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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
4
The Enterprise Company issues notices with editor M F Wilger listing subscription rates and office address at 451 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. It notes second class matter status and post office details from 1903.
Rates shown for one issue and weekly inserts with two cent increments. Special rates offered to long term advertisers for business notices in local columns.
On Wednesday February 19 1908 Rev W J Batt officiated at a service in Concord Junction with interest noted in Sleepy Hollow. Mrs Charles Ruswell returned from Carney hospital much improved. George Lawrey promoted an advertisement.
William A. McKinney an instructor in bricklaying and masonry at the reformatory died Monday morning of cirrhosis of the liver at age 57. The funeral is set for Thursday at 3 p.m. at his residence.
The Massachusetts Christian Endeavor union picks April 20 as Massachusetts day to be marked by county conventions. Major events include Latimer in critical condition after peritonitis and a widespread mirage over Boston harbor drawing crowds along the waterfront.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce memorial to President Roosevelt and Secretary Poot argues against selective immigration treatment for Japan and condemns gambling as socially harmful. It frames morality as rising from social welfare and cites gambling’s harm to women, children, and society, likening it to demeaning entertainments.
A column traces the waltz from Provence to Henry II at Fontainebleau, notes Mary Queen of Scots importing it to Scotland, and covers its spread to southern Germany and Austria before its 19th century English and American rise. It also recounts a Columbus quail hunting tale of a dog that quits after poor shooting.
Mr and Mrs James Kenna of Sudbury renewed their fifty year marriage at St Bernard s Church. A high mass was celebrated by Rev M E Twoomey followed by breakfast and a day of varied pleasures. The couple and family were joined by visitors from Maynard Waltham Newton and Boston. Gifts from friends and relatives marked the occasion.
Concord basketball game against Allen of Watertown played Tuesday. Musical club hosted at Miss Gertrude Todd’s Main Street home Tuesday afternoon. Charles Edgarton on two week vacation due to measles at his school. Large tract on Sudbury road to host a new mansion. work to start immediately. Trinitarian church pastor to preach absent treatment sermon Sunday morning. Lillian Binker missionary from Nebraska to speak at Sunday evening meeting about ranchers. Debating club held mock trial Tuesday with Walter A. Carr as judge. suit filed between members over dressmaking. Charles Towle led plaintiff counsel. R. D. Willard defended.
Concord council and K of C clashed with A O H in a triangle series Thursday. A O H won by 109 pints. Finigan led with 134 on a single string and 210 in three strings. Also, The Wonder-Wonder Man musical at Tremont Theatre features Eugene Field poems with Endicott in the title role and Miss Lina Ormond as Odette.
Seventeenth century Puritan preachers spoke long, sometimes over two hours, measured by hour glass verses. One sermon on drunkenness turned the glass to humor, while a parish clerk prepared to lock up as most hearers left, asking the minister to close the door and push the key under it.
The text touts reliable plumbing on Washington's birthday, pledging thorough, above board work. It emphasizes completing every task properly or not at all to earn customers and good referrals.
Notices invite piano tuning orders to Mrs. W. S. Leland studio in Concord Massachusetts and list advertisement mail for dreamers club Roll Hobbs Therese Scanlon and others. A rental advertisement seeks steam heated furnished rooms in Concord Box 604. Includes a short memoir excerpt on English society and waltzing in 1816 with Duke of Devonshire and Duchess of Richmond.
Concord union ladies held an extra meeting at Mrs. H. C. Rolfe's home to honor Frances E. Willard on the 10th anniversary of her death. prayers and hymns preceded readings of the 10th Psalm and recollections of Willard's speeches in Jefferson City Tremont Temple and Boston. A portrait draped with green vine symbolized the memorial impact.
The third annual dance of Division 56 in Rees will be held Wednesday evening at Monument hall. The Tadies auxiliary from Waltham will present an exhibition arm. Late cats for Hudson and Waltham have been provided.
The State Federation report details the Worcester Wintersconvention with 500 served in the Baptist vestry and music. It lists bills before hearings on pensions for teachers, billboard taxation, child labor limits, exams for employment, and a permanent industrial commission. Notable speeches include Miss Georgia Bacon urging census merit, and Prof Zueblin on Arts and Crafts. Mrs Dora Farrar ill at Thoreau Street.
The Concord Dramatic club presents an original three act comedy The Will and the Way by Henry D Coolidge and Allen French next Thursday at the town hall. Cast includes Mrs James C Howard W Harold Taylor John G Watson Miss Olive Gage William H Garland Walter N How Charles F Young Mrs Walter S Wood Mrs M Irving Motte A Edward Wills Samuel H Tuttle and Miss Mary D Brooks.
Monday evening the K of C defeated AOH by 190 pins as AOH leads the series. Next matches set for Thursday AOH versus Holy Name and Saturday K of C against Holy Name. Rev Charles L Hutchins asks Middlesex County to act on an old Punkitassett hill road not recognized by the town. Commissioners will view the premises February 24 and hold a hearing at Hutchins home.
A letter to George Arnold accuses cheap fillers like whiten and barytes of being used to pad paint. It argues true paint costs and brushes differ, warns buyers about knave and fool paints, and endorses Devoe as the standard brand from Towle & Kent.
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