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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
8
The Enterprise advertises business notices in local columns at ten lines per inch and seven and a half cent per line with special yearly rates. Includes mentions of close matter and the act of March 3 1879.
Local chatter reports Mrs. W G Warren passing in Worcester and several visits among residents from Cambridge Concord Lancaster and Somerville. The King’s Daughters meet at Mrs George Worster’s home. Malden action by Universalist group plus a Maynard South Acton club fusion event. Mary Jackson Auburndale improving. concert set for Feb 28 with Miss Blanche Noyes in Northfield plans.
Mise Mabel Ricete at Fortress Manres Virginia all Ww improving. Winows Rebekah lodge plans Cox social at next meeting. R Burroughs has tele phone installed at his residence. B L Hayward starts real estate business in the area. Mrs R G Reed and daughter visited South Boston on Sunday. Forty seven fares were pulled on the 10 o'clock electric car from South Acton last Thursday evening. Mrs George H Reed confined to house after ice slip injury. Over sixty people attended the concert at South Acton Thursday night. Acton Choral Union to present The Rose Maiden cantata in Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday evening March 2. Jovian Withington, formerly of this place, had a minor shock at his daughter's home in Worcester. Rev A L Smell of Fitchburg to meet men of the Baptist church to form a Men’s league Thursday evening. Electric light system in the village failed Wednesday. power restored Thursday forenoon after a broken wire between here and south village. Joseph Schnab, freight brakeman on the night local from Fitchburg, injured by an elf at Thatcher Ireland storehouse. Dr Godfrey of Littlet on treated him. he is at home and to return to work soon.
Thursday afternoon crowds watched Geo Yapp of Littleton ride a fine grey horse with a strong lead. Fred Bailey and Waldo Littlefield paced the field while James Coughlin of Maynard with Stella C. showed speed. Charlie Yapp of Littletown also stepped well as the track, scraped the night before, remained frozen and smooth.
R C Weeks died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after an accident while delivering milk for the lumber yard. His death deeply affected the village, where his family had lived since last fall and were held in high esteem. Weeks, a Northfield Seminary graduate, had friends and neighbors offering sympathy. The body was taken to Northfield for funeral services and burial.
Saturday afternoon and evening a social gathering was held at Mrs. C. E. B. Prestons home for the birthday of her sister Mrs. F. L. Ce. Childhood scenes from the old homestead were recalled. Supper and flowers adorned the event with music and song to entertain guests.
The West Acton Woman's Club held a Gentlemen's Night in the Baptist church vestry on Monday with good attendance. Mrs. H. Jose presented a story titled Cuba and Her People as the main entertainment.
Guests received programs on 9 St Valentine cards served by young ladies and gentlemen. FOR SALE One horse traverse runner with sideboards seat chilled shoes and bent shafts by Frank Priest West Acton Mass.
The town reports ongoing health concerns as scarlet fever prompts school closure and two children of Fred Styles fall ill. The W. G. T. A. met at Mrs. Farrar’s home. Mr. Parlin suffers la grippe while Mr. Wilson covers as school janitor. Edward Barnes will give a town hall recital and Rev. Noyes speaks at the Cong church. Mrs. Smith leads the evening C. B. service on Intemperance. Alfred Harris and family relocate to the village from North Acton, with Harris retaining quarry work.
At the Grange meeting on Tuesday evening a Lincoln rush was observed. An orchestra gave a creditable performance providing music for dancing enjoyed well into the night.
Scarlet fever appears in North Acton with two of Fred Stiles' children sick and a quarantine placed on the house. The town records the school closed for a week and residents report cases while a local oats theft involving a man named Horne is investigated. Robert C Maines visited relatives. Alfred Harris remains employed as an engineer at the sheds.
Navy yard officials said the tug Nina is believed to be safe and under way toward Boston. A prolonged coast guard search from Norfolk to Hog Island followed a northeast gale that halted its timely arrival.
Plymouth Massachusetts February 16 The Smalley will shocks by showing real estate valued at six hundred thousand dollars and twenty five thousand dollars in personal property. Despite a quiet life the testator left three hundred thousand dollars to heirs a two thousand five hundred dollar bequest to Tuskegee Institute and twenty thousand dollars for a Westboro library.
In Springfield Massachusetts on February 16, claimants from varied regions sought a share of the $500000 estate of financier George Nelson. The will allocates portions to several individuals as the fight over inheritance unfolds amid legal action.
Washington reports General Leonard Wood in the department of the east may never be fit for active service due to paralysis. Doctors in Baltimore have operated on his head with limited success, and officials fear the long term illness may end his prospects of becoming chief of staff. The condition is linked to a blow he suffered in Cuba when he struck his head on a chandelier.
Boston February 16 The Post reports ex Mayor Hibbard was offered a $10 000 a year four year job to quit the mayoralty fight The offer came from a prominent attorney at Hibbards home during his mayoral candidacy Hibbard confirmed the claim but would not reveal the attorney or the suggested position.
In an unofficial Brockton caucus William R. Buchanan won with 980 votes, over William H. Garfield 566 and Edward H. Keith 221. His name will go to the March 5 convention if the official caucus concurs. The meeting is noted as unique in Massachusetts political history.
In Wagoner district court Judge Pitchford dismissed a Wagoner County jury after four members were Negroes. The judge noted that in the past Negroes had sat on juries with other men, but ruled this panel invalid due to race.
Nantucket voters end a year of drought by approving licenses to sell intoxicants for beverage purposes at the annual town meeting. The decision marks a return of alcohol sales in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The Kaiser plans to sell the Achilleian palace at Corfu because it is too small for long stays and costly to maintain for brief visits.
Marlboro driver Thomas Doyle of Hose 2 resumes duty following a two week absence due to illness. The town also notes banquets, committees, travel to Cincinnati, nurse assistants, and local family illnesses including scarlet fever and measles affecting two children.
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