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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
1
After a summer of search and experimental work a photographer offers portraits ready one week after proof. Finishes include delicate grays or warm browns with prices from $5 and up cash only. New Berlés photographs available from $2.50 per dozen to $5 per cabinet. A deposit is required and a $5 extra for home sittings.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions galvanized hods coal shovels and coal sieves with unclear context. The readable items suggest a hardware market listing but no clear event or source. No dates or organizations are identifiable from the snippet.
A local bakery touts its appetizing pies cakes breads and rolls with confident claims none in town rival the quality. The ad invites customers to sample loaves pies and rolls and make their own decision on the products.
Maynard notes a new ad by H P N Dahl and lists local events including Mrs Elizabeth Lehy ill with pneumonia, the Crottys welcoming a baby boy, and Mrs Wallace Startling visiting from Boston. It reports births to Mead family and others, plus a series of fraternal and club activities and upcoming initiations at Unity, Marlboro, and Magdalene chapters.
John Moynihan 72 longtime North Sudbury resident died Monday night at his daughter Mrs. Margaret Ahern Parker Street home after poor health. Born in Ireland he came to the U S as a youth, lived in Concord briefly, then farmed in North Sudbury. Survived by one brother and seven children. Funeral Thursday at St Bridget Church with interment in St Bridget Cemetery.
Sudbury residents visited friends and relatives including Mr and Mrs Fred Whitehead and Mrs James Sheffield Way while the M B society announced a church social and bean supper. A forest fire near Williamill was quickly controlled. Sudbury high school beat Maynard I H A C 28 to 18. Thomas Amerault moved into the tenement above M M Parmenter store. Dr F Ay Rich opened new offices in Creighton's block Main St Maynard.
South Sudbury reports Lawrence Shaughnessy leaving W. B. Niles. J. P. Allen of Hudson visits for a brief call. Theatregoer Harry C. Carter watches The Roundup at Colonial theatre. George J. Raymond hosts Boston friends at his summer home. A. J. Bacon recovering from the trip-injuries. Mrs. George W. Stowe, thrown from a wagon, sustains head and shoulder injuries but is recovering. Coroner’s jury in Greensburg, Pa. blanks the Darr mine explosion as accidental gas ignition worsened by coal dust. Pennsylvania mine laws followed.
The body of a man living under the name J J Cary at the Kingston hotel Newark was identified as former Justice Thomas W Fitzgerald of the Brooklyn court of special sessions He was 54 and had been disbarred from practicing law Death was due to heart disease
New York January 22 The assault complaint filed by Edmund J Reilly a photographer against Count Szechenyi fiancé of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt was withdrawn before the scheduled police court hearing as Reilly abandoned the action.
Washington January 22 The Democratic party intends to nominate William J Bryan for president at the Denver convention in July Representative Champ Clark of Missouri announced to the house of representatives. The president plans to modify army riding test rules permitting permanent staff officers engaged in civil duties to seek exemption from the test if not likely to serve in field operations.
Concord Junction reports Rev. Fayor preaching at Union churea Sunday night. Mrs. Rebekah Brown and daughter Mary of Boston visited Will liam Jenness. Mrs. B. F. Howe relapse may need hospital. Concord lodge 212 installation of officers set for Thursday Jan 23 with a collation. Capt. Charles Richardson and J Richardson of Freeport visited Mrs. Libby. W W Green opens a dancing school at Association hall. Concord lodge 1 0 takes place Feb 7 with new features. Death of Mrs. Curley’s mother in Wellsboro and funeral Jan 13. Henry Reece sold Central House interest to Mrs. F D McCorrison and left for Portsmouth. Colonial party at Association hall Jan 24 promises unique costumes. Leonard T Sargood died after an appendectomy relapse at Elmwood.
Reports warn of thin ice with five men plunging through on the lake Saturday. Milford leader James E. Macuen mobilizes 50 workers at Louise pond to cut eight inch ice, aiming for rapid harvest. Hyde Park notes a suspicious fire destroys the German Rifle club house amid prior tampering.
Concord reports Miss Helen Loughlin home from Pascoag and Miss Belle McLeod visiting with friends. Andrew Maker confined by illness. J W Millbury recovering from Angier mill accident. A concert at Eaton hall featured by Concord High School and a Lyceum course program with Harvard banjo and mandolin clubs. Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus H Cook cited at Walden armory with Captain Stuart W Wipe. Concord Golf Club elected officers for the coming year. Debating club discussed Japanese immigration policy with mixed student teams.
Catherine Johnson died at her Walden Street home Thursday afternoon after a brief illness. The funeral was held Sunday with Rev. Andrew Hansen of Boston and Rev. H. S. Haver of Concord officiating. Burial followed in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. She is survived by three sons and six daughters.
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