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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1907
Page
4
Rates for display and local notices in The Marlboro Enterprise. One inch ads weekly 75 cents, each additional inch 26 cents. Yearly advertisers receive special rates. Office address 161 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. Subscriptions and payment terms listed.
A Jersey island custom inscribes porch stones with the bride and groom initials and the wedding date to certify marriage. If a spouse dies, couples may erase or add initials for subsequent ceremonies, creating layered hearts as public records of unions. The text also notes Hawthorne chapter officers installation and a social gathering with invitations and a banquet.
Concord Junction Mrs. William Jenness received word Friday night of the death of her cousin Warren Wiggin of Boston.
A man reports seeking a trusted physician who promised two months of recovery. He claims the doctor fulfilled the promise and charged him, even selling his car to pay the bill. The scene references a corrected teacher and a quip about parallel lines.
Douglas Blackburn argues in the London Review that no betting system can beat odds long term and cites experiments where people profit briefly before losses erase capital. He notes that belief in systems persists despite mathematical refutation and recounts testing odds against consecutive coin tosses.
London News recalls a 1884 scene where Earl Granville and Lord Cairns rose together to speak. The chancellor could not choose, Beauchamp and Cork shifted to determine who would be heard, Granville winning by one vote in a 53-member house.
The article argues against the word denaturized noting no such term in standard dictionaries. It recommends using denatured alcohol and denatured to describe the process of depriving alcohol of natural qualities, while noting denaturalized also exists in a different sense.
Concord W C T U plans a February 27 food sale at Waldenst to raise funds for the Frances E Willard Settlement in Boston. They announce a $50 gift to support the settlement and hope for strong patronage and generous donations.
Between 7 and 8 Sunday evening burglars forced a front window with a jimmy at the Appleby residence and robbed jewelry while the couple was out. The dining room shows no sign of entry, but the rest of the house was in disorder with drawers emptied and a hall stand damaged. The crime remains unsolved. Bible notes announce the series continues weekly with a Sunday sermon on Whose Children Are We.
The Trinitarian church begins a Lenten sermon series on The Parable of the Prodigal Son with On Trial the First Probation as the opening topic. Next Sunday morning the sermon will address The Trial a Failure the Prodigal.
A correspondent pens a humorous letter to Anson Wheeler recalling two scams. One man fed hens half meal and half sawdust, eggs hatched woodpeckers, implying deception. Another man bought diluted paint, paying for double quantity and wages, ending with a poor result. The note signs F W Devoe & Co with P S Towle & Kent selling the paint.
Senator Smoot spoke in the senate defending his position as senator. He was backed by Senator Dillingham of Vermont in an analytical speech on the evidence submitted in the case.
Atlanta February 20 C N Anderson found guilty on two counts of violating the Boykin anti bucket shop law A fine of 1000 dollars was imposed
Funeral held February 12 at his late home on Ell Road Concord with Rev Billington of Carlisle and Isaac Davis Post 188 G A R aiding. Wheeler born December 4 1839 served in Go E 26th Mass four years and 13 days. Card of Thanks from Mrs Mason Wheeler and family. Middlesex Institution for Savings announces a by law change meeting February 15 1907 at 3 45 p m.
Local notices advertise two tenements for rent near the Fitchburg railroad station, contact J. J. Byron at Hubbard Street. Also offered is a seven room Monument Street cottage with furnace and outbuildings for sale via E. Garfield Jr. at Hubbard Street.
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