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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
The notice lists a weekly publication by The Enterprise Company in Marlboro Massachusetts with manager MH F Wilder, second class matter since August 25 1903, subscription rates and office address at 161 Main Street Marlboro.
The notice lists pricing for local business notices and column ads. One inch per week costs 75 cents with 25 cents for each additional inch. Special yearly advertiser rates apply.
December 23, 1908 brief notes from Acton Centre report Wm Boyd in town for holidays schools closed for Christmas Mrs Wilbur Fiske caring for Mrs Mary Parlin The Christmas ball by Acton club in Exchange hall South Acton Stow Grange visit sung by many at local meeting Santa at chapel Thursday evening with invites to all.
South Acton notes report misty convalescence of Miss Ella Barker and family health updates including Mrs. Anna Sage in West Medford for Christmas. Milk licensing notices, a club dance, church events, school shut for holidays, storm meetings, and a sorrowful obituary for Arthur J. Anderson of Bayfield Colorado.
Crosby Hoar is home from Yale. Schools close Friday for two weeks. Miss Ethel Evans visits Lowell. J S Hoar begins work on Hall Bros. tenement project. Mrs William Watwins and daughter return from Canada. Electric road boss Murch boards with W Kelley. Christmas services planned at two churches. Mrs Florence Littlefield visits Medford. Misses Hubbard and Mary Devane attend Concord Junction barn dance. E T Rice and others travel to Hudson for degree work. Local drama "A Family Affair" enjoyed in South Village. Joseph Reed home from Vermont Academy for grandmother’s funeral. G A R delegates attend Dr Ramsdell funeral in Newton. Baptist church hosts Christmas Joy sermon. Doris Kitchin assists choir and sings solo. Marriage notices for Susan Crane Goodwin and Herved Shepard Johnson. ceremony in Trinity Boston. couple to reside in New Haven.
Arthur Armstrong 25 son of A W Armstrong of Hyde Park died Sunday night after a summer of poor health. He grew up in the village, attended local schools, graduated Hyde Park High School and Amherst College, then returned for a postgraduate course before his health failed. Funeral services were held at his home Tuesday afternoon and the body was brought here for burial Wednesday noon with prayers at the cemetery chapel. He is survived by his father, mother, and two brothers.
Dr Charles E Smith mayor of Washington New Jersey was blinded in one eye and partly blinded in the other when a female patient threw carbolic acid at his face and head in his office. The assailant threatened to shoot him but he disarmed her. Smith suspects the woman is insane and had treated her for nervous trouble and rheumatism.
Arthur F. Harris visits New York over the holidays. A S Vose loads wood for Boston yards this winter. North Acton Granite Co installs pneumatic machinery at the B M R R landing for winter work. Geo E Murphy nearly loses a hand at the saw mill last Thursday with a thumb wound. Moses A Reed invites blanks for a license. R Bradbury fills Christmas tree orders for Boston area, noting strong demand. Nickles Bros marketing cranberries from their five year old bog, about 4000 bushels sold from 2.25 to 5.00 per bushel, with 30 acres planned for planting next season.
Parishioners are urged to bring Christmas tree gifts soon after three on Thursday. Rev. Farren delivered a practical Christmas sermon at 7 p.m. Sunday on It is more blessed to give than to receive. The children’s Christmas concert by the Sunday school drew a large crowd with praise for the quick setup. Next Sunday the pastor will present a Christmas story. WIINCGHENDON reports 20 contagious disease cases since Nov. 8 including typhoid scarlet fever and diphtheria.
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