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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1907
Page
8
An article summarizes H E Cook’s ventilation system for grange halls. It uses high mounted upper sash windows, 18 inch flues, and central lamps with balance weights to draw air upward and outward. A 300 person trial proved the hall stayed cool inside despite heat.
Pomona grange in Massachusetts Springfield has organized a debating club and offers a trophy to the best debater. Local granges form three member teams, with winners paired off until two undefeated teams debate for honors. Interest is strong and plans to expand next year.
Michigan state secretary reports 769 subordinate granges across 69 counties with 46 583 paid members and 57 Pomona or county granges at 4 820 members. 28 subordinate groups organized and 5 reorganized amid total year receipts 44 disbursements 10 7 thousand. Finance committee notes cooperative contracts yielding over 8 000 to treasury as of 1906.
The Walcott New York grange with 800 plus members resists paying full annual dues of 1.20 dollars, seeking 50 percent instead. The state master orders compliance with the grange constitution or charter surrender, expect amicable adjustment. An Oregon grange contains an American in its ranks while its members seek formal recognition of local institutions.
South Acton updates include W. J. Webster’s Laconia trip, Tuttle selling his team to Chester Robbins, and John Beach leaving Acton Woolen Co. The Y P S C B convention meets in Concord Feb 22, and James Bryan leaves the ferrule shop for outside work. A new baby girl arrived at the Davis home on River St. The King’s Daughters plan meetings and suppers with a farce to follow, and Della Dearborn visits from Waltham.
At the February meeting the Improvement Association voted that the ladies of the town be admitted to membership with the same fees as men. The group plans a social evening and formed a committee to organize it. The village gains more festivity as dramatic presentations suppers socials and dancing enliven meetings and boost member enthusiasm and community comfort.
Local shop South Acton notices only a few pairs remain of 60c leather mittens priced at 25c. Christie's advertises remaining stock in a brief sale.
Local notices report Mrs. Florence Gray relocating to Maynard to care for Mrs. Faxon’s estate. Several women attended the Concord district Primary union in Maynard and a W R C convention in Boston. Mrs. Augusta Whitcomb dies. funeral held at Universalist church with Winona Rebekah lodge in attendance. Her son Frank Whitcomb of South Bend, Ind., arrives after her death. Deer sighting near J Devane’s paint shop and in Fred Greene’s orchard is noted. Mr. and Mrs. George Reed, formerly of Lawrence, recover from illness after caring for Augusta Whitcomb.
Local ad notes Christie’s offers a 15 cent linen collar at 10 cents with all new styles available. The item is presented as a bargain in the West Acton area.
The agricultural department in Washington receives more applications to erect distilleries for free alcohol. Supporters reject claims of being misled, noting the law is sound and will mature with time. Proposals to amend regulations and expand farm distilleries are advancing, with Senator Hansbrough backing changes.
At the New Jersey state Grange annual meeting the resolution was unanimously adopted. It affirms the Grange as faithful to free institutions and the flag and instructs the executive committee to buy an American flag at least ten feet long to be displayed at all meetings and kept with other Grange paraphernalia.
In Atkinson New Hampshire three in eight residents over fourteen belong to the grange. When asked why they do not win over the remaining five to make it all unanimous Secretary Drake quips that they would not have them if they could.
Coroner hearings reveal a sprung rail end and damaged spike on the curve of the White Plains electric express. Officials say the accident stemmed from excessive weight and speed, with train four to five minutes late and at 45 to 50 mph as wheels jumped the track.
The Boston Post reports a large fraud scheme importing English girls from Lancashire Manchester Bolton and Stockport aged 14 to 30 under contracts promising high wages and good conditions. Authorities in Washington with Scotland Yard uncover the operation. Over 500 young women have already arrived and more are said to be on the way.
Louis F. Buff appeared in the supreme court where Judge Rugg fined him $1000 for contempt for not obeying a restraining order. He refused to stop advertising surveying instruments patented by G. L. Berger. This marks the third time Buff has faced fines for disobeying court orders.
In Boston on February 20 C H Bickford faced the lower court on a charge of man slaughter after a brief hearing. He was held in 10000 for the grand jury over an incident at his home in which Annie Smith, an elderly woman, was pushed down stairs and died. Bickford admitted turning Smith from the house but denies throwing her downstairs.
In Lynn Massachusetts on February 20 police hauled up the body of David Christie a 50 year old master mariner from the harbor bottom with grappling irons. He had been assigned to command a coal barge for a voyage to Philadelphia after shipping from a Boston office on Monday. The cause of death remains undetermined whether accidental self inflicted or foul play.
About 40 trustees of the Connecticut Baptist convention met in Hartford in a special session to examine the alleged theft by W. F. Walker, treasurer of the convention and Savings Bank of New Britain. A public statement put the convention's gross loss at about $55,000.
In Waltham Massachusetts last night a west bound train entered the station without warning trapping passengers between two trains. Scores escaped death by quick thinking and calm actions of bystanders. The story shifts to Fort Scott where a first sawmill owner mocks with drunken humor about lumber measurement after a day of celebrating the mill opening.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a woman, posing as the Smith family’s contentious janitress, says she overheard the husband’s remark about their basement quarrel and demands identification before cashing a check at an upper Broadway bank. The teller grants the withdrawal after recognition.
Carl Pickens visited town last week while Mrs J C Monroe plans a several week abroad trip. Miss L Kate Hawes, famed for her philanthropy, died in Cambridge last Friday after a short illness. Local residents update on illness community events and social gatherings across Acton Centre.
Town announces deadline for residents to report neglected browntail moth nests in their trees under the selectmen’s order dated October 1 1906. Notify CHAS J WILLIAMS Tree Warden and Local Superintendent East Acton Mass of failures to comply.
Discussion notes how the number seven recurs in biblical events and symbols. From creation to rest on the seventh day and foreshadowed prophecies, seven appears in feasts, warnings, and dreams. The piece links seven to wisdom and widespread superstition arising from its frequent biblical usage.
A Philadelphia Ledger joke recounts a meeting where a southern man asks a Black man how he is faring. The man replies he is physically fine but troubled with his wife who nags for money. He explains she wants small change but he has not given her any.
A Bombay correspondent details Parsees rites at death with the priest reciting Zend-Avesta verses while the dog enters the room to confront the dying person. The dog, believed to terrify evil spirits, is the last sight the departed sees, ensuring the guardian virtue of its gaze remains intact.
Dr. Ralph Kendrick Smith of the Boston Osteopathic Society spoke to Union Club members on What is Osteopathy. He argued osteopathy offers a complete system of therapy based on mechanical adjustment and diagnosis, noting legislative recognition and cross‑practice with medical doctors.
Friends held a social at Miss Annie White’s Chestnut Street home where she received a gold ring from Fred Wilbur who gave the presentation speech. The evening featured games and amusements with attendees including Kiva Morin Minnie Richard Margaret Carey Maud Huntington Ora Georgine Anna Maine James Barry Walter Carey John Carey Leon Mace and Walter Kelley.
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