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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
6
A seamstress and good finisher advertising to do general work for a family of two. Leslie R Moore and William H Brown listed, contact Mrs J B Glidden at Elm Street for arrangements. Telephone 244.
Benefit event in Concord with proceeds aiding the Boy Scouts. The playful program includes an evening show on Saturday March 11 starting at 3 00 and 8 00 with tickets on sale at Richardson's Prices 36 cents. Local participants from Lepell well and Dracut contributed to the program.
The text notes a party held in a town hall on the 29th with strong urging from friends for another event on the 19th. It mentions promised timing but lacks complete details about participants or location.
Dem representative Sherwood of North Carolina announces withdrawal from politics amid disagreement with President Wilson over anti preparedness policy. He says he will vote with the president in the current crisis but will send a letter to constituents explaining his stance.
Concord voters endorsed a seven member committee to study county electric service changes and report by May 15. They adopted numerous articles funding schools, roads, public works, fire protection, sewerage and library needs, while rejecting a town hall expansion and accepting a Garland street road plan.
The article explains Lent as a 40 day fast from Ash Wednesday to Easter with 46 calendar days including Sundays. It notes the season emphasizes moderation and spiritual reflection, not asceticism, and mentions Holy Week April 16 to 22. March 8 to April 23 marks Lent this year, per George A. Tewksbury.
Display features ancient American Indian headress tomahawks battle axes poisoned arrows and rifles from colonial times. Visitors can view spears shields from African tribes wooden water pipe from Philadelphia's 1682 house and a time fuse from Valley Forge era artifacts attracting local interest.
Miss Jennie B McCarthy dies at her sister Mrs Lewis Rees home in Concord after a week long illness with grippe and influenza She was 45 years old born to Daniel and McCarthy She lived much of her life in Acton At the Junction she served as a businesswoman and was a longtime bookkeeper for J S Moore in South Acton She contributed as a reporter for the Acton News and was active in church work Survived by her mother and three sisters Mrs Keese Mrs Yates and Miss Annie McCarthy Funeral at 9 am in St Bernard church with burial to follow.
A Cadillac owner in Washington state reports driving 22 000 miles over 117 months. The article notes the car accumulated miles in ten hours of running and highlights the long ownership period.
The pastor Rev. G. A. Tewksbury starts a series of Lenten sermons on The Last Will and Testament of Jesus Christ with morning services. Evening topics and a full service schedule will be released separately. Mrs Ida Vose Woodbury lectures Thursday at 8 on The Heart of the Hills under Brotherhood auspices.
Robert E. Wright and a Co I guard attended the Maynard funeral this afternoon. A firing squad fired a volley at the grave and Musician John O'Brien sounded taps.
In a week or two Mr. Snow aims to show Chinese gods and idols from Egypt and India in his display window. The exhibit promises to be very interesting.
A fragment reports an alarm at a PCA facility where a fire started near a depot, affecting storage of carriages and sleighs. The building and its contents, including furniture, were described, with unclear details about the remains post fire.
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