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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
8
Marlboro Massachusetts weekly newspaper masthead displayed with dates and prices. It lists editors and officers such as Walter B. Marsh president and Walter P. Fryq treasurer, plus manager Wm. D. McPherson, and notes second class matter status and postal details. Subscriptions priced per year and per period with advance payment indicated.
Rates listed for one inch per week at five cents and each additional inch at twenty five cents. Special yearly advertiser rates. Business notices charged at ten cents per line per insertion in focal columns.
Acton residents gather for lectures and church music while local families celebrate Thanksgiving and a golden wedding. Rev J J Lewis plans three illustrated talks. Typhoid illness hits Rev Lysse Percy in Atlanta. a baby born and quickly passes. John Sibley dies after long service as a railroad flagman. social events include the Acton club ball and church gatherings.
West Acton residents report pets and illnesses with several travels and visits across towns. Chas Beach of Westboro visited home. Mrs Frank Williams travels to Manchester New Hampshire with her sister. A J Woodward stayed in South Boston for Thanksgiving. R G Reed had a hospital operation at Massachusetts General. Community members like Carl Hoar from Dartmouth College and Miss Evelyn Knowlton from Bradford Academy spent Thanksgiving at home. The Boxboro church plans a Friday fair with Ida Jenness Moulton. Rebekah lodge members attend Groton installation. Sumner Hayward of Omaha visited his sister in town. An entertainment in the Universalist vestry on December 2 features The Sleeping Car by the South Acton dramatic club to fund church lighting.
Dexter Rice and Miss Clara Dexter of Waltham were married Thanksgiving afternoon at 12 o'clock at the groom's home by Rev. Dr. W. Lovett. The couple, attended only by immediate relatives, planned a New York wedding trip and will reside in a Central Street brick house upon return.
Malden's Miss Helen B Wood visited town last week as did many residents. Families from Somerville Revere and Cambridge spent the holiday in Acton Center. A social event by the CBE society is planned for December 15 with the Empire Concert Company headlined by Laura Belden to unite the town.
A man who entered the navy at 18 months' old is survived by a wife and two daughters. interment followed at Sleepy Hollow cemetery in Concord with Rev. Willis officiating. Alfred Owens returned from four years in Colorado and plans to stay through winter before joining relatives on 800 acres of land. A Universalist bell summoned help for a Maple Street fire in which a chandelier tipped and a lamp ignited drawers. neighbors stopped the blaze with a quilt smothering the flames.
Memorial library lists new titles by Bennett Benson Hall Oldmeadow Parker Reed Waller Wason White Wright and more with call numbers. A Siam royal etiquette rule forbids sleeping above the king’s apartment with death as punishment for violations.
A Grange gathering Tuesday evening featured a 4 minstrel program with solos by Helen Wood Oliver Wood and others, a Kentucky quartet and vocal trio. Judges C E Bradford I B Howe and Mrs R T Barrows awarded the prize to the ladies, promising the men’s supper on December 28.
Leather requires regular care beyond dusting to prevent drying, tearing, or powdering. Clean with soapy water to remove dust, then apply a mixture of one part sweet oil to four parts benzine four times yearly to darken briefly and restore elasticity while removing surplus oil.
A girl with a small income uses artist chalk to treat light colored hats. She covers stains with matching chalk and leaves them in a dark place overnight, then brushes off the chalk to lift the spot. A milliner notes she cleans dirty felt hats by rubbing the surface with very fine sandpaper without roughening the felt.
Instructions show a nourishing gruel recipe for invalids using sago. Combine two tablespoonfuls of sago with a pint of cold water in a double boiler. Boil until thick, stirring to avoid lumps. Sweeten to taste, then add a tablespoonful of sherry or a pinch of nutmeg when serving.
Simple method to bake pastry shells by fitting dough over an inverted pie or gem pan. Prick the crust to prevent shrinking, bake quickly, then invert onto a plate for filling. Depth of shell is easily controlled for pies and tarts.
A local blacksmith advertises ready to fit Neverslip horseshoes and perform wheel and sled repairs. Prompt, satisfactory service with fair prices for preparing sleighs, sleds, and horses feet for the hard weather ahead.
Center county Pomona grange of Pennsylvania marks 34 years since organizing the Grange Fire Insurance, Patrons' Rural Telephone system, and other ventures. It reports $6,270,042 in insurance, $159,445.28 paid in fire relief, and fourteen branch phone companies with 250 phones, amid plans for a cooperative grange bank.
New York dues start the month after the member takes his first degree. Charter member dues begin the month after the grange was organized. The subordinate grange pays state dues in the quarter after a member is received, but may pay for names dropped during the quarter by demit or expulsion.
Analysts note rural free delivery has raised real estate values by an estimated 750 million dollars since its establishment. The study cites widespread benefits to countryside property markets and real estate activity.
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