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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1915
Page
1
The Enterprise announces a price increase effective May 1. Newsstands rise to 4 cents. yearly subscriptions jump to 1.50 if paid in advance, with a 0.50 surcharge if not prepaid. Renewals before May 1 stay at 1.90 per year.
Letters unclaimed in the post office list recipients S K Johnson John Kenny Claus Berggren. Mrs Norris visited friends in Portland Maine last week and plans to return for summer. D C Harris reports spring monument orders and completed pieces ready for installation. Rail fares unchanged with Boston single tickets now 55 cents. ten trip tickets remain as before.
An engine fire broke out last Thursday about a mile north of the station causing smoke and travel disruption. Local authorities reported the blaze originated in the engine and crews attended, keeping flames contained with no injuries noted.
Local notes report Wes Acton Lodge No 2203 initiated six members as third degree on Monday evening. Town warrants list 25 articles for the upcoming town meeting on the 29th.
Harry Phillips of Roxbury visited friends in town this weekend while Claude Haire recovered at home after a bout with the grip. Hubert Rodway enjoys a Wentworth Institute study break this week with relatives in Lowell. Dorothy Persons and Kathryn Maley are noted at social events in Concord and improved health respectively. Mr and Mrs William O’Leary welcome a baby boy born Saturday morning. John Zaniewski installs a telephone on Glendale Street. Bruce Turner of Dorchester visited Mr and Mrs William May in Boston while May’s mother Mrs Julia May hosted.
Frederick Rawitzer travels to California for the Pan American fair. Mrs. Lewis Willard returns home from a Boston hospital. Beatrice Sunderland and Beatrice Piper perform in local church and choir. Several residents visit relatives in Manchester by the Sea and Beverly. Pat Hilander recovers from pneumonia at home. Contractor W. C. Croft to add six rooms and a bath to Mrs. Julia May’s residence. John Winkley undergoes appendectomy and recovers. Local business improves and A. B. Burke plans longer hours for his West Acton barber shop.
A collage of local notes includes residents John Melloughlin William Sorenson new motorcycle purchases John Proctor hospital transfer Miss Johannah McMahon moves George Hamilton job with L H D Hodgdon Clifford Charlies Wet Wash laundry William Neilson L B starter at Depot H D Lyons store work Michael McMahon builds a carriage shed residents moving into GA Skelton home dog recovered George Sweetnam residence coatpaint Palm Sunday services at St Michael's church Edward Hunnewell Barnum Bailey circus joining Circus tour Union Boat club Boston party youths from Boston Sector area shane diy ga shal lows carry over the shal lows.
Miss Bessie Holden remains improving at her home on Haian. A good attendance at Missionary meetings in the Trinitarian church parlors with Lenten study classes planned. Martin Finigan Walden theft suspect to relocate by April 1. Monument hall whist party set for April 7. Trinitarian Ghufell supper Thursday at 6 30 led by Mrs B L T. Maude Findeisen in charge of later entertainment. Elizabeth Jones returned from Belfast Maine. Sign of the Kettle Candy Kitchen reopened. Sarah stayed in Belfast due to a friend's illness.
Twenty six members of the Junior Endeavor took a straw ride to Act on Friday night. The Public Institution Committee of the State Legislature made an official visit to the Massachusetts Reformatory Friday.
A loud singing event disrupted a Sunday night along Maynard and School streets as three men in a line marched front with locked arms and military steps, belting unfamiliar words from south of the bridge to School street, described as possibly opera.
Midweek prayer meeting Friday night at 7. Preaching Sunday at 10 30 and 7 pm. Sunday school at noon. Meeting Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.
Concord Lodge Mo 212 F O F will host the Associated Five gathering Thursday evening March 265. Members from Harvard Ayer and Maynard will attend. The event aims to foster social spirit among lodges with four prior meetings already held.
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