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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes from the Maes Post Office 1903 items referencing rates and dates including March 8 1879 and postage details. Mentions Maynard Concord Sunbury Act and Bedford with unclear listing of recipients and fees.
The piece urges William Jennings Bryan to refrain from a peace campaign that could splinter the nation during Germany crisis. It praises Wilson’s leadership and warns Bryan any move toward antiwar agitation would harm national honor and ruin America’s standing abroad. It argues common citizens back the president’s foreign policy.
The article argues that after ten months of fighting there is no clear path to peace. It cites stalemate on the western front and Russian losses on the eastern line, warning the war could drag indefinitely unless Germany’s war material and manpower are exhausted or Italy’s entry closes critical supply routes.
About seven decades of her friends gathered to surprise the hostess. Miss Mary Kelly presented a traveling bag and a wedding bell ornament hung with pink and white streamers. Guests showered linen and silverware as games, music, and refreshments followed. A committee led by Mary Kelly, Kathryn White, and Mary Flavin organized the event.
Miss Mabel Morris, a bookkeeper in the dressing department, found her desk covered with tins after stepping away Saturday morning. The employer's department workers confessed to the prank but offered an alibi about the timing, citing the latter part of the month.
The Ladies Kennel Association of Massachusetts held its annual open air dog show at Woodland Park in Auburndale on a Wednesday. Local attendees included Mrs. Thomas Bell Mrs. John Ingham Mr. and Mrs. William Ingham and others. Whitestone Kennels earned multiple prizes including Whitestone Polly with two firsts and Whitestone Countess with a second and third. Captain H won a first in limit and second in open, and Daschund Bubi Kay owned by Arthur Sullivan took second prizes.
Miss Wollerschied, in Boston for three years, has performed from California to Mexico and engagements across British Columbia Texas and many states. She will meet her Maynard friends at Gordon's Olympiad this week and be pleased to greet them.
Manager Gilroy and nine players did not play at Pawtucket on Saturday due to a guarantee misunderstanding. They are set to play the Mohawks in Milford on Saturday with return in Woonsocket on July 10 and in Lexington with the Minute Men on July 17. The big game remains Concord Junction at the local grounds on July 3.
The Board of Selectmen voted to relocate the watering trough from Nason Street to Mills side of Walnut Street near the Main Street bridge to ease congestion. Supt. John J. Driscoll to implement the change. New signs will direct teamsters to stay on the right side after crossing the bridge to reduce accidents. Weather permitting, Thursday evening concert series begins with the Imatra band at John A Crowe Sunday afternoons, providing seats and wider access to music for townsfolk.
Delegates from Samer Hill Rodge A U W and Rita F Ray lodges voted to attend a reception for G M W John J Gallagher at Clinton on June 24. Lodges from Hudson Marlboro Leominster Northboro Fitchburg and the host town will participate with grand lodge officers and Clinton church representatives present.
At the sewers' union gathering in Cannon's Hall on Thursday evening Thomas F. McMahon of Lowell organizer of the United Textile Workers of America and A F L spoke on general and its benefits advocating intelligent effort by employer and employee. He supported arbitration and its lasting results. The program included vocal selections by Kathryn Powers and Ethel Carlson promotions by Nettie Reynard, dances by Jessie Graham and a reading by Thomas Breck with Nettie Reynard as accompanist.
The Maynard brass band will perform at a lawn party in South Acton on Thursday evening and provide music at another lawn gathering on Friday. They are engaged to play in Concord on July 40, and a prior outing in Waltham for the Metz Automobile employer was cancelled.
The crack Bunting team of Lowell will attract at the grounds of the Maynard Cricket and Athletic Association on Saturday afternoon. The local eleven seek to avenge their defeat at Lowell with a dinner planned as a postmatch feature.
Bernard Hilferty hosted a Thursday afternoon lawn party on his grandfather Hilferty's Main street premises. A group of his young friends gathered to celebrate the 7th birth anniversary with games and refreshments.
An improvement along the corner where the watering trough was moved from has been abandoned for the present. Widening the street would encroach on private property.
Misses Beatrice Callahan and May Belle Lowney visited friends in Lynn during the latter part of the week.
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