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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
7
Maynard residents see a busy week with band plans for Concord Labor Day, cricket matches, field days and visits by relatives. Local reports note travelers to Salem and Lowell, public meetings, new electric wiring at The Maple House, and ongoing attention to town duties and civic events.
A special town meeting is called for Tuesday night with a large attendance expected. Warrant items include water main extensions on Lincoln street and Butler Avenue costing 550 and 700 dollars, plus a possible $2,500 town purchase of the Assabet park barn. Also proposed are bylaws to limit cross-appointments, a committee to study park land purchases, and several minor articles likely to spark argument.
Maynard may field a fast basketball team for the winter season. John Punch and Bill Hayes, last year’s Newburyport players, may join to form a league team from Maynard. Home games on Tuesday and Saturday nights could bring winnings and support from local backers. If no league option materializes, several residents would back an independent squad.
Public awareness grows for Electric Bitters as a cure all for sick stomach liver and kidney complaints. Mary H Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Columbus Ohio testifies she suffered fever nerves weakness and stomach failure before using the tonic and soon recovered fully.
John W. Ogden of the C M and H street railway outlines winter preparations with heavier Westinghouse equipment. Closed cars receive 40 horsepower motors totaling 160 HP, and open cars gain four 30 horsepower motors replacing two 35 HP ones. He claims Concord to Hudson trips will drop from 35 minutes to an hour.
A local ad extols Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as remedies to restore health and happiness by invigorating digestion and regulating bowels. Sold by Johnsons Pharmacy H J Dwinell and Maynard.
B Crosby on business in New York and a new boiler being installed at the pumping station. George Hooper and family visit Niagara Falls. Miss Ina Scully visits Cambridge friends. Miss Lillian Mead spends a few days in Worcester. Thomas F Parker leaves Friday for Maine. Frank Sweeney returns to burling department at the mill. Assessors meet next Tuesday 1 to 5. Mrs Eva Kenyon leaves burling department. John Bryan of East Boston visits John Moynihan. Ladies Benevolent Society plans an October fair. Mrs John Hetherington returns from Appleton Ontario. Miss Catherine Meador returns from Ellsworth Maine. Miss Evelyn Mears of Boston visits Miss Agnes Richardson. David Arthur of Montcalm New Jersey renews acquaintances. Work begins on sidewalk in front of Naylor’s block. Louis Hannon and Dan Colbert at Twilight club cottage. Mr and Mrs Samuel Wright of Lawrence visit Mr and Mrs George Champagne. Miss Anna Campbell of Worcester visits. A A Robinson of Clinton has contract for William Scully’s new house. Fire department responds to chimney fire on Main Street. George M Thurston and wife guest of C D Holmes. Enterprise advertising noted. Mrs W G Priest falls in stairs at Walcott Street, breaking both wrists and cutting her forehead.
Advice for mothers to protect infants during hot weather. Use fresh castor oil for bowel issues, avoid substitutes, and rely on Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy if needed. Keep as first aid ready. Johnson's Pharmacy H. J. Dwinell Maynard stocked.
A Stow event details six Republican candidates seeking nomination for the district’s representative seat, five from Stow and one from Maynard, with a convention set for Oct 7 at 2 30 PM in Stow Town Hall. Democratic race centers on Thomas F Mahoney as lone candidate.
After a long illness Thomas Deane 77 a Maynard resident native of Ireland died Saturday morning. He came to the United States as a youth and lived in the Maynard area for 50 years. Survived by his wife and six children John Maynard Thomas Skowhegan Mo Mrs Jeremiah ONeil Hudson Mrs Margaret Howarth Westboro Mrs Hugh Miller and Mrs William Priest of Maynard. Funeral from St Bridget's church Monday with burial in St Bridget's Cemetery.
Joseph V. Gately, trying to check for remaining turpentine, dropped a lighted match into a barrel outside T. F. Parker's. An explosion scorched his face, singed hair, and burned his eyebrows, but he escaped serious eye injury.
Mr and Mrs Clement Brown reunited Thursday night at North Union Station Boston after 16 months apart. Brown, once assistant overseer in the dry finishing department at Assabet mills, had left town abruptly. Mrs Brown received a telegram to meet the missing man in Boston and found them together. Brown had recently worked in Philadelphia and read a Boston paper about the reunion.
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