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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1920
Page
2
Inscriptions listed as second class matter dated August 25, 1908 at Marlboro Massachusetts under Congress act of March 8 1879. Subscription rates are 1 50 per year in advance 2 00 otherwise. Single copies four cents six months 786 including postage Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford.
The government seeks recruits while circulars warn of limited space and many applicants. Newspapers receive mixed messages about push to enroll versus constraints. The twofold messaging confuses the average reader.
Marlboro notices: Double Ten club gathers tonight and Semi Colon club meets at 6r Highland Street this afternoon. Mrs Manning hosts. Mrs Pierre Courtemanche of Broadcat visited daughter in Fitchburg last week. Miss Marjorie Lowell stayed at Wheaton seminary with Constance Weeks. Mrs John E Kelly of Winthropst to host White Cross Guild Wednesday evening. Fred Lesieur family and Helen Farley attended M. Gagnon funeral at St Jean church in Lowell Saturday.
Mrs George Harrington of 184 West Main Street received word of the sudden death of her brother Allen Guild in Somerset British Columbia. He died on Friday at age 60 from heart trouble. Guild had worked in the West for 30 years after moving from Nova Scotia and previously lived in Westboro. He leaves a wife five children and two sisters and two brothers.
Indications point to the biggest donation day so far at Marlboro Hospital as the committee led by Mrs C L Cutler Mrs G F Bond Mrs Cosgrove and president Mrs Tourtellette worked Friday to receive and store jellies preserves and vegetables collected by Mr Dacey. A full total is not yet available due to late arrivals.
A turkey supper and Halloween party were held Saturday by the C. H. M. Club at Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Maxwell home on Spruce Street Hudson. Supper at 8 o'clock featured entertainment including selections solos and toe dances. Highland fling danced by Mrs. Mary Morin of Clinton. Attendees from Marlboro included Miss LePlante Mrs. B. Baldwin and Miss Sadie Wilson.
Miss Annie A Bemis of Newton street quietly married Joseph W Thayer of Hopkinton at the Baptist parsonage by Rev S J Cann. The couple were attended by Mrs Joseph H Howes and she and her husband accompanied them home to Hopkinton after the ceremony.
Robert Finn of Preston street shot a raccoon high in a pine tree on Berlin road. The animal weighed sixteen pounds. He is the son of William H. Finn. Large congregations attended All Saints services at Immaculate Conception church yesterday with three masses at 5 30, 6 30 and 8 o'clock.
The American Legion establishes the Department of Panama with headquarters at Cristobal. Elbert S. Ward elected department commander and Edward J. Daily as adjutant after the first convention on Taboga Island near Balboa. Plans include representation at the Cleveland convention.
Miss Salih Lou Massey of Meridian Mississippi writes to the national commander questioning eligibility rules for women affiliated with the American Legion. She notes service in France nine months, wartime duties, and a 1918 influenza effort citation, arguing Y girls should join to preserve wartime spirit.
The Connecticut convention of the American Legion reelected Thomas J. Bannigan of Hartford to serve as department adjutant for three years. The longer term, normally one year, aims to enable Bannigan to achieve far reaching results.
Frank Sadowski of Newark New Jersey once earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. While a neighbor’s cats howled at his back fence he drew his service revolver from a World War II haul and faced a disturbing the peace charge. He claimed he had killed six Germans single handed in France with the same revolver.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites Elizabeth W Bean estate heirs and interested parties to appear November 22 1920 for probate of Edith Bean last will appointing executrix without surety. Court orders public notice in Concord Enterprise weekly for three weeks and delivery of notices to known heirs fourteen days before appearance. Witness George F Lawton first judge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court Middlesex cites heirs creditors and all interested parties in the estate of Harvey A Harwood late of Maynard intestate to show cause why Fannie B Harwood should receive a letter of administration without bond. Court date November 15 1920 at 9:00 am at Cambridge.
Leslie W. Sims is appointed administrator of the Matilda Pakkanen estate of Maynard Middlesex deceased in testate. He has given bond and all creditors must present their claims and all debtors must pay the administrator. Address Maynard Mass October 15 1920.
All work strictly fires class Corben burning. Small welding and brazing for storage batteries recharged, repaired.
The article extols dried figs as a rich, nourishing food option for cold weather. It notes figs provide more nutriment than eggs, recommends five ounces of figs with a pint of milk for an adult meal, and compares weight for weight favourably to dates, highlighting its value for people and animals including camels and horses.
A bride’s mother halted the wedding when she noticed the bride had white stockings over her slippers just before the ceremony. Helpers scrambled to remove the stockings so the marriage could proceed as planned.
An anxious wedding hour passed without the bride as guests waited. The clergyman declared a postponement but a mother's plea intervened. After another hour the bridal party emerged as a jubilant voice announced the beer had arrived.
A quotation from W. L. George in Harper's Magazine argues that women resist compromise, holding firm to their desires. In the home they may yield temporarily but return to the issue, persist, and ultimately secure what they want from a tiring partner.
The Grand Union flag raised at Cambridge in 1776 marks the first US army banner with 13 alternating red and white stripes. Many designs followed in the Revolution era, including one by Thomas Paine featuring all rainbow colors to symbolize peace.
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