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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
6
An old Marlboro notice lists activities on Wednesday evenings at 161 Main Street and references subscriptions and single copies at $1 per year, three months 25 cents, with Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford towns mentioned for distribution. The fragmented text includes dates around August 1908 and mentions a post office, manager, and subscription details.
The Agricultural department at the high school started its poultry course with 40 members Thursday night. Instructor A W Dovittle plans talks on poultry raising at each session to help students gain profitable poultry skills. The next lesson is set for Thursday night.
The Trinitarian Church schedules Sunday morning sermon on The Punishment of Sin What Is It and evening sermon at 7 40 on The Person and Work of Christ Friday evening subject The Call to Repent.
Advertisements may be placed at H. L. Whitcomb's and must be prepaid. Rates are 10.6 a line or any portion of a line per insertion. Allow 6 words to a line. Ads are read in Concord Maynard Littleton Bedford Acton and Sudbury.
The record lists Middlesex Institution for Savings officers from Concord Massachusetts dated March 2 1914 including President Harvey Wheeler Treasurer Charles E Brown and Clerk Stedman Buttrick plus committee members Loring Fowler Ricard Bartlett and Herbert W Hosmer. Additional ads seek domestic help a general house work maid and a large chestnut roadster steerage or city work priced at 325. There is an offer for a VACUUM CLOTHES WASHER with a $1.56 price and a method to obtain one by sending a postal reply.
Engagement news for Samuel Hoar and Miss Helen Warren announced at a tea hosted by Mrs. M. B. S. Bradford in Concord. Guests included friends from Boston and Cambridge. Warren debuts among debutantes, while Hoar practices law in Concord. Ice dispute over a pond near A. B. C. Dakin deemed safe by state health officials.
The Epworth League of the M. E. Church presents a Saturday evening literary program with Mise Sadie Hagen of the New England Home for the Aged and Dr. Osgood of Maynard as speakers. Refreshments to follow and all are welcome.
A note in the paper describes a poverty social hosted by the Y M Y C B of the Trinitarian church. Invitations resemble h box posters and announce the social in the chapel Thursday at 8 o clock with a dress rule against clothing or jewelry indicating income tax. A musical and literary program with refreshments is planned for a fun evening.
The B C and W elab met Saturday in Friend's block and approved renting space in the Middlesex Mutual Fire Co. building for the present. The move will occur during the month as Gub Block room must be vacated by April 1. The club, organized in 1858, is said to be the town's oldest.
At the YWCA annual meeting in Boston on March 3 Miss Margaret Lothrop was chosen as a member of the Board of Management for a three year term.
Evangelist W. W. Kimball of the International Bible Students Association will lecture Sunday afternoon at town hall Concord. The Free Bible lecture, second in a series, will explore The Great Hereafter as a perplexing issue about judgment day and fate after death.
A weekly English meeting is held each Sunday at 11 a m after Sunday school. Pastor Rev A Herggreem BA delivers a sermon in English for native born parishioners. Last Sunday the subject was What a man speweth, he shall also reap.
Rev. Andrew Berggreen of Concord’s Methodist church starts a religious society in Lowell to serve the Norwegian Danish population lacking a church. A Sunday school organizer and Rev. Bergreen speak at well attended Sunday meetings at 4 o'clock. Password is not disclosed.
Concord native Thomas Whitney Surette has built a wide musical career in the United States and England. A Harvard 1891 graduate, he composed operetta Priscilla performed in Concord, wrote The Eve of St Agnes, and coauthored The Appreciation of Music. He lectures for Oxford and other universities and begins a six lecture series on music at Trinity Church on April 19.
Music lovers will have a chance to study Cesar Franck with lectures presented by Concord. The program emphasizes piano illustrations and added measures to enhance understanding of musical themes.
A list of names appears for advertised letters including Richard F. Barnard Box A Head master Roger Swain E T Wise and several Mrs. C F Ayer Mrs M J Cavanaugh Mrs F BE Chandler and Mrs C BE Williams.
James H. Christie has sold his Maynard store to C. H. Stanley of Newport New Hampshire.
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