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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
6
A garbled note from Hasta Mane describes The Enterprise Company Africa based at 151 Mair Street Marlboro Massachusetts. It mentions single copies and pricing with Treasurer Manager unclear. The text references Congress and weekly publication cadence with a dubious open clause.
Outdoor cafe dansant at the pavilion behind the Bradford residence attract 300 to 400 guests from Boston and nearby towns. Exhibition dancing by Mia Horace Livermore and Mr Barlow Mise Christine Converse and Mise Saxon. Proceeds exceeding 400 dollars support the Concord Golf Club funds.
Residents credited the unusual crowd as 21 cars lingering at the Main Street junction while occupants refreshed at nearby drug stores. The Sunday scene drew multiple witnesses who commented on the steady stream of visitors throughout the day.
Advertisements for this column may be left at H. L. Whitcomb's and must be paid in advance. Rates are ten cents a line or any portion thereof. Allow six words to a line. These ads are read in Concord Maynard Littleton Bedford Acton and Sudbury.
The Middlesex Institution for Savings reports lost book number 19038 and stops payment on it. Charles E. Brown, treasurer, Concord Massachusetts, May 11, 1914 under Chapter 590 Section 40 of the acts.
At a March 30 meeting members voted that from June 1 1914 workers would not be paid less than 45 percent per hour. The secretary was instructed to notify all Master Painters in Concord Massachusetts to plan future work on a new basis. James J Mara secretary.
The annual meeting of the Corporation of the Middlesex Institution for Savings will be held in the banking rooms on Tuesday June 2 1914 at 3 45 P M. Herbert W Hosmer Clerk Concord Massachusetts May 18 1914. To be sold Thursday and Friday at private sale household furnishings 6 Bedford Street. Wanted maid for general house work Mrs Arthur B Worthiny Lowell Road.
Sunday afternoon in Concord Joseph Derby, 95, the town’s oldest resident and oldest native born citizen, was presented with the Old Concord Post cane by Selectman George W. Hunt at his Liberty Street home. Derby, a former butcher and longtime town official, served in Company G, 5th Regiment MVMI, and helped guard the Treasury in Washington. He lives at the Major Buttrick house and remains active despite recent excitement.
Memorial day events decorate four graves at the Re formitory with school children supervised by Adjutant Bowker. processions depart Walden street armory to various cemeteries, with escort from Company II, 6th Regt MVM. readings, music, and a Dutch supper follow. services and Sunday activities announced.
Attendance was strong at the Eaton Junior Hop held Friday afternoon as warm weather spurred indoor dancing. The organizing committee included Edward Furbur, Arthur Eldridge, William Hay, Robert Harwood and Misses Pansinnon, Eleanor Ballou, Irma Du and Helen Towle. Mrs. Edmund Phelan of Longwood has leased the Main Street estate owned by Mrs. T. Quincy Browne and will move in with her son George EB Phelan after the summer spent at Plymouth.
The article notes Memorial Day on May 30, to honor veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War with afternoon grave decorations. It urges residents to bring lilies and avoid schoolyard amusements during the observance to preserve the event’s sacred purpose and town's reputation.
Members of Old Concord Post G A R will gather on Memorial Day to decorate the graves of departed comrades. An orderly program is planned with veterans conducting ceremonies. In Boston, Thomas Mansfield and George Prescott are taking exams for officer ranks in the regimental and M V M units.
McDonald of Bedford road Concord died at 88 years, after a long suffering period that left him wheel chair bound. Born in Acton he lived in Concord 40 years and was well known for active work with townspeople. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs Herman Chaplain West Acton, and sons Fred Lowell and Frank Wellfleet. funeral at home conducted by Rev G A Tewksbury, burial Mt Hope West Acton.
About 75 people attended the Concord high school debating club event in Baton Hall, the second annual debate under its auspices. The topic: should a minimum wage be provided by law for workshops factories and department stores. Edward Furber won the best individual work cup after judges favored the negative side presented by Miss Dorothy Pickard and Edward Furber, while Miss Helen Pennock and Richard White debated for the affirmative. A pre judgment musical program featured piano by Miss Gertrude Knowles and vocal numbers by Misses Mether Davis and Alice Cornell.
A smouldering bonfire sent sparks to a nearby lumber pile causing a fire alarm Monday just after 1 30. Firemen extinguished the blaze and estimated sixty to seventy dollars of lumber burned. Memorial day schedule notes half hour care on the C M H railway line.
Informal gathering marks 25 years of marriage for Virginia Lee Phelan and Rev. George A. Tewksbury. The couple, long‑time Trinitarian parish leaders in Concord, welcomed guests from the town and beyond.
The notice lists individuals for an advertised matter including Robert A. Macready J A Reilly Mrs Caker Miss Mary Henonen Mrs S J Cobb Miss Florence K Mason Miss M O'Brien Mrs EB Sprague and Mrs B B Woodworth.
Interment followed at Rocklawn Cemetery Marlboro after services at the Fitchburg Turnpike home. Rev Loren B Macdonald of First Parish led the committal. Mrs Lucretia Miles, born 1846 in Marlboro, died Sunday from paralysis. She was daughter of Emery and Elizabeth Parmeter. twice married, survived by two sisters.
Old Concord Post 180 G A R invited members to Sunday worship at Trinity Episcopal Church and the Trinitarian Church. A barge ferried veterans from the armory to Trinity for Rev. Smith Owen Dexter's sermon and at 730 p m many attended the Memorial day service at Trinitarian where Rev. G A Tewksbury spoke on The Qualities of a Good Soldier with patriotic music.
A modest audience at Monument hall on Thursday boosted hopes that proceeds will reach the goal for naming a day in Concord for the Boston Floating Hospital. The Dramatic club presented Mrs. Temple's Telegram again, earning praise and good will, with homemade candies sold between acts by young ladies increasing the evening's receipts.
The Enterprise requests cat owners to restrain pets during early morning hours to protect birds. Miss M. I. Houghton offers Memorial Day flowers, with order advance by phone or in person. Bedding plants are also available with guaranteed satisfaction.
All fish sleep at regular intervals but do not close their eyes. Their slumber is lighter and more easily disturbed than that of any other living thing.
Prussian authorities gain power to bar defacement of landscapes by erecting billboards signs and pictures. The new measure aims to preserve scenery and curb intrusive displays across regions.
A cryptic line notes a woman’s growing fretfulness after years tied to a concept called double hegness. It then references a newly married couple in a private moment.
The Boston Evening Records quote shows the state board of agriculture urging action against untended wild cherry and useless apple trees. Sec Wilfrid Wheeler declares war on the tent caterpillar and advises cutting and burning useless trees and destroying egg masses.
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