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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
2
Rev W W Campbell pastor announces Sunday services at 10 45 a m and 7 p m There is a Sunday school at noon and evening service at 6 00 p m An aid meeting is planned for Tuesday evening at the church with announcements of further activities.
Rev. George A Tewksbury to preach at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m Sunday with Y P C E at 12 m and 6 30 p m Sunday evening chapel prayer meeting Friday evening at 7 20 in the chapel readings and services announced for the Sabbath observance
Reverend Lorén B Micconald presides at Sunday services at 10 45 a.m. The Young People's Guild meets at 7 p.m. Sunday school is at 12 noon. Communion is set for the first Sunday in January March May July September and November with ceremonial meetings the Friday before each communion.
The Scandinavian M E Church presents Sunday worship at 10 45 AM and 12 00 noon with Sunday School at 5 45 PM. Evening service 7 45 PM to 9 00 PM and prayer meeting Friday 8 00 PM. A Christian Science service occurs Sundays at 3 30 PM in Insurance Hall Monument Square. A testimonial meeting is on the first Wednesday each month at 7 45 PM. All are welcome.
Rev. Sidney J. Willis leads services at the Universalist church every Sunday at 10 30. Sunday school follows at 11 30 with J K W Witherbee as superintendent.
Congregational Church led by Pastor F. Hent holds morning service at 10 45 with Sunday school at noon supervised by Frank E Sanders on Christian Endeavor at 6 and evening worship at 7. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. E Lawton director and R W Carter organist with Annie G Adams president of C E. Methodist Episcopal Church pastor R E Bisbee conducts 10 30 service with Ja D Wilson Sunday school at 7 and League at 6. Evening worship 7 15 with prayer Tuesday and class meeting Friday. choir director and organist George Lawton listed. St Bridget’s R C Church pastor F Killilea with masses 9 30 and 10 30, Vespers 6 15. West Acton monthly on first Sunday. St George’s Church rector Rev Arthur Bradford Weaken graphaul services: 8 00 am Holy Eucharist 10 30 am morning service 12 pm catechism 7 30 pm evening prayer and sermon Friday litany and instruction days 7 am Holy Eucharist.
Fraternal groups list meeting days and lodges. Foresters meet first and third Mondays. Companions of Forest second and fourth Mondays. AO A W second and fourth Tuesdays. Maynard Lodge No 131 I O O F ry on Wednesdays. Migpah Lodge No 54 D of R first and third Thursdays. Star Pythias second and fourth Wednesdays. Iola Lodge I O G T first and fourth Tuesday nights. St Bridget’s C T S Sundays. Bernians second Thursdays. Arcanum first and third Mondays. FN U third Wednesdays.
Edward Lanoue and Emile Lacroix of Lynn visited town Sunday while John Bertrand from Corhituate came for a visit. Several residents traveled to see relatives, attend events, or report factory and school activities including Philips Domingue taking a health-related vacation and Mildred Wheeler returning to Mt Hermon duties. The May party plan for the Bella Hoola club and the St. Jean's Baptist society meeting moved to a fixed schedule.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites heirs and interested parties in Concord for the will of John I. McManus. Benjamin W. Brown seeks letters testamentary without bond. Court set for February 17, 1908 in Cambridge with required public notice in Concord Enterprise.
A petition seeks letters of administration on the estate of Charles N Williams late of Concord and intestate. Martin A Williams of Concord is named as applicant. The court in Middlesex County is to hear February 20 1908 at 2 o clock PM to show cause why letters should not be granted. Public notice is required once weekly for three weeks in the Concord Enterprise. Witness Charles J MeIntire Esquire First Judge. W E Rogers Register.
An old advertisement claims rheumatism spreads and damages health in the United States. It touts Uric-O as a permanent cure, describing it as acting on muscles blood and kidneys to remove uric acid. Readers can request a free 76 cent bottle by mailing the ad with pharmacist details.
The final session of the Port Arthur fortress court martial ponders death sentences for Lieutenant General Stoessel General Fock and General Reiss over the surrender to Japan. Judge Advocate General Gursky urges the harshest penalty to uphold the Nicholas I era vow that the flag must never be lowered. In Washington the tariff debate shifts to next winter with Chairman Payne signaling no immediate tariff commission.
In St. Petersburg the Conservatives assailed Professor Milukoff in the duma over his American journey. The attack was thwarted by M. Purishkevich whose extreme and abusive remarks led to a fifteen session exclusion, the duma's maximum penalty.
In Washington the president's recent message to Congress drew renewed discussion in the House. Minority Leader John S. Williams praised some points but warned other portions could be dangerous. Also in Washington officials urged extreme caution in navy coal handling after a dynamite stick was found aboard the battleship Ohio while taking on coal from a collier.
Paris protests trigger calls for protection after a libel on Bompard sparks Iswolsky resignation. In St Petersburg five thousand troops mass on the Turko-Persian frontier amid Turkish-Persian frictions. Rockefeller funds bank security bonds fail while government deposits are at stake. Taft weighs Cuba sewer contract settlement. A Powter Works explosion at Tweed Ont levels buildings with no casualties.
A brief roundup notes Vice Admiral Touchard's appointment as French ambassador to St Petersburg, succeeding M. Bompard who has been recalled. Also covered are a $200,000 breach of contract suit by George F. Willey against Rosecrans W. Pillsbury of Manchester, and other items from Massachusetts to Maine including bankruptcies and hearings.
A Tangier dispatch reports a battle between French forces and Moors near Sedat Morocco. Ten thousand Moors were killed or wounded while French losses reached 160 men including four officers.
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