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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
4
Public notice lines show publication as second class matter at Marlboro in 1903. Subscriptions priced at one year ten dollars. single copies three cents. Advertising rates: one inch per week ten cents. each additional inch twenty five cents. Special yearly advertiser rates apply.
Concord Junction society pages note visitors and engagements with names like Mrs George Montague Miss Lillie O Leary and Miss Cora McClellan. An explosion at American powder mills is reported as possibly accidental. Births include a daughter for Wells A Hall, a son for John Whalen, and multiple other celebrations.
Two new Continental auto tires size 30 X 3 offered at a big discount. Seller is B F Howe located in Concord Junction Massachusetts.
Miss Katherine Burke died in a town accident and a large funeral at the Help of Christians church reflected community sympathy. Rev. Michael Welch led the high mass of requiem with St. Bridget's Maynard and St. Bernard's Lynch assisting. Interment followed at St. Bernard's cemetery as a large cortege and abundant floral services underscored the town's mourning.
Miss Bowker heads to Vergennes while Miss Flavin visits Fitzwilliam and Miss White travels to Maine. Several residents relocate for summer stays in York Beach and Isle au Haut, with family visits, home repairs, and a local charity baseball drive drawing nearly two hundred rooters to Arlington to back Concord.
Two inmates from a farm gang escaped during morning labor at a state farm with about 40 workers and two guards. They were pursued across Mayflower Hill and later captured after boarding a freight at the Junction station. a $100 reward was paid to Officer Lyons for the recapture. Also noted is a local push among Republicans to back Harvey Wheeler for the senate this fall.
For sale one forty night gas machine by Walworth Mfg in perfect order and one electric automobile with new batteries 1908 in good order. Demonstration available. Apply to John M. Keyes Concord Mass by 15. Wanted girl for general house work apply Mrs J H Whitney 46 Hubbard St Concord.
Vancouver reports the Crow's Nest fires in the Elk River valley devastate a vast area over fifty miles long and three wide. Deaths feared under fifty with losses estimated at six to seven million dollars. Thousands made homeless as Fernie is almost wiped out. relief arrives from British Columbia cities and nearby states to aid the displaced.
Suva Fiji Aug 5 The United States Atlantic fleet lies 1017 miles from Auckland. Weather is cooler and the sea is moderate with light winds and calmer seas reported.
Major Charles G MacConnell retired aged 83 dies at Narragansett Pier. He served throughout the Civil War. The Cuban budget for 1907-08 shows a surplus of 3 million dollars. The geographical congress names a committee to form an International Cartographic association. Cardinal Gotti rules American questions will not be discussed at the next propaganda meeting.
Albert T. Patrick, imprisoned in Sing Sing, filed a petition in the New York Supreme Court seeking habeas corpus relief. He contends a conspiracy caused his death sentence and accuses Governor Higgins of arbitrating to replace it with life imprisonment, demanding the court undo prior NY rulings.
New York Aug 5 Bronson Howard dramatist and author of landmark American plays died of heart failure at Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey after about a year of illness He will be buried in Detroit where he was born and was famed for Saratoga The Banker's Daughter and Aristocracy Also noted were Algerian earthquake shocks in Constantine with major damage and deaths Taft at the Virginia Bar meeting quipped about a long speech and insurance news from Kingston Jamaica and other brief items from Perth Amboy and Newport including ship deserters captured
A small label printed by H S Richardson, pharmacist in Concord Massachusetts, indicates a product or prescription origin. The fragment confirms the supplier's name and city.
A letter signed One of the Victims argues for a town meeting warrant to empower the Board of Merchants to water principal streets by charging abutters according to frontage. The writer contends current donations are unfair and suggest equitable watering could cover more miles and raise more funds.
A German Field Marshal Count Von Kaseler refutes a rumor that alcohol improves marksmanship. He states there is no idea or statement supporting alcohol aiding shooting. Dr Herman M Popert of Hamburg questioned him, and the count clarifies the necessary conditions for good marksmanship: steady blood nerves and eye, not alcohol.
Concord team defeated the University clubs of Cambridge Saturday afternoon. Key players Wheeler McHugh Meany and the Concord battery starred. Final score Concord 11 University 1 with innings showing strong bats and steady fielding.
The Trinitarian Church reports the pastor’s vacation this week with continued Sunday and Friday services. Pulpit supply lists Aug 9 Rev George L Clark of Wethersfield, Aug 16 Rev A F Duniels of Lowell, Aug 23 Rev John L Keedy of North Andover. Mrs Robert Mee of Bairbault Minn visits A G Neal on Sudbury road.
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