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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1921
Page
2
A column discusses railroad finances and service cuts while urging sympathy and investment. It notes census data efforts on farm and home finances, questions about data use, and a digressive aside about dandelions as a seasonal metaphor.
The account traces Maryland from its royal grant by Charles I to Lord Baltimore, through its hereditary governance, the 1634 settlement at St. Mary’s, and the switch to republican rule with the 1776 Declaration of Independence. It notes Maryland’s 12,327 square miles and eight presidential electors as a member of the Union.
Marlboro resident Morris M Wyzan helped greet Prof Albert Hinstein of Berlin founder of relativity and Prof Cham Weizmann of Glasgow discoverer of TNT on their Boston arrival as World Zionist movement representatives. Wyzan, treasurer of the New England YMHA, supports Zionist fundraising to aid Palestine. Jolly Eight club met at Miss Helen Harte’s Highland home to discuss business and plan next gathering May 31.
Miss Florence P. Tattis spoke to the South Acton Parent-Teachers Association on a girl and the community detailing how American girls show strength and opportunity. She cited experiences from Boston stores and Southern factories, urging better laws on hours and wages and a steadier citizenry for a new social order.
The Ladies' Aid of Holy Trinity Church met with Mrs Samuel Chandler and 2 attendees. They voted to hold a parish house supper on Friday night May 20 and suspend meetings for the summer after next week. A social hour featured cookies cake and punch served by Mrs Chandler. Next meeting at Mrs Gerard French's home.
Joseph W. Leonard of Forrest Street turned 83 yesterday. Born in Boston, he lived in Marlboro for many years and helped build the Union Pacific railroad. He later worked as a trainman for 30 years on the Boston and Maine line, leaving two daughters, Mrs Henry Browning and Mrs Archie Gilliat.
Automobiles owned by former mayor Charles F. McCarthy and Boston man William White were involved in a minor collision. No injuries reported and police responded to the scene.
An auto belonging to Mr McCarthy sustained a slight dent in the right rear mud guard after a collision near the Enterprise office yesterday. No serious damage reported.
Public auction to foreclose a 1920 mortgage by Clarence F. Webster to Mathilde V. Kirkegaard. The Bedford property on Concord Road bounds by Kavanaugh and New England Nurseries, about 1.25 acres, with a $1800 first mortgage and $500 cash requirement for bidders.
Massachusetts probate citation calls heirs and interested persons to appear June 8 1921 at Cambridge Middlesex to show cause why letters of administration with will annexed should not be issued to Allen Brooks Parker petitioner. Publication in Acton Enterprise required weekly for three weeks with final notice before court and service by mail or delivery to known heirs at least thirty days prior. Witness George F Lawton Judge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court issues notice to heirs creditors and others interested in the estate of Stanislaw Lojko who died in Maynard Middlesex to Albert O Hamel public administrator as petitioned for letters of administration. The hearing is in Cambridge Middlesex on June 10 1921 with public notice required in the Maynard Enterprise weekly for three weeks.
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