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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
4
The Enterprise lists publication data and second class matter status for Hh F Wilder Manager. It notes post office entry at Marlboro Maas the 26th of August 1902. Subscription rates are given as 1 year 1 dollar 50 cents and three months 26 cents. Office address 481 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts.
Ad rate notes show one inch space for a week plus 25 cents for each additional inch. Special yearly advertising rates offered. Business notices appear in local columns with ten cents per line per insertion.
Concern Junction residents and guests are listed with visits and movements. Local business changes include Benjamin Derby Jr purchasing a corner milk shed site. Public notices mention dog control and a Concord Junction improvement plan with West End Land Co. boundaries and road-graded lots. Dr Frederick R Shaw to take over medical practice from Dr Frank J Barker in West Acton and Concord.
A communications note to the Friends of the Village Improvement Society outlines matters from a public meeting held in Warner Hall. It concerns the boundaries of public land at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Laws Brook Road.
Local notice announces a room to let offering space in a Concord Junction home. Applications directed to Mrs. Fletcher at No 1 Highland Street.
The Duke of Morny helped Halevy obtain a civil service post by leveraging his influence with the Algerian Ministry. He advised a six month idle period to allow Halevy time to write for the stage and gave officials a note to secure the appointment.
A witty exchange notes women complain about servants to show wealth. The other line adds satire on covetousness and purpose. Read as a humor snippet from a Covetousness dwellers reflection and Taylor’s quip.
Mortimer Whitehead of New Brunswick New Jersey reflects on the Grange fortieth anniversary pilgrimage. He cautions against internal strife and urges unity in the order, invoking harmony in essentials and charity in all things as the fraternity marks its heritage.
A reader asked for officer pay, and the finance committee report was adopted. The National Grange pays officers $3 per day plus 3 cents per mile for travel, plus necessary expenses. The master earns $500 yearly plus $3 per day and expenses. lecturer $400 yearly plus per diem and expenses. secretary $1,200 yearly plus expenses. treasurer $500 plus expenses. each executive committee member $3 plus expenses.
State Master Buxton argues grange fairs boost member work and interest while gaining favorable press attention. He notes fairs bring speakers who explain grange aims to thousands, expanding outreach beyond the state fair. Grange No 1283 in Clearfield County features ten teachers and three justices among eighty members.
Concord society notices list visitors and departures from Concord and vicinity. Included are Miss Hibson Keyes, Mrs. J W Raymond, and several guests from Maine New Hampshire and New Jersey. The Concord band concert, church socials, and temperance articles are noted alongside a 97 degree Sunday and a local ice cream gathering.
On July 7 unions from Concord and Concord Junction met with Mrs. C and Mrs. R H Damon on a lawn. Despite Bay heat a cool breeze kept the gathering pleasant and active by the Scientific Temperance departments and related organizers.
Arthur H. Brooks of Cambridge and Thomas P. Curtis of Nahant were found guilty of overspeeding in Concord. Brooks paid a $10 fine and Curtis $5. Irving J. Mitten of Somerville was fined $10 after pleading not guilty. William J. Warner of Newton had his case placed on file.
The Trinitarian Church announces next Sunday services with two topics. The morning sermon will be The Shadowing Rock and the combined evening service from 7 to 8 pm will present How to Promote Total Abstinence.
Wanted experienced girl for house work at 11 Low ell Road Concord. Miss Buck advertises sale of shirt waists skirts and millinery at reduced prices opposite National Bank. For sale one forty light Gas Machine by Walworth Mfg Co and an electric automobile with new batteries, 1908 model. Demonstrations by apt. John M Keyes Concord Jy 15.
In Bangor Maine Obadiah Gardner of Rockland was nominated by acclamation for governor at the Maine Democratic convention Speakers presented by Charles F Johnson Gardner accepted with a speech The party reaffirms support for liquor law repeal and taxes reform while urging state expenditure cuts.Boston scene centers on highway funding debate as Union Freight Railroad gains bridge access awaiting legislative action and a mayoral veto.
In Boston the four week heat spell that caused fourteen deaths and many prostrations was broken by a heavy rain storm with a 24 mph west wind. The rain ended a six week drought that damaged crops and brought relief to residents.
A quotation asserts French women influence and charm, calling France the most woman ridden, peaceful, prosperous, and contented nation. The statement credits French women with ruling by charm and contrasts idealized travel prospects with harsher realities.
London reports that the United States and Great Britain each won two gold medals on the first real business day of the Olympic sports. John J. Flanagan broke the hammer record with a 170 ft 4 1 inch throw while M J McGrath also excelled. M W Sheppard won the 1500 meter dash, edging British rivals. George W Gaidzik of Chicago was praised for his diving.
In Troy new york investigators struggle to link a motive or murderer as Hazel Drew 19 is found dead in an old millpond. Authorities consider assault suspected though decomposition impedes confirmation. The case remains unsettled with no decisive breakthrough.
A private dispatch from Sosnowice, Russian Poland, reports a plot to assassinate Emperor Nicholas. The conspiracy was well planned with many ramifications and more than a hundred men and women were arrested, with further arrests pending.
The Peary expedition steamer Roosevelt reached Sydney New South Wales after eight days from Oyster Bay. It will take on coal and supplies with the steamer Eric and then proceed north to Etah where the expedition expects to arrive later in July.
The July 15 report notes a 30 percent rise in first class, 20 percent in second class, and 10 percent in third class farek on Russian railways taking effect today. Also covered are a Black Hand extortion case in New Brunswick and a Massachusetts vote approving municipal ownership of Canton Electric Light and Power.
The New England Chautauqua Assembly at Montwall Framingham begins a week of lectures, classes, and performances. Noted speakers include John L. Sewall Rev N T Whittaker and J Wilder Fairbank with diverse programs for Sunday school workers and general attendees. Season tickets are 1.75 with 25 cent single-entry, and electric cars connect Framingham to the grounds.
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