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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
8
The Marlboro Enterprise details subscription costs for single copies six months and three months, with advance payment required. It lists advertising rates: one inch per week at 75 cents plus 26 cents per additional inch, and business notices in local columns at 10 cents per line per insertion.
A roundup of visits and travels around South Acton includes Frank Hosmer at Ayer, Mrs. Alfred Flint at Winthrop Beach, and journeys to Milford Walpole New Hampshire and Glouces ter for events. Several residents plan moves and trips, with updates on work at Pepperell and the electric railway extension.
The text notes daily nuisances from B M R R trainmen, with engines backing near a bridge, puffing smoke that unsettles livestock. It mentions visitors Miss Sarah Dunnell and Miss Esther Bacom staying with local families and a party netting a good sum after refreshments were disposed of.
Engineer Dinsmore found a wooden box at the edge of the mill pond addressed to Robbins & Appleton of Montreal. The box, opened to reveal watch springs and gold watches from the American Watch Co of Waltham, sparked questions about its origin and possible robbery. Robbins & Appleton act as agents for the factory with offices in New York, Canada, England and Australia.
The South Acton W A T U hosted a Friday Mothers Outing at Red Acre farm on June Mountain. The event featured games, a pony ride for Master Barker, and a speech by Elizabeth Gordon W C T U state president promoting temperance, ending with treats and a celebratory ribbon for participants.
Dr. Munro and family returned from a trip abroad. Miss Marion Taylor has recovered from the grip. Dr. Gates of the Panama Canal visits his brother Emerich Gates. Miss Sadie Wood visits Castine Me for a short vacation. Hon Luther Conant travels west to the Alaska Y. Pacific Exposition. Miss Wynona Wetherbee of Ocala Fla visits Mrs O W Flagg East Acton. James B Tuttle attended Middlesex North Pomona Grange meeting at Canobie Lake last Wednesday. Frank Greenough and William Edwards at York Beach.
Several Acton residents enjoy visits with relatives and neighbors including Mrs Edward Quimby and family at George N Noyes home, and Mrs William Parker at Charles Town. Post office notices list undelivered letters and upcoming auctions in Jaffery New Hampshire and Harvard Massachusetts. Local items mention high temperatures and busy Lake Nagog inns with a correction to a Grange cooperative appointment.
Miss Hattie Jilly of Salem visits Mrs. C. H. Mead. Holt siblings visit Somerville. Chaplains at Castle Island. Etta Handley and Gertrude Leighton at Revere beach. Lizzie Burroughs visiting cousin Mrs. Edwin Harris of Somerville. William Fowle visits Nashua sister Mrs. Everett Sanborn. Housekeeping planned for Samuel Burroughs tenement. Carrie Witherbee visits sister Mrs. Arthur Whitcomb. Rose Goding returns to Stow after keeping house for uncle Fred Goding. Rev. Reynolds preached in Baptist church. Several couples vacation at Hough's Neck. John Littlefield and Monroe Upham visit Flor ence Littlefield. Knowlton family to Five Islands Me. Harringtons vacation in Nahum Littlefield home. G. P. Littlefield returns with Gladys Fales after six weeks. Labor Day Concord game for Acton ball team and Concord K of C at 10. McGregor injured after fall at Reed's mill. Thelma McGregor visiting New Bedford. Martin family returns to Waltham. Durkee family welcomes baby daughter Ger aldine Noble. mother and daughter recovering with Dr Tasker and nurses.
R. C. Freeman and family moved into Mrs. D. C. Harris’ cottage followed by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Butterfield from an adjacent dwelling, according to neighbor notices.
Marlboro residents travel to Springfield Indian Orchard New Hampshire and Cape Cod while others return to work from vacations at Hampton Beach Fort Meadow and Revere. A Worcester Hotel guest returned a ladies gold watch to the police. a double dah lia attracts interest.
A new road from Boulevard Fourth de Julio to La Boca, through Ancon, shortens the route between Ancon and La Boca and speeds canal zone business. The road is ballasted with crushed stone, reballasted for the rainy season, and a one span iron bridge replaces an old wooden frame near La Boca.
In Lancaster county Pennsylvania Dr Donald McCaskey and his hired man built and drove a drag along clay roads in spring 1909 repairing a half mile of neglected dirt. The method proved so effective farmers across the county copied the plan improving mobility and turning rough routes into smooth surfaces. The National Stockman and Farmer applauded the project as a powerful, transformative road method.
Colonel Nicholas Bell a retired capitalist and politician from St Louis travels through Montgomery Missouri en route to Seattle Washington driving a motorcar with his son Christian who is sixteen. He retraces the route he used with an ox team forty three years ago and speaks to farmers about roads and progress.
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