School Work Summer Repairs Underway At Concord High
The Concord High School accelerates repairs and new equipment this summer. Mechanic arts shop upgrades include forges, fans, and dust removal. Enrollment is rising with 468 students. fall total projected near 475. Playground programs flourish with high attendance and supervised activities across grounds.
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Spervision
Concord
Concord Junction Grounds
Concord Grounds
Concord Junction
Concord man arrested for theft of brass eagle from wood home
Stephen Ruest was arrested in Concord after taking a brass eagle from the flag pole at Mrs. James K. Wood’s Main Street home. He faced charges of larceny and riding a motorcycle without a license, with the latter case fined five dollars and suspended until September 17. Cambridge police later held him on a larceny warrant.
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Stephen Ruest
Concord
Wood
Main St
Whdé
Cambridge
Ruest
Natick
Prescott Keyes
Craig
Concord Notices of Local Residents Departures and Vacations
Miss Helen Richards plans a two week stay at Nahant with Miss Sarah Goodwin at Woods Hole is vacationing with friends. Mr and Mrs Charles E Brown go to Rowe for the rest of August. Misses Margaret Fallon and Julia Hamilton return from Hampton Beach. Charles Whitney resumes duties as manager of the W A Stevens store after a week off. Mrs Henry Hersher and children Ruth and Henry spend a week with friends in Gardner. Harmony Lodge 40 U W to host Ernest Blasser of Allston Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Phillip A Davis entertain at Lowell Road. Misses Alice B and Susan Arthur of Cohasset. Mr and Mrs Augustus B Conant go to Clifton for remainder of August. Henry Murray takes vacation from Concord post office to Peterboro New Hampshire. Whitney Coal Co promotes coal orders in ads.
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Helen Richards
Nahant
Sarah
Goodwin
Woods Hole
Charles E. Brown
Main St
Rowe
Margaret Fallon
Julia Hamilton
Hampton Beach
Charles Whitney
W. A. Stevens
Henry. Hersher
Ruth
Henry
Gardner
Harmony Lodge
U. W
Ernest Blasser
Allston
Phillip A. Davis
Lowell Rd
Alice B
Susan Arthur
Cohasset
Augustus B. Conant
Monument St
Clifton
Henry Murray
Concord
Peterboro
N. H
Whitney Coal Co
Drowning at Lake Walden Claims 28-Year-Old Otto Swenson
Otto Swenson of Waltham drowned Sunday morning at Lake Walden while swimming across Thoreau's Cove. Companions tried to rescue him as he disappeared in 18 feet of water. Medical Examiner Walcott ruled heart failure. Swenson, 28, formerly of Concord, had recent work in Waltham and will be buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery after a Wednesday funeral at Sleepy Hollow chapel.
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Lake Walden
Otto Swenson
Waltham
Thoreau’s Cove
Jack Hoar
Clem Ford
Walcott
Joseph Dee
Concord
Tauncon
Sleepy Hollow Chapel
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Vacationing milliner and local notes at large
Miss Josephine Whittaker visits York beach from Miss Rose Mantha’s millinery. A one cent sale at Snow pharmacy drew good trade and satisfied all concerned. A fire alarm sent York department to Augustus Conant’s Monument street house to extinguish a chimney fire on the afternoon of the 10th. Edward B. Caiger resumed duties as organist at the West Acton Baptist church after a several week vacation.
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Josephine’ Whittaker
Snow Pharmacy
Augustus Conant
Monument St
Edward B. Caiger
West Acton Baptist Church
Fire starts in friend's block kitchen blaze causes burns
An afternoon fire at Dr. C. B Towne's apartment in Friend's block was traced to a broken wood alcohol bottle in the kitchen. The flames damaged woodwork and Dr Towne burned his hands trying to smother them. Estimated loss about 15 dollars.
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Dr. Towne
Friend's Block
Dr. C
Highway taxes questioned in Concord Enterprise letter
John M. Keyes denies Concord Enterprise claim that highway taxes doubled, presenting town meetings data for 1914 and 1915. He notes road tax rising from 23,600 to 31,000 dollars with 5,000 carried from last year, and outlines notes and bonds payments for bridges and streets to argue taxes for roads did not double.
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Prise
The
Enterprise
Concord
Sudbury Rd
Everett St
Department of Roads and Bridges
John M. Key
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Gress
White's Pond
Cer Lyons
EYE
Swift
Hershey’s
CS Ree
White’s
the Garage OF
P. W. White
Telephone
Main Street
Concord, Mass
Merriam St
Lexington Breen
Somerset Rd
Lexington
Approp
Eteeterereens
Ererere
Eeeeseeeeerenenes Fire Department
Virginia Road
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