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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
4
Public notice published in The Enterprise Opvicp at 1 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts on Wednesday August 15 1906. The brief item records a local government or community notice with an address and date.
Concord Junction Mr and Mrs Edward Channel of Highland Street are spending a two weeks vacation in Canada. William Jenness and his daughter Mrs Flora Molyneux are vacationing at Old Orchard.
Classified ad offering a ten room house with modern improvements and large barn at Concord Junction. Also sale of three acres on Laws Brook Road, Malden, with cash or easy terms through ER. B. Squire at 16 Magnolia Street Malden, Mass.
Charles H. Cole Br former president of the Globe National Bank died at St. Margarets hospital Louisburg square after a week of confinement due to acute tuberculosis contracted in Greenfield jail He showed mental strain and physical decline following his bank troubles and a 1900 eight year sentence for misappropriating funds at the Globe National Bank.
The battleships and torpedo boat destroyers of the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Evans returned to Rockport harbor after a day of secret signal practice and maneuvers. The destroyers reportedly eluded the larger ships as part of the exercise. Officials offered no details, citing the operation as a naval secret.
Vessels report sighting the burning schooner near Highland Light on August 1 2 by the steamship Casilda which reached Boston on Monday. The Rockport schooner Etta Bran passed near the derelict but found no signs of life. The stern bore a charred name reading Harvest Home. The Harvest Home is listed as from Ellsworth Maine.
Boston on August 15 reports new school committee rules that a woman teacher's marriage ends her position automatically. The board’s business agent is instructed to remove the married teacher’s name from the payroll upon notification.
Captain Anderson aboard the Danish steamer Texas reports a line of dead herring stretching about 15 miles on the water's surface along the eastern Grand Banks after leaving Copenhagen. He cannot determine if a submarine disaster or a foundering fishing vessel caused the loss, though a waterlogged dory casts doubt on the latter.
Hoke Smith accuses four opponents of banding to deny him a two thirds convention win while pushing a platform to disenfranchise Black voters. The race features Smith Howell Estill Russell and James Smith with personal papers backing each faction as Watson aids Smith. The campaign heats as railroad rates and commissions draw protests and Smith calls for resignations.
In Paris on August 15 the pope issued an encyclical to French archbishops and bishops guiding their stance on church and state law. Clergy reactions split. some see submission, others fear religious strife as the law’s cultural provisions may clash with clerical practices. A messenger delivered it to Archbishop Richard.
The article notes a new morning newspaper to be titled the Washington Herald launching in Washington around Oct 1 with Scott C. Bone as head. It also covers deaths of Francis H. Smith and M. Dunn, a bond sale plan for Puerto Rico, a Gouverneur marble company bankruptcy, a Vatican church-state issue, and French clerical reactions to the separation law.
Reports from Maynard Minneapolis and other cites describe G A R reunions at the national encampment amid mixed attendance. Two more Grand Army members died, bringing total losses since the encampment began to three. In Pittsburgh, consolidation plans for three railroads aim to fund a New York to Chicago low grade double track line costing about 150 million dollars. In Syzran Russia, a city fire left 98 missing and seven incendiarism suspects killed during firefighting.
In Baldwin area a man broke into Henry Davis’s home while he slept, struck him with an axe, and attempted to assault Mrs. Davis. Davis is in critical condition and Mrs. Davis collapsed after a desperate struggle. A posse with dogs hunts an unknown assailant. race of the attacker unclear to Mrs. Davis.
A second cabin passenger listed as Gustave Freedman, real name Fabara, was arrested on embezzlement charges after funds totaling 4600 dollars allegedly taken in Hungary. Fabara ordered deported. In Providence, Charles E. Smith arraigned for murder in the King case. held on 3000 dollars bond.
A posse of about 1000 men pursues Bob Davis, a Black man accused of attempted sexual assault on 20 year old Miss Jennie Brooks. The text notes Davis’ brother was lynched 12 years earlier for an assault on a white woman.
George H. Desmond of Somerville Massachusetts died in a Buffalo hospital from a fractured skull his wife says the injury occurred during a saloon fight in Buffalo Desmond was a traveling representative for a Philadelphia firm.
The Lynchburg Cotton Mills company announces a 10 percent wage increase for all its employees starting next Monday. The policy affects five hundred fifty workers across the plant.
Dallas on August 15 hosts the Texas Democratic state convention with 700 delegates limited by law and over 4000 spectators. The first gubernatorial ballot is expected this afternoon. Senator Bailey received an ovation and hinted the nominee is already settled as Bryan, drawing applause.
An 18 year old Italian girl Grazia Fereonti, previously deemed likely to become a public charge, fled custody at Ellis Island amid an attempted deportation. She was accompanied by Salvatore La Porte, a fellow Italian escapee.
More than 60 lawyers from major eastern railroads gathered in Atlantic City New Jersey to examine in detail the provisions of the railroad rate bill, which is set to take effect August 29.
Old Concord Massachusetts offers a seven room or more dwelling with eleven rooms and bath, stable, ample shade, acre of ground, three open fireplaces, cement cellar, furnace, and rain water system. Apply EB Hutman P.O. Concord Mass.
A fragment mentions an unspecified union leather item and slippers with a claim of no squeak and guaranteed quality. The text fragment is incomplete, offering little verifiable detail about the product, brand, or context.
WANTED to rent an unfurnished house in Concord within one mile of the square. Also state if for sale and price if so. Apply care Enterprise Marlboro Mass. Send postal to Joseph Baggio Concord Mass. Also notices for picture framing Vanderveer near Post Office. WANTED a girl for general housework Apply Mrs Chas G Kent Concord.
Mrs. Ralph N Wheeler of Brooklyn visits Mrs George F Albert at Concord. W Lee spends annual vacation in Portland harbor. Walter A Carr leads the Christian Endeavor Sunday meeting. John W Gates appears before Judge Keyes for refusing to return 18 empty bushel boxes. defendant discharged.
Residents oppose numbers 13 and 23 on houses in Concord asking for alternatives. Merchants on the mill dam report the twin numbers have not been placed. A post office inspector will visit Concord on Thursday to verify removal and plan delivery routes.
Milford observers note several residents on vacation and visiting relatives. Miss Bessie Barry is away at Central, Miss Etta Barley visits Miss Jennie Burns in town, and Miss Ida Clarke enjoys annual vacations in Gardiner Maine. Others travel to New York, Montreal, Martha's Vineyard, Provincetown and Hampton Beach while several locals host guests or visit relatives in Boston Lynn Nashua and Portsmouth.
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