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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
8
The Marlboro Marlboro Enterprise weekly issue presents its masthead noting The Enterprise Company as publisher and H. F. Wilder as manager. It records entry as second class matter dated August 26, 1903, at the Marlboro post office under federal law.
Advertising text lists subscription prices at 1 per year or 60 cents for six months and 26 cents for three months, all prepaid. Provides mailing office at 151 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts with unclear surrounding context.
Rates for ads are one inch for one week at 75 cents with 25 cents for each additional inch. Special yearly advertiser rates apply. Local column business notices cost 10 cents per line per insertion.
South Acton Anson Piper breaks ground for a new house on Acton road. Highway workers will gravel Maynard street this summer. The Dramatic club with King Cole orchestra performs in Carlisle tonight. Local residentsvisit others. several attend church events and meetings. A boy, Pete West, suffers a wrist bite from a dog. Morris Rotburg’s son suffers severe scalding from boiling water at home. Continue reading for more community items and notes.
To rent two tenements and sell an eleven acre tract suitable as a farm. Also two houses and a small farm with buildings. Inquire of A Merriam, South.
The boy suffered severe burn injuries across his back, front, and arms, except for the nose and eyes, with the small of the back spared and the back to the knees burned. He fought tears during pain and aims for recovery if no complications arise.
The Acton committee reports success in collecting funds for the Lincoln Farm Association in Kentucky and sends thanks for the support. A list of contributors includes Hastings Finney Forbush Fletcher Conant Willard Turner Warren Hayward Davidson Chapman Merriam Loudon Hoiltt Hosmer Jr Concord Clough Stowell Hapgood Tuttle Moore Fairbanks Reed Concord Junction Wheeler Randall Richardson Christie Baird Marshall Boston Mead Gardner Whitcomb Folsom Baldwin Freeman Case Prentiss Rouillard Wayne Greenough Hayes S Davis Reed Oakes Manchester NH.
Mr and Mrs William S Jones of the old Stow road Fletcher's Corner South Acton celebrated their golden wedding on April 26 at home in a large gathering of friends and relatives. Born in New Hampshire they have lived in their home 44 years and raised a family of 12. Mrs Jones Laura Drew from Gorham Maine, 67, and Mr Jones a carpenter and Smokeless Powder Works worker, 69. Children listed are Fred William Frank Walter Ralph Shirley and Addie Goodsell.
For sale an express wagon once used in the tonic business in fine condition. Also includes a 2 horsepower engine and boiler. Signed N. J. Cole.
Hudson reports six licensed dealers shut their doors at 11 pm signaling the start of the no licensed regime. Crowded saloons sold bottled goods at reduced rates and many patrons stocked up before enforcement.
WEST ACTON IC reports W. Barnes bought a large farm in Stow while Miss Alice M. Hall spends the week in New York. Numerous residents are venturing work changes, visits, and civic events as local life continues with minor incidents and community gatherings.
Paris on May 5 reports Premier Clemen ceau moving to curb the syndicatist movement among state employees by denying them the right to strike and preparing for a possible general walkout. The agitators retaliate by threatening a broader strike backed by the General Federation of Labor.
Delegates at the second national peace congress weigh future plans with Edwin Ginn of Boston proposing education for peace as a path to universal abolishment of war. Missouri Congressman Bartholdt criticizes national habits that favor courts for individuals but war for nations. A separate brief notes a Belville journalist William Dose shooting himself in Central Park due to ill health.
John White is convalescing. E Fobes moves into Mrs. Alice Aiken's house. Mr. and Mrs. A G Dole of Cambridge spent Tuesday in town. Miss Hazel G Robbins spent Sunday with friends in Cambridge. Mrs. Sophia Gould and son visit her father Rev F P Wood. Mrs. Alice Aiken moves to Weston to reside with her brother. Miss Sara A Wood on a week’s vacation from Hudson school duties. Albert Woods and Mrs J M Brown improve their summer homes on the state road.
At the Grange gathering on April 27 Robert Woods spoke on industrial education and his work at the South End House in Boston. On April 28 Middlesex Worcester Pomona No. 3 visited Acton Grange for an all day session with a dinner for 70 Grangers and a program of talks and demonstrations.
Local items report George H. Brooks ill under doctor care and Mrs. Thomas McCarthy improving. S. H. Dane from the U S S New Jersey on furlough. F H Holden moved his family to a lake summer home. Unclaimed letters listed. North Acton Granite Co. busier with more men at work. Lake resort improvements continue despite water supply concerns. N Y B Despatch and Americans Express receive liquor transport permits with consignee signature rule.
An advertisement extols the New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook Stove as cutting kitchen heat and drudgery, with one oil reservoir, cabinet top, and extra shelves. It pairs with the Rayo Lamp, praised for steady light and eye comfort, both touted as safe, simple, and convenient for home use.
Westboro board of selectmen met last night and denied four pony express applications. No druggist licenses were granted.
Clinton May 1 Oren B Bates accepts chief of police post in Southbridge at a salary of 1200 dollars. Bates previously led Clinton police for several years. Jefferson Prince a dog owned by E E Wallace killed a four foot snake Monday. The dog bit off the snake's head after playing with it.
A Charlton selectman meeting approved a fourth class liquor license for Chas I Vizzard amid protests and warnings of a raid. Vizzard had stockpiled liquor after a tip he might secure a license. The decision was made Monday to protect him. Nearby towns report minor animal finds and new police regulations.
Mrs Freyward Hartwell of Somerville visited in town last week. John Ames and family guests of Mrs A W Spewston. Lincoln Baptist church to host strawberry festival May 19. Miss Nelson and Eaton, former teachers, visited Miss Marshall. Leslie Harlow and friends camping at Spectacle Pond. Frank Stone moves from Thacher Ireland to Adams Bridges Concord Junction. Acton Westford Littleton school boards reelect Arthur B Webber as superintendent with higher salary. James Goucher dies at Littleton Centre after pneumonia. funeral Saturday at Woodlawn. Nelson Lake, former resident, drowned in Lake Champlain. body recovered days later. Mr and Mrs W C Gibson leave for Sheldon Springs.
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