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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
2
Church notes list weekly services and meetings across several congregations. Includes Communist era details like communion on first Sundays, Friday prayer meetings, and monthly testimonies. Also notes Christian Science service and Sunday school under Rev Sidney J, with details on times and leaders.
Sunday services listed for Hunt Memorial and other churches with Sunday school times and midweek prayer meetings. Details include pastors Rev. R. Be Bisbee Rev. F F Killilea Rev Arthur Bradford and others, with choir directions, organists, and Epworth League timings.
Foresters hold meetings on the first and third Mondays, Companions' of Forest on the second and fourth Mondays. A O U W meets second and fourth Tuesdays. Aynard Lodge No. 181, I O O F, meets every Wednesday. Mizpah Lodge No. 54, D of R, meets first and told Thursdays. Star Temple, first and third Tuesdays. Knights of Pythias meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday. Tola Lodge I O G T meets 1st and 4th Tuesday night. St Bridget's C T S meets every Sunday. Hibernians meet second Thursdays. Royal Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Mon. Bovo F N U meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Citations issued for the probate of Angelina Ball late of Concord Middlesex County. William H Brown petitions to admit will and appoint executors with surety. Hearing set February 3 1908 at nine in the forenoon at Cambridge Probate Court. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in Concord Enterprise.
A Concord citizen asks Middlesex County Commissioners to view an old farm road on Pankatasset Hill and decide if it is a public road. The notice outlines procedure for viewing, hearing, and potential discontinuance, with sheriff and local officials involved. The item includes notices about a rheumatism remedy advertisement and an administratrix appointment for Mary M. Groth estate in Concord.
Arthur Dragon sold the Monument restaurant to Joseph Dumette. Thomas Loftus is home from Fair Haven where he worked in a shoe factory. Michael Hannon went to Central Falls to work in an electric factory. John A. Wheeler of Worcester visited the city Sunday. Charles Stone works for A. G Lamson. Dr C A Hgan district deputy installed Valencia council K of C Milford officers Sunday. Timothy Horan of Worcester, noted for a high class basket skill, was a guest of Christopher Hiloni Saturday. Mr and Mrs Fred Stockwell of Worcester and Judson H Adams of Boston were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs C L Adams Howland street. Mrs Eugene Flemming of Mechanic street, hospitalized last week with peritonitis, spent a comfortable night and is doing nicely this Monday morning.
An undefined German article reviews caricatures in comics and cartoons. It discusses figures like Teteng, Hien Abdie, the lieutenant, the old maid and Mr Newiyrich, labeling them as wide awake and fearful, highlighting their exaggerated traits to provoke laughter.
A boy in a factory room top floor plays with a long brush as a rifle. His boss strikes him, knocking him toward a hoist shaft. The boy saves himself by gripping the chain and landing safely. The boss, terrified, jokes that the boy is too slow to be a soldier.
Reports describe polar travel hardships with ice thick seas and constant snow even in summer. Explorers note extreme dry air allows low temperatures to be endured yet skin burns lips blister and thirst rise as winds Wail and everbright sunrises and sunsets dazzle in a rigid, silent Arctic.
The Boston Transcript notes Nightingale’s defense of night air for ventilation. It recalls early opposition to nighttime openness and her enduring argument that night air is the air we breathe at night. The piece credits her with guiding healthier living and modern tuberculosis treatment approaches.
An ad claims olive oils labeled as garantized and of fitta quality. It asserts diligent fabrication and filtration ensuring good taste and preservation. The notice mentions legal deposition and marked corks and boxes, as quoted from Case and Comment.
A bright girl correctly answered a spelling riddle about removing the letter t to leave the phrase cups and saucers. The anecdote reflects simple classroom wit and early language play.
A London Tit-Bits note describes a person of perfect ease and possession who feels at home anywhere and can make you feel like a total stranger in your own house.
An exchange between an anxious elderly passenger and a deck hand on a steamboat. The deck hand replies there is plenty of fear but no danger. He quips about belief in the man in the moon and the man in the honeymoon.
Albany reports Governor Hughes will not seek the presidency nor use state patronage or executive power to gain delegates. He states the party must decide freely, remains impartial in state affairs, and will meet club leaders on January 31 if convenient, maintaining his candidacy stance.
In Frankfort on January 22 W J Bryan urged Kentucky Democratic legislators to elect former Governor Beckham to the U S Senate, arguing a Democratic majority in both chambers is needed to support the president. He warned of corporate influence and urged a fall victory. London meanwhile reports a threatened Tyne shipyard strike over wage cuts, affecting several thousand men amid industry depression.
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