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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1912
Page
1
Reading notes describe baseball and athletic goods at C. W. Blake Co. drug store and an imagined July Fourth scene. The piece claims Bedford was unusually quiet the night before the fourth, arguing for honoring American boys and avoiding harsh authority in a calm community.
The 1st squadron of state cavalry is in camp at Crosby farm this week. Heat stifled work and several horses went wild briefly while men suffered, yet much practical good is achieved. Brig. Gen. Pearson visited, Bedford residents praise officers and men, and Troop C with the Parker boys are noted for their hospitality.
The Bedford Civic Club annual track meet on July 4 featured sprint events led by Louis Kelley and R A Whittier with times around 11 seconds for 100 yards and 14 seconds in the 36 yard dash. Field events saw Olend and Loomis winning high and standing broad jumps as B B C defeated Emersons 819 to 0 in a ball game on Page Field amid a large crowd and the first on-field cold drink sales.
The readable portion offers only scattered letters and sounds with no clear events names dates places or actions to summarize into a news item. No identifiable persons organizations locations or outcomes are present in the fragment.
Maynard reports visits by Miss Margaret Barrington and the Brothers family. The Herberts are in Canada. Dr and Mrs Bellows returned from Springfield. Lake Canobie trip organized. Lena Peterson and Millie Sullivan vacationing at Revere beach. Acton Street tarvia work and a delay awaiting a blower. Mrs John McPherson improving at Deaconess hospital. plans to spend summer at Lake Boon. Maynard Brass band shifts concert to Thursday due to a party. Mrs Joseph Davis dies at 31, funeral and burial at St Bridget's. West Acton parish to buy land for a chapel costing about 10000. English Gothic design planned.
Local residents spend holidays in town and nearby towns while others enjoy summer stays at Coffin's Beach and in Arlington Waltham and Gloucester. Businesses like Strathmore mill Boston Harness Co Hood Stable fire prompt a large harness order for milk wagons. Ernest Forgeates named captain of the local baseball team with a strong batting average this season.
Miss Marion Towne visits Yunatable. A daughter born to L. Bower of Thoreau Street on Sunday. Local residents attend events and entertain, with reports of visits, travels to San Francisco, and summer plans. Contained are social notes, school and business mentions, and references to local clubs and sales in Concord.
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