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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
8
A notice from the Institution for Savings announces a special meeting in Concord Mass on December 20 1917 at 8 p m. to amend Article 11 of the by laws to broaden dividend withdrawal methods. Herbert W Hosmer is listed as the signer.
Bedford notices announce War Savings stamps and thrift cards plus pocket envelopes are now sold at any post office. Local dealers have begun Christmas orders. Dr Garton's sermon at Congregational church Sunday will be Follow Your Leader, a sequel to last Sunday's message, with music by the chorus and choir.
A stray dog wandered into a Witts Massachusetts theater and began howling as the film displayed the line Let the dogs of war howl. The moment created an odd interlude amid the screening and drew amused reactions from the audience.
A Concord feature in Ameri can Forestry Magazine extols snakes as a national asset worth millions. Snakes eat rodents reducing grain loss, yet fear and prejudice persist. Clubs in the East promote kindness, noting most snakes are nonvenomous and harmless to people.
A correspondent notes the 1540 Hampton Court astronomical clock has halted for the first time in years. The German maker’s device displays time date sun moon phases and tides and is linked to a superstition that it halts when a long resident dies, with anecdotes about Anne of Denmark and others.
A New York correspondent for the Pittsburgh Dispatch quotes a wartime idea to spread fly paper over no man’s land to trap German soldiers during a night assault. The writer insists the plan is simple, practical, and could end the war without firing a shot.
Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on Paul s statement quoted from an Old Testament prophet The just shall live by faith A Sunday school session at noon The Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 15 pm There will be no evening services due to the union Red Cross mass meeting at the town hall at 8 00 pm Contributions totaling over 200 were raised last Sunday for the savers from the Halifax disaster Revealing Mollenta will be the subject at the meetings Friday evening at 7 30.
An enthusiastic town audience heard Lieut Bruno Roselli of the Italian army speak at the Forum on Sunday. The Old Concord chapter D A R held its December meeting with Mrs H A Stearns presenting Great Grandmother's Headgear. News includes births, local sales, new installations, car and roadster purchases, and enlistments in the U S Army and Quartermasters.
A Concord Massachusetts letter to the editor lists Italian residents donating funds for relief in wartime Italy. The long list includes many named contributors with amounts from one cent to five dollars and more, totaling eighty dollars and change. Also noted are officers elected at a Ladies auxiliary meeting in Monument Hall, with names and positions for the coming year.
The Concord Woman's Club greeted Mrs. Herbert J. Gurney and two state vice presidents on December 10. Mrs. Whiton urged endowment funds, Mrs. Baker welcomed guests, and Mrs. Gurney spoke on The Quest of Romance. The gathering included a choral rendition of The Star Spangled Banner and an informal tea. A $25 donation supported Halifax relief work, and Red Esterups were sold. Robert M. Prentiss bought a Hudson Super Six from Torrey & Vialle earlier in the week.
Advertised letters listed for G C Chapman Thos Corcoran H W Johanson Nathan A Nathan Mrs Ss Baten Miss Alice M Block Mrs A P Chase Miss Helen Murphy Miss Stella Marsh Miss Minda Newell Mrs CC Olsen visited on Sunday in Aye Paul Berry of Lowell stayed with Ernest Clough Mrs Edward McClellan left Davis meat market and Miss Bertha Love assumed the role.
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