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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
2
Local notice lists subscription prices and office staff at 181 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. It notes prices of 1.50 per year in advance and 2.00 otherwise, with single copies at four cents. Names Walter B. Marsh president Walter P. Frye treasurer John H. Lawton manager are shown along with delivery codes and nearby towns Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford.
The article notes Massachusetts ranks first in a national American Medical association rating for public health work led by health officers. New York is second and Pennsylvania third, with Massachusetts praised for TB control, school health, water and sewage management, and food supply inspection.
Snow and cold have distressed wild birds from the west to the northwest with tens of thousands said to die. The Department of Agriculture dispatches officers and rural mail carriers to scatter grain along routes, aided by the Audubon Societies and state groups authorized to provide grain.
In response to Richard Harding Davis claims that U S footwear exported to France and Belgium is partly paper and shoddy, Massachusetts manufacturers deny the charges as false. They insist local firms produce good value and fair prices, awaiting overwhelming proof if the accusations are to be believed.
The annual masquerade at the Alku temperance society in Main Street hall drew a fair crowd. Winners announced at 9 30 included Rosa Haapa for manicure representation winning 3.00, Helmi Taival and Beda Saari for peasants winning 2.00, and Olga Nigela in Finnish costume winning 1.00. The event continued with a dance.
Members of the H G S 8 club from the senior class of the high school were entertained at Miss Elizabeth Sweeney's home Friday afternoon. The gathering featured music, a social hour, and refreshments. Guests included Miriam Kempton, Sadie Mallinson, Mildred Rodway, Grace Wilder, and Ida Hendrickson.
Supt. of Streets John J. Driscoll attended the banquet and annual election of officers of the Massachusetts Highway association at the American House in Boston. He was pleased by John M. Keyes of Concord being elected vice president. A post banquet discussion focused on road construction and maintenance.
Under the direction of St Hilda's Guild an entertainment is planned with supper served in the St George's church parish hall this Wednesday evening. The rector Rev Arthur Bradford Papineau directs the entertainment.
Sylvia Imbimbo charged with assault with a dangerous weapon on Al Smith Friday evening February 4 appeared in district court before Judge Prescott M Keyes. The case was continued indefinitely. Imbimbo was ordered to pay Smith $3 a week until he reimbursed him for time lost and medical bills from being slashed with a razor.
The annual concert and ball of the Charles A. Welch lodge A F A M will be in Naylor hall on Monday evening. The Salem Cadet orchestra plays from o clock to 9 and dancing runs from 9 to 1. It promises a large attendance as a top social event of the season.
William and John Murray were summoned to New York after the death of their aunt Sister M. Eleanor of Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson. She died Wednesday and burial was Friday morning.
Phineas Feather of Boston sues Blanche A. Gleason of Stow and Nathaniel Stevens of Andover in Suffolk Superior Court for $60,000 claiming a commission on Gleason plant output as part of an employment agreement. Feather, longtime superintendent at Gleason mills, says he was discharged after demanding an accounting and notes a prior assault case linked to Alfred B. Gleason, with Feather later pardoned for mental state.
Miss Bana F Locke and Clifford Millar sue Turners Falls Co Turners Falls Power and Electric Co the town of Montague and Holbrook Cabot Rollins Construction Co in Greenfield Superior Court over an automobile accident near Turners Falls last fall that killed Mr and Mrs R Clifford Millar. The petition alleges failure to guard the canal and lack of railing contributed to the crash at night after crossing the suspension bridge.
The high school senior class distributed soap orders this week to raise funds for their Washington trip scheduled for late April.
Miss Persis Aiken of Cambridge was a weekend guest of Miss May Parkin. The ladies enjoyed social calling and spent time at the Parkin residence.
In a Wednesday evening concert at the Congregational church chapel the Ladies Benevolent Society showcased local talent. Helen Reed of West Acton performed as reader with other numbers by Grace Holbrook May Dailey Veronica Burdo Adelaide Well and schoolteachers. The high school orchestra and a tableau by Lillian Townsend Ruth French received praise and a northern southern army illustrated poem impressed the audience.
At the Div 44 meeting A. O. Friday nine candidates were considered. Bernard Garrigan was elected as a delegate to attend a Catholic societies convention in New York City. A committee was appointed to arrange initiation exercises in a Masonic hall on Sunday afternoon February 27 and to plan an entertainment for Friday evening March 17.
Cars on the C M H railway will run half hourly starting February 22 between Concord and Maynard from 4 p m to 11 p m A special electric car will meet the 11 29 train from Boston at Concord for theatre goers.
Fragmented postal ad style text asserts Foley Kidney Pills cure sleeplessness and nocturnal urination. Quote from H Straynge claims after one meal and water, sleep improvement, reduced back pain and fatigue linked to kidney issues. Also includes a veteran customer testifier about years of sleeplessness ending.
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