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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
7
Excerpt discusses traveling and meeting men from varied climes. Reflects on the dream of leaving labor and becoming master, contrasting wealth and status with peasant hardship in England. Quoted: Joseph Burtt of London to Lewtie's.
A Marlboro resident testimonial promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a safe remedy for backache headache nervousness lameness and urinary troubles. The ad notes ease of pain improved health after short use and urges readers to buy from local drugstores. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as sole US agents with a 50 cent price.
The Marlborough bank announces dividends payable on the third Wednesday of January and July. Banking hours are 9 to 3 weekdays and 9 to 12:30 Saturdays. Officers listed are William D. Burdett as president and Charles F. Holyoke as treasurer.
WANTED live fowling and chick ens special price on broilers Apples and pears on the trees For Sale laying and breeding stock also 60 young pigs Geo A Dyer Tel 213 4 Marlboro Mass
A detailed description explains a mail catching device mounted on the outside of a mail car and a roadside catcher. It uses a baggy steel chain net attached to a square frame, hinged to shift sides with the car, plus a spring loaded rod and shock absorbers to cushion impact. Bags are delivered above or below the net depending on position, with illustrations showing the exchange as trains pass.
A British Museum exhibit features Haidas rattles carved from wood with comical faces used in dances. A naturalist describes a spider boat experiment, and notes the first writing pen origins from bulrush reeds with quill history and Pliny’s famed line.
An explorer returns from central Asia with tales of a land unseen by whites where seasons reverse, flowers bloom in spring while snows fall in January, rivers run downhill, and weather defies expectations. Locals doubt his account despite vivid descriptions and curious phenomena.
Town happenings include visits by Mrs. George Conant of Mississippi and Mrs. Mary J. Priest with daughter Sarah. Grange officers election upcoming with box lunch. Odd Fellows entertainment. many social gatherings and visits in Newtown Kingston and Groton. funerals for Mrs. Marianna Hartwell. lectures by Minna Tenney Peck on 1910 Passion Play. running water project at G. H. Barker farm. Captain Sawyer in Boston. illness of Harvey Brown and other social events clipped from the community page.
Corrected November 43 1910 timetable shows half hour cars Saturday 2 PM to 8 PM and express connections. Cars run from Concord Depot to Arlington Heights with through service to Hudson and connections to Boston Worcester Marlboro Clinton and Lexington routes. Cars at Concord Junction wait 9:30 PM Sunday evenings.
The Lowell Acton and Maynard Street Railway issues a corrected timetable dated November 13 1910. Supplement A Persons Maynard Massachusetts appears in the notice.
A recap of community events as Mrs QO Fairfield spoke on Europe observations and a Christmas Fitchburg Station detail. The Woman's Club meets Monday at 2 in the IX Vestry with Mrs Alice M Whitcomb in charge and a talk by Mrs Tyler on Public Sanitation. Also noted are awards from Drew Munson Fruit Co for apple orchard yields and spraying, Mr and Mrs Franklin Pingrey’s 45th anniversary with neighbors, Valles Baptist fair with musical acts, and notices for 1911 Almanac and Word and Works subscriptions.
An advertising pitch notes that placing ads in The Daily Enterprise delivers strong results for local businesses. It highlights reach across the city and steady reader engagement, urging merchants to seize the opportunity for growth.
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