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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
3
Maynard merchants report lively Christmas shopping with out of town trade driven by ads. Stores were crowded from morning to night, currency flowing as optimism returns after a neoni low mood. The piece urges bipartisan support for good government and hints at a spring Progressive ticket to push cleaner city policy.
A growing movement favors nonpartisan municipal politics in the spring. Commission form government expands as party politics recedes from city affairs. Citizens are chosen to manage local issues independent of tariff or foreign policy stances.
A neighbor's frank statement extols a kidney remedy as effective for frequent kidney discomfort. The ad urges readers to trust the Doan's Kidney Pills brand as used by Mr. Gordon, noting the product is sold by local dealers for 50 cents a box with Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents.
Last Thanksgiving Joseph Perry at Smoke less Powder mills received a turkey with a note from an eight year old girl in Manton New York who said she plucked feathers and asked if the bird was good. Perry now sent the girl a gold watch, reinforcing her belief in Santa Claus at eight.
A schoolhouse committee subcommittee led by George H. Creighton B J Coughlin and James J Hilferty inspected the Main Street site Saturday. They found two houses must be removed to gain 100 feet frontage if the new school matches the size of the present building. The property has sufficient depth and could be set back in line with the current Main Street school.
At the Congregational church service treasurer Wil H. Gutteridge announced the mortgage on the parsonage had been liquidated. The parsonage was built eight years ago and efforts over the past year funded the payoff. Praise goes to Mrs. Helen Bent Curtis and the Ladies Benevolent Society plus other benefactors for their aid.
At a St Bridget’s church Holy Name meeting a plan to lease rooms for club purposes was approved. A committee including Rev Walter Browne Rev John Sheehan James Mullin Michael Mullin Frank McCarron John Hannon and James J Morgan will secure the space. Over 100 men signaled interest in joining the new club.
National Master Goyer Wilson reports the Grange sits in strong financial shape with 42 new chapters added across nine states and Wyoming organized. He urges cautious credit reform, federal state highway cooperation, conservation, and farm credit under government oversight.
Christmas Sunday featured a fine program led by choir director William Baxter. The cantata Adoration included solos by Doris Kitchin Beatrice Sunderland and George Coggswell with a male quartet. A double ladies quartet added to the program as did Doris Kitchin in a solo. The sermon by Rev. F N Rutan was strong and fitting. The Sunday school concert at 4 pm, supervised by Miss Ruby Hamlin, showcased a lengthy program by the young people with readings recitations and singing exercises concluding with a Christmas Angel and Good Night numbers.
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