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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
8
South Acton Notes and Local Mentions
South Acton items mention Duren on sick leave and a corner down with indigestion. Concord visitors include Raith Buck and Louise Norcross. Lee visits from Concord. H Rich in Lancaster for a month. Medora Tuttle visited Colrado. Walter Burgess left York for a week. Yankton notes Warren as president and W Sih tastes in Waltham. John Cahill of B M section injured by falling iron. Varnum Robbins retired after 44 years. workers present him a $50 gold purse. Lotus performances by Ayres reader and the Lotus quartet praised. Woman's Missionary society referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raith Buck
Concord
Louise Norcross
Lee
H. Rich
Lancaster
N. Y
Warren
Yankton
Lotus
Mise Ayres
Bowton
Struck by Freight in Boston Hospitalization Report
A West Acton man Raymond C Weat was struck by freight near the B M crossing and is hospitalized in Boston after the morning incident. Authorities investigate the crossing accident involving freight movement and pedestrian injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Weat Acton
Young man injured in freight house accident
A man was struck near the freight house around 9 o clock and thrown onto a snowbank. He was taken to Mass General with internal injuries including a five inch stomach tear and ruptures in the intestines. Surgeons say he has a fighting chance after immediate care but remains on the dangerous list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wea
Chiriétie
Mass. General Hospital
Murphy
Scudder
Acton Social Roundup and Local Neighbors Update
West Acton notes sickness for Otis Mott and Margaret McDonald. Hugh Waters visited town last week. W D Hart moves to Littleton. John McCarthy fell ill Sunday, Dr Tasker attended. Edwin N C Barnes to sing in town hall February 1. Weber quartet to perform March 15. Plans to save Boxboro old folks concert. Ladies Benevolent Society to host social and supper Thursday. Lotus quartet hearing in South Acton Thursday. Whist party and dance at L O O F hall netted funds Friday. Daniel Beach and wife home from Norwell visit. Anticipation of fast snow speed events Thursday. Mr Crowley recovering at home in Groton after fall from Reed’s horse born last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxboro
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Baptist Church
South Acton
L O. O. F. Hall
Mr. Crowley
Geo. H. Reed
Groton
Brakeman seriously injured in Fitchburg freight yard accident
Saturday just before noon, at the station, brakeman Mr Cochran fell from a moving car as the wheel severed his right hand. He was taken to the depot then to South Acton and Boston hospital. He is married with two children, has 25 years on the road, and is praised for his bravery. Also listed is a for sale notice for a one horse traverse runner sled from Frank Priest, West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Cochran
Staples
South Acton
Boston
Gockran
Sunday Visits and Local Social Notes
Mise Jennie Reed spent Sunday at the home of her parents. Mias Helen B Wood spent Sunday at home with her parents. William Edwards was home from his work in South Framingham Sunday. The storm Friday caused wet roads. Mr Pennal of Boston spent Sunday at his Summ Mer house in Bastoc. Mr and Mrs B A Phalen spent days visiting in and around Boston last week. Mr and Mrs John Bawards of Gloucester spent Sunday with Chas Edwards and family. The pulpit of the Congregational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Jennie Reed
Mias
Helen B. Wood
William Edwards
South Framingham
Mr. Pennal
Boston
Bastoc
B A. Phalen
John Bawards
Gloucester
Chas. Edwards
Congregational
Local Church Notices and Social Visits Report
Church Sunday activities mention Rev. Mr. Keight of estuate and Rev. B C Hayes preparing for travel. Nearby visits include William Boyd in Cambridge, Mrs. Arthur Payson at West Medford, and Miss Helen A. Wood planning Somerville work. Auctions list Crosby Dane sale in Acton with 28 cows and heifers from northern Vermont and a Dedham sale later in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Crosby & Dane
Billerical Centre
Vermont
Woburn
Dedham
Lenten Sermons at Trinity and Area Churches
Smith Owen Dexter announces Lent program at Trinity church with Wednesday 7 30 pm services starting this week. The schedule lists Ash Wednesday February th and multiple guest pastors from St Marys Dorchester Cambridge Newton Center Plymouth Maynard and East Boston with 5 pm Good Friday services and 6 pm Friday prayers during Lent. A morning service with litany and penitential office occurred at 9 am this Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theological School
Cambridge
A. B. Papineau
St. George's Church
Maynard
Packer
St. Mary's Church
Sailors
Boston
Mail and Female and the First of Each Month
The verse humorously notes monthly mail arrivals and overdue billets doux. It references Harvard Lampoon lines and a playful tone about gifts like candy and flowers. It mentions Page Shaw Galvin Gaoescene and a motif of monthly reckonings and joy in daily sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allcen
Page & Shaw
Galvin
Harvard Lampoon
Actions Speak Louder Marriage Cartoon Panel
A light exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a wife asking if her husband loves her as in their early marriage. He affirms and jokes that she is harder to convince these days, highlighting a playful domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier- Journal
Noted Visionary Lacks Will to Wait, Chicago Record Herald
A reflective quote contrasts a man of knowledge and strength with a failure of will to persevere. The passage laments a lost chance at greatness, blaming fate for his inability to endure. The tone is admonitory and elegiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Lodge Heads Probe Force on Cost of Living
Senator Lodge to lead a Senate inquiry into rising prices with a broadened scope touching tariffs and Roosevelt era laws. The measure targets food costs and key commodities, aiming to assess impacts of legislation on consumer prices and government policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Washington
Lodge
Senate
Elkins
McCumber
White House
Taft
Financial Committee
Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
House
Forced to Name Charges in Albany Bribery Inquiry
The senate investigating Senator Jotham P. Allds heard Tsar Ticka due with pee claim that Hiram G. Moe of Groton Tompkins County delivered $1000 to Allds around April 23, 1901. The money, he says, was demanded by Benn Conger and Frank Conger for the American Bridge Company to push a highway bill. The bill was referred to the assembly Internal Affairs committee and Conger was ordered to file his particulars by a 38 to 8 senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Senate
Jotham P. Allds
Pee
Allda
Hiram G. Moe
Groton
Tompkins County
Allds
Benn Conger
Frank Conger
American Bridge Company
Bad Elephant Executed At Evansville Fair Grounds
Fargo the circus elephant went mad after escaping its keeper and injuring several attendants. Managers fed the animal two carrots filled with prussic acid, ending its life amid a crowd of 4000 spectators at the Evansville fair grounds on February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Fargo
Varzin Salvage Could Bring $100,000 Reward
The disabled German steamer Varzin from Australia, battered by gales, lost propeller shaft and drifted in the Atlantic until towed into Boston harbor by the Erika. Salvage may earn the Erika crew up to $100,000 for saving the ship with cargo valued at over $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Varzin
Australia
Erika
Atlantic
Nicolla
Hope
Boys Force Workmen Out
Pawtucket Rhode Island February 9 1934 workers at J P Coats Ltd thread mills walkout as back boys and doffers reject a 10 percent wage cut restoration demand. Mule spinners and twisting room employees join the strike signaling possible broad shutdown similar to a week ago when 2500 operatives were laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
J. & P. Coats, Ltd
Shortage of 4508 Charge Against Ex Town Collector
South Hadley mass Feb 9 arrest of Frank E Moos former town tax collector on larceny charge for 4508 with possible further discrepancies in other accounts Moos served as tax collector since 1907 and resigned last July. investigation may uncover more losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Mass
Massachusetts
Frank E. Moos
Moos
Barrel riddle keys on empty weight and fill
A playful exchange asks how to reach seven pounds by filling an empty barrel. The joke rests on the answer that the barrel should be filled with holes, so it weighs more due to nothing added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamao
Mr. Johnson
Local notices and brief travels across towns
Grange grain car arrived Monday morning. Mrs Freeman's sister spent Sunday here. Wm Hallowell suffers a severe grip. Mr and Mrs Trombly spent Sunday in Nashua. Florence Prentiss at Mass General Hospital for treatment. Mrs Baker of Nashua visits Mrs Trombly. Mr and Mrs Herris gather three fine lemons. N F Patterson of Elmwood NH and Everett Maynes with John Maynes Sunday. Wood business rushes. nine teams hauling to cars Monday. Mrs Brooks visits sister in Marlboro. niece and baby visit. Wilbur is ill at Miss Robbins' home. J S White and Richard in Boston. Tremont st window fall incident. F W Taylor family return. cottage unsuitable for zero weather. North Acton and East Acton barges and no school at Centre. Three sisters mentioned. flowers at casket for funeral at St Joseph's Beverly. interment St Mary's Salem. Mr McNiff, Spanish War veteran and artificer, spent two years eight months in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Prentiss
Mass. General Hospital
Lise Baker
Nashua
Mrs. Trombly
N. F. Patterson
Elmwood
N. H
Everett Maynes
John Maynes
Geo. Brooks
Clark
Marlboro
Wilbur i
Ruth Robbins
J. F. O'Neil
Shirley
Iss Elizabeth
Abbie
St. Joseph's Church
Beverly
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Salem
Littleton
Acton
Somerville
Hudson
McNiff
Philippines
Local Notes On Illness Births Lectures And Entertainments
Emily Robbins suffers bronchitis. Mr and Mrs Clifford Shedd stay with Mrs Shedd's sister Mrs Hager in Nashua for several days. Mr and Mrs Charles V Flagg welcome a baby boy born in Fitchburg on January 31. William Hart of Boston Drug Co moves into the W C Gibson house from West Acton. Mrs Carrie Gilman Edwards will give a lecture recital "Music as a Medicine" before the Littleton Women's club February 14. The annual sit and entertainment of the class will be held Thursday evening February 10 in the town hall with supper at 6 and entertainment at 8. Hon Alexander S Arnold of Woonsocket Rhode Island Newton quartet and the Cynthonian orchestra will provide entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Robbins
Clifford Shedd
Death of A W McNiff of Beverly at 34
Andrew W McNiff of Beverly aged 34 native of Littleton died of typhoid pneumonia after a week illness. Nurses and a physician tried to save him. He leaves a widow and a two year old daughter along with his parents four brothers John of St Louis and Peter George and Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. McNit
Beverly
Littleton
Patrick McNiff
Harvard
Elizabeth
Abbie
Johnn
St. Louis
Peter
George
Edward
Marshboro Local Notes and Social Updates
George B. Copeland rests at home with neuralgia while John A. Rice resumes duties after illness. The engaged couple Miss Cora Brigham of Springfield and Prof. W. F. Turner of Auburn, Alabama announced. Mrs. B G Elliott visits Lexington. Miss Ruth Ostrom contracted measles in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Copeland
John A. Rice
Pontimen
Cora EB. Brigham
Springfield
W. F. Turner
Auburn
Ala
Miss Brigham
Jarence H. Brigham
West Main St
Maynard
Helenant
Ruth Ostrom
B. G. Elliott
Lexington
Annual Inspection Drawn Up in Uniform by City Crew
Engineers and city council members gather for a formal annual inspection as teams align in full uniform. Officials planned to coordinate with companies for a comprehensive briefing and readiness check.
Masquerade Held by Mrs Cora Perry and Mrs H M May
A masquerade event is presented by Mrs Cora Perry and Mrs H M May. The gathering aims to feature costumes and social entertainment in a community setting. Proceeds support local activities and charitable efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Perry
H. M. May
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mailboro
Mase
Ef Duren
M. Medora Tuttle
Col
Walter Burgess
York
the ‘Woman's Missionary Society
West Acton
Boston Hospital
Otis Mott
Hugh Waters
Margaret McDonald
W. D. Hart
John McCarthy
Dr. Tasker
Edwin N. C. Barnes
Weber Quartet of
Daniel Beach
Norwell
Frank Priest
Mr. Keight
William Boyd
Frank D. Morse
Freeman Robbins
Harold Phalen
J. White
Richard
North Acton
Grange
Arthur B. Payson
Arthur C. Hardy
West Medford
B. C. Hayes
The
Congregational Church
New York
Helen A. Wood
Oliver D. Wood
Wood
Frederick B. Noyes
Plymouth
C. B
Elizabeth Edwards
Atlanta Constitution
Crete
London
Constantinople
Turkey
Créte
Greece
Moe
Coats Thread Mills
Lincoln
Patrick Hayden
Waterville
Hayden
Paris
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
North Brookfield
BE. A. Ludden
Board of Health
Worcester
Germany
Fridrike Hermann
Clinton
Johnson
Tambo
Carter’s
Prs
Rolla
McKinley Sheet Music
M. F. Mullin, Nason Sr., Maynard
R. C. Freeman
Wm. Hallowell
Wm. Trombly
Herbert Waters
Lake
D C. Herris
East Acton
A. W. McNiff
James Warner
Crosby
Walnut and
East Marists
Pittsburg
F. A
Mildon
Laconia
Levi Dearouier
M. P
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