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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
10
The Concord Junction Village Improvement Society met on Monday evening February 25 to discuss unfinished projects. They urged a footpath from the Reformatory to the office area and a foot tunnel to reduce dangerous railroad crossings, along with plans to promote home and children’s gardens and future lectures.
A large turnout from the town attended the Concord Forum at the town hall Sunday afternoon. Guy, a member of the War Emergency division, delivered an address titled American and the War, discussing wartime service and national duties.
At about 11 o'clock Saturday night an engine and four freight cars ran off the track between the station and Commonwealth Avenue. No one was hurt and the cars were soon put back on the rails amid a crowd of onlookers.
Commuters can pass through the area as rails remain open and traffic flows smoothly with no delays reported. Maintenance crews work nearby to ensure continued safe passage for vehicles and pedestrians.
Mass Gen Hospital reports Officer Charles Robinson of the Reformatory wounded Friday night when a revolver exploded as it fell to the floor. The bullet passed through his foot, shattering the ankle bone. He had just returned from work and was preparing to retire. Friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Ministers in the region are invited to a union meeting at Ayer on Tuesday March 19 to discuss the current war situation. Rev A L Struthers of Townsend chairs the organizing committee and the gathering will be in the church federation building near the depot.
At West Concord Woman's club meeting Mrs A C Lowery gave piano selections and Mrs R C Whidden reported on the Federation meeting in Chelsea. Alma Halbower led a talk on Feeding the Family. A post lecture sugar shortage food sale succeeded. Ernest Carroll weekend guest in Allston. Mary Loring visits Watertown aunt. Mr and Mrs Thomas Carroll visited son Harry in Brookline Deaconess hospital. Ladies Sodality and Holy Name Society met at Help of Christians church. Mr and Mrs John Cullinane welcomed a son at Deaconess hospital. Div 56 AOH to Concord for a communal reception and mass at St Bernard’s church.
Inquisitive people act as conversation funnels passing information onward. They do not seek personal gain from what they hear, but relay it to others as it travels through discussion.
Rev. Aaron Williamson preached Sunday morning on John 16 33 and evening on I am the vine ye are the branches. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs Etta Bent Saturday afternoon and Friday evening prayer meeting also with Mrs Bent. The pastor will relate an Indian story Sunday March 10 at 7 o clock involving the same individuals.
George N Johnston fell from an apple tree while trimming at C W Rices on March 2. A limb struck him causing a fractured neck and elbow. He went to hospital Monday per Dr Hamblin. Bone from elbow to shoulder was damaged. Also noted are a memorial for Lizzie Moore and Red Cross play benefit planned March 9 with a dance to follow.
A Bedford letter from U. S. Navy hospital Philadelphia expresses gratitude for a Christmas gift box valued by troops. The note, signed B. Sowang, thanks Bedford townspeople for their thoughtfulness and wishes a merry year ahead. Also, a plumbing contract for Mrs. Albert Pfeiffer’s new home was awarded to Austin McRae of Concord.
Read of the Kane led 1853 voyage with 19 men and a brutal Arctic winter. Survivors, starving, trap a seal, butcher it ruthlessly, and feast in a grim but vivid scene recounted in The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole.
William Lyon Phelps argues that great art remains true because it expresses immutable human nature, unlike scientific works that fade with revision. He notes that poetry and drama endure while scientific editions require continual updates, while literature remains timeless and early editions hold value.
A young soldier at Camp Meade Maryland knelt to pray nightly while peers jeered him. The company captain gave a stern lecture and soon the man who stood up for his beliefs was promoted to sergeant signaling courage and character.
Bindle opens the trunk to find a moth feast has ruined both his and Mrs. Bindle’s winter garments. While she longs for a new Aviatrix coat, the moths have left her and him with tattered clothes and a sarcastic exchange about fashion and luck.
In Greensburg and Shelbyville a warm welcome follows visiting soldiers. Three year old Charles Ullrich hugged Sergeant Ross Reed of Greensburg as he rested at a ticket office railing. Six year old Henry Jerman saluted Reed as he passed toward Greensburg, honoring the touring troops from Camp Taylor.
Children at the Indianapolis Orphans' Home auditorium began to sing The Finest Flag That Flies. The leader asked for the second stanza but the children refused to sing the line Dear old Germany and the stanza was omitted from the American flag song.
A German process called degerminating extracts a small grain germ used for young plant nutrition. Distilled, the germ yields a table oil, a Margarine ingredient, and a luminous powder with 3.5 times meat nourishment. Twenty grams equal one egg and it is used as an egg substitute. Large mills in Germany are adopting the method, turning germs into oil and albumin powder.
A Washington correspondent predicts future air fleets will grow larger and stronger like ships of the line. Germany’s metal enclosed battleplanes prompt the view that aerial armor will not be monopolized by any nation. The article cites Caproni and Handley Page machines and notes the Liberty engine’s ongoing success.
The excerpt argues poetry shapes human action more than reason and cites Brutus as evidence that poetic appeal can move mobs. It critiques isolating ideas and stresses poetry as a reservoir of experience guiding behavior beyond rational conviction.
A correspondent recounts a humorous incident at a large military hospital where a nunlike nurse explains a slang term for cats with no ears. The tale centers on a group of newly arrived soldiers who receive garments and share a light moment about wordplay among personnel.
The Herald reports that dental hygienists and qualified dentists from Columbia will examine and certify the teeth of young women recruits before they go to camp. The program aims to provide proper dental care and ensure readiness for service.
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