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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
4
The notice lists subscription cost 91 per year and condenses single copies at three cents, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, all with postage in advance. Advertising rates include one inch 75 cents, each additional 25 cents, with special yearly rates. business notices in local column 18 cents per line per insertion. Dated Wednesday May 3, 1905.
Mr and Mrs George N Gove were surprised at their Nascn Street home Monday night by a party of friends for their 20th wedding anniversary Walter Taylor presented a Morris chair on behalf of the group A social hour followed with attendees including Mr and Mrs Walter Taylor Mr and Mrs O Sawyer of Hudson Herbert Fiske and family John McDonald Mrs Kate Merriman of Wilkes Barre Pa Joseph Clayton Mrs Mary Taylor of Lawrence William Rickson and Miss Athel Haynes
The first batch of May 1 product items moved before Judge Keyes as Kaille Lantéri paid 10 and Nesto Hallien offered a 2 bill. Three more were nabbed for sleeping on Powder Mill road inconveniencing travelers. others were removed from L A M tracks and Riverside block. Officers Williams Jones and Connors assign morning duties.
Classified listings show sale of J C Dakin farm in North Sudbury and Concord wood lots, hats at Miss Naylor's millinery, stalls for rent at Maynard estate, a 20 ft Toppen Doric 3 H P Palmer engine, and rental needs for a small farm in Maynard. Also lawnmower servicing by Fix near Hillis residence.
The ad urges Hyomei as the season’s cure for catarrh caused by warm days and cold nights. It touts the pocket inhaler that penetrates air passages and kills germs, soothes irritated mucous membranes, and claims to expel catarrh from the system. The complete outfit costs one dollar with a money back promise from Johnson's Pharmacy if unsatisfied.
Full particulars available from Holyoke Russell Marlborough Mass. Good commission. Send references.
Hargrave's one ring circus comes to Concord on May 24. Fire department buys five extinguishers and Morrell is chief. John Varley accepts post with Scranton dry goods house. Christian Scientists move into hall above insurance office. Dance in Bemis hall, Lincoln attended by locals. Augustus and wife welcome a daughter born last Thursday. Tree wardens plant new trees on Bedford Everett streets and Fairhaven road. Fire engineers organized with Morrell chief and Tuttle clerk. Parker and Pillsbury of Boston highway commission visit for Elm street bridge site. No school Friday due to teachers convention in Boston. Boston firm agent eyed this season's strawberry crop. Trinitarian church bi-monthly communion next Sunday. pastor will lecture Friday evening. Scarlet fever cases: Timothy Corcoran's young son and a Kane family state ward on Virginia road. Robert Coulter of Maynard charged with pulling false alarm. case continued a week. Alarm costs town $12. Last car on C M & H line may revive as special police role. Concord Dramatic Club closes its fifth season with The Passport by Allen French. cast includes Rawson, Lamb, Corey, Flint, and Guaranties. Two Buzzards sketch features and notable performers named. stage crew and ushers listed.
A noted performer from Concord history, whose work delighted audiences in prior years, will give a recital at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hollis Blake on Tuesday evening May ninth after eight thirty. The program includes many dialect readings. A limited number of tickets at one dollar are available from the listed patronesses including Mrs. Richard F. Barrett and others.
The School Committee of Concord Massachusetts invites proposals to convey Nine Acre Corner district school children to Emerson and Ripley schools. For particulars apply to the undersigned. Bids due by Monday May 22 1905. Frank Wheeler for the School Committee.
Jennie B Miller and Dennis OConnell were married at St Bernard’s church in an Easter ceremony. Groom Dennis works for Tuttle Kilkenney. attendants included Davie Carey and bridesmaid Miss Mary Carey. A reception followed at Belknap Street home before a wedding tour through Maine and the provinces.
Classified blurbs invite readers to housework help and mailing box 636. H L Whitcomb advertises 1000 pieces of sheet music from McKinley Co at 10 cents each. Machinery, dresses, wares, buggy and cart sales appear with prices. Local firms offer wallpaper, repairs, and a wheelwright shop behind Concord National Bank.
A Bemis ball party wagon, with eight passengers aboard, was hitched to a breeching fault causing a runaway down a steep hill. William Clahane suffered a two place leg fracture when thrown beneath the wheels as the team struck a tree. Eight assailants tied to the breeching were sought by authorities.
Two additional alarms sounded as a blaze near Box 24 at 4 PM damaged old paper and excelsior but spared most surroundings due to brick and stone. A second alarm at Box 18 at 9 PM reported a yard fire on Main and Belknap streets, quickly controlled. Total damage about eight cents.
A large forest fire broke out Sunday afternoon near Staples camp and burned toward Lake Walden, prompting the fire department to respond. A brush fire near Whitened follows, bringing the year’s alarm count to twenty by Monday, with residents calling the total too high.
Names listed include F Blenner John Cobin Comfort Adams D E Fitzgerald Mandal Guitar Co Ole Hansen Chas Wheeler Mrs Grace Blake Gilbert Gates Mrs Elizabeth King Miss Carrie H True. Mail awaiting pickup and return to sender where applicable.
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