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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
8
Furniture of Fashion presents up to date details with master craftsmen in fine woodworking. The Great August Sale features suits or single pieces in prevailing woods for every room of the dwelling.
Miss Elisabeth Sweeney visits relatives in Cambridge. Miss Mary Kaler of Norwood journeys with Mr and Mrs George Kaler. Miss Edith Garlic clerks during vacation. Mr and Mrs Joseph Lermaine of Manchester NH visit Mr and Mrs Felix Rainville. Mr and Mrs Albert Murphy celebrate birth of a nine pound baby. Home Garden committee of the local Grange meets at Miss Beatrice Taylor to plan September fall exhibition. Mr and Mrs Michael Mullin and family visit Willian O'Brien and motor to Revere and nearby points.
Elias Downey former locomotive moulder turned barber died at 2 55 AM Tuesday at 9 Parker Street after a three month illness. Born June 1 1857 in New York City he lived in Milwaukee and Taunton before settling here. Survived by wife Minnie and five sons Joseph Wilbur Ido Clifford and Chester Downey all residents here.
A nine room two and a half story house owned by Miss Kathryn Farrell Thompson was sold through Michael F. Mullin's agency to Jail Perillo and Mrs Theodore Woollergckied. Mrs Woollergckied was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday after a Sunday car accident near Hud- Mr. A Byrnes party including Mrs. Scully and Miss Ella Scully were on a Sunday trip to Revere Beach.
Wrestling returns to Cooperative Hall Thursday with John F. Olin Olympic 1912 heavyweight champion facing The Mystery of Chicago. Olin has defeated Roller Beck Samson Lenhart Lehmen and others and seeks Graeco Roman bouts worldwide. Finland’s Carl Laevoinen heavyweight champ and Poland’s Wekoffsky will also appear.
A meeting of chiefs of police will be held in the committee room of the Tribune building Framinghath this Wednesday afternoon at 2 30. The session aims to discuss with Commissioner Thomas Hanson of the department of weights and measures the provisions of the hawkers and oilers law under that department's enforcement.
Mrs A Oxner of Framingham visited Mr and Mrs Charles Keene. Miss Mary McHugh of Boston stayed with her cousin Miss Mary Murray. Unity circle I C of Boy planned a moving picture show at Taylor Hall on Wednesday evening September 1. William Maley and Patrick McGrath spent the weekend in Springfield with friends. Mrs Reginald Mansfield and daughter Virginia of Springfield are guests of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hawkes. The Maynard Hebrew Association met and voted to gaze Odd Fellows hall for the annual Yom Kippur exercises. Selectmen plan a faucet installation opposite the Balcom watering trough at Parker Street and Great Road for drinking purposes as part of board improvements.
The new concrete bridge on Suilbury Street is completed and approved by engineer JR Worster of Boston. It is substantial and ornamental. The filling and grading fall under the board of selectmen supervision. John J. Driscoll of Sept. of Streets starts work immediately.
The band concert and lawn party under the Maynard brass band was postponed from Friday evening to Monday evening. The committee cited a desire to avoid conflicting with town business on a busy Friday evening.
Another try is scheduled for Wednesday evening for a band concert at the square opposite the Methodist Episcopal church with two postponements already. If stormy, the event moves to Thursday evening. A sale by members of the M E church will accompany the gathering.
Four hundred chairs were installed in Riverside hall on Tuesday morning and with board approval it is expected that moving picture shows will be held in the hall on or about September 1. They will be managed by B J Coughlin.
At Cannon's hall on Tuesday evening the Textile Workers discussed plans for the annual field day in September. Bernard Garrigan was chosen marshal for the parade and committees were appointed. A following Monday meeting will finalize all committee assignments. At Assabet aerie FCB meeting Tuesday evening one candidate was admitted to membership.
The contractor cites material delays and rain as the main reason for two weeks of lost time. Dolan expects rooting of the structure early next September and, if plans fail, turnover to the committee by February.
The board of health states that bills have been received for burying cats and dogs. No claims will be allowed for this work unless authorized by a board member.
The statement indicates T. F. Mahoney's entry ensures that Garrigan will secure the party nomination, with one Hudson candidate already in the race.
Local health officials report five diphtheria dises in the town, with authorities noting outbreaks and urging vaccination and precautions amid rising concerns.
Maynard Vb and Pratt of Westvale entertained Mr and Mrs Q Hangers USE Winter Phair and daughter Frances of Revere as Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Horan. The article notes three daily trips by auto truck for the American Woolen Co.
Through two energetic efforts of Postmaster J ur J. Coughlan arrangements have been made to have a Sunday mail starting this coming day. It will close at 5 30 and will be Maynard on the 6 40 train. This will be a splendid convenience for Maynard people as heretofore no mail left Maynard from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning.
Concord Junction residents describe a social function held Friday August 6 in the Union church vestry. The C E B society hosted about fifty young people with a musical program and speeches. Rev Adams received a handsome bookcase as a token of esteem for five years of service, arranged by Miss Dorothy Pickard.
Jacob Burack a Boston clothier, active three days a week in Bishton, was struck by an automobile and knocked down in the latter part of the week. The injuries are not considered serious. Guyer Powe and Herbert [surname unclear] left on Monday for Maine.
Fragmented text appears to discuss Stevenson and an immortal song, mentions St Ursula and poets, and notes a discovery connected to a chest. The readable parts reference a correspondence and a cryptic event, with unclear dates or places.
A record of local residents on vacations and visits includes Miss Hlortenée Bergeron in Nantaske and Miss Mary Coughlin in New York with relatives. Others travel to Peterboro New Hampshire Falmouth Vermont and Elizabeth New Jersey while some attend funerals and recover from illness.
Friends in Eden Ford mourn the death of Waldo Ford who died after being struck by a car in Dorchester while crossing a street to board a trolley. He sustained a fractured skull and internal hemorrhages and died at the city hospital. Funeral services were held from his Dorchester home.
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