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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
4
A Concord column details Memorial Day observances at local grammar and high schools, graduation plans for the class of 1910 with Prof. Nelson as speaker, and examinations schedule. It notes the large Memorial Day tourist turnout, the Harvard address, and upcoming debates at the Grange.
The junior prom Saturday evening drew a large crowd of students and friends. The hall featured blue and gold decor and floral streamers with Howe Orchestra providing music until intermission when refreshments were served. The event was organized by a committee of arrangements including Mrs Woodward Hudson Mrs Heery P Richardson Miss Theodora Bates and others.
Veterans gathered at the armory at 10 o clock for a Sunday service led by Rev G A Smith Dexter rector of Trinity. George F. and others attended and heard Dexter’s sermon on The War of the Future praising the War of 61 and urging public service to promote a larger universal peace. The hymns reflected a pardoned, reverent mood.
The service next Sunday morning honors the church 84th anniversary with a sermon titled A Christ Filled World from John 21 25. Evening topics include Seed Sowing in the Soul or What in the Judgment with a song service preceding. Friday evening will host a Sunday school meeting with teachers scholars and friends. Memorial service attendance was good and the pastor spoke on Our National Banner while the choir provided suitable music.
Public notices list Nellie Goold Miss Nellie Harney Mrs Francie P Hallett Miss Margaret Tarhiiton Miss Marion Mathe. The column mirrors a postal advertisement of names awaiting delivery.
For the 27th year Old Concord Post 180 marked Memorial Day with 118 graves in Lincoln and Concord decorated by militia and Spanish War veterans. A wreathing procession, patriotic songs, a noon dinner, and a roll call funeral salute followed an 8:30 a.m. barge departure and a 3:00 p.m. march to Seepy Hollow with Civil War and Spanish War monuments adorned in laurel.
On a clear Thursday night residents across Concord reported a vivid view of Halley’s Comet. Observers noted the celestial body near sunset, with the comet’s tail streaking across the western sky shortly after eight.
Milton Academy defeated Concord high as Pilton limited the visitors to three hits while fans overwhelmed them with 15 strikeouts. Hallowell allowed 12 hits, but Concord never mounted a sustained rally after a fourth inning double by Hunt and single by Richardson.
Memorial Day crowd watched Commercial High overpower Concord 11 runs as Concord failed to threaten. Commerce fielded cleanly and ran bases quickly in a dominant, errorless game. Miss Ellen Hoar of the Wheeler School, Providence, R. I., graduated Monday. Womans club executives plan a Monday meeting at Mrs. H C Rolte’s home.
The Married Men and Single Men teams prepare for a full nine inning clash on the town playgrounds. Rumor says intense rivalries will drive heroic batting and prankish threats as clerks and managers pause work for the spectacle. Full results and casualties expected in the next edition.
Acton residents resist lake use regulations for Lake Nagog seen as harming a growing summer resort area. Cottage owners hotel operators and local merchants worry new rules could deprive the town of expected financial benefits from recreation and fishing near Concord.
Concord High expects to defeat Maynard High School in a June 11 game to dispel a town belief in Maynard that its team exists. The piece notes a June 1 confrontation planned to end Maynard’s baseball hopes and to quiet sarcastic press about a possible meeting.
A milk bottle bore an alarming label claiming purified crude petroleum and chemicals as ingredients. Investigators found the label was a misapplied memorandum, but the incident highlighted dirty practices and prompted calls for strict enforcement and cleanliness to deter future offenses.
A deadpan notice repeats lost book 13924 under Mass state law with payment terms. Local ads show rates per line and time/place readouts for Concord and nearby towns. Also a job ad seeks a cook and second girl for a Lincoln household.
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