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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1915
Page
3
A Concord Junction reader questions Mr. Macdonald’s open letter urging a world federation and asks whether the war can be stopped now. The writer argues for peaceful settlement through moral guidance, appealing to leaders and nations to pursue a better path instead of continued fighting.
The Skene Hatchery expands its flourishing business. H B Wiggin has recovered from illness. Mrs. John McGovern is ill at Hartwell road. Walter Manning accepts a position with Lowell Tool Manufacturing Co. William Wall returns to business in Boston after illness. New England Nurseries busy with bird house sales. catalogs available. Edward Tackney spent the weekend in town and returns to Connecticut as a New England Nurseries representative.
The noted pianist Szumowski-Adamowski will perform a piano recital in Concord on the 15th at 8 o’clock in the town hall. She will also speak about Poland to raise funds for relief, aiding Polish people, with the event organized by a local committee led by Mrs Delancey Howe.
Town meeting proceeded quietly with large appropriations for road and public works. Highlights include a macadam road from Bedford center to Concord town line funded by state and county aid, and a Davis road repair vote amid calls for improved water service and fiscal prudence.
Local discussion turns to baseball as spring arrives with community hopes for a strong season. Captain Leigh Pratt is the favored candidate to manage the team, lauded for on field proficiency and leadership. If approached and willing, Pratt could steer Concord’s squad to maintain its high standing on the town’s baseball map for another year.
A successful sale held by the Concord Equal Suffrage League in lower town hall Saturday netted between 85 and 100. Miss Rodman and Miss Richardson managed the sale with aid from Mrs. Loring N. Fowler and others. Afternoon tea, a candy table, vegetables from Lutkin greenhouse, and fresh trust from Davis market accompanied a display of national colors and yellow bunting.
A Bedford man, J. H. Williams, suffered heavy losses in Boston’s recent fire. His firm Burditt & Wilhelm, hardware merchants, lost their entire stock and tools. The blaze destroyed a building at Summer and High streets, with Williams rushing to the scene by car but the damage already beyond control.
J Newton Frost of Bedford attached for 300 in a contract suit by Tyler Wires Co of Boston. Papers filed by Spaulding Baldwin Shaw, Boston. A verdict of 98.10 for Webster Robbins of Acton against Michael Ennequess in a separate contract action.
Thomas Nickerson seven years old was struck by a team driven by Philip McManus while riding a barge steps and leaping to the sidewalk. He sustained a broken arm three broken fingers and a badly bruised head and was taken to Deaconess hospital. He is son of Alfred Nickerson.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court cites heirs and interested parties in the estate of Isabel M. Brooks of Concord to appear March 26, 1918, at 9 am to show cause why Horace I. Tuttle should be granted letters testamentary without bond. Public notice to three weekly editions of Concord Enterprise and delivery of notices to known interested persons.
Interest revives around the baseball diamond as dry weather and an open schedule set the stage for a revived season. Last year’s efforts should yield a more productive year with renewed activity and progress across teams.
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