25 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
1
Bedford notes a town meeting and March elections with town officers chosen, license questions, and a long discussion by Irving C. Waite on finances. Local events include sleigh rides, dances, lectures, and a concert, with civic club activities and theater in Concord.
The Enterprise profiles David C. Cutler the longtime selectman candidate outlining his stance on the license issue and his platform support.
Korea features the plum blossom on its postage stamps celebrating the royal flower of the long vanished dynasty that lasted 590 years before Japanese conquest.
Local society notes show Miss Maud Ptirnoui hosting relatives in Maynard while Miss Scully visits Nashua New Hampshire. Various readers travel to Boston Lowell Lexington and Waltham for work leisure and family gatherings. Nomination papers filed for selectman and a welfare tea hosted by the Woman's club mark political and social activity.
Local notes from Concord report holiday affected sessions for public schools and city government. Women’s groups meet at various homes, discuss nursing, art, music, and study, with postponed missionary meetings due to weather. The Radcliffe night fundraiser and upcoming Monumental theater event support Hindman fund and a planned March 23 dramatic show. Special car service aided school and concert attendance amid storms.
Residents gathered for the marriage of Mien Ida Gerrity daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas F Gerrity to Thomas E Flyan of Dorchester at St Margaret’s church Dorchantor Tuesday afternoon. The bride wore white chiffon with a flower bouquet and her sister Mildred van Dive attended. Best man was James Prynn. A reception followed at Westminster attended by many friends. The couple will travel to Philadelphia Washington and the South before settling on Ashmont Ave. Mrs Flynn known in town for long-time school days.
Miss Mildred Gerrity spent the half day with her uncle John Hughes and Mrs. Fred Tapley of Hartford visited town. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Boyer of Arlington welcomed a daughter last week. At the Caledonian club meeting in Maynard Alexander Bailie was elected chief J C Pringle secretary and J R McKenzie trustee.
A Fort Wayne speaker laments public taste as flawed and notes popular books and speakers do not always reflect quality. The excerpt includes a Bostonian anecdote about a girl Bessie giving a curl to Longfellow, and a reflection from James Hinton on pain and meaning in life.
A cheerful note proclaims staying out all night as a sign of liberty. The brief lines express carefree independence and casual enjoyment of late hours.
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