Temperance Action Urged to Aid Prohibition Bills
The regular first Tuesday meeting of the Union with Mrs. H. C. Rolfe urged members to press Congress for Littlefield interstate commerce, anti liquor tax receipts, Sims prohibition in DC, and Hansborough anti polygamy measures. National WCTU President Stevens called for vigorous effort to protect prohibition states and urged letters to senators Lodge and Crane and representative Tirrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Rolfe
Katherine Lent Stevenson
Aécill Union
Littlefield
District of Columbia
Hansborough
New York
West Virginia
Delaware
Missouri
Iowa
Maine
North Dakota
New Jersey
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Henry Cabot
Lodge
J. Murray Crane
Charles L. Tirrell
Local News and Advertisements from Marlboro 1908
The Marlboro newspaper page notes Wednesday March 11 1908 editions under The Winters enterprise with Mawes W C T U activities led by Florence Bowker and Miss Willard pictured. The Concords function features local harness repair by George F Lowery East Acton with prompt service guaranteed.
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Mawes
Young People’s Choir
Florence Bowker
George F. Lowery
East Acton
Mass
Concord Junction Community Notes and Local Incidents
Nathaniel Ford of Fall River visits son Justin Ford on Commonwealth Ave. Michael J. Dee will occupy 212 Elmet after George W. Ball moves to Boxboro April 1. Fire department called to Waldo P. Lapham tenement roof near B and M station. Lectures on ethics of eating given by Mrs Janet McKenzie. Public safety concerns rise over schoolhouse door security after fire drills provoke panic among children.
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Nathaniel Ford
Fall River
Justin W. Ford
Commonwealth Ave
Michael J. Dee
Concord
Elmet
George W. Ball
Boxboro
Rev
W. M. Campbell
Rockport
Collins
Lillian
Dorchester
Kenneth T. McKenzie
Waldo P. Lapham
Woman's Club For
General Reading
Mirs
Janet McKenzie
Willard Settlement leader speaks to Boston audience
Miss Caroline Caswell president of the Frances E. Willard Settlement addressed a large Union church crowd in Boston on Sunday evening. Rev. Wm. J. Batt and Mrs. Mary B. Lane introduced the speaker and praised the settlement’s work among working girls and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Caroline Caswell
Frances E. Willard
Boston
Union Church
Wm. J. Batt
Mary B. Lane
Fire devastates Dodge block in Rochester New Hampshire
A late night blaze in Dodge's block at Central square Rochester destroys the upper floors housing offices and a Masons lodge while ground floor businesses suffer. Firemen from Rochester Dover and Somersworth combat flames, three people rescued from the building as damage nears 150000 dollars.
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Palestine Commandery Lodge of Masons
Dodge Block
Sidley
Pearl
Telephone Exchange
Frank B. Preston
Concord Woman's Club Reports June Convention Plans
At the Wo man's club meeting Mrs Frances W Hornbrooke spoke on Some Domestic Problems of our Foremothers and a food sale funded entertaining during the week of June 21 for the tenth biennial convention in Boston. Ill residents include Algott Pratt Edna Calef and Mrs James B Wood at their Main street homes.
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James RB. Wood
Main St
Woman’s Club
Frances W. Hornbrooke
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Doston
Help wanted and classified notices from Concord area
Mixed employment and housing notices. Includes requests for a general house worker, piano tuning inquiries, farm work for a strong young man in exchange for board, and board for a gentleman with family. Also listings for bookkeeping course sales, a farm foreman position, and estate care references in Concord Boston Dorchester Scranton.
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Hawkins St
Boston
Scranton
J. S. Wilson
Concord
Mass
H. M. Hardy
Seaver St
Dorchester
Sentleman
Malden Rubber Shoe Mills to Close, 4500 Affected
In Malden Massachusetts Boston Rubber Shoe Company will shut factory No 2 on March 18 and factory No 1 on March 21 for an indefinite period affecting 4500 workers. The plants are part of United States Rubber Company and had paused earlier in winter. The piece ends with a Milwaukee Journal quote on aging and growth.
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Boston
Rugg
Supreme Court
Malone
Massachusetts Street Railway
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New Haven
Malden
Mass
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
United States Rubber Company
Doping a Race Horse Exposed by Expert View
A Kansas City Independent report quotes a prominent veterinarian explaining how a minute dose of a drug is fed to a race horse hours before a race. The drug reliably induces sweating and false readiness, with antidotes used after the race, and the process risks the horse’s nervous system and shortens its career.
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Kansas City
Inches Feet and Yards in Measurement basics
Johnny explains tape measure as the tool that handles inches feet and yards. The lesson reinforces US customary length units and how to read and convert between them.
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Johnny
Electricity transforms daily life and industry in a sweeping revolution
In a Sunday Magazine feature by F Nelson Tracy, electricity is hailed as a superior servant to fire, rapidly altering production and daily tasks. The piece notes the nine teenth century mastery of electrical power and its fusion of mechanic, chemical, and artistic efforts, expanding human ability. Miss Mary Keefe receives a gold walla and chain from Rev M B Twomey for selling the most tickets in a St Leonard's parish play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
F. Nelson Tracy
Mary Keefe
Walla
M. BE. Twomey
St. Lernard’s Parish
Haverhill Edges Concord 26 to 8 in Hoops
Haverhill defeated Concord 26 to 8 in a Friday basketball game. Mitchell led Haverhill with five floor goals followed by Reed four and Gillen three. Other scorers included Mullen Adams Lannigan Meader and Davie. Referee Gorman with timing at two periods of 20 and 15 minutes.
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Concord High School
Haverhill High School
Haverhill Concord Mitchell
Banforth Gillen Lf
Meater Reed
Lannigan Davis
Adams Miller
Rf Young
Haverhill
Concord
Floor Mitchell
Reed
Gillen
Mullen
Adams
Lannigan
Meader
Davie
Gorman
McFernan
Owen
Timer Déehan
Trinitarian Church Marks Lent with Seven Asia Messages
Day by day sermons begin Sunday at the Trinitarian church focusing on The Messages to the Seven Churches in Asia. March 8 Ephesus Departure from Love March 15 Smyrna Faithfulness Crowned March 22 Pergamum The Name Don’t the Heart March 29 Thyatira The Morning Star April 5 Sardis Watchfulness April 12 Philadelphia Open Door April 19 Laodicea The Personal Overture of Christ Easter Personal welcome to all.
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Asia
Ephesus
Smyrna
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
Christ
Town Meeting Dates Set For March and April
Albert Rockwood returns from Amherst due to illness. The annual town meeting for the election of officers will be held March 20. The town meeting for appropriations will be held April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Rockwood
Amherst
Syrup White Pine and Tar Sold by H S Richardson
H S Richardson pharmacist of Concord Massachusetts offers Syrup White Pine and Tar a patent remedy advertised as a cough suppressant and expectorant in local listings.
K of C and A O H Tie On Monument Alleys
The K of C and the A O H teams tied with two points each on the monument alleys Thursday evening. Finigan of A O H had the high single string total with 102 and the top three string total of 284.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of C
Monument
Finigan
Hartwell Appeal Over Horse Whipping Grandson
In district court I N Hartwell of Bedford received a $100 fine and 30 days in Lowell jail for assault with a horsewhip on his 11 year old grandson George Hawk. He appealed and was held on $500 bonds for the grand jury. Hartwell housekeeper Mrs Delian Kane charged with the same offence received an indefinite term at the woman prison in Sherborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Hartwell
Bedford
Lowell
George Hawk
Delian Kane
Hartwell
Woman
Sherborne
Concord Letter Poses Paint Cost Puzzle
A letter to T H Eckfeldt discusses a paint price riddle using Devoe at 1.75 dollars per gallon. It argues that if paint spreads half more and lasts twice as long, the breakeven price is minus 1.75 dollars per gallon with painters wages at 3.50 dollars a day. Towle Kent sells our paint.
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Devoe
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Wnterprise Company
H. F. Wilder
Marlboro
Main Street
Busines
Concord Junction
North Collinwood
Massachusetts
Cc. T. U. Meeting
W Oliver
B. J. Coughlin Periodical Store
Nason St. Maynard
Oliver
Manchester
N. H
Stark Cotton
Duck Combine
Algott Pratt
Edna Calef
Ma Tee
Thoreau St
W. S. Leland
Malden St
G. &. Whitney
Goncord Junction
Milwaukee Journal
Sherwin-Williams
Albert Vanderhoof
J. R Cummings
Post Office
Electricity
Ito
Nian
Fairhaven
Wilfrid Wheeler
Trinitarian Church
H. S. Richardson Pharmacist
Concord, Mass
Triangle
K. Of.c
T. H. Eckfeldt
Devoe & CO P. S. Towle & Kent
Concos
New England Colleges and Scientific Schools
Leon Edwin Ryther
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