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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
4
The Enterprise published weekly from Marlboro Mass offers subscriptions at 1 per year 3 months 25c and a single copy price of 3c. Advertising rates include 75c per inch per week with 25c extra per additional inch and local business notices at 10c per line per insertion.
Mrs. A H Converse returned from New York. Ladies Union to meet at Mrs. Cadwell’s Thursday at 2 PM. Telephone changes and new cable installed Monday. Mrs. W W Curtis Sr visited Providence. Alfred Curtis and wife welcome a 10 pound daughter. Christian family from Greenville moved into Russell’s store tenement. he will work at the chair factory. Woman’s club meeting March 1 featured Elsie Russell ill and unable to speak. Rev. Wm J Bates gave a talk on Travels Abroad.
William KE Fisher engineer of the special with Gov Woodruff and staff on board surrendered to the coroner. A foggy, icy cab window contributed to misreading Hill's siding, leading to a fatal collision with three dead and many injured.
Washington March W Archie Roosevelt recovered from diphtheria after Friday illness. The attending physician says he is progressing as well as possible and is entirely out of danger.
Augustus P Chamberlain and J J Vanderveer arrived from Switzerland for the winter. Mrs N B Smith and Mrs Benj Tolman safely arrived in Ventura California. A delayed 5 59 from Boston reached Concord at 6 40 after engine trouble. Mrs George J Emmett visited her daughter Miss Evelyn Emmett in North Adams where she attends the normal school. A citizens caucus is set for March 14 to nominate town officers and elect the town committee. Mrs F M Holland hosted the travelers class of the Woman's club. Mrs Whitis of Bedford spoke on Jamaica. Sergeant Franklin N Prescott became treasurer of Company 1 on March 1. Registrars of voters will meet March 12 and March 16 to close spring election registration. The Concord Antiquarian society heard a reminiscence of Concord before and during the Civil War by George F Wheeler. Captain W S Wise visited Company I and praised their high class of marksmanship. Harriet W Morse, 71, widow of John E Morse of Norwood, died at her daughter’s home in Sudbury Street. Funeral held in Norwood. Debating club debated wealth concentration as harmful to the nation with Ednad Calef, Helen Hass, Thomas Tood Jr affirmative and C H Towle, Cornelia Thorpe, C H Towle negative. The club voted affirmative.
In Chicago a coroner's jury cannot decide if Webster Guerin died from a self-inflicted shot or murder by Mrs. Michael McDonald who is jailed charged with the killing. The case advances to criminal court despite friends claiming a long affair and motive. In Toledo Pope Motorworks machinists rise to over 700 with 400 out yesterday. Strikers march to union headquarters as 300 non members join union. plant guarded by police.
United States Marshal Flinn sold several J. E. Addicks properties in Wilmington to satisfy Charles Hinchman of Camden New Jersey judgment totaling 64 900. Hinchman purchased all the properties including three farms and a mill. The sale was announced March 6.
Judge Curtis orders a grand jury to consider evidence for indictment of William F. Walker, missing Savings Bank of New Britain treasurer, alleged to have embezzled over 500000. Indictment for embezzlement to be sought. Augusta, March 6. Legislative committee reports on moving the state capital to Portland. five favor referendum, five call for legislation inedpexpedient. matter tabled pending further action next week.
Attorney General opinion holds the state may tax railroad franchises but warns double taxation limits apply. In Chicago, the world champions baseball team sails for spring training in Mexico aboard a special train with around 60 passengers including players, friends, and reporters.
Washington reports that during the Fifty-Ninth congress 34,879 bills and joint resolutions were introduced in both chambers, about a fourth more than the prior congress. House bills numbered 26,154 with 940 becoming laws. Senate approvals occurred at a similar rate.
Washington endured a rare snowstorm late last night described as a small cyclone causing thunder and lightning. Weather Chief Professor Moore attributed it to cyclonic air motion over the city, with sharp electrical reports and substantial temperature shifts as the storm passed. Telegraph and telephone lines were affected, chimneys blew down, and residents sought shelter from a strong northwest wind amid rapidly falling temperatures.
Governor Campbell signs the anti theatrical trust bill relieving Texas managers from oppression by the theatrical trust. The law imposes a fine of 100 to 400 dollars or at least 10 days imprisonment for each violation.
Beerbohm Tree tried to lure a famous actor back into his company by meeting him in the dressing room. The actor named a large salary and Tree replied, as he continued with his makeup, to not slam the door when he left.
American men women and children enroll in the Lincoln Farm association to preserve the Kentuck y birthplace farm and one room log cabin of Abraham Lincoln. The cabin, once moved and displayed, is to be returned to Hodgenville area and set on its original site. Governor Joseph W Folk leads the group with notable directors incl Mark Twain Henry Watterson Taft Porter St Gaudens Gibbons Tarbell Tangood. Contributions from 25 cents up gain membership and a certificate.
The Lincoln farm near Hodgenville is set for preservation with paths fences and a memorial hall to house Lincoln relics. Plans include soil rejuvenation and a spur rail link to better connect the site to the outside world as fundraising continues at roughly $1,000 weekly.
Real estate ad notes a six to ten room residence with modern improvements and ample garden land at 151 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts from Concord Enterprise. Other items include browntail cutter return request chairs repaired stock hay for sale and secure framing at reduced Boston prices with local contact details. The notice also mentions a seven room Monument Street cottage for sale and a Lincoln centennial event linked to a Roosevelt address.
Berlin March 6 Walter Wellman sent a letter to Captain Von Krogh the German aeronaut inviting him to join as his assistant in a summer effort to reach the North Pole by balloon Von Krogh declined saying divisible ballooning has not yet reached perfection to guarantee success of a polar attempt
Reports from the Ute Indian camp near Fort Meade say Captain Hall arrived from Utah to hold a powwow to coax Utes back. Chiefs warned him away fearing trouble if young men saw him. The powwow took place at Fort Meade and the outcome is unknown.
Frank J. Long a known motor boat owner was arrested in Boston on a charge of forging a $400 order drawn on the Federal Trust Company in the name of Mrs Winifred Clark He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was jailed pending further proceedings.
A Concord Massachusetts reader writes about City Drug Co in Crystal Springs Mississippi testing Devoe against a New Orleans rival. Two coats of Devoe cost six gallons versus ten gallons of the competitor with a total difference of 20 dollars. Devoe claims better coverage and cost efficiency, noting the rival’s thin quality and local goodwill.
The Probate Court of Middlesex Massachusetts cites heirs in the estate of George H. S. Lloughton of Acton. Alfred S. Hudson seeks license to sell the real estate by private sale to pay debts and admin costs. Hearing set for April 2, 1907 in Cambridge. citation to be served or published in Acton Enterprise.
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