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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
7
May crop report features Prof. Frank W. Rane of New Hampshire college advocating garden planning and soil care. Emphasizes interest, reliable varieties, fall plowing, air access, manure use, thorough cultivation, and proper crop rotation with detailed lists of varieties and a sample garden plan.
J F Bigelow, former city engineer, drafts plans for upcoming local builds. A wooden business block for Louis Kroll will sit on Main and Houghton streets in Hudson, 160 by 97 feet. Additional plans include a brick and wood building for O B Fowler in Maynard and a cottage for Robert Carter in Maynard.
Marlboro manager E. F. Goggin engages M. F. Malone of Worcester to umpire Marlboro games this season. Malone has played in the Connecticut and Eastern leagues and umpired in the Virginia state league, succeeding William J. Moore.
The article traces Abel Perry of Natick born 1733 and his Revolutionary service in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, plus family ties to Abel Perry senior and Shays Rebellion, and recounts local wartime figures Asa Drury William Hart and a Natick militia captain who aided Gen. Warren at Bunker Hill. It also mentions the Boston Tea Party and Nathaniel Greene in family lore.
Boston veteran William Hart served as a bombardier and later corporal and lieutenant in Captain Thomas Melville and Captain Jonathan Ede's artillery companies within Col. Thomas Craft's regiment. His service spans 1776 to 1777 with multiple term dates and a clothing list in 1779. A May 1782 petition supported his commission as a galley volunteer privateer.
Northfield prepares for a busy July with four distinct Christian conferences and two summer schools. The Student Conference ends early month, Mount Hermon marks its 25th anniversary, and the Northfield Young Women’s Conference runs July 5 to 15. Summer schools on Foreign Missions and Sunday School Methods run July 17 to 29, followed by the General Conference for Christian Workers August 5 to 19.
Annual report shows 5983 children investigated for cruelty neglect or harsh conditions. 517 cases required court action after failed persuasion. 1639 children placed in homes or institutions during the year. Society seeks additional funds to expand its work but faces funding handicaps and limits.
The appeal notes public donations sustain its special agents at work and maintain a Boston base at 43 Mount Vernon Street to aid saving a child.
A dense list of timetable entries effective Oct 9 shows trains from South Acton Concord Junction Maynard Hudson and other towns via Central Mass and Fitch Div. to Boston Marlboro Nashua and surrounding lines. The schedule lists numerous departures and arrivals with times across weekdays Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
Mizpah chapter O E K 8 held a meeting with all officers in the chairs except one past matron or patron. Two candidates were initiated and refreshments of strawberries cake and ice cream were served. Large attendance. some towns not represented.
Keiths Theatre presents popular music by the Fadetios Orchestra with encore filled concerts at 145 and 7 30 pm followed by vaudeville. Horace Golden the renowned magician headlines a varied bill including Chester and his statue dog Pictures of the Hunt Walter C Kelly Heloise and the Amoros sisters and more. An extensive kinetograph program promises lively entertainment throughout the evening.
Marlboro resident and former congressman Hon F R Coolidge died at his Fitchburg home Friday morning aged 64. Born in Westminster he shone as chairmaker and rattan shop superintendent and helped promote the Marlboro Westboro line and other routes with his son Marcus A Coolidge. Survived by son Marcus and daughter Cora H Coolidge, he was a Democrat who represented the district in 1892.
A twenty view set of eight colored lithography postcards depicting New England scenery from mountains to seashore. Enclosed in an envelope, mailed to any address for 30 cents in stamps by the General Passenger Department of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston Mass.
The State Normal School at Fitchburg offers experienced teachers a chance this year to study for a year and then teach on salary under the faculty’s supervision. Previously the program was only a year of study with no classroom teaching experience.
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