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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
1
Local residents endured delays in school opening until January. Notables including Hjalmar Berger and Helen Dustin recovered from illnesses. Thanksgiving events featured Yale and Harvard visitors, a Bemis hall concert, a Concord dance, and gun club turkey shoots with Langille, Foreman, and Farnsworth winning top awards.
The Thanksgiving Day shoot hosted by Lincoln Ri marked a day of notable performances. Participants from local clubs and shooting teams competed for top honors, with standout scores reported across several events and winners honored in the post-event briefing.
Littleton report of the King's Daughters Circle meeting with Mrs Hopkins. Miss Emily Lawler ill with diphtheria. Miss Elizabeth McNiff visited her sister in Shirley. Miss Elizabeth Smith from Morris Town Thanksgiving at Harwood Ave. Rev. R H Carey preached farewell sermon. Thanksgiving ball by Back Log club enjoyed. Dec 8 next Lyceum entertainment by Colonial Concert Co. James Smith and daughter Nellie travel to New Orleans for convention of International Way Maintenance employees.
Maynard residents share family additions as Hevert Archer and Michael Brimley announce newborns. Numerous guests visit Worcester, Hudson, North Andover, and Providence, while local sports and social events include a minstrel rehearsal, a B and O trip planning talk, a Thanksgiving service, a charity dance, and a Magdalene chapter gathering.
Whittier wins the first Bedford Civic Club athletic event held Thanksgiving forenoon on a triangular course at Loomis street Webber avenue and Main street. Four starters faced a brutal pace in wet conditions with Whittier first Goodwin brothers second and third.
Miss Gertrude Rice of Waltham visited Sudbury while Thanksgiving brought many relatives from Groton Worcester and Leominster. The Sudbury high school basketball team beat Maynard 8 to 4 in the season opener at Music Hall with a Stow game planned next week.
300 lb Sudbury L C Hunt and a Roxbury daughter visited Sunday for a short call. Wylie Sanders, previously baggage master, becomes freight brakeman on the B & O railroad. Willard Hunt takes his place. Thanksgiving passed quietly with many out of town visitors. A S Rogers will start on a hillside bungalow project once plans are approved. O F Nelson adds shop improvements including a gasoline engine and saws to expand carriage and wagon work locally.
The M. J. Robbins house on the common was sold to Mrs. Grace Lawrence who will occupy it after improvements. She sold her land to F. O. Stiles. Thanksgiving saw many gatherings including 21 at Madame Priest, 19 at Mar Adams, and 14 hosted by Mrs. McEnnis. Mrs. Nixon and Jennie Gibson attended the funeral of George Blanchard in Lynnfield.
Four Italians were arrested and jailed on a charge of attempted extortion in a Black Hand case. They allegedly wrote threatening letters to Leonardi Squilacito, a liquor dealer and banker, demanding money. Other Italians are said to have received similar letters.
Concord Junction residents and visitors are listed with Thanksgiving and local activities. Names include Edward Fitzgerald from New Bedford visiting friends, Miss Lilla McCoy of Roslindale, I R Beharrell at Comeau's icehouse, and Edward Williams enjoying vacation from the M A C. Also noted are homes with relatives in Dorchester and Westvale, and a final item on a military whist event hosted by the Eastern Star.
Rumors circulate about a shift at Strathmore Worsted mills toward producing only yarns in the future. If true, the change could impact workers as yarn wages are lower and cheaper help would be needed than current weavers.
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