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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
2
Concord Junction church notes list Rev W W Campbell as pastor with Sunday services at 10 45 a m and 7 p m Bible school at noon young people societies at 6 p m and junior society at 3 p m A meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening at the church with details read in the note.
Rev. George A Tewksbury pastor leads Lord's day services at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with Sabbath School at noon Y P 8 C BE Sunday evening at 6 30 Prayer meeting Friday at 7 20 pm
Rev. Loren B. Macdonald leads First Parieh Unitarian with Sunday services at 10 45 a m Sunday school at noon and communion on the first Sunday of January March May July September and November Preparatory meetings occur on Friday evenings. The Scandinavian M Church H 8 Haver holds services at 10 45 a m Sunday school 12 1 Epworth League 7 7 45 Sunday eve 7 6 9 Prayer meeting Friday 8 9 A Christian Science service is held Sundays at 3 30 in Monument Square Insurance hall A testimonial meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 45 All are welcome.
Rev Sidney J Willis pastors services at the Universalist church every Sunday at 10 30 morning with a Sunday school at 11 80 led by superintendent J K W With erbee.
Maynard churches list multiple congregations with service times and officers. Congregational Church led by Pastor Eugene F Hunt offers morning 10 45, Sunday school at noon, evening 7 00, and midweek prayer. Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev R V Bisbee with services at 10 30, Sunday school 11 45, Epworth League 6, and evening 7 15. St Bridget’s RC Church under Rev F F Killilea with masses at 7 30 and 8 00 a m, vespers 8 15 p m, West Acton notes first Sunday at 2 15 p m. St George’s Church with Rector Rev Arthur Bradford Papineau holds multiple services including Holy Eucharist 8 a m and 10 30 a m, with additional sermons and prayers throughout the day.
Fragmentary notice lists various fraternal orders and their meeting days including first and third Mondays for Companions of Forest, second and fourth Mondays for some group, second and fourth Tuesdays for Maynard Tales No. 131, Lodge No. 42 meetings on Wednesdays, Knights of Pythias events, and Sundays for a group. Names and places are unclear due to OCR damage.
A Science contributor recounts a cave in near Frankfort D where a wall of earth collapsed, burying him for sixty seconds. He describes being crushed, unable to move, and enduring severe injuries with lasting aftereffects including episodes of fear when near earth or caves.
Marlboro notes report Lincoln Simpson with a new motor cycle, William Watson home from Portland, William Doake returning from Cambridge, John Good relocating to Elm Street, Samuel Woods visiting Brockton, and Sunday visits by John Murphy with Patrick Dean in Ashland. Archibald Reynolds guests from Roxbury. a large sign goes up above J M Carpenter’s store built by L B Kirby. Mae Trede resumes duties at Warner’s music shop after illness. Theodore Basterdes returns from Worcester hospital. A J Rougeau wires a new house on Franklin Street for ex mayor Morse. Maurice Quinlan attends a Working Boys’ Home concert in Boston. Margie Baker visits Mechanic Street father Thomas Baker. Winfield Temple attends Dartmouth class of ’97 banquet in Boston. Fire station cribbage tourney attracts fans. H W Ancler and W J Logan face H A Brown and Marshal Dalrymple.
The Washington Star quotes a dogmatic speaker dismissing ghosts and Miss Cayenne replying that even spirits require an introduction from a psychic research society. The exchange frames skepticism toward paranormal claims with a wry newspaper tone.
The exchange highlights a playful dig at bohemian icons and fashion as a "practical man" jokes about a bohemian never changing, even down to his collar, illustrating urban wit from a Chicago News perspective.
A fragmented excerpt contrasts Wayside musings with a Chicago Tribune quip about hard times. It then offers a practical, old fashioned method to measure wire diameter by winding it around a pencil and counting turns per inch, concluding that eighteen turns equal one eighteenth of an inch.
Advertises a free trial of the Smith Prescription Uric-O for rheumatism. Claims dramatic cures with no faith required, promises a free large bottle if you mail in name and address, and notes druggists sell it with local endorsements. Mentions The Smith Drug Co Sacramento NY and supplier endorsements by John C. Friend.
News from Waterbury and Washington outlines Rear Admiral Sperry's appointment as commander in chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet slated to sail from San Francisco in July, with Evans and Thomas rotating duties through May to October. Sperry’s career spans the New York yard, Luzon landings, the Hague conference, and the White Squadron voyage.
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