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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1909
Page
6
The essay untangles Easter legends from a scientific view, tracing the hare myth to Germany and Egypt and linking the moon, eggs, and spring to ancient words and symbols. It notes how Easter calendars settled at Nice in A D 325 to fix the annual date.
The piece notes Easter week in Russia often sees no crime for intoxication with policemen also enjoying vodka. It describes egg racing as a popular pastime among Russian German and French children where eggs are rolled down hills for prizes. In Germany eggs roll along twig tracks to avoid interference and the first unbroken egg reaches the bottom.
Members of Women's Guilds and Missionary Auxiliaries from Natick Hopkinton Westboro South Framingham Marlboro Hudson Maynard and the Middlesex Suburban Pastorate filled Holy Trinity church for a Thursday conference. The gathering included organ preludes sermons from the rector Miss Woods Alaska talks and a tea served afterward amid strong enthusiasm for future similar events.
A mix of brief items lists residents visiting or returning home from Laselle and Boston hospitals, upcoming Arts and Crafts meeting on April 13, and a public auction of Mansfield Nixon's estate on April 13. Also mentions King’s Daughters fair profits, church services, and a road accident near Concord involving Randolph Godfrey's car with crank failure but no injuries.
Great bargains greet shoppers at the New Idea store on Main Street with a reduced price sale of Torie Jenses. Appropriations rise to 51700 this year from 52625.78 last year. Local visits include Miss Eilith Brooks of Natick and Mrs. Alice Cardw visiting relatives. The funeral for Mrs. George Sawyer, formerly Carrie Binks, will be held Thursday in Garfield Street home.
A horse from the mill yard fell into the Assabet river near the Walnut street bridge Tuesday afternoon. The animal struggled on the river bottom until a raft with Louis Delori reached it. The horse turned toward shore, the cart was unhitched, and rescuers pulled the beast to safety up the bank.
Eastern Star entertainment honors Magdalene chapter at Masonic hall Tuesday. Marion Wilson performed character studies in costume, Louise Wood of Stow sang, and the high school orchestra played. Committee led by Mrs. George H. Gutteridge and others organized the event.
Multiple brief items list residents visiting, working, and social events. Names include Neil Sheehan Au burn dale Dr C T Warner new Ford, Officer Hugh McNiff Littleton, L I Tarbell Cambridge Laurie Aldoes Lynn D F O Leary Middlesex bakery T M Dacey horses, Dr T F McCarthy Pope Tribune, a birth to Mr and Mrs W C Pierce Berlin road, and funeral attendance by William Marshall in North Reading. Other mentions: C L Wolhraulb D I Fearn Boston new freight brakemen, Eliza Murphy Whitman visiting aunt Mrs John T Hall, Catherine Walsh nurse NYCs nine weeks, James Hurley Cambridge Construction Co friends in town, T F McMahon Milford former foreman visitor, Eugene Boisse Fall River, Captain and Mrs James Gatlin New York at Theresa Kelley funeral, Curtis L Brown Marcy Bros North Grafton, Rev Samuel Snelling Emanuel Church West Roxbury Holy Trinity services, Mrs Celestia Holt Cottage City Marlboro guest, C A Farrell south with New York Americans due in NYC, Flanagan’s orchestra at Radium club dance in Southboro April 27.
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