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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
6
Polished at Marlboro Massachusetts Every Wednesday Evening By The Enterprise Company 81 Main Street Marlboro Mass John H Lawton Manager Subscription rates 1 year 1.00 6 months 0.50 3 months 0.25 Postage included In advance Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford
A man caused a well to be drilled for the city of Emporia at the site indicated by a stick. Drilling cost the city about $500. Water was found at several hundred feet and proved to be very salt.
The article lists unusual Mexican street names such as Love of God Street, Holy Ghost Street, Sad Indian Street, Street of the Wood Owls, Lost Child Street, and Cautionary Pass if You Can. It notes unusual personal names including Welf Gate of Heaven for a drug store and a drinking galoon labeled The of the Devil.
A fragmented passage recalls Uncle Julie, a longtime family servant, and Mr Wayne enlarging his house to entertain more guests. The old servant notes with pride and specificity that Mars Wayne is expanding his home to host more people and gatherings.
Cleaning wood with kerosene on flannel restores dull wood. Polish with a mix of two parts turpentine to one part linseed oil using a soft cloth until dry. Repeated applications yield rich gloss to trim and mahogany furniture. Brazil's coffee wealth traces to monk planted two seeds in Rio monastery garden in 1754.
A brief moral exhortation urging dedication to honorable duty, urging readers to measure their life by praiseworthy acts and to strive for personal worth in service. The piece reflects a classical tone about virtue, duty, and personal integrity.
Advertisements for this column may be left at H L Whitcomb's and read in Concord Maynard Littleton Bedford Acton and Sudbury with 10 cents a line. Lost book notice cites Mass Acts 1908. book 27139 and payment. Wages and notices for housework seek a girl by Aug 15 and general maid for small family. Lost blue carriage robe between Concord Square and Bedford station Aug 10. notify Arthur Woodman Concord.
Concord residents enjoy vacations and short trips around Lake Waldengrove and Hampton Beach while local officials handle sewer connections and street work. Several readers report travels, store reopenings after vacations, and municipal updates on road resurfacing and track adjustments for the town’s transit line.
Reading fragments show a Washington Star item about Charney and fishing, mentioning a husband and questions about past trips, with an implied struggle to catch fish in recent hours.
Francis Rodman longtime Concord resident died at his Sudbury road home after a three month illness. He was 87 and a New Bedford native prominent in business and society. Survived by two daughters Fanny Titcomb and Mary Rodman, funeral Monday at 3 p.m. with Rev Smith Owen Dexter officiating. interment Sleepy Hollow.
A fishing party from Swampscott with 35 aboard, mostly Lobster Club of Chelsea, faced seasickness and capsizes but enjoyed the trip. Guyer Fowler won third prize with a 16 lb cod. Other members included Dr. Spencer, Harry Tuttle, Everett Pierce, David Potter, Leslie Anderson, Mr. Peterson, Joseph Keyes. The Lowell road edifice is being built by First Church of Christ Scientist of Concord, Mass.
The Middlesex Central Pomona field day will be held in Lincoln on August 22 attracting attendees from Concord and nearby areas. Speakers include Wilfred Wheeler, with a ball game and all day music by the Maynard brass band. Sixty six Granges took part last year.
C. H. Newman, who recently bought the paper business from George Hunt, will take an indefinite leave of absence about Sept. 15 from railroading and devote full time to the new venture. His headquarters will be at the engine house near the B and M station. He plans to carry on the business with the same high standards set by Mr. Hunt.
A. E. Simmons of 201 Devonshire Street Boston and Frank F Waters of Groton collided head on Thursday night at 11 o clock. Waters and his chauffeur Shattuck were returning home with Waters family when the crash occurred.
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