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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
6
Publication details for The Enterprise weekly edition dated August 25, 1902 list office at 161 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. Subscription rates shown include $1 per year and 6 month and 3 month options with postage included.
Advertising rates show one inch one week at 75 cents and 25 cents for each additional ad. Special yearly rates apply to business notices in local columns at 100 dollars per line per insertion.
Mrs Frank Cohner and daughter Mabel Noll visit Berkshire Hills while Mildred Files visits Dorchester friends. Local builder buys Main and Commonwealth corner property for a milk shed. Dr B Alley’s little girl suffers a fall but avoids serious injuries. A Salvation Army bank theft prompts police attention. A new fast team plans a simi epee event as bushees jailed for check fraud. Boundary plan for West End Land Co. land near Commonwealth and Law’s Brook Road approved with town road-crew grading promised. Frank J Barker MD announces Dr Frederick R Shaw will assume his practice starting Tuesday with office phone numbers listed.
The Friends of the Village Improvement Society reviewed boundaries of public land at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Laws Brook Road during a public meeting in Warner Hall.
Local notice advertises a room to let in Concord Junction. Apply to Mrs. Fletcher at No 1 Highland Street.
The Duc de Morny aided Halevy to advance in the French civil service by arranging a post during Algeria ministry cuts. The duke suggested a six month vacation to write for the stage and provided a note to the department head to secure the appointment.
A humorous exchange: Little Fred laments women with servants and Little Elsie jokes they complain to display wealth. The quip appears in the Chicago News and reflects a bit on covetousness and purpose in daily life.
Mortimer Whitehead of New Brunswick New Jersey cited Grange history and unity in a Plymouth rock style address marking a forty year milestone. He warned against internal strife and urged adherence to the Order’s creed of unity liberty and charity to safeguard the future amidst growth.
A question on salaries was answered after the national grange finance committee report. Officers and voting members get 3 dollars per day plus 3 cents per mile for travel, with the national master at 500 dollars yearly plus per diem and expenses, and other officers ranging from 400 to 1,200 dollars annually plus expenses.
State Master Buxton endorses grange fairs for member motivation and cooperative training. He notes fairs attract press and public praise, expanding reach beyond members. Grange No. 1283 in Clearfield County shows a diverse local roster including teachers and a justice of the peace.
Concord news item list of visitors and residents away on vacations includes Helen Keyes, Miss Bessie Holden, Miss Mary Varley, Mrs R F Wood, Gwendolen Burgwin, and others. Public concert by the Concord band held in Monument Square. Temperance topics feature in Outlook articles. The Medford K of C baseball team to visit Concord. local Harvard summer school dinner noted. Thermometer hits 97 with later shower. charity and lodge activities plus letters and itineraries.
On July 7, the Concord and Concord Junction unions met with Mrs BE C and Mrs R H Damon on the lawn. Despite heat the day, a deep breeze and calm atmosphere made the gathering pleasant as the Scientific Temperance departments conducted the event.
Arthur H. Brooks of Cambridge and Thomas P. Curtis of Nahant were found guilty of speeding. Brooks fined $10 and Curtis $5. both paid. Irving J. Mitten of Somerville pleaded not guilty and was fined $10. William J. Warner of Newton pleaded not guilty and had his case placed on file.
The Trinity Church outlines next Sunday program with morning sermon The Shadowing Rock and evening combined service from 7 to 8 o'clock addressing How to Promote Total Abstinence.
Help wanted notice for a housekeeper at Mrs. Walter S. Wood's home 11 Low ell Road Concord Massachusetts. Also a sale note for Miss Buck offering shirt waists skirts at reduced price and millinery cuts Opposite the National Bank Concord Mass. Auction of a gas machine by Walworth Manufacturing and an electric automobile with new batteries 1908 model Demonstrations available by applying to John M Keyes Concord Mass. Jy 15 tf
Democrats in Bangor nominate Obadith Gardner of Rockland by acclamation for governor with Charles F. Johnson presenting him. The convention endorses liquor law repeals and liquor enforcement changes, plus tax and expenditure reforms as central planks.
Four weeks of extreme heat causing fourteen deaths and many prostrations ended when a heavy rainstorm hit Boston late yesterday. A west wind of twenty four miles an hour followed, lowering temperatures and ending a six week drought that had damaged crops across the area.
The piece praises French women for charm and notes France as peaceful and contented while a second quip warns that new lands hold hidden stumps, echoing a frontier mindset. The quotes reflect period sensibilities about gender and opportunity.
London reports America and Great Britain dominating opening Olympic day with two golds each in four events. John J. Flanagan set the hammer record and M J McGrath matched strong marks while M W Sheppard won the 1500 metres and led a U S dash. George W. Gaidzik earned top judging brag for diving. Flanagan 170 ft 4 1 2 in in hammer.
In Troy New York on July 15 authorities weigh theories about Hazel I Drew 19 whose body was found in an old millpond last Saturday Theories suggest assault before murder but decomposition prevents confirmation of this.
Mrs Elia Horner was arraigned in Northport court on a charge of shooting Dr James W Simpson her son in law. The wounded dentist was not in court to press the charge. Surgeons failed to remove the bullet and the patient may not recover. Justice Hawkins adjourned the hearing and Horner was released on 5000 bail posted by the dentist's wife.
A private dispatch from Sosnowice, Russian Poland, reports a plot to kill Emperor Nicholas. The conspiracy is described as well planned with many ramifications and over four hundred men and women were arrested, with more arrests pending.
The Peary expedition steamer Roosevelt arrived after eight days from Oyster Bay. After refueling with coal and supplies, the Roosevelt and the accompanying supply steamer Eric will proceed north. The Erie will travel to Etah, where the expedition expects to arrive in late July.
The July 15 notice reports new Russian railway passenger tariffs effective today with price hikes of 80 percent for first class 20 percent for second class and 10 percent for third class. Separate items note a New Brunswick case where three men face twelve year prison terms for Black Hand extortion demands. Additional local items include Clinton Massachusetts municipal ownership vote favoring the Canton Electric Light and Power Company and a Pearsons Weekly anecdote on donkeys and cliffside dangers.
The New England Chautauqua Assembly at Montwall Framingham opens this week with noted speakers and entertainers. Lectures include Rev N T Whittaker and J Wilder Fairbank with a diverse program of classes, concerts, and readings, season tickets at 1.75 and daily 25 cents.
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