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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
7
A Man Without Principle is praised as a bold, uplifting work featuring Bholt the hero. The story follows his battles through obstacles with guidance from a virtuous wife and devout friend. A thrilling romance intertwines with a life-affirming, thought-provoking plot.
The Boston Athletic Association hosts its annual amateur track games at Mechanics Hall in Boston on a February Saturday evening. Officials warn demand will outstrip seating as large delegations from Maalikovo and Highland City attend, with many fans eager to witness top national amateurs compete for prizes.
Shaw Malden completes Marlboro Hud son Berlin Southboro Bolton Stow Northboro Westboro Sudbury directory update with 25 years in the business. Hicks Almanac for 1908 ready Nov 15 touts colored covers portraits and new content. Word and Works Pub Co offers 35¢ by mail and 30¢ on newsstands with agent inquiries.
The Lynn shoe industry shows signs of revival with louder factory clatter and more help wanted signs. Employers and workers strive to boost productivity to recover losses from last year when profits and wages fell and retail trade declined due to competition from country and western shops.
The New York, New Haven Hart ford lines jointly open a city ticket office at 171 Broadway near Cortlandt Street to sell New England resort tickets and reservations. The office serves rail journeys in New England and Long Island Sound steamers and targets New England patrons in Manhattan. Edward Landry raises 12 chickens with a setting of 18 eggs.
John D. Rockefeller champions winter breaks in New England as a healthful escape. The piece notes a growing network of winter resort towns from Greenfield to Mount Cannon, with hotels open year round and activities like snowshoeing, tobogganing, skiing and skating drawing urban visitors from Boston and beyond.
The 1908 breeding season boosted bird numbers across New England with a late fall, dry weather and a strong woodcock flight in November. Bluebirds and swallows lingered into December, robins appeared into January, and uncommon visitors like the Bohemian Waxwing were noted in Maine. Farmers report plenty of small birds in fields, with species such as crossbills, pine siskins, redpolls, tree sparrows, and juncos. feeding birds with suet and bones in orchards aids pest control and supports winter faring.
Winter sessions across New England push for laws to shield birds at risk such as the wood duck upland plover kildeer plover and piping plover. The wood duck and upland plover already enjoy five year close seasons in New York New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Treasurer F L Claflin shows year ending Jan 15 1909 with cash on hand 5889 22 up from 4638 33 and total available funds 7738 50 including a 5000 bequest trust and 1749 28 accumulated income. The gain in available funds for the year is 1256 88.
Baltimore opens the Walters gallery in a white marble building at Charles and Center. The collection includes the famous Assarenti Old Masters and ceramics bought in 1902 for nearly 1 million dollars, plus works from Henry Walters and later additions. Walters, a noted capitalist and philanthropist, is a major Atlantic Coast Line stockholder and yacht enthusiast.
Ambassador Griscom dispatches a small relief party to Calabria mountain villages under distress. They receive $6000 for immediate distribution and additional supplies to follow from Rome as needs arise. Prince Scalea reports telluric events including a village sunk 25 feet underground. Alfred Picard proposes a vast French navy reform plan costing $45 million for naval development.
Marlboro resident Mrs Peter Chagnon goods her husband suffered back pain before using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports quick relief and improved health after a month. The ad promotes the pills as a universal kidney remedy priced 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole U S agents.
The N Y N H R R announces a June 15 1908 correction with detailed Marlboro Boston Southboro and South Framingham departures and arrivals. Timetable lists multiple morning and evening trains to Boston Fitchburg Northboro and Lowell with Sunday variations and night service.
The Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railway Co reports afternoon and evening times for Hudson Lowell South Framingham connections at Concord Junction with Boston trains. Lowell Acton Maynard S&T Ry Co offers Maynard to South Acton departures from 6 AM to 11 PM with Sunday first car 7 30 AM from Maynard and 7 45 AM from South Acton. Special cars may be chartered by applying at the company office in Maynard Massachusetts. F A Persons Supt Maynard Mass.
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