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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
4
The Marlboro Enterprise masthead lists manager HM F Wolder and print details. It shows subscription rates at $1 per year, six months for 50 cents, and three months for 25 cents, all in advance, with post office info and office address at 451 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts.
One inch one week rate 760 each additional 26e Special rates for yearly advertisers Business notices in local columns 10e per insertion a dine each insertion
Malcolm Cody 6 slid into icy lake near Pond Lane Westvale while sledding with friends. His mother Mrs Alice Cody entered water in attempt to rescue him and was saved by William Boylan and William Collins. Body recovered Thursday at 10 pm. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Father Ryan officiating. Burial at Concord Four bearers from his peers.
F A Rich will establish a practice in Creighton's block on Main Street Maynard locating a new medical office. Garland seeks to trade a second hand parlor stove for a second hand cook stove in Concord Junction.
Mrs. Alice Cody expresses gratitude to those who showed kindness after her bereavement. She thanks the operatives of West Vale Mill and Adams & Bridges for their support.
Tangier January 22 reports Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan at Wazan as crowds backed by claimed heavy Fez property fraud fears. Hafid agents had been preaching holy war to influence the move.
About 100 night riders burned James A. Coleman’s large tobacco barn in Christian County Kentucky. The barn held 15 000 pounds of tobacco ready for shipment. Coleman was not a member of the tobacco association.
District Attorney John B. Moran of Suffolk County lies ill at Fenway hospital Buck Bay with a nervous breakdown. Dr. T. J. Reardon says Moran is resting to regain health ahead of a possible health resort trip, while Moran’s condition is described as serious and complete by others.
In a Berlin public meeting Dr Karl Peters claims Ophir lies between the Zambezi and Limpopo with ancient gold mines and Phoenician ruins in Mashonaland. He cites coins from Solomon's era and argues Ophir came from Attica, while Genesis suggests South Arabia. others propose Sofala or India as Ophir.
Large crowds attended a two night vaudeville program in the town hall under Co. I 6th Regt MVM. The opening quartet Prescott Murray Cadwell Whitney performed in camp scenery with a camp fire. Miles as a lady and a burlesque minstrel act followed with songs and sketches drawing strong audience approval.
A local entertainment ends with the farce Not in The Regular Army. The cast includes Johnny Slick ist Sergi F N Precsott Isaac Grafinski F S Miner and many others. The recruiting office setting in Concord features Capt Samuel H Tuttle as stage director and Marie Giles as pianist.
The delivery of Har ony Lodge A O USW installation occurred Thursday evening with District Deputy William H. Barlow of Summer Hill lodge Maynard officiating. A 35 member delegation from Summer Hill attended. Three candidates were initiated before a banquet with Master Workman Michael Hopkins as toastmaster and speeches by grand officers.
A visitor at a Broadway hotel notes the clerk’s polished appearance and social ease with the wealthy, then the clerk leaves to borrow ten dollars for rent and medical bills, hoping to avoid a sleepless night. The scene ends with the clerk asking a coworker for a loan.
The Old Concord chapter D A R hosted a Monday reception at the Pierce Building Boston with about 75 ladies greeted by Regent Helen Bent Curtis. Mrs Abram English Brown poured and was assisted by members. Miss Smith spoke on Italian settlement work in the North End. Guests included state regent Mary Masury state treasurer Mrs Davidson and others.
At the Trinitarian Congregational Church annual meeting held Monday evening, officers were elected including Charles H. Towle as moderator Lars Peterson deacon Walter A. Carr clerk Thomas Todd collector and treasurer George W. Hopkins auditor Rev George A Tewksbury Walter F Baker Walter A Carr George H Hopkins Benjamin Moody Lars Peterson Henry C Rolfe and Thomas Todd Jr on church committees with Thomas Todd Jr named superintendent of Sunday school The pastor salary was set at 2000 janitor 300 organist 260 music 50 and vacation coverage 72.
A tale describes a woman from an ancient but ruined lineage who marries wealth yet clings to the memory of her inferior match. In a store she asks for an order and, with a servant, forces the shopkeeper to recall her late husband’s name.
John E. McManus died at his home on Thoreau street. His funeral Tuesday began at his uncle Francis McManus 2d home on Lexington road and continued with a high mass at St Bernard's church celebrated by Rev M E Twomey. Concord council R of C escorted the body from its rooms to the church and then to the Catholic cemetery on Bedford street.
Advertised letters listed Pater Fardy Box 526 Jas H L Fair William Hayman Charles A Lyon Miss Mary Jackson. Quotations mock motoring poetry with line about a smashup and blank verse from London.
In the Louisville Courier Journal a reflection questions why readers lack men like fictional characters and wonders why women do not resemble the figures drawn by illustrators, noting a divide between imagination and real life.
Mrs Lillian Stevens and Miss Gordon of the National W C U were honored at a Roxbury Second Presbyterian reception. They attend Attleboro convention and plan to work with Congress on anti canteen and prohibition laws. Concord W T U ships comfort bags for sailors. Watertown High School defeated Concord in a 30 to 14 basketball game with detailed box score included.
Sunday services at the Trinitarian Church will be led by the pastor. Morning sermon: Certain Marks of Loyal Church Membership. Evening sermon: Cleansing the Temple.
Classified notice seeking housekeeping work with box 1105 in Maynard. Also a sale listing for a second hand ebber gaso line engine 2 percent horse power at a cheap price from J. W. Raymond.
The Annual Meeting of the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be held at its office in Concord Massachusetts on Monday January 27 at 11 A M for the choice of three Directors for a three year term and to transact other legal business. Adams Tolman Secretary Concord Mass January 1 1908.
The Trinitarian church missionary society held its annual meeting in the church parlors on Thursday. Officers elected include Virginia Lee Tewksbury as president and Mary Munroe as vice president. The group voted to combine home and foreign work and the program was presented by Billian B. McConnell. The evening featured an entertainment with violin solos, vocal numbers, and readings.
Miss A L Hicks offers manicuring shampooing facial and scalp work with vibrator and electrical treatments. Reasonable prices.
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