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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1906
Page
4
The W C T U and allied groups plan committees to visit Maynard to address alleged liquor sales and Sunday desecration blamed on a lack of local enforcement. They intend to invite state officers to witness what they call a disgraceful town condition and honor Maynard to the commonwealth.
West Acton lists visitors and locals at leisure. Olive Howe of Somerville and Lizzie Stronach of Boston arrive, while Harold Littlefield secures a Swifts Co. position after Waltham Business College. The Fourth passes quietly amid rain and birthday and anniversary observances at the Lovett and Burbeck households.
The item extends kind wishes for happy future anniversaries and notes Mrs. A. Sweet will visit her old New Brunswick home for a few weeks. It also reports Chas Leach sustaining a side injury at Maynard box shop last Thursday, forcing a temporary work pause.
A dense list of Marlboro residents and visitors notes several illnesses including malaria and appendicitis among Irving Fay, Patrick Manning, and Annie Clem ents. It's also a ledger of travel from George Comstock, Albert Ahearn, Maurice Mitchell, Miss Marian Hayden, and others to cities such as Buffalo, Provincetown, East Jaffrey, and Waltham. Social visits and gatherings appear with Lake Chauncy dancing crowds drawing many locals.
In Monument Hall on Sunday evening the Concord graduation featured piano solos by Mrs. Walter S. Leland and a vocal solo by Mise Josephine Blanchard. Recipients of diplomas included John A. Garvey Harold D. Shaughnessy Michael J. Hopkins Jerome J. Gleason Paul Murray James J. Boyce and others. Premiums included handsome bound books awarded to top students and noted names in the community.
Annual event at the fair grounds includes three ball games horse racing athletic events a big mule team race the first of its kind in Concord and many other attractions. Committee of arrangements chaired by Michael J Dee includes H P secretary John H Goulding James P Cantwell Thomas Giblin Edward McKenna and others.
Concord town remains extra dry as selectmen have not issued liquor licenses to express companies. No liquor boxes arrive by express since July 5, and residents must fetch shipments themselves at the freight house. Enforcement may reveal loopholes next year.
Beverly Jones posted the high score in the holiday handicap medal play with 83 and 78 for a net 5 under par. The list shows players including Charles Richardson, Fred Tower, I P Sewell, William Allen, George Keyes, Thomas Allen, G L Abbott, Herbert Hosmer, and M B L Bradford with scores ranging from 83 to 101 and nets from 5 to 91.
A string of notices in Concord Massachusetts seeks a cook and washerwoman, a sale of underwear and millinery, new dress skirts, a Jersey cow for sale, a seven room house to rent, an almost new Concord buggy for sale, and various cement and framing services with local references and contact points in Concord.
The notice lists recipients awaiting pickup: A. H. Campbell, Frank C. Whitney, Mrs. F. 8. Berry, Helen A. Drake, Miss M. E. Greene, and Colson.
George How of Chicago visits his mother on Hubbard Street while Benjamin Smith, son of W Lincoln Smith, lies ill with scarlet fever. J J Vanderveer buys Mr Powers self made automobile from the power station. The elm beetle pest alarms Concord as most large trees brown after spraying a week ago fails to stop decline. An automobile fire Tuesday afternoon sparks when gasoline spills during refueling. J M Keyes and local fire brigade extinguish the blaze before major damage.
An old advertisement promises Rexall "93" Hair Tonic cures dandruff and hair loss on bald heads, with a money back guarantee if baldness is long standing and the bottle is returned empty.
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