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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
4
Marlboro Mass newspaper The Enterprise lists its publisher The Enterprise Company HM Wilder as manager and notes weekly publication. Subscription is 1 year 1 and single copies 3 cents with advance payment required. Office at 161 Main Street Marlboro and advertising rates shown for local notices and display ads.
Miss Emma Lee spent Christmas with her mother and Miss Hisie Luick visits in town. Miss Fannie Magaley of Newton visited Mrs. Keefe, Agnes and May Redding and Mr. and Mrs. Keefe hosted Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hood of Malden visited Mrs. Hood's mother Mrs. Tyrell. Wm. Q. Tolman improves after illness. Miss Genevieve O Connell of Boston visits Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sylvester. Sick list includes Geo. W. Ball J. Frank Fuller John V. Chapman Alonzo Joy George F. Knowles. James Dunlop resigns from the local reformatory post. "Down at Brooks Farm" draws audience despite storm. Oberon Male Quartet with Elvie Burnett Willard to perform January 14.
Josiah H. Chase died at his Main Street home after about four weeks illness. Born July 2, 1838 in Carratunk Maine he lived in Concord Junction over forty years and served as a reformatory officer for twenty. He leaves a wife and three children and was active in Masonic and Odd Fellows organizations. Funeral was held Sunday with Masonic rites and interment in Sleepy Hollow.
The marriage of Miss May Collins and Francis Kellie occurred at 3 PM Monday with Rev M Loomey officiating in a large gathering. Bridesmaid Hellie and bestman John Colling attended. A reception followed at the bride's mother's home and the couple departed on the 6 PM train for New York. They will live with the bride's mother on Main Street after returning.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy, kind acts, and flowers during our bereavement. Thanks also to the reformatory officers and instructors and to the various orders. Mrs. Anne F. Chase and Family.
Local notice lists a six room house to let at ten dollars per month with application at the Harness Co office in Concord Junction Massachusetts. Also offered a new Superb Spon Head Sewing Machine with all improvements by Mrs L Franks at 162 Commonwealth Ave Concord Junction.
A Michigan grange advocate argues that the Order of Patrons of Husbandry should act as a policing body to enforce laws protecting farmers. Examples include stopping unjust royalties on slide gates and wells, addressing misused state funds, and pushing for action against rail fare discrepancies between Ohio and Michigan.
Harold Tompkins of Lowell road is seriously ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Charles H Towle and daughter Helena visited relatives in Bellingham on Sunday. Charles Nevins, an instructor in Lewisburg Pennsylvania, spent several days with relatives in town this week.
London Graphic explains how factories age oak by drying boards and exposing them to liquid ammonia in a sealed room for weeks. The process creates furniture that appears centuries old, though genuine old oak from medieval forests would be impossible to supply.
The famed dandy Evander Berry Wall, once king of the dudes, tries to revive shoe buckles but is mocked by Al Claggett and warned they don’t suit long stockings, knee pants, or modern low-quartered shoes. Wall quits the sartorial bid after the public rebuke.
Concord high school alumni held a memorial meeting in Eaton hall for late principal William L. Eaton who served 31 years. The gathering drew about 159 graduates and featured speakers, a letter from Mrs. Eaton, and new officers elected including George L. Prescott as president.
The Peoples National Bank in Marlibo rough massachusetts invites customers to apply and receive valuable key ring tags as a promotional giveaway.
Senator elect Vahey of Watertown will introduce in the Massachusetts senate a bill to cancel the Boston and Albany lease to the New York Central. A petition accompanies the bill claiming New York Central control harms Massachusetts interests and arguing state stock purchase of Albany follows. Providence reports the Gregory mills at Wickford Rhode Island transfer from Albert Gregory to local mill men for worsted yarn production with plant changes and spring resumption planned.
The article advises that wearing glasses need not be permanent and suggests early consultation with an oculist. It recommends frequent closed-eye rests to relieve eye strain, especially on trains and streetcars, and limiting gaze to the car interior to avoid harsh optical stress from changing scenery.
Boston authorities seek the unidentified fugitive EB C Smith who escaped from Bennington Vermont yesterday using false keys. He reportedly deserted his wife in custody and may be heading toward Boston where officials believe he has strong local ties.
The article notes Himalayan ranges cut by ridges as rivers predate mountains. Nanga Parbat rises to 26,630 feet, while the Indus runs through a nearby desert gorge at about 3,000 feet. A perilous path along the gorge shows cliffs where a fall would be fatal.
In Greenwich Connecticut on January 2 Mrs. Catherine Neil was held without bail for the next term of the superior court after a local court hearing. She is charged with murdering her husband Joseph Neil a Blacksmith with a nail file in his shop.
Bridgeport reports that Winchester Repeating Arms of New Haven will soon acquire Union Metallic Cartridge of Bridgeport, creating a single large corporation. The story cites information from St. Louis and was published by the Bridgeport Telegram.
In Teheran on February 2 negotiations to promote a national bank have failed so far. Big bankers and merchants are without funds as credit is halted by two European banks, worsening the financial strain.
A steam pipe burst at the Pressed Reed Car company plant in Schen Ville fatally injuring two men and fatally injuring two others who were repairing a 2 inch line under 140 pounds pressure. William Foulds and Peter Nist among the dead. Other workers injured as the pipe failed.
Havana January 2. General Bell hands over command of American forces in Cuba to Brigadier General Wint. Bell departed on the Olivette for Tampa. With Rodriguez absent, rural guard duties fall to Colonel Avales.
The Rome newspaper Dan warns of telegraph congestion due to the pope's enormous telerams. It claims the Vatican sends greetings using the wires at no charge, with the burden on the government.
Caracas reports that President Castro's condition is very serious and a revolutionary outbreak is feared after his death. The public mood remains quiet as rumors and misreadings about his health circulate amid the tense situation.
The fish and game commission order bans shellfish digging across most of Boston harbor starting yesterday. Lobsters are exempt. The state board of health cites bacteria risks in clams from certain zones. Digging has historical roots with Indigenous peoples.
Police identify Frank Gallo a 19 year old suspect in a series of hair slashing attacks after three girls, including Margaret Quinlin 15, named him as the culprit. Gallo was arrested following a near lynching in Realing Square and a struggle near the Theatre Gomique. Six braids of hair found on him.
A retired sailor tries land work with a farmer and botches a plowing run causing a wreck with oxen and a steer. The tale shifts to an Arabian legend where Satan rides the camel of a serpent but is punished by angels for bringing the devil to the Garden of Eden.
Miss Harriet Stow longtime Concord resident dies at 85 at Walden Street funeral held from her home. Gerrit Forbes dies of pneumonia age 2, youngest daughter of Edward W Emerson and granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Paul Sheldon, Montreal resident and Fairbanks Scale Co. representative, buried at Sleepy Hollow after death in Montreal.
The Trinity Church prepares for communion and welcomes members Rec Day on Sunday with a general service led by the pastor Friday. A New Year praise service follows next Sunday evening with music from the organ and Young Peoples choir. Week of Prayer begins January 1 with daily meetings announced next Sabbath.
Concord beat Maynard at Monument alleys in a trolley league encounter. Concord won two of three games and set four league records including a 120 string and 313 three-string total by Disk of Concord. Maynard posted a 473 second string and Concord a 339 team total, both records.
The Concord post office will start free delivery on February 1. Top exam passers William H. Dee and Henry O. M. Helsher become regular carriers and George A. Shepard of Lincoln is named as substitute. Fifteen to seventeen mail boxes will serve the town with four daily center deliveries.
A list of advertised letters shows residents and branches in Winfield. Names include Joe Brown Geo Bell Helen Drake Dorothy Gardner Mavis Hunt Phogbie Jenks Viola Johnson Bertha Kelley Nelson Otis DeRay Samuel Richardson Minnie Whitney Howard Wood Jeannette Bancroft and others with box numbers and delivery notes.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Concord National Bank of Concord will be held at their banking house on Tuesday January 8 1907 at 345 oclock p m for the choice of directors and the transaction of any other business that may legally come before said meeting C F Heywood cashier Concord Mass December 5 1906
Concord notices list for sale offered wag on and picture framing three items with prices and contacts. Lost gold lockets and chain reported between Concord and North Acton with return request to Mrs J W Raymond. Found money in Concord December 12 1906 available by proving property and paying charges per Frank Wheeler contact.
Revenue note urges investing part of capital and profits into advertising. The message promotes more advertising as a path to extra profit attributed to Nath C Fowler Jr of Boston.
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