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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
6
Publication header from Marlboro Massachusetts weekly Enterprise shows office at 161 Main Street. The notice lists subscription rates: one year $1, six months 75 cents, three months 25 cents, with advance postage and miscellaneous names including Morse Frye Lawton as officials.
Mrs A M Foss has made extensive improvements to her Concord home including a new piazza replacing the old, a copper screened diagza feature, and a heavy coating of ion crushed stone on the street. Finely kept lawns and gardens make the property one of the prettiest in Concord.
Concord residents contributed generously to a statewide appeal for Salem fire victims. At a July 6 selectmen meeting the Salem Relief fund totaled 730.60 dollars. Churches and the Woman's club have organized aid, with barrels of arene sent to Salem. Those not yet solicited may donate through Selectman G. W. Hunt.
Small town classifieds list sales and wanted items. Includes sale of a canoe and the Manse at Acton Centre with 30 acres and 100 apple trees. Also requests for a cheap auto and for two girls to work at the seashore after July 15. Addresses and contact details provided for applications.
Concord items note Avery Poole visiting Nahant and Hagar Tufts in Setemerville, Cyrus Hosmer at Monadnock Camp, a Wild Animal show coming on Saturday, and multiple visits and trips by residents. Local business auctions and sales on Walden Street, with Sign of the Kettle Candy Kitchen moving to Main Street, plus summer resort orders and the Concord Golf Club opening quarters with about 100 attendees.
A child in a room with a clock answers his mother in a playful misstatement, claiming the time is only minutes "pam the keyhole" after glancing at the clock. The unclear text reads as a humorous, idiosyncratic remark likely from a local feature or anecdote.
The newly organized Concord baseball team plans its season opener against Pascoag in Pascoag Rhode Island this Sunday. A crowd is expected as Concord Junction Maynard and surrounding towns could host future dates with guaranteed pay to visiting teams.
A Fourth of July service drew about fifty participants at Union Church. Rev Smith Dexter read scripture and Dr Winchester offered the opening prayer. Dorothy Tewksbury read the Declaration of Independence. Addresses by Murray Ballou F Powers Harvey Wheeler C O Thorpe and I B Macdonald followed. Robert Wood of the South End Settlement Work spoke briefly. National anthems and hymns were sung with the congregation joining, concluding with America. The town's revolutionary traditions were praised.
Company I and Company F Marlboro led the 2nd battalion in Fitchburg 150th anniversary parade before proceeding to Lakeville for the week’s tour. Soldiers traveled from Concord Saturday to participate in the city event and-camp duties Monday night and Tuesday were said to be disagreeable.
Smith, a longtime local, will wed this Saturday. He is employed at the O O W Eager and has made many friends in Concord. Formerly with Hollis and Howe jewelry, he departs bachelor life as friends extend congratulations on his departure.
The Trinity Church schedules a 10 45 Sunday sermon from the fifth in the Twenty Minute Summer Sermons series on The Wells of Salvation. Sunday school is dismissed until September. July and August hold a combined second preaching service and Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 45. The evening talk is The Christian Ministry of Music. A Scandinavian service follows at 8 led by Rev Theodore Jensen. Friday Bible Reading is led by the pastor with Psalm 91 as the topic. All are invited.
The Scandinavian M E Church filled with largely young people as Rev. A. Berggreen spoke on Does it pay to be a Christian. Music by an orchestra enhanced the service. Next Sunday Sabbath school meets at 10, English service at 11, and evening services at 7 and 8.
Obituary notes funeral for Mrs Alice Agnes Smith wife of James Carter at Sleepy Hollow chapel following a long illness. She died at home on Bedford Street June 30 leaving five children. The Rev Smith Owen Dexter of the Episcopal church officiated.
A brief quip from the Detroit Journal notes that many engagements fail over misunderstandings about money, as couples wrongly assume each other’s financial means.
An accessible note describes a whale with an exceptionally thick hide reaching about two feet in places. The finding highlights the species’ armor like skin as a notable adaptation.
Mrs Anna R Manning longtime Boston and Milton resident died at home of her daughter in Concord after an illness. She was daughter of William R Sumner a Boston merchant and spent youth in Dedham. Survived by husband and two daughters Margaret Manning and Mrs G G Fernald with friends mourning her loss.
George Washington Browning aged 84 died at his Lincoln home Friday night after years of ill health. A California Forty-Niner of 1849 he made a fortune there and later ran a large Lincoln farm. He leaves two sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with Rev. Bradley of the Congregational church in charge.
The Fourth of July passed quietly in Concord with many residents away at summer homes. Among those remaining the day seemed uncelebrated aside from bells flags and firecrackers. Visitors from out of town outnumbered locals on the main streets.
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