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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1909
Page
3
Readable excerpts show visits from Boston guests, church services, and civic plans. Maynard residents attend meetings, perform fundraising and concerts, while officials plan bridge repairs and school reopenings after spring break.
Town warrants for the annual meeting list items including raising funds for a new Barcroft Street school building, general appropriations for concerts and Memorial Day, preservation of the Maynard burial lot, snow plows, and street improvements under chapter 47. They propose replacing Walnut Street bridge with a cement structure, building a shed for department equipment, and installing a fire alarm at Dartmouth Street area.
A Saturday event under the Ladies Benevolent Society offered a salad supper from 6:90 to 7:30 followed by an entertainment titled A Night with Mendelssohn Life and Works. Miss Clara Singleton and Herbert Mallin Son led readings and selections with assistance from Lillian Morrison Albert Murphy and Haina Denniston. committee members included Mrs T F Parker Mrs Aldtizo Warren Mrs Christopher Wilson and others.
A. T. Haynes & Co announce a grand spring opening Friday and Saturday with the handsomest line of house furnishings yet shown in the state. The up to date store offers a vast range of goods and promises a souvenir to attendees. Special music is planned each afternoon, and readers are urged to cut out the notice and bring it to the event.
Fresh laid eggs and a few tons of No 1 hay are for sale at The Brooks Farm foot of Summer Hill. Address Box 157 Maynard. Mail orders promptly attended to.
The Washington party completed a strenuous journey from New York to Fall River with many stops. They toured the Capitol, Library, Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, the Corcoran Gallery, and other landmarks while noting weather and travel delays.
The appointment of a new chief of police was dropped due to unforeseen difficulties and no further action is expected next year. Some thought the move reflected lack of faith in Mr Jones but the plan aimed to place responsibility on a paid official with time to devote to the job. The matter is now over and citizens are urged to support Chief Jones in keeping the town dry.
Maynard selectmen vote to grant no licenses of any kind to enforce the liquor law, ending hopes for a pony express boom and sixth class licenses for druggists. The move also affects the Maynard Athletic Club which has sold to its members only, indicating little watering of the town this summer.
Acton and South Acton join Worcester Grafton Westboro South Framingham Marlboro and Hudson on dry list. Maynard and South Acton extend the long trips for the thirsty this summer. Clinton nearby and Lowell harder to reach may drive Worcester county towns to become summer rendezvous. Sense vote in Oulton next year draws interest.
In Skilled Hands presents A Noble Outcast with a select local cast. April 23 opening stars Mrs. Ida Hall Miss Lilla M Childs Misa Annie Manning John H Sheridan James Farrell Wendell Grey Charles Turnbull and Sylvester Sullivan. The production is billed as one of the heaviest plays attempted by local talent and is expected to be a great success.
Ten thousand miles of continuous engine operation is being achieved by a Maxwell car. The run started March 18 in Boston with L R Speare of the American Automobile Association cranking the engine. The car travels between Boston and Worcester and back in six daily round trips, carrying a driver observer and two passengers, staying within speed limits while the engine never stops.
The Lowell Massachusetts firms Carleton & Hovey possess an old prescription filed for Father John O’Brien of Lowell. It describes Father John’s Medicine as non patent and free from morphine or poisons. It’s touted as a tonic that builds strength and wards off pneumonia, claimed 650 years of use.
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