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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1920
Page
4
Maynard reports James Carney is improving. The Mizpah Rebekah lodge will exemplify the Rebekah degree for 25 candidates at a meeting on June 17. The article mentions the death of James Clayton.
Professor H L Fairchild of the University of Rochester and Dr H Cirington of Boston found sands at Rockaway beach emitted a high musical note. They collected sand and kept it at home in a glass bottle. apart from a single instance, the sand has lain undisturbed for over thirty five years since it was spread in a dry room and lost its sonorous quality.
The community hall overflowed Monday night for a moving picture show benefiting the local baseball team, adding a good sum to the treasury. A postponed game with Matapan A A will be played Saturday afternoon and a grand stand is due for completion by then.
Lena Nolan daughter of Pete Nolan and William Dutcher son of J and Mrs W H Butcher were married at the home of George A Tewksbury in Concord last week. Rev Tewksbury officiated with Mrs Waller Page as bridesmaid and Orrin Butcher as best man.
Concord Junction reports Mrs Warren Duren of Providence visiting the Duren family on Commonwealth Avenue. Miss Mary and Theresa Macone visited relatives in Watertown. Nellie Cotter resumed work at Shermans Laundry Markboro after three weeks illness. Mrs J L King visited her son Thomas at St Margaretta hospital Dorchester. Joseph Fitzgerald with Port Blorege 8d Detachment Q M C attended a banquet at the United States Hotel Boston. Mrs I B Duren entertained sisters Miss Etta Merriam Fitchburg Wilts of South Acton spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A H Wilts.
In lower New York at East Ninth Street a shopkeeper named Peter Bender runs a bead focused store under the sign unusual. He offers a thousand bead varieties from ivory carved pieces to American Indian beads and sources his stock worldwide with orders sometimes exceeding one thousand dollars. Bender has been at the stand for 87 years and credits success to choosing a business and mastering it thoroughly.
Mrs Frank Garfield Sr is visiting Mr and Mrs Fred Worsnip at Hudson. The brief note records a social call and the hosting arrangements in the Hudson area.
Renewal or new subscriptions to The Motorisea may be paid to James J Ledgard newsdealer or the K Sanderson at the store of Hf Perdons Nason st. Subscriptions must be paid one year in advance.
Louis C. Miffette, seeking enlistment in the United States Marine Corps, recounts a peripatetic life. Born on a ship under Spanish colors in the English Channel, he lost his parents in Sweden and was raised by a German adopter who brought him to America. His status as the child of an American mother and a non-naturalized father raises questions of allegiance.
Stuart C. Moon, 72, Muskegon Heights, admits he killed his ten year old granddaughter Irma Moon to end her life of misery. He allegedly called the girl from a school room and attacked her with an ax, mutilating her before officers detained him. An insanity investigation was expected to be ordered.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky sheriff Emmett Huntty and circuit court clerk John Bond were arrested on a complaint by jailer John Siers who sought political aspirants. The trial revealed they were rehearsing a church play and the gambling terms came from a manuscript, not actual gambling in the courtroom.
Morgantown students at West Virginia University stage a strike over high prices for ice cream soft drinks and refreshments. A resolution advocating the strike was prepared by a girl.
Assabet mill gardens cultivated by employees aid in lowering food prices. 11 300 pounds of potato seed bought and 4 000 more ordered by George Merrick, gardens manager. Seed sold to workers at cost. large scale planting planned amid rising prices for fall. Governor Coolidge urged everyone to raise vegetables in a recent proclamation.
Middletown Colorado reports that the Pythians consider going without haircuts to object to price increases in barbers. They propose using clippers in lodge rooms and remaining hairless until winter arrives.
Mrs William Lord arrived home from a winter Florida visit. Raymond Jamieson of Nashua NH stayed with his parents for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Edward Burns and daughter Rita of Stoneham visited Mrs Burns parents in Dartmouth. Mrs George Merrick presided at the Woman s Club meeting with newly elected officers. Maynard Grange to entertain public school teachers as guests at a June 1 meeting with a planned program.
State officers are present for Memorial Sunday with the Loyal Aggabet lodge hosting guests. A parade to the church will mark this year as committee members Frank Rowe Louis Emerson Olsen Archibald Miller and Smith oversee arrangements.
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