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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
3
A reader is urged to subscribe for a year at $1.00 for 52 biweekly issues. The appeal promises farmers profit from hints in a single issue, and warns that the account will be charged immediately to start the subscription. The tone is promotional and urgent.
A well located Concord farm is promoted as highly productive with level land free of stone. It features maturing asparagus beds, an acre of strawberries, about 60 prime apple trees, water and barn facilities for 30 cows, nearby macadam road to Boston, and modern improvements. CHAS. C. DAVIS handles terms.
A Sunday morning service featured an excellent musical program by a double quartet at the Methodist Episcopal church. Vocalists included Frank Taylor and Wm Jones as first tenors, Lindsey Smith and Ralph Jones as second tenors, Elmer Cook and Albert Guettler, with Frank Taylor and Johnston as bass.
Civil service examinations for Maynard's city letter carrier position will be held at Maynard High School on Saturday April 10. A J Sullivan, local secretary of the Civil Service, will oversee. Three carriers will be chosen from the list after exams. box rent will be collected for the full quarter despite the upcoming carrier system change.
Louis Campbell proprietor of the Maynard restaurant was in town after a brief stay at Peter Bent Brigham hospital Boston for lung infection. He may be sent to New Mexico for treatment and intends to reopen his restaurant as soon as possible.
The Maynard Checker Club has been invited to enter a team in the Bay State Checker Club Tournament to be held at Wells Memorial Hall in Boston on April 19.
The piece surveys Maynard's textile birth from 1845 onward, noting Amory Maynard and William H. Knight purchasing water power, the 1846 Assabet Mill Works start, the 1862 Assabet Manufacturing Co. formation, and the first brick factory era. It highlights growth to two acres of buildings, 800 horsepower wheels, 700 horsepower engines, heavy coal use, and a 1000-employee labor force. It also mentions Civil War and World War impacts, and the mill town drawing workers from Europe.
Union services will be held Sunday evening with Dr. C. B. Spaulding of Worcester preaching. The fourth quarterly conference follows the meeting. Mid week prayer meeting is Wednesday evening and choir rehearsal for Easter music is Thursday at 7 p.m. Parsonage Aid society met Tuesday evening.
The Glee club of the Woman's club meets weekly at the high school with George H Woods as musical director. The Civics department of the Woman's club invites the group to its first public appearance at Riverside hall on Wednesday evening March 31 with Dr Payson Smith of the Massachusetts Board of Education delivering a public address.
Edward W. Archer of Maynard visited the big Southern California products exhibit in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on March 12. He attended lectures and moving pictures as part of the daily program and plans to visit other Southland sites before returning home.
World war veterans Guyer Fowler and Hartwell Flood attended the Section 512 Harvard Unit reunion in Boston on Saturday night. More than 20 members, identified as buddies, were present and some planned future gatherings.
Townsend remodels his Nason street building and adds a five foot front, seeking town reimbursement for part of the cost. Town officials aim to set a ten foot sidewalk line from the curb, potentially infringing on Townsend land and affecting neighboring buildings. A hearing on street relocation is set for April 15 before county commissioners, with a town meeting likely to discuss a universal ten foot sidewalk rule. Troop 1 Boy Scouts received a general review from Rev. A B Papineau.
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