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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
4
Weekend visits and illnesses populate Concord news. Civic events include Memorial Day preparations by Spanish War veterans and Company I. Sixth Regiment. The Colonial Inn hosts gatherings and the Forum of the Concord School mentions a banquet and a slate of officers and members.
Charles M. Byron's store was entered Friday morning or Thursday night through a rear basement window. Only three Concord to Boston trip tickets were missing. money was safe at home. An adjoining Whitney's store was also probed but failed entry, a broken key found in the lock.
A delegation from this town attended the Middlesex county WCTU convention in Westford at the Congregational church. Dr N Louise Rand spoke on The Patent Medicine Problem naming medicines bought for the alcohol they contain and other surprising facts emerged. The gathering heard strong Union reports showing ongoing efforts against King Alcohol by the white ribboners.
Among registered guests at the tavern last week were Emma Carter and Geo B Thomas of Youngstown Ohio Mr and Mrs Allan R Bates Randolph Pa Mr and Mrs Aaron Todd of Bordeaux Ontario Canada Miss Mary Hilliond Hinton Raleigh NC Mr and Mrs J A Turner Washington DC Miss Alice F Brown Boston Mrs R C Taylor Independence Mo Miss C A Spurgin Welsh La Mrs F W Wadley North Attleboro and Miss M E Wadley New York city Mrs D Leonard Manchester VT visiting her daughter Mrs J J Busch of the Wright Tavern The W C W club of Somerville drove to Concord for an outing and dined at the Tavern A local fishing party pursued horn pout with hammer and tongs and landed enough to fill a pint dipper Afterward a hearty supper was served at the Tavern.
The board plans cutting six current courses to four for the fall. The college course will replace the old general and classical tracks, scientific preparatory replaces scientific, and a general course replaces modern language and English. Additional high school changes are under discussion and expected to be finalized before the new year.
The Philathea class presents an evening program at the Tri nitarian church chapel Thursday featuring instrumental select ions. The sketches Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party and The Old Maids Convention promise hearty humor. tickets are limited and should be secured early.
Trinity church notes show Rev. Henry B. Mason of Harvard delivering a sermon on Moses disappointment and a later address on Foresight vs. Anxiety. Evening services at Stow Union Evangelical church feature strong singing, a Soldiers Memorial program, and an address on The Soldier Spirit in Civil Life.
Rev. Mr. Coleman of New York spoke to high school pupils Thursday at 1 o clock. He has traveled England nearly 12 years studying its people and history. He discussed Boston England and Stratford on Avon home of Shakespeare, and shared several pictures for examination after the half hour talk.
An exhibit of Lloyd work by high school pupils will be staged at Eaton Hall next week. Furniture pieces crafted by students will be shown alongside the newly acquired physical culture apparatus funded by the Stowe fund. A demonstration will occur Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and evening, June 4 and 6.
The Middlesex North Loyal Temperance Legion convenes at Trinitarian church Saturday from 10 to 4 with delegates from nearby towns. Rev. Favor of Littleton will speak in the afternoon and eight children will compete in a silver medal contest. State President Helen G Rice of Boston and county president Evelyn Norton are expected to attend. Public session invites all temperance supporters. attendees should bring box lunches and children a lemonade cup.
The Concord school boys lost to English high of Boston 4 to 2 in a damp week of play. Matthews pitched well for Concord while Green led Boston with eight strikeouts and a timely two bagger. Attendance reached 350 as St Andrews beat Concord high 2 to 0 in a practice game. The rain pushed back the Concord Lawrence Academy game.
Concord Post 190 announces Memorial Day activities for 1909 with Old Concord Post and Spanish War Veterans escort. Details include assembly at the armory, barge transport, funeral church service, cemetery decorating at Lincoln and Reform School graves, and a 2:30 pm parade ending at the Square monuments.
Local classified items in Concord mass include a house to let on Sudbury road with modern improvements a 93 Main street Surrey carriage for sale a middle aged woman for housework at Mill Brook Farm Concord four room tenement with bath for rent at R F D Box 78 and more items such as a Burrowes billiard table a chestnut post sale and hay. Also sales events at Masonic hall and inquiries for horse stalls and re fit of tenement opposite post office.
Concord's small squad of 35 faced tough opponents this season but showed resilience. Mathews and Fitzpatrick formed a strong battery, with Mathews proving versatile and Hopkins stepping in as a promising pitcher. Eddie Williams’ legacy at Amherst shines in recent wins while Eddie Loughlin guides Newton’s youth and St Andrews teams display rising talent.
The annual meeting of the Corporation of the Middlesex Institution for Savings will be held at the Banking Rooms of the Institution on Tuesday June 1 1909 at 3 30 o clock p m. Herbert W Hosmer Clerk Concord Mass May 17 1909.
A list of names awaiting at the Advent Church postal office includes Ernest Anderson 1026 Cambridge St Charles Chadbourne Walter Chaffee R Clospen John J Coughlin A Cassidy Dr and Mrs W J Dawson Ernest A Graves Green Bros Louis J Konrad William Monson Albert Wicke Mrs Hattie Benedict Mrs Charles Burnham Miss J Dunlap Miss Allie Fletcher Miss Maud Gardner care of Advent Church Mrs Harry Jacobs Miss Gertrude Palmer Mrs Sarah Parsons Mrs L A Wright.
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