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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1907
Page
4
Publication entry from The Enterprise dated 1903 lists editor manager MF Wilder and office address 161 Main Street Marlboro Mass. Subscription rates shown as $1 per year with single copies three cents and six months fifty cents. Postage paid in advance noted under Congressional act of 1879.
Rates listed for one inch one week at 75 cents per ad. Each additional inch at 26 cents. Special yearly advertiser rates. Business notices in local columns priced at 10 cents per line per insertion.
News notes list residents in town traveling to Rome Alton Bay and Carlisle. church picnics, club meetings, and visits unfold. Reformatory visits, clam bakes, and gypsy moth efforts are reported. A deadly auto crash near Waltham claims Miss Swanton. Alden Kindred of America reunion slated for Nantasket August 4 with 10 30 a m session.
Officers elected for the year include G. A. Southworth of Somerville and Vernon A. Field. Morning speakers are listed with no afternoon addresses. Erastus Osgood of Boston collaborates with the Quincy Mandolin and Guitar Club for entertainment, a first class dinner is at Hotel Nantasket, boats depart Rowe's Wharf Boston at 6.20 a.m.
State police after 12 hours of inquiry arrested Mary Brennan of Worcester on a manslaughter charge in the death of Charles L. Burnap an Edgemere Hotel employee shot near his Shrewsbury workplace. Brennan says she fired at two men to scare them after a disturbance outside Lily Pond house with George Whitney escaping injured. Burnap's body was found on Lake Quinsigaund.
News from Oakland and New York reports Western Union officials refusing to meet a strike committee led by Miller and Clowry. The telegraph dispute escalates with potential strikes in Chicago and other eastern cities. Paris commentary cautions on Californian attitudes toward Japan amid fleet movements. Michigan United Workmen surrender their charter after a long battle. Lightning deaths and a man’s suicide by overdose are reported from Maine and Vermont.
Miss Belle Davidson visits Quissett relatives. Mrs Stedman Buttrick visits from Main St. A. R. Chamberlin departs for Troy New Hampshire for several weeks. Miss Lilla Phelps returns from Reading. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holden return from their honeymoon to Bedford Street. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holland return to Main Street from Northeast Harbor. A trolley wire break delayed service on the M and H near the railroad bridge. Concord School now led by Leon Edwin Ryther with Walter Lincoln Colby. aims to be a high grade preparatory school for boys.
Harold S. Vanderbilt of New York faced a district court summons for operating a machine in Concord without a license and with an out of state number on the front. He pleaded guilty and paid fines of five dollars for each offense after being stopped by officers on June 29.
Jim Driscoll, recent conqueror of Joe Bowker, is courted for a July match against Abe Attell by Tom McCarey of the Pacific Athletic Club. Bowker’s loss has shifted the scene, with London season closed and Driscoll likely to travel.
The Francis Scott Key flag that inspired The Star Spangled Banner and flew over Fort McHenry during the 1814 bombardment has been placed on exhibit at the Smithsonian in Washington. The banner, about 28 by 80 feet, belongs to Eben Appleton of New York and is loaned to the government.
A reflective meditation on language as a solemn, living force that embodies life’s suffering and joy. The author likens speech to a temple where the soul of speakers is enshrined, capturing language as a sacred vessel of human experience.
In Sandy Hook Kentucky Judge Moody adjourned the trial of Judge James Hargis and others charged with procuring Dr. B D Cox's assassination due to Commonwealth witnesses not appearing. The Runyan case in New York sees Marty Kirkstein arrested with others linked to $5000 stolen from Windsor Trust. A statue plan for Columbus costs $100000 for Union Station frontage in Washington.
The Concord Canoe Club hosted a crowded water carnival at its riverside clubhouse on July 4 with about 200 spectators. Winners included Malcolm Richardson and Wilbur Richardson in the double canoe, Wilbur Richardson in the Tule race, Mary B Wheeler in the ladies single canoe, and Herbert B Hosmer in several events. The event was organized by George L Prescot t and helpers.
Richardson of Concord Massachusetts advertises embrocation products from his drugstore. The note highlights H S Richardson as the pharmacist behind the counter and promotes remedies likely intended for athletic or medical use.
The fragment lists numerous personal names including Barrett Fuller Green Kelley Lee Towle Upham Wittum Burnham Engebretsen Herdman Kelley Robb Sheridan Whiting Yeaton among others, suggesting a social or official directory snippet. No dates or places are provided in the readable text.
For Sale Upright piano contact Box 135 Concord Mass. Lost gold bracelet between Nine Acre Corner and Concord via the Junction please return to Esther. Wanted reliable person making daily trips to Boston to deliver a package each morning for suitable compensation apply to Mrs F O Leland 10 Elm St Concord Mass. For Sale two horse spring wagon apply John Haggerty Concord Mass.
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