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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
4
The Enterprise weekly from Marlboro Massachusetts lists publication schedule and standard rates. Subscriptions run one year for 1, several months options. single copies cost three cents. The notice notes second class matter status and post office details for 1903.
One inch one week rate 75 cents with each additional inch 2 cents. Special yearly advertiser rates apply. Business notices in local columns priced at 10 cents per line per insertion.
Misa Genie Connell vacationing at Hampton beach for two weeks. Mr and Mrs James Dunlap Jr stopping in Atlantic City. Advertised letters list several names and Sears & Co Postals. Miss Virginia Wilson convalescing from an appendicitis operation performed by Dr Titcomb of Concord. Harness shop married men form baseball team and beat single men 7 to 5.
William Quincy Toleman 58 died Monday at his home 14 Assabet Ave after a period of heart trouble. Born in Albany N Y in 1850 he was a skilled metal engraver and clay modeler who spent years in New Bedford. He moved to Concord Junction in 18% to head engraving at the Massachusetts Reformatory. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p m Rev Owen S Dexter officiating with burial in New Bedford
For Sale tomatoes for canning smooth deep red and solid lowest price offered by F L Garland Concord Junction Mass Tel Concord 241-3 Also For Sale cheap 13 octave carved leg rosewood case and a Wm Bourne square piano in fine condition at 11 Grove Street
The ceremony of notification to Independence party candidates Thomas L. Hisgen and John T. Graves was postponed from August 29 to August 31 due to Hisgen's Vermont campaign duties, which prevent his arrival before the month end.
A quotation from Keystone Watch Case Co of Philadelphia urges readers to have faith in a good article, transmit that faith to others, and persist with steady effort. The message champions perseverance and belief in quality work.
Concord fans anticipate several weeks of baseball as the K of C team hosts Lincoln at the fair grounds this Saturday and again next week on Lincoln diamond. A Labor Day clash and the Sept 12 K of C league final between Concord and Charles Town loom large as crowds are expected to set records. Manager Blodgett reports improving Lincoln grounds and a strong Lincoln turnout while Concord backers promise full house support to back their team.
Ambassador Creel says Mexico was mistaken about U.S. residents aiding Mexican desperadoes. He reports a perfect understanding between Washington and Mexico after arriving in El Paso en route to Chihuahua.
Amos I. Simmons aged 17 pleads guilty to manslaughter in the killing of Edward McLaughlin during a Fourth of July celebration in Fitchburg Massachusetts. He admits firing a cannon at McLaughlin’s house and is sentenced by Judge Aiken to one year in the house of correction.
The New York brokerage firm A. O. Brown & Co. failed with estimated losses above $1 million. The firm, with branches in Chicago Cleveland Buffalo Erie and Toronto, suspended after a chaotic Saturday session that saw 700 000 shares traded and 277 000 delivered. John W. Rhoads named assignee as authorities plan a five member inquiry.
R. H. Jones returns from Toronto and many residents travel or visit relatives in Keene Charlottetown York Beach Westridge and Scotland. The Concord Knights beat Gilchrist Boston 3 to 1 in a Knights game and a Cambridge party visited with a local parish crew.
Lewis Cass Tidball Jr of Laramie and Miss Elsie Belknap Hoyle of Norwood wed at the bride’s uncle’s home on Sudbury road. Rev. Loren B. Macdonald officiated before many relatives. The couple, graduates of the University of Wyoming and Mt Holyoke College class of 1906, will live in Rock Springs where Tidball is high school principal.
First of a series of six man rifle matches from Company I held Saturday afternoon. Sergt George L Prescott captained the winning side by nine points over Private James H Tolman. Team totals were 368 to 360.
For sale in Concord Massachusetts a Walworth Mfg Co gas machine in perfect order and an electric automobile with good batteries 1908 model. Demonstrations offered. Also a wheelwright and blacksmith shop slop opposite the post office usable as a barn inquire of Mrs Saunders.
More than sixty farmers met in Concord's lower town hall to discuss charges against local milk producers Alvah G. Wheeler Harry S Walcott and William Foss. The gathering criticized enforcement of milk laws while urging test cases and possible appeals to higher authorities to challenge the standard rulings and licensing practices.
A noon Wednesday fire destroyed the Middlesex farm barn valued at about 6000. Farm hands left for dinner and saw flames as they returned to the house. The fire department arrived after a three mile run, but the barn and its contents including hay tents tools and one horse were lost. F W Huot returned from a two week trip to Prince Edward Island Cape Breton and Nova Scotia.
Frederick Tomford of Somerville, a lineman for the N E T and T Co, died after a 25 foot fall from a pole near the Middlesex School. He reportedly came in contact with a live wire while splicing a cable Thursday afternoon and was transported to Mass General Hospital where he passed away.
Concord Union opens its autumn meeting on Tuesday September 1 with Mrs Rolfé presiding. A full circle is hoped for and members should bring work suggestions. Plans for the convention reception on September 24 will be finalized.
Rev. George A. Tewksbury resumes charges at the Trinitarian church next Sunday preaching in the morning on The Two Souls of the Bible and in the evening from 7 to 8 in the auditorium delivering an address on Two Men born in Waterford Me A Contrast.
A letter to Francis A Houston mocks buying paint by price and habit. It contrasts three types: those who waste money on frequent painting, those who chase cheap prices, and those who switch from cheap milk to better paint, noting Devoe paint lasts longer and costs less in the long run. Towle Kent sells the product.
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