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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
2
The piece surveys public figures and events from Walter Wellman’s lecture to Aguinaldo’s orders, Exposition midway plans, football accidents, Gatling’s shift to peacetime tools, and sensational notes on Dewey, Paris Exposition, trust debates, and public fashion with hats and dead birds.
The notice promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a stomach and liver remedy that improves appetite digestion and energy. Sold for 25 cents at J C Friend Concord and Johnson’s Drug Store Maynard with claims of health benefits for those with dyspepsia and poor digestion.
Announcement of a new store and firm offering a complete stock for public inspection. Highlights include a new business opening and the availability of goods for the local community.
Local shop advertises Pillsbury best flour Bridal Veil flour Franklin County Vermont butter tea and coffee specialties. Window shades and fancy toilet seats offered.
Concord residents attended Lincoln town hall amateur theatricals while Thomas Todd joined the International Congregational Council in Boston. A quiet wedding united Henry Morgan of Springfield and Ellen A Nichols at Charles Bowman’s home with the groom’s 93 year old mother as guest. The Municipal Light Board said lights would be ready by November first.
Friday’s athletic meet drew full entries and smooth races. Foss dominates bicycling events taking multiple firsts while Hubbard, Powers and Cantwell claim sprint and field titles. Judges include Watson, Garfield, Dakin, Tuttle and Keyes as merchants present prizes to the town’s boys.
Dr D B Cargile of Washita reports four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer who suffered g years from scrofula with terrible sores on head and face. The tonic is praised as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It purports to stimulate liver kidneys and bowels aid digestion and build strength available for 50 cents at local druggists.
Mr Parvenur tests a new coachman and asks about his household. The applicant boasts of living with “real Wells” and offers to introduce him to their circle to gain entrance to good society.
Lipper reports Cam fer has invested in a wax works aggregation and is touring the country with it. Chipper dismisses the venture as lacking a living show.
Jones argues it is not rude to request hat removal in theater. He notes decorum and clear sightlines in performance spaces. The remarks sparked discussion about etiquette and audience conduct.
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