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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
8
Local shops advertise an elaborate display in Santa Ana inviting early crowds to view and win prizes including a life size doll and a teddy bear. Promotions push McMillan Pants as top winter wear and offer money back guarantees with a New Home Sewing Machine or Edison Phonograph as potential gifts.
Numerous brief items record Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings in Acton Maynard Nashua and Worcester. Names include A Zeigler E Miles Mary Bent Ray Tuttle Grace Rouillard Martha Fagerstrom and Georgie Griswold. A church fair arts exhibit food and social events are noted along with a coach schedule change and a local accident. An Acton club dance drew about 75 couples. Public notices advertise rental free housing and farm stock for sale.
Local items from West Acton detail illnesses, church memberships, arrivals and departures, social visits, and community events. Highlights include measles affecting Glenn Gould, a Baptist church by letter, a dec 6 anniversary reception, Thanksgiving gatherings, and a unique shipboard anecdote from Desenzano to Riva.
Christmas sale opens Monday December 9 offering trays cloths doylies handkerchiefs postal cards gloves mittens and other useful articles at Miss M A Armsstrong’s store.
Marlboro residents report visits from Miss Lou Viner in New York City and Arrian Cassavant with Karl Cassavant from Athol. A French social and supper is set for this evening at the Baptist church vestry with supper at 6 30 and social at 7 30. Other notes mention visitors to Newton Lower Falls, Mrs. Murray Allen returning to Brockton, teachers Evelyn Hall and Ethel Brown spending holidays at home, and local folks including Chester Cadmann and I H Fay guests in Newton Street.
Boston November 4 Chief Justice Aiken ordered file the cases against Lorenzo D Perkins and Orrin Pray officers at Deer Island jail who were found guilty of assaulting prisoner Edward F Kane. Berlin December 4 a new aeronautical society forms to arrange air trips and has ordered a dirigible. New York December 4 U S commercial failures in November total 1180 with 17 687 011 dollars defaulted.
Rhode Island Kentucky and Missouri state buildings at the James town exposition were sold but closing awaits land title clearance. General Allen Thomas former US minister to Venezuela died at Waveland Mississippi aged 71. Hutchinson foundry and machine plant in Manchester New Hampshire sold at auction land and buildings fetched 23642.87. Jatler Babcock of Tolland County Connecticut ordered inspections of bread for prisoners after catching a woman smuggling whiskey. Smithsonian board urged Congress to fund adapting the large hall to a national art gallery.
Captain Leland of the Anti och is held on $1000 bail after seaman William T. Cordwan accuses chaining for 35 days between decks in the tropics. Dispute over rope splicing cited as motive, with release by U S consul at Turk's Island.
The Milton family Bible printed in London 1588 with John Milton’s autograph dated February 24 1654 on an inside cover slip sold for 1225 at the Buckler collection auction in Baltimore. E H Richmond bought it for the purchaser.
The Longshoremen's Association voted last night on a proposal from steamship companies to work at 32 cents an hour. Previously the men demanded 40 cents while the companies would pay no more than 30. The result of the vote was withheld for a meeting today.
Acton Centre locals report Arthur Wayne on sick leave Frank Pratt moving into Mrs Rouillard's Main Street home Miss Lena Loker of Wayland visiting aunt Mrs Emerick Gates Mrs E S Fobes explains brother from Marlboro last week Schools closed for teachers meeting Christmas Fair planned by Ladies' Aid in town hall Dec 42 A E Payson moving into remodeled house O D Wood to occupy vacated home Nearby families and Thanksgiving visits noted Debating society to discuss building a high school Acton Grange open meeting enjoyed Prof Maynard program Auctioneers set sale at North Acton and Bedford properties with farming tools livestock and produce described Lead with local activities and forthcoming auctions
Melmon Fletcher of Boston visited 1 A. F. Printis last week. Miss Loraine Miller spent Thanksgiving at her home. Chas I Miller installs a wind mill for a water pump. Henry Murphy visited his brother George then returned to Lynn. He works at General Electric Works four days a week. Samuel K Harris of Allston died after a short pneumonia illness. He leaves a wife and daughter, five brothers and five sisters.
John O'Hara, Marlboro baseball club veteran from 1995 and participant in recent summers, signs with a Philadelphia American League team for next season. He will join John J. Dowd, a local schoolteacher and former Atlantic City nine player in 1906, as a guest in winter activities. Dowd and O'Hara also appeared in South Framingham Marlboro matches last fall.
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