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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
6
The Liberty Loan Committee of Concord appeals to residents to lend funds to support the war effort. The campaign urges citizens to subscribe and contribute their share, highlighting the need for financial backing for national defense.
Concord National Bank invites subscriptions to Liberty Loan bonds with no deposit fees and options to hold until 15 years, with semiannual interest by check or cash. Bonds dated June 15 1917 total 2 000 000 000 dollars, denominations 50 to 1000 dollars, coupon or registered, 3 percent interest semiannually. Subscriptions due by staged payments and full payment anytime after allotment, amid expectation of profitable resale postwar. Concord Massachusetts May 14 1917 committee: Concord National Bank Prescott Keyes George M Bawker Frank Wheeler John W Mara Fay Heywood Charles Brown John J Dee.
Police in Springfield Massachusetts say they now believe a death by own action pact linked 80 year old Nell Cushman housekeeper and 20 year old state ward Hilda Francis. The 6 year old Gordon boy may have been included as Cushman’s trusted ward. Francis threatened suicide and quarreled with a young man before the tragedy. John Gordon, estranged husband of Bertha Gordon, visited police but offered no new information.
Paris May 16 General Petain was named generalissimo with supreme command of the French forces in the field. General Foch was named to succeed Petain as chief of general staff. Nivelle will command certain army units amid sweeping changes of French military leadership. London May 16 German assaults around Bulle court press on as heavy fighting continues. Boston May 16 Massachusetts lawmakers defeat a fifty hour work week bill for women and child workers by 20 to 11 in the Senate after House passage.
Miss Hilda Blanchard Smith and Thomas Hollis Jr. of Concord wed at 8 p m in the First Unitarian Parish church with Rev Loren B Macdonald officiating before about 150 relatives and friends. The couple will reside in Cambridge after a reception at the bride’s home. The groom is a Harvard student and son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Hollis. the bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs W Lincoln Smith.
Union Church posts a Sunday program with 10 45 morning worship and communion observance. At 12 o'clock church school, 5 pm Endeavor societies discuss Growing As Christ Grew. Evening service at 7 pm. Tuesday 7 30 midweek meeting Motives That Control Life Self Development. Thursday 2 o'clock Ladies Union meeting. 8 week Wednesday evening social and patriotic entertainment.
The pastor plans a Sunday morning message The Two Loves and a 7 pm discourse Copying Christ following an early Christian Endeavor meeting. Friday's subject will be Devotion to the Kingdom of God and the Service of Man. Last Sunday morning he spoke on The Perversion of Grain to the Manufacture of Intoxicating Liquors and a resolution against it passed unanimously with copies to Senators Lodge and Weeks Representatives Rogers the president and local papers.
The Middle ex school crew won the half mile race with Exeter academy in a four oared shell on Batesman pond. They will row Cambridge Latin over a half mile course next Saturday afternoon, with a second four a race between the two schools also on the program.
The rough draft of a proposed war tax bill hints at higher tire costs for automobile owners, possibly 15 to 25 percent. Torrey & Vialle’s service department urges customers to buy before the rise takes effect. Also notes rental and building offers in Concord Massachusetts.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and floral tributes during our recent bereavement. Mrs Catherine F Magurn and family 7 Bedford St. 10. Also notice of eggs for sale from standard bred Barred Plymouth Rocks at $1 per 18 eggs. Concord setting, contact 271Y. m9-tf
A World War I era letter from Neal Wainwright, an ambulance driver with American Sanitary Section Nine, praises Allied cooperation in France. It notes his voyage from New York aboard the Chicago on Feb 19 and duty assignment on Mar 20, with a Paris reply from General Andlauer dated April 4, 1917, saluting the United States as ally.
The Committee on Public Safety reports receipts of 778 dollars from a general appeal on April 7 and expenses around 1000 dollars. Funds have largely supported benevolent needs including medical and dental care for members and families. An additional appeal is requested, with contributions to Fred A. Tower or any committee member.
The Concord Branch of Middlesex County Farm Bureau held a well attended meeting in the town hall on Wednesday evening. President Gordon Hutchinson opened the session and introduced Dr. Arthur W. Gilbert who described the bureau’s aims and progress and future plans. C Coleman of American Agricultural Chemical Co spoke on planting for beginners and Mr Hatch of the Boston boys branch discussed sending youths to work on farms this summer.
The Trinity Congregational Church of Concord adopted by unanimous rising vote a resolution urging the President and Congress to support National Prohibition as a war measure to curb the production of liquor by breweries and distilleries. Clerk C. H. Towle filed the action.
Garden notes outline potato scab caused by a parasitic organism and advise soaking seed potatoes in a formalin solution before planting. Use 1 pint formalin to 30 gallons water for large batches, 1-3 pints to 10 gallons for small lots, then dry seeds before planting. Do not use woodashes as fertilizer. ensure signatures on notices are verified.
A bronze marker for Mrs. Susan Brigham real daughter and Old Concord chapter member was dedicated at Boylston cemetery on Wednesday May 9 with prayer by State chaplain Mrs Charles W Sprague a poem by Miss Abby Jaquith a brief address by State regent Mrs Frank D Hillson and remarks by Mrs George R Blinn Carrie Brigham granddaughter received the marker Flowers were placed decked with song America led by Miss Isabel W Gordon and the flag salute by Mrs Ellison
Miss HagoO represents the Middlesex Farm Bureau association and will speak Monday at 11.00 in the town hall. Mrs J J Storrow of Lincoln, chairwoman of the House department, will introduce Miss Halbower. All ladies invited to attend for guidance in household management.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Concord Grange held its annual meeting at J. W. Chase's home on Tuesday afternoon May 8. Officers elected include President Mrs. W. M. Davis Vice President Mrs. Frederick W. Taylor Secretary Miss Edna M. Helsher Treasurer Mrs. J. W. Chase. Buying committee members are Mrs. Addie Garfield Mrs. W. M. Davis and Mrs. J. W. Chase. Cutting committee members are Mrs. Granville Holden Miss C. E. Barrett and Mrs. Frank Fuller. A social hour and refreshments followed.
The Old Concord chapter D.A.R. held its annual meeting at the Chapter House on May 12 with Regent Mrs. George R. Bliss presiding. Officers were elected: Regent Mrs. Orrin S. Fowler, Vice Regent Mrs. Arthur F. Blanchard, Secretary Mrs. Augustus Morse, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Charles H. Towle, Registrar Miss Caroline P. Holden, Custodian Mrs. Cale Wheeler, Historian Mrs. John Comley, Directors Miss Fannie A. Sanderson Mrs. Hollis Howe Mrs. Herbert Hosmer and Mrs. John L. Jewett. Reports on the past year and Continental Congress talks followed before the salute to the flag and refreshments.
A group accompanied Sergts James Mansfield Franklin Prescott and John C Dolan of Co I to South Station Boston to bid farewell as they left for Plattsburg Reserve Officers Training Camp Saturday night.
Local notices from Concord recount residents’ travels and visits including Dell Kingsley and Miss Gertrude Ackley. Car purchases by Macone Bros and Judge Warner. Middlesex school tractor use. May 24 Pomona Grange in Lincoln. town events and dances. high school activities and upcoming games. Includes deaths of Henry Murray and Mrs. John Olsen and a reference to Mary Pickford film.
The Middlesex school nine, without George Pratt and Way Spaulding who left for France to drive war ambulances, lost a hard fought seven inning game to Huntington of Boston 5 to 4 at Concord Wednesday afternoon.
Middlesex school team, missing Spaulding and Pratt, lost 18 to 4 to the rival mm school on Monday, their second defeat of the spring.
A number of friends visited the new Medford Hills home of Mr and Mrs John Hunt on Tuesday evening for a surprise party. The pleasant gathering featured games a social hour and dainty refreshments with a mahogany serving tray presented to the couple by the guests.
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