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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
4
The Marlboro Enterprise lists publication details for The Waterpole Company with editor A F Wilder and wartime style notices. It shows subscription costs of 1 per year and 3 cents per copy with post office handling and office address at 481 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts.
Concord and Junction notes report residents enjoying trips to Worcester Nantucket and Revere Beach. Miss Elmira Pickard returns from the South. Local events include a parade float plan for July 4th and a W T U meeting that will discontinue September sessions.
For Bale estate of the late Herbert L. 46 Highland St Concord Junction. House of 10 rooms with 4 rooms and laundry on first floor 4 sleeping rooms and Bath on second floor large attic. Hardwood polished floors and cold water Electric lights Magee range Furnace Cemented cellar Frontage 80 ft 8160 Square ft Apply 16 Highland St Jn 10 tf.
A Sunday evening Union concert led by L T L featured a program of temperance songs and hymns. Notable performers included Ruth Abbott Ruth Allen Lillian Keith and Homer Allen with readings by Rev Wm J Batt and a visiting clergyman. The assembly closed with America and a benediction.
The Knights of King Arthur social club in Junction hosted friends at their new clubhouse on Saturday. Refreshments were served as members welcomed supporters and announced plans for a flag raising on the 4th, funded by friends including Benjamin Derby who donated a flag pole. The boys thanked James Russell Adams and Bridges, Mr. Bellharrell, John G. Loring, and Mr. Upham for their kindness.
Miss Edith McKenzie and Herbert Austin Bass married in a private ceremony at the bride’s home on Commonwealth Avenue on Tuesday June 30. The notice appears in the Enterprise.
About 600 delegates to the biennial of Woman's clubs were entertained in Concord Massachusetts with a reception on the green before Unitarian Church and tours of historic sites including Hawthorne's Wayside the Emerson house the Old Manse the Alcott and Thoreau homes and the Minute Man. Dr Edward W Emerson and Allen French spoke at the Minute Man about the Concord fight. Local hosts provided hot drinks and an information bureau operated by Miss Ellen F Whitney.
In Concord on Saturday a medal handicap match at Concord Golf Club crowned George S Keyes with a net 80. Scores show Keyes 88 8 80, Henry Hi Braley 99 18 81, Grafton St L Abbott 98 16 82. Brookline Country Club defeated Concord two of three in a first series match with two ball foursomes and a defaulted third. Concord to meet Brookline in singles on July 1 at Brookline.
The Agricultural Experiment Station committee including Prof. Brooks Amherst Hon W W Rawson Arlington Sec Elsworth state board of agriculture Mr Preston Mr Damon and W H Bowker Concord dined at Nashau tle Hill home of Bowker Then toured town and inspected the Bedford Street station judging Mr Prescott manager’s work excellent with no criticisms.
Edward F. lin, clerk of the Middlesex district court, and Miss Lill A Sweeney were married at Anni’s church Dorchester. Rev Fr McKeon officiated. The couple hosted a reception at the bride’s home and will honeymoon in Montreal before residing in Concord Junction.
The marriage of James L Powers of Waltham formerly of Concord and Miss Gertrude G Dempsey daughter of Mrs John Dempsey was solemnized at St Bernard's church at 5 on Wednesday afternoon. The maid of honor was Miss Margaret M Dempsey sister of the bride and the best man was Michael J Powers brother of the groom. Rev Matthew J Flaherty officiated and Miss Catherine Powers played the organ. A reception followed at the bride's mother's Grant street home attended by relatives. The couple will reside in Waltham after a wedding tour.
Concord council team defeated Waltham by 6 to 2 in a Saturday afternoon game. Williams pitched well and BE Hanley near homer was ruled out for touching second base. scoring featured Connell Loughlin Bulger E Hanley Dee S Connolly Griffin with bases on balls and several steals.
Public notice lists a house for sale in Concord with walking distance to railroad station and post office. Names Wm J Turnpike and Walter A Woods appear among the consignors, location details include New 1 Horse and nearby Walden and Raymond in the area.
A Fourth of July patriotic service was held at the Trinitarian Congregational church marking the nation's 1776 anniversary. The union service featured Rev. Geo A Tewksbury presiding, prayer by Rev. Leren B MacDonald, and an address by Hon Robert Lace of Somerville on Present Day Patriotism. Special music by the choir.
Trinitarian Church announces a Friday evening lecture in the chapel by the pastor on The Sun in Eclipse A Shadowed Christ. On Sunday evening at 7 30 the pastor will speak on A King Refused A King Desired after the Fourth of July. Vanderveer place on Elimat sold at public auction Saturday to William Wheeler, except for the large green house.
A fragmentary notice describes the Eastern Steamship Company tours to Portland and coastal Maine resorts. It mentions Bangor Rockland and Bar Harbor as starting points and lists locations along the Kennebec River and Casco Bay, highlighting tourism and health seekers in Central and Eastern Maine including St John New Brunswick and Breton Island.
Terrific crash heard on Monday afternoon as Tawle Kent store building rear sill collapsed, sending floor and goods into the cellar. Meri Towle in the storeroom was hurled out as groceries tumbled toward the brook. most items survived with little spoilage and only minor damage reported.
John Washclesky was hanged at the state prison this morning for the December 8 1908 murder of L ukeswice in Westville a New Haven suburb following a quarrel over Lukeswice wife. A bolt of lightning killed 14 year old James McKee in Newton MA while fishing in the Charles River during a thunderstorm. A Booth & Co pleaded guilty to accepting 100 from MinnFallroads in Chicago. J J Brittain G Tankey and C G Grassel were sentenced to thirty days in jail for violating an injunction against strikes in construction work.
Fragmentary police record notes Mrs Louisiana H. Glass as one of several wives of a man nicknamed Lord Oswald. The account mentions three years of residence and connections to a Mr. Oswald, with references to a household and a sonera involved in the case.
The Blanchard and Gould lumber yard on the Carlisle line burned Sunday night around 9 o clock. Approximately 400000 feet of lumber was destroyed as water shortages hampered firefighting efforts. The blaze lit the sky for miles and the loss is estimated in the thousands.
I N McRae, formerly of Lincoln, has opened a plumbing and heating establishment in Concord on Thor eau Street opposite the Fitchburg rail road station. The move adds a new local tradesman to the area, with customers urged to inspect the shop and services offered.
Wanted at once, customers intend to buy millinery stock. For particulars, address E. D., Rooms 14 and 16, Masonte Plk., Marlboro, Massachusetts.
A sales pitch touts higher quality paint that “goes twice as far and lasts twice as long” than poorer brands. The speaker urges customers to trust the claim and place orders now to avoid regret.
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