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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
6
Scrap Book recalls a family naming scene with Jiffles proposing a hat draw. Relatives shuffled name slips from Robertson Haig to Jellicoe Marneditto. The first slip drawn was John, sparking a light hearted reveal and a wink at a planted slip by Jiffles.
The Los Angeles Times urges creation of a free commission with trained experts to take absolute control of all street trees. It argues the private owners should have no responsibility or influence over street plantings and calls for rapid charter changes to establish a fully accountable city beautification body.
Mrs Ellen Richmond French died April 29 at Deaconess Hospital Longwood of peritonitis after an operation. She was born February 10 1871 in Providence and moved to Concord over 20 years ago. Survived by her father Samuel Richmond of Providence two siblings Rev Samuel Dorrance of St. Louis and Mrs James Bancroft of Lowell. She had three children Maude Dorrance Frances Stratton and Ellen. She was active in town affairs church and Red Cross work. Interment at Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
A fragment from The Optimist contrasts the House of success with a harsh ascent. It describes steep stairs and hard floors, few comforts or rests, and the solitary sun on reaching the roof. The verse emphasizes perseverance and the reward of a distant, fine view.
War and shortages end the era of traveling fruit and sweets sellers in London. The apple woman, orange woman, and chocolate vendor fade from the West End as prices rise and demand drops, leaving the penny trades squeezed out by hardship and scarcity.
The article notes a common disease affecting large portions of populations in warm climates including 50 percent in parts of China and up to 80 or 90 percent among farmers. It cites the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Board working with the US and fifteen foreign governments to control the scourge, with worldwide reach across Siam India Java Malay States Japan Korea and the Americas.
A pilot recounted to a southeast coast port how seagulls perched on a floating object saved a ship from mines. He noticed gulls on five prongs and altered course just in time, preventing disaster per a European Herald edition report.
Fragmentary report notes women classified as rebel or forbidden under German military authority. Maids are to surrender combings to a central department where hair will be repurposed into straps and industrial uses amid wartime controls by British and American navies.
This text reviews United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 818 The Small Vegetable Garden. It covers maximizing output from a small yard with intensive planning succession planting and a detailed garden diagram to guide crops, planting times, seed quantities, and seasonal uses. It emphasizes documenting outcomes for future seasons.
The Los Angeles Times urges towns to form leadership groups and publicize efforts to spur progress. It cites Gladstone on examples over arguments and notes Mr. Reed’s yearly thanks for aid to Reed and Riverside, praising City Beautiful departments and calling for shared community improvement stories.
Landscape gardening has not received due attention. We have not studied roses that thrive here nor prepared soil for robust growth. We only dug holes and planted roses without adding essential elements, then wonder why flowers are not fine in bloom.
A reflective line notes that justice may not always be meted out to each person for their actions, implying uncertainty in moral accounting and fate. The statement frames retribution as not guaranteed, inviting contemplation of consequences and fairness beyond visible outcomes.
Mrs Louis K Pratt leads Fairbanks Red Cross efforts with 2000 members raising funds amid low buying power. Bridge and women’s clubs donate dues and scrap metal drives, with frugal sales supporting war needs. A deli sale endowed a bed at Neuilly hospital and a later sale netted 447 dollars 50 cents.
Junction City residents convert unused barns into rental homes. More than a dozen barns idle ten years are remodeled into bungalows or five story houses renting from 20 to 80 dollars or more, with minimal exterior changes and interior wall board. The transformed structures are quickly rented, some clad with wire lath and stucco. The venture proves practical, prompting other owners to repurpose barns for housing demand.
A Cal resident, unnamed by officials, paid ten cents to settle a two cent income tax dispute. He traveled the street bar both ways for a dime and claimed a yearly income of $2,004. He filled forms but landed in confusion over the amount due.
The Trinitarian Church holds a morning service at 10 45 with the subject Our Mothers to honor Mothers Day and a 7 pm program on The Home in Bethany and Martha and Mary A Psalm 37 song of security and trust will headline Friday evening at 7 45 Mrs Henry F Smith celebrated her birthday with friends Camp Thomas workers arrived to help on local farms Willow Rebekah lodge conferred a degree Middlesex school faces Harvard second nine next Saturday at Middlesex diamond
Letter from Walter Tobin in France describes sickness in a French hospital then transfer to an American convalescent hospital. He praises American nurses and good care and reassures his mother that Fritz is near defeat with Sammies ready to finish.
Concord fuel committee members Edward L. Parker John J. Dee and Waldo P. Lapham urge households to stop using coal from May 1 and switch to green wood oil or gas for heating and cooking. They warn of a coal shortage lasting through the war and recommend stocking seasoned wood and cleaning furnaces for next winter.
Foreclosure sale under a mortgage dated August 9, 1911 to Harry H. Gardner. On May 31, 1918 at 4 PM, on the premises in Concord near the Old Concord and Cambridge Turnpike, the 10 acre land parcel with buildings and a second 10 acre pasture parcel partly in Concord and Lincoln will be sold subject to unpaid taxes and liens. A $300 deposit is required. Attorneys Swain Carpenter & Way. Boston.
A nostalgic Sudbury poem recalls the Wayside Inn and old tales as the nation faces war. The speaker leaves to join the ranks, hoping to return with more stories. Also notes a guest visit by Arnold of Clifton Heights and two employment ads for maids in Concord with wages and references.
Classified ads list two cottages for sale with eight rooms each and facilities, small pigs for sale ages six weeks, a lady seeking fancy mending, hay for sale with asparagus roots, two maid positions with wages, a lost book notice, and a maid wanted for general house work at Concord addresses dated May 8 1918 and early May.
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