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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
2
Church notes show service times at 10 46 am and 7 pm with related meetings and a Tuesday evening gathering. Additional details reference a 13 00 C time and 3 00 pm session as part of the schedule.
Local church notes for Concord and nearby areas list service times, Sunday schools, vesper periods, prayer meetings, and guild gatherings. Includes Trinitarian Congregational, Unitarian McDonald, Trinity Episcopal, Scandinavian M and S, First Church of Christ Scientist, and South Acton Church with ministers named and schedule details.
Fragment lists meeting nights for various lodges and orders including Forest Unions second day, O W second and fourth Tuesdays, I O O F Wednesday lodge, D of R first Thursday, Pythias nights on first and third Tuesdays, J O G T first and fourth nights, and Royal Arcanum first and third Mondays among others, with Sundays for C T S.
Ella L Hooper is appointed administratrix of the estate of Edmund B Hooper late of Maynard Middlesex County Massachusetts deceased She must file demands and creditors must present them and all debts are payable to Ella L Hooper Admx care of Sweeney Wilson 709 Sears Bldg Boston March 30 1909 Mech 31 Apr 7 14
A fire alarm at the Wood farm on Thursday at 11:20 am prompted a brush fire alert but was extinguished without the fire department being called. No injuries reported and the scene was cleared.
Easter services at the Church of Christ Congregational were unusually beautiful with floral decorations by J F Comley. The program included organ, hymns, recitations, songs, sermons, and a pastor's word followed by a benediction.
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission will release about 1000 fingering trout and 50 to 100 pheasants within town limits in coming days. Citizens are urged to help enforce strict game laws, as outsiders and recent immigrants have been blamed for unlawful hunting and robins being frightened near Virginia Road.
A local man is slated to be appointed deputy fish and game commissioner to investigate violations of state protections for song birds, game birds, animals and fish. He will pursue offenders through the courts.
Three brush fires in Bedford and nearby towns kept the fire department on alert through Thursday April 7. A major blaze along the Turnpike burned 75 to 100 acres before Bedford crews under Fire Warden Williams contained it after two and a half hours. Lieut. Irving Waite John Q. Blake and other responders aided by neighbors and lumbering crews helped prevent a larger catastrophe.
For Sale listing includes two Cypher incubators and two brooders from Francis P. Magoun of Bedford. Also offer 50 cords of mixed wood for summer fires. Bedford dealer H. B Young and D. A. Smith & Co display Easter hats on Spring road. Chas W Blake Co drug store offers napthalene moth balls sulfur candles formaldehyde and coal tar disinfectants.
Concord Junction notes the departure of Thomas Rielly from Adams & Isridge's due to health concerns. His friendly presence will be missed as he seeks lighter work. The trout season opens Thursday with local fishermen preparing tackle amid unusually low water levels.
A two alarm fire at the Massachusetts reformatory damaged a rear shed and upper barn areas inside the stockade. Firefighters credited high water pressure for limiting destruction. Hay, livestock stalls, and part of the barn were damaged. cause remains unknown with no loss reported.
A letter thanks James Collins Samuel J Kingston Ben Lepansky and others for sympathy during a bereavement. The local piece advertises L N Fowler & Co offerings including crockery glassware wallpaper lumber cigars baby carriages fire insurance Sherwin Williams paints and real estate in Concord Junction with a rental listing at 23 Assabet Ave near the Reformatory.
In Clinton Massachusetts on April 14 Margaret Gannon died after a confrontation at home. Patrick Gannon aged 30 was arrested and likely charged with murder after police found Mrs. Gannon unconscious and him nearby. Neighbors reported frequent quarrels over the woman’s drinking. The Gannon family includes three children, the eldest a seven year old boy.
Arthur Devine and Peter Robey of Spencer wrestled a one hour match in Gagnon hall with Robey attempting to throw his opponent within an hour at catch as catch can. The winner would receive 100 dollars but the match ended with Robey unable to finish and Devine escaping several holds. Hector Belmore refereed, timekeepers were Edward Forrest and Joseph Daoust. Stewart, Harry Norris of Saxonville returns from Pinehurst North Carolina where he chased the winter.
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