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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
4
Subscriptions single copies priced at 1 year includes postage three months 25c and six months 50c in advance 161 Main Street Marlboro Mass Rates of advertising include one inch per week 75c with 25c for each additional inch Special rates for yearly advertisers business notices in local columns priced at 10c per line per insertion
Local snippet reports visits by Mrs J Robert Brown and others at Commonwealth Ave. J D Sylvester and family visited relatives in Bobton and attended the Odd Fellows outing at the Point of Pines. Residents note losses of seven and ten hens respectively. Mrs F D McCorrison nears another operation for recovery. A white robin, a rare white bird, causes amusement among residents of the White row.
Plenty of cabbage plants this year priced at 25 cents per hundred and two dollars per thousand. Large orders available, 1000 or more. Contact F. L. Garland by telephone at 242-3 in Concord Junction.
Local notes record visits and health, with Frank Reilley of Lynn visiting Maynard. Wesley Townsend recovers from illness, and Arthur Woodart stays at home on Great Road. Fire drill prompts amused crowds as Lynch Brothers install fireworks for the 4th. Several residents travel, guests visit, and workers move to the wool sorting department at the mill.
Property listing seeks applicants for a bale desirable lot in Maynard. Apply to 8 B Shattuck Parker Street or Box 77 Winchendon for details.
In Luzerne county Pennsylvania a group of locals from Ashley Pa formed a historical society to search for brass cannons buried by General John Sullivan during his 1779 expedition against the Iroquois in central New York along the Wilkesbarre area.
Stark D. Wilson returns home from New York for vacation. Miss Ann Terry Gardner visits Concord with friends. The Union Bible Society met at Mrs. Geo Sohier's home. Miss Katherine B. Child called on Mrs. Samuel Hoar on Main Street. Miss Mabel Thomas, former school instructor, visited town this week.
The 6th Regiment M V M range saw Lowell:Co I defeat Concord:Co C at 200 300 and 500 yards with visiting team taking all but the long distance. Leary led Lowell with 67 points and Wheeler topped home scores at 65 as Lowell total reached 613 to Concord 551.
An American woman recounts celebrating Independence Day in Henley England during the famous regatta. She sails aboard with patriotic decorations including Old Glory while her Irish boatman proclaims enthusiasm and a local spectator jokes about a soap ad as she disembarks ashore.
The wooden steamer Cartagena bound from Michigan through the Great Lakes for Boston ran ashore near Cape Sable on Monday. It broke in two and is likely a total loss. All 14 crew members reached shore safely after grounding in dense fog.
Three styles of heavy cotton robes with V neck, variations in tuck and insertion, priced at 69¢ for round neck and Hamburg eyelet trimmed options. Also ladies long skirts in cotton with eyelet deep ruffle, Hamburg embroidery, and hemstitched tucks, value $2.25.
In Boston on July 3 Judge Putnam allowed a $100 000 fee for Pepper to prosecute suits against H. H. Rogers T. W. Lawson and others as Bay State Gas receiver. The court also approved a $233 000 fee for Pepper’s attorney Sherman L. Whipple. Pepper has further fee bills pending in New Jersey Delaware and New York.
Miss Edith J. Cox of Boston aged 23 who had escaped from her nurse while ill was found exhausted in the woods at West Hanover by Jefferson Turner. She was carried home and expected to recover after extensive search efforts by hundreds of men and boys.
A collision outside North station between an outbound Marblehead bound train and an incoming light engine derailed four empty cars. Fireman Thompson was injured and traffic on half the station tracks was halted for hours. No passengers were hurt.
In Barton Vermont two sisters Mary age 26 and Jennie age 20 daughters of Alexander Magoon West Glover drank carbolic acid after believing they had killed a man while out driving. Mary died and Jennie is in critical condition.
Typhoid fever cases rise across Pittsburg with 498 new infections in June. Health officials blame the spread on a poor water supply as cases remain scattered throughout the city.
Cambridge Massachusetts July 3 The Lowell expedition to the Andes has succeeded in photographing the canals of Mars according to a telegram received at the Harvard observatory from Professor Lowell director of the Lowell observatory at Flagstaff Arizona.
Professor Jackson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology urged the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education banquet to expand trade schools. He argued there are many engineering colleges but few institutions turning out skilled mechanics to supply industry leadership as corporals and sergeants.
Trade card listing Richardson's Embrocation by H. S. Richardson a pharmacist based in Concord Massachusetts with product branding details and address.
A former Middlesex School employee in Concord confessed to stealing bicycles. Police say Augustine Larson alias Charles Yonson was arrested after attempting to pawn a bike and admitted taking a wheel from Joseph B. Keyes on Monument Street, with many bikes reported stolen from Middlesex and nearby areas.
The usual lecture before communion will be given by the pastor Friday at 7 30. In July and August the Young People's Society and the second preaching service join for a one hour service at 7 o'clock in the auditorium with the society leading the first half hour and the pastor or supply leading the second half hour. All are invited.
Jas L Adams R F D Walter Dennerly Chas H Haynes Chas Morse Dr John Fredk Mesick Ed McCabe F E Palmer John Rogan Mrs E J Aiken Ann Batley Mary A Creed care of Mrs Atkins Lena Erikeson Annie Halligan 6 Ahearwave Bridget McBrean Lila Phalen Beatrice Riall Mary Saunders Clara Wheeler
A water carnival will be held at the Concord Canoe Club house on the Fourth of July afternoon. Events include multiple canoe races for men and women, tilting and obstacle races, a four paddled race, Tul race, several swimming races, and a race under water. Prizes will be awarded.
For Sale Mexican saddle and bridle or will exchange for bicycle. Lost between Nine Acre Corner and Concord via the Junction a gold bracelet return to Esther Wheeler in care of Frank Wheeler. Wanted reliable daily Boston delivery to Boylston near Church apply Mrs F C Leland 10 Elm Concord. For Sale Cheap upright piano 208 Elm near Reformatory Concord Junction. Thomas Eckfeldt opens St Andrews school Ponkatasset hill Sept 25. Wanted girl for general house work apply Mrs Chamberlin 7 Lowell read. For Sale two horse spring wagon apply John Haggerty Concord.
A large and successful Life Insurance Company desires an energetic representative for this vicinity. The contract offered will build an increasing income each year for the right person. Apply with references to P. O. Box 345 Boston Mass.
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