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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
8
The Marlboro based newspaper The Enterprise lists its weekly publication schedule and key staff including Walter B. Morse as president Walter P Fryr as treasurer and Wm D McPherson as manager. It notes entry as second class matter August 25 1903 at the Marlboro Post Office under federal law.
The notice lists subscription rates of 1 dollar per year and single copies at three cents. Six months cost 60 cents and three months 26 cents, with all prices required to be paid in advance.
One anch one week 75c. Each ad additional 26c. Special rates for yearly advertisers. Business notices in local columns 10c a line each insertion.
South Acton residents and guests wander through Compton New Hampshire Andover Fort Pond Newport Newport House Moore's cottage dinners and travels. Local injuries are noted with S A Clough strain and finger injuries at Lothrop's shop and a Maynard factory accident.
A long list of locals visiting relatives and staying with friends across towns includes Mildred and Lois Moore in Ashburnham Emma Harts vacationing in North Anson and many others visiting or staying with kin in Plymouth Stoneham Oxford Walpole N H Five Islands Me and Durkee’s Cottage Fort Pond and Corey Hill hospital update on George Wright injured in a Boston electric car accident and James Jewett ill with Dr Staples attending.
Vandals poured kerosene on beehives and set them alight, causing a loss of 75 to 100 dollars. The act appeared planned to occur while Mr and Mrs Skelton were away from home.
A woman reports finding a lady's coat in West Acton and asks the finder to inquire at the post office for recovery.
Acton Centre reports visitors and gatherings. Rev Bernard Copping spent Sunday at H H Tuttles, others visited friends in town, a camping trip returned, and a new electric light in the library impressed locals. Edmund H Perrell and Florence E Jenkins wed at the parsonage. Local residents from Waterbury Somerville Washington D C and Revere appear in social notes with engagements and visits.
A brief note says a very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by children. Sunday’s sermon at the Congregational church will discuss Lefthandedness. The evening EB. service will be led by Chester EB. Wood with the topic Two Prayer Lessons.
The Boston Post presented Luther Billings, nearly 88, with a gold headed Gaboon ebony cane inscribed for Acton’s oldest citizen. James B. Tuttle led the presentation as the board’s informal trustee. Billings has lived in Acton most of his life and remains active in the Congregational society and the Acton Davis Guards.
Auctioneer Otis H. Forbush announces sales in Acton Harvard and Concord Masses. On Aug 20 at 9 a.m. at the Elias Weatherbee farm in Harvard cows horses hens and chicks tools wagons harnesses 40 tons hay and household goods. On Aug 26 at 1 p.m. at Mrs Caleb Wheeler’s barn Concord 35 head of cows and heifers from Vermont for M T Carrigan. On Aug 27 at 1 p.m. at Main Street Concord a variety of carriages farming tools hay and household goods. Posters with details available.
North Acton reports include W C Robbins shipping a carload of cattle to New Boston this week and Alfred Harris serving as camp engineer with Co I. D C Harris acts as quarry engineer in his stead and Miss Edith Davis visits Lorraine Miller. A. E. Adams dies after Boston hospital operation. J Parker and friends visit Whip-o-will cottage from Boston. Frankie Frisselle travels with regimental mascot duties for the 5th. Past Master W C Jewett to speak on dairy farming at Grange Aug 24. Officer Forbes and a New York detective arrest Dr H Roberts at his Lake Nagog brother’s cottage for hotel misappropriation bail set.
Japan enjoys excellent highways with the 300 mile Tokaido from Kyoto to Tokyo and the longer Nakasendo passing through famed scenery. The roads' quality stems from feudal times when daimios traveled annually to pay respects to the sovereign and faced strict justice if roads were poor.
Practical eye care guidance from an old health column. It describes saline and borax eye baths, camphor water t drops, eye cups, and hot cloth fomentations to relieve eye strain and inflammation, with cautions about sharing solutions and using gentle, non painful applications.
Sewing crocheted and knitted items in a pillow slip allows washing in warm soapy water. Squeeze the bag to clean without rubbing, press out water but do not wring, then hang to dry. Dry flat for wood items like baby carriages or shawls, using clean paper or cloth, and pat until perfectly straight and fully dry.
The article instructs a simple rainwater purification method using a canvas bag filled with clean gravel placed on the rain pipe before the barrel. As water passes through the gravel it filters dirt and soot, keeping the barrel clean and providing soft water for use.
A clever homemaker explains a simple method to extend pillowcase life. When wear appears at the bottom, she turns the seam to the middle and resews the bottom so the side edges sit under the head where wear occurs. This prolongs the pillowcase without extra sewing effort.
Silk gloves should be washed in warm water with pure white soap. Rinse in several clear waters at the same temperature. Hang the gloves by the fingertips with pins, draped over a cloth, to dry. This method protects the delicate wrist area and speeds drying at the fingertips.
Charleston report from Aug 18 shows voters in 21 wet counties chose prohibition in 15 cases. The rest of the state already dry, the election tested a compromise plan to block statewide prohibition and allow counties to decide dispensary status.
Madarlal Dhina gri was executed at Hentonville prison for the July 1 shooting at the Imperial Institute that killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Curzon-Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Labaca. Officials and a chaplain attended. the black flag rose as the bell tolled. He faced the scaffold calmly and died instantly.
Rochester authorities raise the reward from 500 to 2500 for information leading to the arrest of the killer of 17 year old Anna Schumacher slain at Holy Sepulcher cemetery ten days earlier. Officials admit little solid leads remain and rely on conjecture.
Fabian Fall of Boston aged 21, a Harvard student and president of the Harvard Daily Crimson, died by shooting in the equipment room of the armory on Irvington Street. He was a prominent member of the senior class and active in student organizations, including Battery A.
In Schoenberg, a Berlin suburb, every newborn receives a dedicated bank book from the municipal savings bank. Upon birth, the city deposits 1 mark and grants interest, with withdrawals prohibited for two years. The ordinance applies to all children regardless of family wealth.
In Turkey tales Nasr ed Din searches for his donkey while giving thanks on the road. A friend wonders why he gives thanks. The reply: if he had been with the donkey he would have been lost too. The New York Tribune reports this tale.
A shipboard exchange features a captain asking about anchors and a seaman describing the idea that throwing the anchor overboard prevents the ocean from slipping away in fog. The dialogue blends nautical humor with a hint of scientific metaphor.
A humorous exchange notes a proposal reaction with the speaker claiming they sank on one knee for the other person while the reply points out the misinterpretation. The quip ends with a witty twist about whose knee was involved.
A tradesman refuses to offer a discount to a clergyman, insisting the goods are guaranteed and different from the customer’s. The humorous exchange frames a clash over policy and price.
A pithy quotation noting that love and fortune shift with fate, rising and falling in cycles like a turning wheel, attributed to Vanbrugh.
Several residents report returns from trips and vacations including Salem Willows Nantasket Willard's Island Casco Bay and Nahant. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Badavis. The Marlboro Band reunion is set for September 19 and a diphtheria case is reported.
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