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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
The Marlboro Enterprise lists subscription prices and advertising rates. It notes 1 year for $1, single copies 3 cents, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, all including postage. Advertising costs: one inch one week ten cents, each additional line twenty six cents, business notices in local columns ten cents per line.
Miss Mary Hulsman of Hudson visits Miss Alberta Andrews for a week. Herbert Kingman departed Tuesday for the west. Miss Frances Randall of Franklin visits relatives Mr and Mrs J F Fallon in Grove City Rawhide Nevada as a proposed destination.
Simonds College girls and other guests joined the Wednesday evening celebration at 194 Commonwealth Ave for the marriage of Earle Goodman Bartlett. The event featured flowers and music, with the couple sailing September 5 for Honolulu after visits to U S cities. The earlier afternoon saw a small ball game between Owls and Allen Chair Shop, won by the Owls as they led from the third inning.
George A Moore aged 55 a veteran Boston Maine freight conductor of Nashua New Hampshire died after a yard accident at Concord Junction He slipped between moving cars sustaining fatal head injuries and died at Massachusetts General Hospital The funeral was held in Nashua and he belonged to Division 335 Order of Railway Conductors and several fraternal groups.
Acton’s neighbor team tied Concord 2 2 after nine innings but an unexplained fielding lapse in the tenth gave Acton a one run lead that was not allowed to stand under rules. Both pitchers held opponents to few hits as Williams and Littlefield worked for Concord and Acton respectively.
George Franklin Chase aged 83 died quietly Wednesday afternoon Aug 12 at the home of his sister in law Mrs J H Chase in Concord Junction. A Maine born Forty Niner who in 1849 joined the gold rush later spent years in the Far West and for 20 years lived in Concord Junction with his brother the late Josiah H Chase. Funeral held Friday at his home with Rev Wm J Batt officiating and burial in Sleepy Hollow. He is survived by a brother A H Chase and other relatives in Maine and here.
Disappointed fans can attend a 3 30 Saturday at the fair grounds to watch the Gilchrist team of Boston face the K of C group. The local roster, hailed around greater Boston, hopes to prove superior and teach the Acton Maynard and Lincoln squads tough lessons.
Local classifieds list a Walworth gas machine in perfect order and a 1908 electric automobile with new batteries, with demonstrations available. Contact John M. Keyes in Concord Massachusetts. Also a wheelwright and blacksmith shop near the post office offered for use as a barn, inquiry to Mrs. Saunders.
Joseph Glavin was arraigned in district court on drunkenness charges after an arrest in South Akcton. He claimed Methuen as his origin. Concord police checked with Methuen, found no warrant, and fined him ten dollars. defaulting payment sent him to Lowell jail.
The February 1908 International Monatsschrift reports 14 organizations across 11 countries with over 12 000 members and wide local branches. In the United States 100 colleges engaged in temperance work, with intercollegiate prohibition organized in 17 states across 123 schools, reaching 46 000 students through the National Association.
Concord council unveils awards for 11th annual field day. Races include half breeds with 80 35 20 dollars, Parson's Plate for horses not winning 1906 07 08 with 80 35 20 plus plate, Douglas Cup for hunters with 80 35 20, ponies under 14 1 2 with oats quantities. John G Watson mourns death of his father in Exeter New Hampshire.
A letter explains Devoe paint lasts 21 years in Yorkville South Carolina, yet notes distant coastal sun and sand alter wear. The writer argues Devoe uses fewer gallons, costs less, and wears longest, with longevity varying by sun wind and sand conditions.
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