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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
8
The Marlboro Enterprise announces its weekly publication schedule and office details. It lists officers Walter B. Morse president Walter P Fryd treasurer and Wm D McPherson manager and provides subscription prices and advertising rates.
Henry Burke to enter Lowell Textile School in September. Tuttle family tours Maine. Lothrop to spend summer in Washington. Miss Flagg and Miss Harrington visit Acton. Webbing factory work begins for Byron and McGreen. Auto trip to Keene and a Boston motor-boat return. Town tax this year $2610. last year $3190. Ball game planned for Fourth with Littleton club. Alaska-Yukon trip for Mrs. Morgan. Fletcher buys Stanley automobile. Drowning accident on Lake Killarney linked to Mrs. Percy’s family. Emily Nagle part of the party. Ed Gould moves to Athol for machine shop work. Lawn party to be held at school grounds by King’s Daughters. Glidden’s airship seen en route Fitchburg to Boston for Herald Trophy. Universalist Ladies Social Circle to meet July 1 at 2 pm. Concord High School diplomas awarded. locals Henry Burke, Russell Case, Agnes Richardson, Hal Warren graduate cum laude. Olivia, five, bites, water moccasin incident while fishing.
Benedicts win the deciding game as the Single and Married Men lose 23 to 5. W Piper hurls well and bats, R Piper shines in both, with Laird Barker Merriam and Davidson among notable hitters. Laird Barker W Piper each with two bases. Barker hits a homer. Attendance 100.
A boy caught a trout about 9 1/2 inches as a mother struck a snake trying to grab him. The creature loosened its hold but slipped into the brook. Miss Helen and W Hal Warren visited relatives in Waterville Me. Special services and a laundry ad also appear.
West Acton entries report Joseph Schnab traveling to Nova Scotia John Watkins visiting Somerville Dr Hall Staples buying a Reo runabout and Geo W Burroughs substituting at C H Mead Co Hall Bros load wood at North Acton station Monhegan trip by H T Clark and son E W Clark of Newton Barrows buys Herman Gould farm Maynard celebration planned Lawn party at the village a monetary success Mrs Sanford Searles and children visit in Lynn Thermometer hits 98 degrees at C H Mead store Dr F E Tasker attends aunt’s funeral in Lee Mass Alfred Goding undergoes operation at Mass General balloon Glidden sighting from Fitchburg landing in Burlington Harvard class day attendees named
Local residents share visits with relatives including Miss Ruth Sprague and Miss Lena Laker. Miss Lena Laker attended a Cochituate graduation. A balloon launched from Fitchburg flown by Charles W. Glidden passed over Acton and nearby towns before landing near Burlington, Lexington, and Woburn. Auctioneers Otis H. Forbush announce July grass sales on Abram H. Jones Farm and Henry Mason farm with details in posters.
Families attend church events school gatherings and visits across Acton Concord and neighboring towns. Notable items include Baptist church services on the 4th, a lawn party at the South Acton schoolhouse with Maynard brass band, visits to Medford Revere beach and Cumberland Me., and a Children’s Day concert in the Universalist church. Concord high school graduates listed include Jennie Bresth Vera Bradford Evelyn Knowlton Alice Cobleigh Louise Perkins and Raymond Bradford.
A spoofed 19th century town tale describes a judge in Rattlesnake Creek declaring a Fourth of July celebration and leading a raucous day of speeches, mock hangings, and fireworks. Citizens pledge liberty as the judge ends the day proclaiming the famous phrase We fought and died at Bunker Hill.
The excerpt recalls Independence Day as a lens on U S military history. It notes A B Lewis’s Archival quote about Union and sugar cured hams. It lists key July Fourth milestones: 1861 Congress with eight states unrepresented, 1868 Vicksburg’s surrender and Gettysburg news, 1864 Grant pressuring Lee, and 1898 destroyer of Cervera's Spanish fleet off Santiago with heavy Spanish losses and captives.
A conversation notes that raising a boy is serious and hard but expresses growing optimism as they feel the child has safely cleared his ninth Fourth of July. The tone reflects parental relief and cautious optimism about the child’s development.
Church services plan for next Sunday in the old church with a 7 30 p m address on the meaning of the Fourth of July and how to keep it right. Foundations on the new church building advance rapidly and should be an attractive place of worship. A children's concert and graduation from the primary department drew about 350 attendees with 23 children joining the main Sunday school and about 20 moving from the Cradle Roll to the primary department.
The notice lists James H. Croft John Garrow William Johnson Joseph Laprese L 8 Wheeler William Ryan Patrick Garvin A H Cornell and Mrs A E Foster as advertised letters. Several local stores including H H Young & Co and Adams & Bridge plan to close Wednesday nights.
Local classifieds list rental of a six room half house at Assabet Ave with river view and a bicycle pair for sale. Boats for hire at 10 cents per hour. cabbage and cauliflower plants for sale. Notice names Henry Shaw as administrator for Annie E Shaw estate with demand and payment instructions.
Humorous exchange about misplaced cuff links ends with a reference to a Cleveland Leader quip. The snippet also notes readers can obtain the Baby Pathfinder guide via mail order, referencing the July issue and railroad schedules. Local papers appear to poke fun while promoting railroad timetables and a pocket guide.
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