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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
10
Window display features double face bugs at 2.10 and 26x56 four piece library set at 31.75. Mattress priced at 13.87 with cotton construction and multiple sizes. Brass beds advertised as cheapest. Hygene Carpet Sweepers nearing sale end with 98 cents price. Only 50 left and will not be restocked.
Private Burton Emerson Woodworth of the First Company, Fourth Regiment, writes from San Francisco de Macorís R D on January 26 1917 describing marching to the city after Thanksgiving guarding duty and sporadic fighting with locals. He notes meals of hardtack and canned beef, martial law, Marines present, and plans to return by late February. He asks for cake candy gum paper stamps and a box of treats for soldiers mail.
Oscar Magnuson, noted Bible scholar, will address Basle students Friday at 3 and 7 20 p m and worship Sunday at 8 p m. He will speak on the subject Trump of God. No collection.
E meeting notes show eight names added to Precinct 2 board list including Paul Delaney Peter Wery and Harold, expanding the roster for the recent session.
Miss Sadie Burke returns home from Hutland and Miss Annie Hamilton visits here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ellis Wetherpe move to Billerica. Miss Ola Keyes of Hopkinton visits sister Mrs Frank Leighton. Miss Mary McEachern convalesces after surgery at Deaconess hospital. Acton Centre supper and entertainment draws many from town. Concord lodge 212 I C O F works second degree on two Maynard candidates. Miss Ellen Reilly convalesces after appendicitis operation at Deaconess hospital. Fishing party includes Burleigh Pratt A B Messer and Harry Bridges totals three fish weighing 9½ ounces.
A large gathering attended Family Night at the West Concord Woman's Club in I. C. O. F. hall. Miss Wilena Dearborn Carter presented Captain Jinks with a dramatic reading, winning audience charm. Ruth Allen offered piano solos and Herbert Mallinson violin pieces framed the program, making the evening enjoyable for all attendees.
Union Church outlines the first Sunday in Lent events with morning service at 10 45, Sunday school at 12, Junior Endeavor 3 30, Intermediate Endeavor 4 30, Senior Endeavor 5 45, and evening service at 7. Ladies Union meets Friday at 2 00 in the Vestry and a social for the intermediate Endeavor follows at 6 00. Next week midweek meeting at 7 30 discusses The Christian as a Man of Affairs based on Psalm 45 12.
Sudbury reports several local health updates with measles in the Dwyer children and Mrs. Howard Bent improving from muscular rheumatism. Lt. E Hawes' family endures a death of a horse on the way to hospital andWilliam Miles is listed as very critical at Waltham hospital. A Valentine social at the Grange had strong attendance. Go to Church Sunday at 11. Weddings are expected soon with two marriages reported locally. Members attended the Borough Pomona meeting in Stow and Mrs. A J Hall visited old friends. Kathryn plans a vacation with grandparents. New England Milk Producers association met with Dr. Hyde noting higher milk prices to meet costs.
Roy Barnes suffered a deep cut to his right arm when he stepped back and hit a circular saw during work at Warren Hunt premises. He was taken to Concord Deaconess hospital for treatment. doctors Hamblen and Wolcott reported he was progressing as well as could be expected. Herbert Huntley assisted and schoolmates and Epworth League sent flowers and cards.
South Sudbury notes Carl Ramstinn has secured a position with the Sturtevant Aeroplane Co at their factory in Readville. Meanwhile Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Nelson and the Gott family are mentioned with local health and travel updates. The Stork visits Framingham with a boy born to Mr and Mrs David Green.
The pastor Rev. Street preached both morning and evening sermons on The Limitations of Life. Attendance was good. Sunday Rev. Batt will exchange with Street. Midweek service and Thursday Ladies' Benevolent Society meeting planned. Friday features Poverty social with a prize for the most poverty stricken. Music by Saxophille orchestra with Ruth Ames and June L worth, readings by Mrs Van Praag. Freshmeats served and soap bubbles entertained.
Massachusetts probate court cites heirs and all interested parties in Sudbury for William Nolan's estate to show cause why Margaret Ward should receive letters testamentary without bond. Publishes weekly for three weeks in Sudbury Enterprise with mailing notice of the citation. Court date set for March in Cambridge before McIntire.
Mrs. Asa Burnham died Monday at the old Willis place. She had been in ill health for some time and is survived by a son who lived with her.
The DP D Wiley camp south of West Sudbury announces a village town hall dance in Sudbury Centre on Thursday February 22. Music by the Colonial Orchestra of West Acton. Proceeds go toward swelling the relief fund.
In New Hampshire a large wildcat long menaced residents was located dead, wedged in a tree. A Washington House fire in Salem, Massachusetts, rescued a man and woman from the store below. The New Hampshire supreme court limited pension powers to yearly terms for actual service. An iron nut driven into a man’s braid caused Frank Moncuvio’s death in Haverhill. Rev Stephen M Andrews, veteran New England preacher, died in New Bedford at age 97.
Miss Leonora M. won a suit against James L. Knox for breaking a promise to pay 150 monthly until marriage or a total 5400. A jury awarded 5400, with testimony that Knox agreed to the payments after eloping with another woman and later shifting attention to a niece.
A purported inventor claims twenty one remedies combined into the Brown’s Paradise Porous Plaster. He boasts dramatic cures for sore throats deafness and rheumatism, asserts horse healing anecdotes, and announces plans to ship two million plasters to southern states. He warns against letting children ingest the product.
Almanac entry records sunrise at 6 31, sunset at 5 25, moonset at 6 56 p m, high water at 11 30 4 ML. Notes snow expected with rising temperatures across the day.
Standing room only in the Methodist Social hall as the Hudson club presented The Old Oaken Bucket directed by Arthur F. Greenwood. The four act drama featured a strong cast led by Reuben Hardacre and Arthur Greenwood with music from a portion of the high school orchestra and church choir support.
Twenty barrels of sugar were moved to a station weight house amid rumors of price inflation. The afternoon revealed the sugar held pending arrival of the Leavitt truck from Boston. The truck distributed barrels to town stores, with prices ranging from 9 to 11 cents as supplies allow.
Fragmentary military dispatchs note no orders yet received from movilige company M despite reports that panies if th were to desert. Guards remain on duty and vigilant.
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