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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
2
Marlboro Massachusetts newspaper notice shows publication details for The Enterprise with offices at 181 Main Street and key staff including Walter Morse president and John Lawton manager. Subscription costs listed for in advance and other terms appear.
A humorous portrait of the woodchuck as lazy and gluttonous, with rare activity only when cornered by a dog, plus a critique of naturalists and a brief editorial note on Boston journalism and public figures. The column then references Valentine’s Day and a quiet observance.
A large audience attended an Alka Temperance hall event by the Kanto Athletic Club. The program opened with marches and drills by club members, featured music by the National band, vocal duets by Misses Hokkanan and Perkijo, an address by Koski, readings by Kehelinen, and horizontal bar and pyramid exhibitions followed by dancing.
Jacob Nisula sustained two small scalp wounds after a Saturday evening assault in a pool room on lower Main Street about 7 20. He was treated by Dr Edward Flaherty. Nisula says an unknown assailant attacked him. injuries were slight.
Teachers and students from Tuskegee normal and industrial institute presented a chapel program in which five performers sang negro folk songs and plantation melodies between readings from Paul Laurence Dunbar. Captain Nealy spoke on Tuskegee’s mission and needs as a collection raised 25 dollars for the institute.
W C Strout placed 26 orders to Col Insville for an American Woolen Co. truck in January. He sent a duplicate order for a two ton 8 HP automobile truck and expects delivery later this month. This will bring his fleet to two up to date Pierce Arrow trucks in use.
Master Workman John Coulter and Ree See John Sheridan presented a $2000 check paid to Mrs. Josephine M. Gannon widow of John Gannon from an insurance policy. Summer Hill lodge A.9. U. W. of this town issued the payment on Saturday to Marl Hero.
The monthly gathering of the Ladies' Benevolent Society of the Congregational Church occurred in the church parlors on Thursday afternoon. After completing business, a supper was served by a committee led by Mrs. Mary McCleary, Mrs. Amory Mannard, and Mrs. John Lawton.
Plans for a supper and entertainment at St George s church Parish hall Wednesday evening February 16 are practically completed and expected to be a social success of the season.
The Eastern Finnish musical organization will stage a grand concert at Riverside hall on Saturday March 4 with a literary and musical program. A feature will be a 35 member chorus arriving from Quincy to perform.
Miss Grace Parkin will sing at a Valentine party for Fitchburg Normal School freshmen this Friday night. Grace Parkin and fellow freshmen Margaret Hearn Hazel Easthope and Mabel Taylor will participate in the reception.
The Weavers union met in Cannon's on Thursday evening and approved a turkey supper for next month. A committee was appointed to arrange the event details.
Arthur Lacroix of Waltham, formerly with George McCormack & Son on Main Street, left last Saturday to join General Electric in Newton. He is succeeded by Herman Burns of Boston and is noted for making many friends during his residence.
Joseph Lisaj, badly wounded in a Jan 28 assault with a cut to the head, was released from Marlboro Hospital Saturday afternoon. He returns home on Railroad Street and remains under a doctor’s care.
B Church at his Main Street pharmacy introduces the Rob Roy cigar as a new addition to the store’s popular selection. The Rob Roy shows promise to become a widely sold brand in the shop.
At a meeting in the Masonic hall the Carpenters Union A418 appointed a committee to arrange a supper at their next meeting scheduled for Friday evening March 3.
Joseph Dahl stayed with friends in Fitchburg during a brief social visit.
At the Loyal Assabet lodge in the Masonic hall a six candidate initiatory degree was exemplified. Mars len Waterhouse assisted by Nathaniel Davis and P J Schwab inducted officers including Lewin Cuttell John Coulter Fred Axford Joseph Boothroyd Ernest Boothroyd Richard Allen William Holt Frey Har ward Jos Marsden Nathaniel Davis Charles Turnbull Frank Sickels Albert Axford. A banquet followed with a menu of clam chowder sandwiches doughnuts cheese coffee and cigars.
Articles call for officers and moderator election. Voters will decide if the town accepts 150 from the executor of Robert Crossley for perpetual care of his Glenwood Cemetery lot. An article seeks the treasurer’s borrowing of current expense funds with selectmen approval.
Forty members of the high school junior class began instruction in a dancing school led by Migs M. Bertha Burke of Marlboro. The program is exclusive to the junior class.
An enjoyable valentine social followed Mizpah Rebekah lodge meeting in Odd Fellows hall Thursday evening with members as hostesses. Guests from Maynard lodge I O O F participated in valentine games. Committee included Mrs Inez Andrews chairman, Robert B E Lester Jr, Edwin R Toop, Mrs Annie Morris, Mabel Bishop and Annie MacDonald.
A resident urges the town to keep the land across from Glenwood cemetery for potential cemetery use as the present graveyard nears capacity. He argues the site could serve future burial needs and requests action be taken accordingly. Mr and Mrs Orrin Bosworth visited relatives in Worcester on Sunday.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has earned a long standing, trusted reputation used in thousands of homes for generations. The article warns that such a reputation invites imitators and urges buyers to insist on the original Foley's for relief from coughs colds croup and whooping cough.
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