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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1905
Page
8
Local residents report numerous moves and visits across nearby towns including Frank Tuttle relocating to Waltham and A. Hines moving to Maple Street. Members attend weddings, band performances, and Memorial day services, with notes on weather frosts and town school improvements. Fourteen named individuals, three towns, and several local businesses are referenced.
Sunday marked one year of Pastor Peebles in charge with a review of trials and triumphs. The Sunday school is growing slowly and two evening services have merged into a single service at 7.00 p.m. next Sunday’s schedule changes continue.
Although much was lost in the recent fire, a great deal was saved thanks to the timely help of friends and neighbors. Daniel H. Farrar expresses gratitude from South Acton on June 7, 1905.
O W Mead and wife returned from a western trip. Chicken pox outbreaks among school children. Mrs J B Richardson ill with cold. Alfred Morse children ill with chicken pox. Dr Christie treated them. Walter Holden improving after asthma and heart issues. Mrs A A Hart returned from Medford. Preston family moved to Hoar property. E C Parker building a new house for the Woodwards. Mrs Mary Merrill visiting from Taunton en route to Fitchburg for June with daughter Mrs Train. Long distance telephone network expanding. town lines being connected. Howard Holton night operator. Mrs John S Hoar and Mrs Thatcher visit Dartmouth sons Crosby Hoar and Russell Thatcher. Charles Beach bought Wm Smiley’s ice cream building to produce Home Remedy items. Mrs Ella M Keith to lecture on Domestic Science for railroad workers. Fire alarm at 4 a.m. extinguished with little damage. Isaac Davis post 138 G A R bought new Mt Hope cemetery lot with flag staff and urn for unknown dead. Memorial Day exercises well rendered by students.
Mr and Mrs Walter Mead marked their fiftieth anniversary with a family gathering at their Stow road home on June 3 Their two children C H Mead postmaster and store owner and Mrs Wallace Brown of Groton plus two grandchildren attended The Meads previously lived in Boxboro where he was a prosperous farmer and cattle raiser The couple reside quietly now and members of the community extend congratulations and best wishes for future anniversaries.
George Houghton thanks helpers after a damaging fire at his West Acton home on a Saturday evening. A local ad lists Miss Armstrong's shop items for babies and ladies including shoes dresses bonnets jackets and gloves. Dr Christie sets office hours 2 to 4 pm daily except Sunday 3 to 5 pm and offers painless tooth extraction and related goods.
Rev Ida C Hustin will occupy the former home of Mrs Caroline Taylor. Mrs G Frank Cutting is ill with quinsy. Caroline Taylor summering with George Taylor East Sudbury. Schools close Friday except high school to June 23. Edward Eaton in Brookline hospital improving but stay may last another month. Hobart Noyes dangerously ill. Town hall praised after Memorial day exercises led by Colone Ober Newton and songs by George Cutter Somerville. Dying soldier Jeremiah Parish interred at Coopers Town NY. Union service May 22 at Memorial Congregational church South Sudbury with readings by Rev Ida C Hultin and sermon by Rev Elbridge C Whiting.
In Sudbury a church gathering reflected on foremothers and duties to those in need. Mrs. Charles H. Masury of Massachusetts urged noble deeds and remembrance of sacrifices. Mrs Fiske recalled Framingham chapter withdrawal and rapid charter member formation. Judge Estey spoke on Cornwallis Day.
Hudson Owen Thornton buys a fast horse. Miss Edna Loomis entertains her Lowell brother at Sunday dances. Cornelius Ennegush begins work at C M Brett Co shoe factory. Peter McCarthy returns after illness. Frank Pierson to open a Boston drug store. Miss Kate Harrington and Missie Golden visit Annie ONeil. Local notables host at Milford, T H Kingston unveils a novel moving advertising team. 20th Century club plans Lake Boon cottage dinner and grand opening next Sunday with Patrick Reddy as chef. Miss Audrey Calden at Washington Street near illness and impending graduation disrupted by appendicitis threats. doctors attend.
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