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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
4
Names Oscar Brooks Morgan Flaherty Walter Gladkill Frederick Mason Miss Agnes Powers appear on an advertised letters list. The notice invites recipients to claim items at the post office and provides standard procedures for retrieval.
Wanted a good sleigh priced low by W. W. Blossom at 172 Commonwealth Ave Concord Junction. Outing robes 85c, Gents night shirts 4 éc, hosiery 15¢ in Mrs. Gerow's. Also wanted experienced woman nurse by address Box 162 West Acton.
Friday night the Concord council Knights of Columbus held its annual dance in Monument hall. It drew one of the largest crowds yet with many girls from surrounding towns. Grand Knight Michael J. Dee directed the floor, with James P. Cantwell as assistant and a long list of aids, and at 9 oclock the grand march led by Dee and Miss Margaret McManus opened with over 70 couples to Flanagans orchestra of Marlboro.
A farm horse owned by James Carty escaped after its harness broke near a bank and sped toward Wright tavern. John Finigan pursued and stopped the horse, ending a dangerous chase. Finigan has previously saved people from injury in similar runaways.
The Concord Independent Battery held the first of a series of dances in the town hall Saturday night. The hall featured Lom evergreen decorations and a tasteful arrangement for the matrons and hosts including Mrs. Edwin Barrett, Mrs. F. Alcott Pratt, Richard F. Barrett, Miss Jennie Barrett, and Mrs. Stedman Butrick, and Mrs. Sherman.
In AND AxBout Concorp David G Sheehan purchased a 60 acre farm in a good Lincoln location. Stephen Van Arnam sent public notices of a February 1 startup. Dr William C Peters and Miss Adah Bryant of Bangor Me plan a February 1 6 pm wedding at the Unitarian church.
The article reports on Concord area asparagus growers forming The Massachusetts Asparagus Growers Association to combat rust. They met with the Hatch Experiment Station at Amherst and plan immediate joint action to breed rust resistant varieties and share growing and marketing information.
Marlboro residents and visitors appear in a roundup of daily life. Frank McNiff visits Littleton. Ernest Hollis returns from Boston. Cyrus Ordway of Worcester travels to town. Everett Russell joins Company F. Neil Regan visits from Brockton. John Gorman visits Westboro. C A Farrell returns from Boston. James Murphy recovers from pneumonia. Gerald Sullivan hosts May Casey. Frank Casey hosts Mrs. Dewey. L M Tenney installs steel ceiling. T P Hurley cabinets Cordaville church roof. P D Reynolds returns from St John New Brunswick. Lucy Mullen resumes Western Union duties after illness. Alphonse Gordon and Mary Elizabeth Philo wed at Methodist parsonage. Jeremiah Danehy loses finger at St Howe factory. H W Parmenter undergoes appendicitis operation. James Teare attends father Isaac Teare’s funeral in Rochester. A N Forbush and A W Tarbell tour Home Paint & Color Co. factory in Worcester.
At the Concord Golf Club executive meeting held Saturday the Greens committee is led by M B L Bradford with H H Braley and R H Jones. The treasurer role shifts to M B L Bradford due to the illness of Frank Moore. Grounds are reported in good condition allowing several members to play Tuesday afternoon.
The annual dance in Concord town hall drew the largest, most successful crowd yet for a graduating class. Matrons welcomed guests, while E Farnham Damon led the grand march with Miss Minnie Coolidge. undergraduates served as ushers.
The Concord Musical Club held its annual guest night at Mrs. C. F. Edgarton home with a large audience. A quartet including Miss Gertrude Todd and Mrs. C. F. Edgarton performed vocal pieces, plus vocal solos by Mrs. G. Hollis Blake and piano solos by Miss Mary D. Brooks and Miss Miriam Barrett. George J. Parker and Miss Elizabeth Porter assisted, while Mrs. Charles E. Brown and Mrs. Thomas F. Eckfeld led tea tables.
Rev J T House president of Kingfisher college Oklahoma will speak on Educational Work in the West in the chapel Friday night All are invited The Sunday morning sermon is Twenty five years of Christian Endeavor and in the evening the church observes the 25th anniversary of the Christian Endeavor movement The Christian Endeavor society hosts the event On Wednesday February 7 F N Robbins presents Evening with Tennyson at the town hall Robbins a former resident is a compelling reader
Concord poultryman Tompkins enters his famed Rhode Island Reds in Cincinnati and American Poultry shows, capturing 46 prizes from 48 entries including four silver cups. He serves on multiple poultry committees and has 35 years of breeding experience, with about 2000 Reds on his Lowell Road farm and big sales of eggs.
The list includes R. W. Montgomery Klaudi Nilson Dr. Chas. 8. Skinner Miss Katheryn G. Minihane and Miss D. H. Norris.
The undersigned, general representative for Eastern Massachusetts of The Coe Mortimer Co., invites farmers to save on fertilizers by contacting or meeting Charlies W. Prescott in Concord, Massachusetts.
An experienced girl seeks house work or second job in Concord Massachusetts. Box 144. Wanted cows and horses to board, apply Erastus H Smith Concord. To Let Louisa J Brock’s house on Middle Street, apply Philip McManus Concord. Twenty five tons of good hay for sale cheap, apply F R Knowlton West Acton. Carload of excellent floor wood selling at a dollar a barrel, J W Raymond.
This old advertisement claims Hyomei is a simple pleasant guaranteed cure for catarrh. It describes the inhaler delivering balsamic healing to nose and throat to kill germs and heal mucous membranes. The Camarasp outfit is offered at $1.00 with extra bottle sold by H. Richardson.
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