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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
2
The W. A. Haynes Company, Incorporated issues a notice that an older model or device will fail to function and advises customers to upgrade to a newer alternative. The announcement stresses reliability and prompts action for replacements.
The text lists religious services led by Rev W W Campbell and George A Tewksbury at Pinttarion Congregational with morning and evening sermons on Tuesday and Sabbath events. It mentions prayer meetings on Friday evening and various times such as 10 46 a m and 7 p m with references to church locations and pastors.
Loren Macdonald, pastor, leads meeting at 10 45 p m. Sunday service at noon. Communion service on Fridays. Monthly dates in January March September and November. Friday evening meetings for communion are held.
The notice lists Sunday worship at 10:40 a.m. Sunday school 12 to 1, young people’s league 7 to 7 45 p.m., evening service 7 46 to 9, men’s meeting Friday 8 to 9. Christian Science service Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at Insurance Hall Monument. testimonial meeting first Wednesday each month at 7 45 p.m. All welcome.
Rev. Sidney J. Willis leads Acton Universalist Church with morning service at 10:30. Sunday school follows at 11:30, with J. K. W. Witherbee serving as superintendent.
Fragmentary OCR lists lodge meeting days for various orders including Forest, U W, Lodge No. 121, 54 D of R, Star of Pythias, Knights Templars, and other groups. Some days are given as first and third Thursdays or Sundays with scattered names and ranks.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court cites heirs and others in the estate of John F. Davis of Acton for petition to grant administration to Arthur F. Mavis without surety. Court to convene June in Acton. publication required weekly for three weeks.
A trio of probate notices calls heirs and next of kin to appear in Middlesex County courts. Each cites a will or administration request for Herbert Lyman Greene of Concord, John M. Whitney of Maynard, and Mary H. Teele of Acton, with hearings set in 1906, 1908, and 1908 respectively and orders to publish weekly notices.
Prank A Merriam of South Acton Massachusetts is appointed administrator of Bertha M Merriam late of Acton Middlesex deceased in testate. Creditors must exhibit claims and debtors pay to the administrator by the date in the notice.
A fragment notes two merchants planning to close shops and suspend business each April if trade remains weak. It contrasts this with advertisers who also stop advertising for similar reasons, pondering the difference in essential impact on commerce.
Miss Nettie Arnaud works at the Bridge store. Emile Lacroix of Lynn visited his parents Monday. Samuel Lemire moved his family from Paris to Grant street. Charles K. Jackson of Beverly visited Saturday. L. B. Kirby paints interior of Mannsman barber shop. P. H. Hestin of Manchester visited friends Sunday. Miss Eva Charbonneau of Worcester visited Monday. Arthur Bowlby left Boynton & Allen's store. Reese Dunn of Sidney Cape Breton visits Bridge Street relatives. Frank and Mrs Menard visited in Lynn Monday. Robert E N Marshall works for Marlboro Fruit Co on Central Street.
To the heirs at law next of kin and all other persons interested in the estate of Augusta H Barrett late of Middlesex county. A will presented to the court for probate by Mary C Barrett requests letters testamentary without bond. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in Concord Enterprise and mailed to known interested parties at least seven days before the hearing. Witness Charles J McIntire First Judge dated May 25 1908. W B Rogers Register. William P Martin Atty for Petitioner No 30 Court St Boston.
In Maynard the barber shop hours extend to Saturday noon. George H. Gutteridge showcases jewelry at neat windows. Red Sox beat Chicago at Huntington Avenue grounds Tuesday. Concord Hibernians hosted Maynard visitors Wednesday night. Bancroft Street school flags to rise Friday afternoon with Miss Francis Nagle in charge. Maynard Woman's Club literary department held first meeting under Mrs Luke S Brooks to study New England women authors. Lesnick’s store runs a major sale after buying Outlet Shoe stock in Lynn offering high quality shoes at great reductions.
The town announces the marriage of A Bander to Miss Kate Bennett of Boston next Tuesday. The ceremony will be at Baldwin Place synagogue with a reception in Paul Revere hall. Miss Bennett is the daughter of Pocco Bennett, noted as a wealthy lender and the “old clothes man” of the arts university. The event is expected to be the most stylish in local Jewish circles for years with Maynard residents invited.
John W. Connor plans moving his manufacturing business from this town to Marlboro and will occupy quarters in the G. A. R. building where his current store is located. He will maintain his Maynard store, believing better opportunities and less competition in Marlboro.
An 11 year old boy from the Wayside Inn district was hit in the nose by a fast baseball during a school game on Monday. The injury, believed to be a broken nose, occurred after the ball glanced off the catcher’s mask. Joseph Lovering, the school janitor, took the boy home in his team.
Mrs. James Thomas fired buckshot at William Luther as he left the Thomas home with her 15 year old daughter Margaret. The youth was seriously wounded after Thomas warned him to stay away. The mother argued her daughter was too young for suitors.
Mr and Mrs George L Ware celebrate the birth of a son on Monday. An eventful week features a town hall dance led by Miss Bessie Hunt Miss Effie Lowden Miss Edith Davis Miss Rachel Colston and Miss Elsie Lowden. A. O. H. Div 56 stage show honors Rev M B Twomey with a $100 presentation from President Charles J Hogan.
Old Concord Post 180 G A R completes plans for Memorial day observances. Graves at Concord Junction and Lincoln cemeteries will be decorated. Veterans gather at the armory at 8 30 for barge trips, a 1 pm collation for veterans, a talk on a Concord boy who became a Major General, and an 8 pm march and retreat ceremony.
The Philathea class held a Trinitarian sociable on Thursday evening featuring free hand wand and dumb bell exercises and fencing. A dramatic entertainment titled A Thorn Among The Roses was staged with participants including Alice M. Whitney Mary V. Jewkabury Grace L. Hunt Margaret S. Towle Pertha M. Garfield Helen T. Peterson Lillian F. Penniman Helga Nelson Lillian O. Petersen Hisse Lowden George W. Hopkins Graves Gravesen and Gravesen. George W. Hopkins directed the play.
A traveler witnessed Foreman Penniman of the water department fix a Sunday water main leak and praised his rapid work and leadership. The testimonial notes his skill surpasses repairs in Boston New York and many western cities and calls him an artist at the trade.
Friday May 29 at 7 30 p m in Trinitarian chapel Rev William Ewing recently appointed secretary of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing society will discuss the society work and practical Sunday school matters All teachers and older scholars urged to attend Rev Perrin B Fisk of Plainfield will preach next Sunday morning and the pastor will preach in the evening.
J B Lambert moved into his Elm street property while Daniel Lynch of Lynn visits the city. J P Forest of Boston guests his brother D P Forrest on Hill street. Frank and Emily toured Boston for the Barnum Bailey show. Fred Love travels to Keene New Hampshire for Monadnock Shoe Co. D A McLeod of Lawrence becomes sales agent for Nelson Morrin. Misses Florida Favreau and Anal d Girouard call on Worcester friends. A J Rougeau wires the Gauthier building for electric lighting.
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