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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1901
Page
1
All material must reach the office by Tuesday night to secure insertion in the same week. Delays affect publication. Advertisements or subscriptions may be left with F. B. Ganderson at Riverside block.
Miss Bertha Wall of Marlboro visited Mrs. B. J. Coughlin on Sunday. Miss Minnie Smith spent Sunday with Dedham friends. James DeLee stayed with his mother in Hopkinton. John Gannon, a Marlboro clothier, spent Sunday there. A Methodist reception for Rev. W. F. Lawford is set for Wednesday evening. W. Pushee and family arrived at their Stow summer home. J. Keyes Hall’s son has a fine pony. Thomas Whalen returned from seven months in Franklin. Maud McClure of Framingham Normal School was home over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O'Toole of Boston were guests of the Driscolls. James F. Sweeney of Boston hosted the Catholic Union board at his mother's Main St. home with an elaborate social. Michael McGrail of Marlboro, brother of Hugh H. McGrail, was entertained at his sister’s home. Selectmen’s special meeting notes police enforcement and past year’s commendable work.
On Monday afternoon married and single men met at the ball field under bright sun with players like General Sullivan McManus and Admiral Coughlin coaching and supporting. Creighton and Banes appeared in key positions while Father Crowe kept the scene orderly. no score was posted but the married men were favored by the crowd.
Eustace W. Blossom sustained severe injuries to his side and back while removing a body from a house in East Boston on Monday. Other items note visits, local improvements, and upcoming charity events as community notices.
An old time advert lists C. L. Dart as agent for Old Staten Island dye house and Butterick patterns with ladies wrappers aprons and millinery. Mrs. Poulson's offers celluloid collars and more at Darts. A six room cottage to let via Jeremiah Sheehan. Sherwin Williams paints and wallpapers from Dart's and Heinz jam by the pound.
The article notes contracts awarded for the Concord and Boston Street Railway from Orley to the Lincoln line and imminent construction. It mentions Mrs. Bessie G Towle buying a site for a summer cottage and Mise Gertrude Todd returning from New York for medical reasons. It references a nurse change due to Miss Neil’s illness and a Punkatasset farm pamphlet on dairy cows with model barn pictures.
A Bedford street box alarm reported woods and barn fire near Ingerson's track. Neighbors delayed alarms causing a second blaze that consumed the barn, prompting calls for clearer rules on when to ring the fire bell.
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