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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists publication schedule as weekly on Wednesdays, management by H F Wilder, and entry details under postal act. It notes subscription rates of 1 dollar per year, 3 months for 25 cents, and 6 months for 50 cents, with office located at 161 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts.
Rates listed for one inch ads per week with an extra 25 cents per additional inch. Special yearly rates are available for persistent advertisers in local business notices.
Concord Junction items report Mrs. George N. Pierce bedridden with rheumatism. Miss Alice Reed improving. Farnum Damon visiting his mother in Westvale. Clarence Lovejoy couple visiting friends in Concord. Rosa Bowker substituting at West Concord school. Shorey family from Dorchester visiting Officer John Sylvester. Shoe industry at Massachusetts Reformatory resumes after hiatus. Boston visitors Rebecca A. Brown and daughter May vacationing at Barretts Mill road. Three alarms on a wood fire near Mayflower Hill across Warner's pond. Reformatory crew and local help deployed. Theatre outing to Boston for Richard Carle in Mary's Lamb. J. A. Wilson buys a building at Stow Lower village. Ed Comeau relocates it to rear of 174 Commonwealth Ave as a garage.
Classified notices include a tenement to let at 137 Commonwealth Ave and requests for card peeling of hemlock bark by L. N. Fowler. Also offered are straw hat cleaner prepaid, harness repair by DeLee's Pharmacy, and plant sales by James Russell. Includes contact details and local vendor names.
This season brings high demand for smaller farm tools and we stock the best world products at prices below ordinary. We prepare months ahead to buy when the market is low and pass the advantage to customers as lower prices.
Diphtheria sickens Wilfred Wheeler on Bullbury road. Mrs. Towle and daughter Helen visit relatives in Bellingham. Middlesex defeats Groton 6 to 3. Iola Martin to teach in Manchester schools. A May 26 town hall dance is planned under Edith Davis and others. Walcott & Co store roof removal improves frontage. Brush fire alarm at box 24 proved unnecessary. Middlesex wins four oared race at Bate man’s pond over English high. Rev. Flaherty begins at St Bernard’s parish. memorial service to honor Spanish American War veterans. Edward J. Bartlett returns from hospital after knee injury.
A man’s body was found in Walden Woods near Thor eau Cove Sunday morning by Percy Foss. The deceased, about five foot ten, 160 pounds, wore a black suit and derby, carried $1.73, a pearl knife, glasses, and a Boston advertising card. No ID survived. death likely from heart failure or exposure. Police turned the body over for burial. Also reported are Middlesex school rowing results.
The Concord High School debating class will present a public debate in Baton Hall on May 22. The team seeks a strong school opponent for an open date on June 3. Also noted are Mr and Mrs H T Benson returning from Texas and plan to open their Sudbury road house. New guide boards at principal street junctions now show directions and distances to surrounding towns.
Boston Latin defeated Concord school in Concord Saturday afternoon. Singles results show Crane 8-5 7-5 over Young, Simpson 6-2 6-3 over Wadleigh, Kennedy 6-2 6-1 over Barton. Crane and Simpson won doubles 6-4 6-0 over Wadleigh and Young.
Local ads publish a range of offerings from lawn mowers at low prices to job postings for maids and housekeepers. Listings include a two adult two child household nursemaid hire, wages five dollars weekly, and multiple housing and land rental notices in Concord, Massachusetts with contact details for Mrs G E Walcott Mrs George Brooks H F Tuttle and others.
The Concord Post 180 Depart ment of Massachusetts G A R Co I 6th Regt MV M and Spanish War Veterans will attend Sunday services at 10 45 in the morning with a sermon by the pastor. Evening service at 7 30 features Rev Granville Yager speaking on Religion and Religious Literature. All are invited.
A Boston Disciples of Christ delegation held services in Sleepy Hollow Concord and placed wreaths on the graves of Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott. Rev Edwards led worship with remarks by Mrs. Bentley and Nash of Boston and Allen French and Dr. Edward W. Emerson offering reminiscences of his father. Benediction by Rev Loren B. Macdonald.
Mrs M L Drawbridge of Hopkinton was the guest of relatives in Concord Sunday. J M Appleby left Tuesday evening for St John New Brunswick due to his father’s death there. Miss Lillian Russell and a party of girls from Waltham entertained friends at Lake Boon with Mrs Minnie Grant as chaperone last week. Co I 6th Regt M V M has been presented with a silver punch ladle by several ladies who have patronized their dances. The ladle is engraved with the organization’s name and will be prized by members.
The annual meeting of the Corporation of the Middlesex Institution for Savings will be held in the Banking Rooms of the Institution Tuesday June 2, 1908 at 3 30 oclock p m Herbert W Hosmer Clerk Concord Mass May 18 1908
The 71st anniversary of the Sabbath School Missionary association of the Trinitarian Congregational church was celebrated Sunday evening with Mrs Mary Munroe re elected secretary treasurer for the 44th time. Thomas Todd Jr supervised the services and Miss Alice M Kyle spoke as field secretary. A meeting of the Ladies Missionary Society is planned for Thursday afternoon and the Woman's Board auxiliary will discuss philanthropic missions. A Div 56 AOH dramatic entertainment is set for Monument hall on May 25 and 26.
H. S. Richardson, a pharmacist, promotes Syrup White Pine and Tar as a cure for coughs. The ad highlights the product’s availability for relief and urges readers to purchase through the local drugstore.
Concord High defeated Middlesex School 8 to 6 for eleventh straight win. Williams pitched well while Nivin led at bat and Fallon and Nivin stood out in the field. Two-base hits by Fallon and Hopkins paced the offense in a game with several standout defensive plays.
Concord resident Rev Frederic May Holland died at his Main Street home after a long illness. He was 72. Funeral services were held at his home on Wednesday morning and interment followed at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
A letter to Geo H Wright argues against cheap bogus paints like counterfeit gas prices. It praises Devoe as among eight honest paints and notes Towle and Kent sell their product.
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