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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
6
Published weekly by The Enterprise Company, the office lists a manager and a Wilder class matter. The notice indicates an annual rate and a Wednesday publication schedule for the local periodical.
Rates for one week are 76c per ad with special yearly rates for advertisers. Notices appear in local columns and each insertion is charged.
Miss A Maude Hunt remains home ill in Concord and Mrs Harris is housebound on Willow Street. The will of Caroline Hoar Green of Burlington, formerly Concord, was filed for probate in the Italian church Monday at 6:30. A Young People's Club debate at Trinitarian church considered the motion that sugar should be imported free of duty with B Garfield, M Findersen and S B Van Arnam for, and Roy A Flewelling, Maude Findersen and W A Carr against.
Miss May Law of Arlington visited Mr. and Mrs. W Leland Tuesday. Miss Maidee Ring of Waltham visited Mr. and Mrs. F Ring on Commonwealth Ave over the weekend. Miss Eva Blaisdell of Arlington was among callers at the studio at 172 Commonwealth Ave Tuesday.
Patient letters praise Dr. Joseph Grady for treating ailments with absorption medicine, claiming rapid healing and full recovery. Notes list several individuals and addresses, asserting the doctor can be consulted by mail or in person free of charge and that results are verifiable.
The public seeks continued testimony as individuals share lessons from their experiences for the benefit of others. Communities urge open access to personal narratives to inform and guide future actions and understanding.
The letter profiles Robert C. Mains of 72 Market St Amesbury Massachusetts a renowned wood worker and carriage builder who acclaimedly states he can tell the truth about his cure after consulting Dr Joseph Grady a Boston specialist who diagnosed and promised a complete cure for the writer who suffered for an unspecified period.
The narrative describes a large open sore on the right forearm near the elbow causing intense pain and work disruption for a right handed person. The patient was under care of one physician for two years and seen others. One physician claimed that the only cure was not stated.
Francis L. Burton, famed promoter, was shot and killed at Mina by J. H. Buck editor of the Western Nevada Miner after Burton accused Buck of mutinying Rawhide. Burton had been jailed in Boston for larceny and defrauding railroad officials of 2500 dollars, later pardoned in 1904, with further alleged mine schemes and failed recoveries.
In Columbus Mississippi on December 11 a mob of about 50 negroes confronted Constable Wiglowe during the arrest of Will Lowe, a Black man charged with stealing cotton. Lowe was killed by a shot from his brother, escalating racial violence in the county.
A constable was shot multiple times but not seriously wounded as a mob of fifteen negroes overwhelmed him and a prisoner, leaving them for dead before retreating. Fifteen individuals are jailed on complicity charges in connection with the incident.
James A. Hawley chief counsel for the state outlines the Pettibone case in Boise Idaho. He cites the Steunenberg killing and the Western Federation of Miners as part of a eight year old conspiracy by the inner circle to murder public figures who resisted its dictates. Pettibone is described as the paymaster who received funds from federation officers for the actual murderers.
At Albany a Presbytery meeting launched a general move to raise the minimum salary for ministers in New York and New England. A resolution says some are paid 500 dollars or less and creates a committee of five ministers and two elders to study the increase.
Steamship Yar mouth, ashore on Black Point, was refloated at high tide and towed to the government wharf. The vessel is damaged forward. Captain McKinnon states the Partridge Island buoy was not sounding, misled by the whistle, and currents were underestimated.
Havana reports the United States refrigerator ship Glacier arriving yesterday afternoon to load 750000 cigars and a large supply of cigarets for the Pacific fleet. The Glacier is due to sail today.
Miss Sara P White will sever ties with the tea house at 14 Walden Street while Mrs G N Penhallow takes over December 1 and assumes full control January 1. Gift shop and needlework department will be discontinued. Dec 16 timetable changes on Fitchburg division and Concord Maynard Hudson line now on hour arrivals. Roy A Lang and Miss Gertrude Gale wed November 27 at Nine Acre Corner. Concord Antiquarian Society met December 2. Numerous local officers elected in Concord K of C and Grange. Public improvement ideas urged including rural note preservation and photography of scenery for library collection. Stereopticon views showcased European cities and American bridges.
Prof Henry Turner Bailey spoke on The More Beautiful Village arguing for distinct urban and rural planning. He urged lasting beauty through clear goals, landscape design, curved streets, and colonial-inspired public spaces. He highlighted Weston Unitarian Meeting House and lessons from European village planning.
Classified items list for Concord including two chamber stoves two parlor coal stoves a lost purple leather pocketbook with money a concert ticket and a railroad ticket reward offered. Also a for sale black pacing gelding foaled 1901 sired by Prenidenter and connected to Maynard owner Mr Allen with comments on training and safety.
There is nothing so good for sore muscles or lameness as Richardson's Embrocation. H. S. Richardson, Pharmacist, Concord Massachusetts.
The Lyceum hosted a Dana lecture on The Boss System in America drawing a small audience. Concord critics regret the limited turnout and praise Dana’s scholarly talk and his refusal of compensation.
Advertised letters for residents and services include John Weston Winfield Chaplain Dudley Love Hamilton C Morgan Ralph Willis Delia Clark Anne Dooley Dr Jeanette King Mrs Carrie Loeb care of Gordon Cross Mary O Donnell Mrs A F Simons Mrs Ellen Tyrrell Mrs Jack Teeler Mrs I B White Grace Worden Florence Worden with multiple recipients listed for pickup at the main post office.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Concord National Bank of Concord Massachusetts will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 14 1908 at 345 p m to elect directors and transact any other business legally before the meeting C F Heywood cashier December 10 1907 Concord Mass
Miss Susie Emmott visits her parents Mr and Mrs Geo J Emmott at their Elm Street home this week.
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