage master returns from the south as a revolver incident injures Dr Cundall. Street regrading improves Pope Street. School meetings with Superintendent Kelly, freight trains carry bricks and lumber, and a young man and companion scare crowds on a tandem. A man damages a coat trying to save a smoking cigar stub, burned beyond repair while shop staff extinguish the blaze.
The Boston World Food Fair will open October 4 at Mechanics Building and run through October 30. Attractions include a grand display of food products, Sousa band music, a Maine products exhibit, bakers and confectioners machinery, an Irish exhibit tied to the coming century, an agricultural display led by Geo M. Whitaker, and a “give away” department with coupons for souvenirs.
The Hudson is praised as the Rhine of America in a commentary on its beauty. The Fitchburg railroad offers a New York excursion on Sept 30 at a rate of $5, presenting a bargain opportunity to view the river’s grand scenery.
A Vienna dispatch reports the Austrian steamer Ika collided with the British steamer Tiria at Fiume as it entered the port. The Ika sank in two minutes after its bow was stove in, with fifty aboard feared lost. eight saved include the captain and seven others.
Samuel Howard, 50, a Woonsocket painter, was jailed on a charge of assault with a razor against his wife after a quarrel over family matters. He wounded her ear and thumb during a struggle, then set the cottage ablaze. Police later found Howard hiding in bushes near the home.
Halifax Sept 22 D M Dickenson continues before the Behring sea commission on domicile. He says US citizens who sue against their country for damages lose rights, except when the US withholds citizen justice in its courts. He argues residence does not remove allegiance and a person may hold civil domicile in one country and commercial domicile in another.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania peace returned as two thirds of region colliers resumed work. The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Audenreid mines employing 2500 men led the stoppage and their return Monday sparked a stampede among other strikers. Audenreich men complained of lower wages and the superintendent promised to review their figures.
Telegrams from Oronso report a dynamite explosion gutting the Marquis of Luis palace on the Minho river. No injuries. The government plans to send a memorandum to the pope on excommunication in connection with Bishop of Majorca’s dispute over church treasury possession by Mr Reverter.
Striking Italian workers on the Oxford Central electric railway moved from Rice's Junction to Norway Maine and refuse special cars to Boston. They occupy near the railroad office, remain peaceful, and the town provides food and sleeping quarters while authorities seek a resolution.
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