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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1905
Page
4
The page shows a 19th or early 20th century masthead for The Enterprise with publication details, manager Wilder, and post office marking. It lists subscription price of 91 per year in advance and advertising rates, including 16 cents per line for business notices. The date line reads February 15 with a misspelled month and odd typography.
West End team postpones first match to next Monday due to absent players. A club match saw B J Coughlin and A A Hilferty's sides compete, with B J Coughlin's team prevailing thanks to A C Loewe's standout play. H P N Dahl plans a Main street store clearance sale for substantial renovations. Mrs. Walter Taylor visited Milford friends during the week.
The article notes no Republican candidate yet and reports the town committee is organizing. Franks Harriman reportedly will not run, James R Bent is being mentioned, and John Macpherson’s friends discuss him for the nomination as the contest against A. J. unfolds.
Music by Harry E Brighams Orchestra 10 pieces featuring Le March The New Colonial Hall Overture Le Macon Auber Cornet solo Flicktonian Carey B Turner Negro Oddity African Dreamland Amuater Intermezzo The Troubadors Powell Xylophone solo The Fraternity Belle Lawrence Stone Cummins Finale Selections from Woodland Barton P Bachelder Luders
The American Woolen Co plans to install water meters to charge tenants for excess use. Tenements will be metered separately and monthly readings will determine charges, aiming to reduce waste and collect payment for excess water.
Jesse Blanchard, set to start as athletic instructor at Mary and Williams college in Virginia, receives word of the severest cold in years delaying the outdoor season. Wilder X. McCurda and S. Raymond Kitchin attended the Middlesex Republican club Lincoln Day dinner in Boston Monday night.
Illness strikes Daniel F. Potter while Dr. Jackson visits Long Island relatives. An ice storm disrupts local electric lines as communities recover. Events include teas at Mrs. Stedman Buttrick’s on Saturdays, sleigh rides, cattle owners’ meeting in Concord, new stage scenery, and a first anniversary sale at Boston Specialty store. Indoor meet prep, cooking lessons, and missionary society gatherings ensue. A trophy stein from the recent BA A meet highlights Walter Hubbard’s Amherst win over Cornell.
An advertisement for Mi o Na by H. B. Richardson urges winter dietary changes to protect digestion. It touts the remedy as strengthening the stomach and digestive organs, preventing irritation and conges tion, and claims it can restore vigor and health or money back. The tablet costs 50 cents.
The Concord Dramatic Club concluded its fifth and most successful season with the final Thursday performance of the three act comedy Saffron Trunk. The stage committee earned praise for fitting scenes while the cast led by Miss Ellen King and George Hopkins delivered excellent, vigorous performances. George F. Root as Count Raoul Vionsky drew special mention for his rare amateur stage skill.
Maynard hopes to test its bowlers against Concord after periods of luck, noting Monument alleys boast bottle pin experts while candles show Maynard first class talent. Concord invites time and place for a meet, but Maynard may decline to avoid a heavy defeat tied to Thanksgiving events.
At the Trinitarian Congregational church last Sunday evening the 24th anniversary of the Christian Endeavor movement was observed by the local society. Miss Edna Calef, president, chaired the meeting. George E. B. Copeland of Worcester, president of the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor union, was detained by illness. Mr Logey of Somerville delivered the principal address as treasurer of the union society.
The Middlesex county Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a midwinter convention at the Trinitarian Congregational church with morning and afternoon sessions. Attendance was down due to travel, but reports praised progress and a successful year. Rev. George A. Tewksbury gave the welcome, with responses, departmental reports, talks by Miss Punhills of India, a luncheon by the Christian Endeavor society, and talks on Scientific Temperance Instruction.
Albert W. Lee superintendent of the electric light plant received a surprise Saturday evening for his birthday. He was lured from the bowling alley to return home where a large gathering of friends awaited. A handsome bookcase was given as a memento of the celebration.
Mrs Mary Dowd longtime Medford resident dies at 50 after a severe illness. She is survived by a son a daughter and a brother Officer Lyons of Concord Junction. Funeral services were held at St Joseph's Church Medford and burial followed in St Bernard's Cemetery Concord.
H L Whitcomb offers 1000 pieces of McKinley Co sheet music for 10 cents each printed on good paper. Mrs S Lee and Miss Martha Barrett repair garments at Hub bard Street. Ribbons and black hose in Concord. General fancy goods at Miss Buck's Friends Block Concord Mass.
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