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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
5
Connors Laundry receives a fresh red paint. The town meeting is set for Tuesday July 13 at 8 p m. Key items on the docket include building bridges in Concord and a measure enabling precinct voting for all town officers.
The congregation and pastor found it pleasant to worship in the old church last Sunday. Next Sunday July 11 the morning service will include baptism for a number of children and the evening service will mark the communion season and reception of members. Foundations for the new church are nearly completed and progress on the building will be rapid after that. James Mullen the contractor is doing excellent work.
Mr Randall Wordsworth and family express grateful thanks for sympathy and floral tributes from Concord and Concord Junction friends. They especially thank Rev Silas Adams and family for use of their home for funeral services to spare a young brother from distress. they note God sends messengers of love in human form.
Short classified notice lists rental at 20 Assabet Avenue for a six room half house with furnace and river view. Also bicycle ad for G G Russell and Holden Street location in Dorchester. Boats for rent at 10 cents per hour with reservation. Sold cabbages and cauliflower plants from F L Garland in Concord Jet Mass with telephone contact.
Washington state granges report strong growth with 9 182 members in 184 chapters. C B Kegley reelected state master as Ellensburg hosts the twenty first session with reforms on taxation roads and state financing. New Hampshire grange funds free public lectures expanding educational outreach.
In Aroostook County Limestone grange, Me, expanded from a handful to a thriving group through cooperative buying and selling. A year ago officers were scarce, now 50 to 100 attend nightly. About 100 suspended members were restored, and around fifty candidates have received degrees recently.
President retains Agriculture Secretary James Wilson in his cabinet. Wilson, a Iowa farmer and Grange member appointed by McKinley, sets a record by serving in four administrations. National Grange reports 189 granges organized and 17 reorganized in Q1. Michigan leads with 32, Washington 28, New York 25. Hopewell Grange Illinois plans to buy 5,000 pounds of sugar as canning season nears.
New York July 7 Tam many Hall may face a mayoral contest after the ousting of Police Commissioner Bingham. He hinted he would run for mayor on the anti Tam many ticket if the people want him, signaling his first public stance since his Chester N Y interview. He noted if his police administration met public approval and could be extended city wide he would undertake the role. Anti Tammany leaders urged him to run before he left.
Riot at the National stockyards in St. Louis Illinois ends with the shooting death of William James a negro by Chief of Detectives Ryan. S. T. Bryne and William Rice are shot. five mules die. Wounded men expected to recover. The clash followed a horse trade dispute with James firing on a horse trader and taking refuge in a mule barn before he was killed.
A 211 pound cinnamon bear wandered into Fort Plain New York near the post office. The bear likely hailed from the Adirondacks about twenty miles north. Mil l workers and farmers halted work and joined the chase until the animal was killed.
Rev Joseph F Gillis escaped harm when Beatrice Thompson aged 44 fired a revolver at him as he walked to St Marys academy Loomis street police arrested her for assault with intent to kill. Thompson has a fanatical aversion to Catholic faith and is very deaf.
Union Grange in Chautauqua County New York donated 20 toward the education of teachers in the Chautauqua agricultural teachers course this year.
Assabet Printing Co offers high quality printing for invitations announcements and other needs at the lowest possible price. Maynard Whitney and Taylor proprietors invite trials and state their work will satisfy with skilled service and prompt completion. Deliveries left at Taylor's bakery Nason and Summer streets corner.
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