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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1916
Page
11
Miss Sophie Brown attended a ball in Chelsea last week for Polish relief aid. Ethel Hoyle spent a week in New York and returns Thursday. Mrs. G M Baker is spending a few days in Greenwich Connecticut.
Oscar Gleason of Marlboro Last Co is a victim at his Mechanic street home. Elsie Brigham is ill on West Main street. Marlboro shoe cutters went to Millis to work. Louis Farley has plumbing contracts for five Hudson buildings. Jeanie Goodwi has a cuinsy sore throat at home on Vi Bt. Mr and Mrs Karl Johnson left for Providence R I where he has a new position. Fr Pine Holy Cross will be speaker at Knights of Columbus banquet. Eleanor Starbird is ill on East Main street. Marlboro lodge I O O F calls a special meeting tomorrow at 7 15 p m. Marlboro lodge K P moves from Rocks block to Burke building. Merle Teller of Pleasant street is new in the cut sole department of S H Howe Shoe Co. Newell Warner began duties as an employe in the cut sole department of S H Howe Co.
Clifton Baker left for Haverhill to work in a shoe factory. Mrs. Rebecca Dalrymple is ill at Mrs. Walter Logan's home. Marlboro lodge I O O I will confer the first degree on a class Monday evening. Mrs. Winslow B. Howe is convalescent at the Dearborn home. Councilman Isador Kunen and Samuel Shapiro report $252 raised for Jewish war sufferers. Miss Nellie Bradley and Miss Billie Kirby saw the Russian ballet in Boston. Ladies Social circle of the Baptist church meets at 2 this afternoon. Miss Madge Trow, ill with bronchial pneumonia, shows signs of improvement. Extra cars will run at 6:15 to Worcester to Marlboro game fans.
Concord Grangers enjoyed a well received evening under Miss Edna Helsher with a farce titled William featuring Alfred Blossom Leslie Anderson Henry Bronson Robert Huntley Mrs. Bronson Edna Helsher and Mary Hunt. Vocal numbers by Mrs. Elsie Rose and Benjamin Ingham, piano solos by Mrs. John Lawlor mandolin by Miss Helen Hunt and a reading by Mrs. W Maria Olsen. Allan Brown advertises a 1915 Cadillac eight in fine condition with extras, price $1350. John Lawlor Walden Street Concord lists sale.
The Concord school system completed major fire safety upgrades including seven new exits at the high school basement and first floor woodwork removal in boiler rooms. Ripley and Emerson schools gained additional exits and improved boiler room protections while West Concord added a seventh–eighth grade escape route. The committee led by T. F. Shaughnessy invites parents to inspect the work.
Mrs. F Benere is visiting her folks. Mr. and Mrs. Chri Freeman were home over Sunday. Frank Gallagher visited friends in Newton Sunday. Mrs. George Harris has a wood lot cleaned up. Mr Freemann began an ice house but failed due to cold weather. Mrs. Maines away for rest of the week. Florence Cheney sick with the grip. Mrs. Thatcher captured a stray cow last week.
Bedford Indiana resident F G Prevo describes a severe cough from la grippe and rapid weight loss. He credits two bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar with restoring health and weight. The ad promotes Foley's as a reliable remedy for coughs colds and croup by M B Church succeeding Johnson Pharmacy.
Miss Rosa Bowker spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Bowker. The West Concord school fire escape now blocks the southern exposure of the fifth grade room requiring seating readjustment as light can only enter from the northeast.
Connellsville Pa Feb 2 notices posted at H Frick Company plants report wage raises for all 20000 workers. The increase, 10 percent, applies across the board and affects every employee classified under the new schedule.
A historic notice describes the First Church of Christ Scientist in Concord Massachusetts organized in 1908 at Monument Square. It lists weekly activities including a 10.45 lesson sermon and a Sunday testimonial and experience meeting at 7.30. The midweek reading room is open daily except Sundays and holidays from 2 30 to 5 30 p m with public admission.
An editorial reprint from the New York Tribune argues the Spirit of Concord remains strong today as it did in 1775 and 1898. It recalls veterans and youths from Concord marching to war and the sacrifice of Corporal Ralph Hosmer and Private Carl Hart in the Spanish American War and World War I era context.
The writer claims Louis D Brandeis is too German at heart and a capitalist lawyer not a people’s attorney. It argues Brandeis risks court bias, cites Woodrow Wilson’s nomination, and urges Americans to reflect on true national allegiance amid wartime tensions.
Mr and Mrs John MacGregor announce the engagement of their daughter Gladys Marie MacGregor to Wisner Irving Parke of Conford Junction. Miss MacGregor is highly regarded in town and Mr Parke is well regarded at home. Many congratulations are extended to the couple.
The author reflects on Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord where veterans graves are marked with flags. He notes family plots and the enduring Spirit of Concord, showing how five generations since April 1775 have carried forward the duty of life liberty and happiness through sacrifice and service.
The Supreme Judicial Court awards Wilfred W. Davis of Brookline $15,000 damages for injuries from a ruse explosion in a Boston Elevated Railway car that struck his eye, causing partial blindness.
Almanac notes indicate sunrise at 6 57 a m and sunset at 5 y p m with a new moon at 11 06 a m and high tides at 10 45 a m and 11 16 p m.
The Smithsonian in Washington has placed on view a modern style bronze bas relief of Susan B Anthony by Michael Jacobs. A second copy was presented to the National American Woman Suffrage Association during its forty seventh annual convention in Washington. The artist, noted for portraiture, is based in the city.
Instructions describe a five strip knitted afghan using white and blue yarns. Details cover materials five white hanks four Germantown blue hanks two bone needles No 6 and a No 4 crochet hook, cast on and stitch counts, six shell borders, joining strips with shell edging and picot finish.
Tips on rubber plant upkeep emphasize daily sun, damp not wet soil, weekly leaf washing, and periodic repotting. Occasional diluted ammonia helps. pests like mealybugs and red spider are addressed with a toothpick or spray, with drastic pruning as a last resort.
The guide notes that gasoline cleaning can leave a ring on fabrics and advises adding common table salt to the gasoline to remove spots. If a ring remains, dampen the area and cover with fuller's earth beyond the ring, leave it, then brush away to remove the stain. Gypsum is a permissible alternative to fuller's earth.
Practical tips on kitchen and home care. Use lemon on potatoes to keep color, rub exposed metal with lard, and seal curtain hems with a thimble. Make a coal bow from a cleaned wooden lard bucket, varnish with oak finish, and add bronze handles. White satin shoes stay bright with blue paper. Ivory knives brighten with sandpaper. Clothespins sealed with white enamel stay clean. A raw potato and brick rub cleans rust on tacks.
A wallet friendly unbleached muslin spread is described with white or colored knots and bold French knot detailing. Edged with cotton fringe, the project can be done at a spread party, making a stylish home decor piece reachable for many women.
A light exchange between First Senior and Second Senior jokes about marriage choices. The First prefers a poor bride to settle down, while the Second swerves to marrying a rich girl to settle up.
A fragmentary quotation notes that expectations often fail where they are strongest, echoing a caution about overconfidence in promising outcomes. The line attributes the sentiment to a misattributed or stylized source, signaling literary meditation rather than a reportable event.
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