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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
8
Concord hosts a week of open stores for Christmas shoppers. The town notes Boy Scout organization, musical clubs events, lectures by Charles Jones and Rev Sunberg, school holiday breaks, and local civic appointments plus a major push celebrating Filene’s in Concord as a premier shopping option.
Christmas services at the Trinitarian Church include a 10 45 morning sermon titled The Bethlehem Enrolment with choir music. A 5 o'clock service for the Sunday school and friends features carols by children and related activities. Friday evening’s subject is Kindly Judgments followed by a church committee meeting.
Christmas morning service features a fine program led by Rev. Loren B. Macdonald with Raymond C. Robbi on organ, Mrs. George as soloist, and Marion Setae on violin.
Christmas services are scheduled at the Scandinavian Methodist Church with morning and afternoon sessions on Sunday. An early Christmas morning service titled Scandinavian JULOUR will be held at 6 o clock. Henry Roseness from Paul Minnesota will sing at the Sunday service. The church will be decorated for Christmas Day. Sunday school hosts a Christmas tree social on Thursday December 28 at 8. The Junior League holds a basket party in the church vestry on Saturday December 30 at 8.
The Hawthorne chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star elected its officers for the coming year at a Wednesday meeting. W. M. is Mrs. Katherine Farmington, W. P. Charles Sylvester, associate matron Miss Hannah Pfeiffer, secretary Mrs. Joseph Dakin, treasurer Miss Ada Chaplin, conductress Mrs. Lottie Lapham, associate conductress Mrs. Clara Messer. Installation set for January 10.
The notice lists individuals with advertised letters: Charles Bartunek Samuel Boyd R C Brown Frank Hughes Johan Hubenszty Soren Jensen George Wellington Mrs Mary Power Mrs Warner.
Indianapolis December report shows grand jury questioning more International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers employees. McManigal admits starting dynamiting in July 1907 after links to McNamara and the union firm’s projects, while records from 1905 help trace suspects.
A New York bank holds a $125,000 reward for the successful completion of a Mexican president Madero assassination plot. The plan, hatched in Paris and New York by Mexican reactionists, saw execution attempts by Reyes followers with a Manhattan link to a prominent family. U.S. Justice Department was informed two months ago, according to a chief agent for Madero.
Teresa Hankinson sues Ruth Kingsley for 20000 in New York Supreme Court alleging the 14 year old pulled a skirt causing Hankinson to fall while replacing a window shade at the Kingsley home. The plaintiff claims resulting injuries include convulsions and inability to work as a domestic. Ruth Kingsley and her family deny the charges.
An elderly couple presented a charitable living pictures show in the town hall on Monday evening. The program featured 24 tableaux with students and locals acting and singing, including performances by Mrs G Hollis Black and Mrs Pliny Jewell. Proceeds support the King’s Daughters hospital fund.
At a meeting of Corp. Ralph P. Hos mer camp 55 Dept. of Mass U S W V held Thursday evening officers were elected for the ensuing year Commander James Otis Porter senior vice commander Herbert B Vialle junior vice commander Frank N Prescott chaplain Thomas Todd Jr surgeon Joseph B Hart adjutant Cyrus H Cook quartermaster Frank F Ireland officer of the day George Faber officer of the guard John W Hagerty trustee John C Anderson color sergeant George P Hagerty The camp was inspected by Dist Inspector Ford who found it in a very satisfactory condition.
To the editor the Enterprise reports that Mr French’s model for Ralph Waldo Emerson’s statue at Concord is nearly finished in marble with Emerson seated. The sculptor needs about a year more to complete the work and has already received requests for a replica for a prominent location.
The passage recalls a speaker describing unusually warm days and nights in mid December with southwest winds and misty mornings. He compares the scene to late April and notes old habit of open winters with a snowstorm or two, reflecting on how weather patterns diverge from expectations.
A divorce decree on grounds of desertion was granted to Mrs. Melina Elwell from Frank Elwell the sculptor. They married in Paris in 1882. Elwell born in Concord in 1858. His notable works include Hancock statue at Gettysburg and a Booth monument in Cambridge.
Ethel Turner Zerbel of Sudbury died in Boston Monday after a year with tuberculosis. She resided most of her life in Sudbury. survived by a husband and four months old son. Interment was at Mt. Pleasant after services at the Methodist church. Basil Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Oliver, is ill with slow fever. Alumni Association of Sudbury High plans an upcoming annual dance. Ladies' society of the M E church held a fair and chicken pie supper with sales and an entertaining program.
Help wanted notice for a girl to perform general house work. Apply to Mrs. J. Loewe at Harriman Court.
The assessors announced an added tax of 4110.16 with a total valuation of 287435. The street watering tax stands at 2066.43 with a rate of one and a half cents per front foot, up one mill from last year. Watered frontage increased by 58000 feet this year.
Classified items advertise horse rental and rental housing in Concord and nearby towns. Bank stockholders meet January 9 1912 at 3 46 pm to elect directors. Employment seeks a married man for a sales position with a 15 weekly salary. Small double house to let on Hubbard Street with seven rooms and modern amenities.
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