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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1924
Page
4
The Marlboro Massachusetts weekly newspaper notes its office at 1 Mechanic Street and publication details. It lists subscription rates and reprint policy plus a notice concerning advertising errors and prompt notification to management.
A historical note on one piece construction, eschewing riveted frames for poured concrete and welded steel monoliths. Engineers from the American Welding Society foresee welding replacing riveting, promising faster builds and stronger skeletons for future homes as lumber wanes.
The head of the U S Employment Service predicts a job for every worker next winter and says the coming months will be the best in peace for employment. He notes industry adjustments but believes material shortages will prevent general stagnation and urges American business and citizens to support a strong national economy.
Sears Roebuck reports a 105 million dollar forecast for 1924 up from 61 million in 1923 and 1 million in 1922, while Gimbel Brothers and other big houses project multi million gains. Montgomery Ward Kresge Woolworth and others note steady increases across America as consumer spending rises. Locomotive engineers claim higher wages to buy stockings as a whimsical aside.
The Fall Meeting of the Federation Women's Clubs held in Lowell on November 19, 1925 featured reports from state federation headquarters and the resolutions committee. The afternoon session included organ and violin performances, presentations of new clubs, and discussions on the outlook for western conventions.
Trains depart Lowell at 4:02 4:12 and 6:32 P M and another at 8:15 A M and 4:00 A M. A bus leaves Park Square at 9:00 A M and another from Lowell at 5:00 P M.
Reverend John Haarvig, pastor of Memorial Congregational Church in South Sudbury, and his wife recently hosted Leen Wolome and the Foots at their Parmenter Garrison Road summer home. Haarvig served twenty years at Boston Congregational Church and led a large Sunday School with about sixty teachers and five to six hundred members.
The Wayside Inn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution plans a memorial at the Larmenter Garrison site in addition to a prior cone on the Boston Post Road. Abel Parmenter, a Revolutionary War soldier tied to the Parmen ter Garrison, fought from Concord to Yorktown and endured a minor ear wound.
A witty compilation notes that travel speeds, midsummer crises, and tax figures vary widely. It jokes about hair lengths, motorcycle counts, tire production, vehicle density, spinach and sardines for Thomas Edison, and shorthand reading puzzles, ending with a note on ivory cracking in temperate zones.
The account recalls Washington s soldiers enduring severe privation in the last winter with scarce supplies and money. Abel Parmenter, honored with a wood splitting iron wedge and his flint lock gun from Yorktown, served as a guard and faced Indian threats, earning twenty paper shillings for his service.
Mrs William Jones returns home on Maple street after months in Maynard. Rev Chas A Haney of University Church to lecture on John Barrymore in Hamlet Sunday evening Nov 9. Chester A Sawyer buys Main street lot from Hayward and Clayton and plans a house. Hayward A Clayton to do the work. Mr and Mrs H T Pratt hosted as weekend guests Mrs Pratt's mother Mrs Henry N Brown of Bedford NH, and Mrs Aura Tennant of Geffstown NH. Miss Sophia Taylor teaching at Marblehead MA visits mother Mrs L C Taylor. Evening service at Universalist Church well attended. Prof Clarence R Skiner lectured on Prejudice.
Mrs. Lottie Duren widow of Herman Duren died at her home on Acton Road after two years of illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM conducted by Reverend Higgsard of West Acton Baptist Church with The Lost Quaeries of Boston providing music. Burial followed in the family lot. She leaves daughter Mrs Ethel Wright of Lodi field New Jersey and son J Duren of this town.
Church announces a Friday Christian Endeavor meeting with the subject What Jesus Said About Faith. Morning service at 10:30, Sunday school at 11:45, and evening service follow. Local congregation invites all members.
Mrs. William Hughes of New Haven Connecticut returned Sunday to her home after a ten day visit with her mother Mrs. John O Connell. Thomas Carroll Jr draws beer on the Criminal jury at Cambridge starting Monday. Miss Margaret O Grady from Watertown attended the Boston College vs Haskell in Mans game at Brave Field Saturday.
We report the West Acton Baptist Church events from Massachusetts Baptist State Convention in Holyoke to Union Teachers Institute in South Acton. The church will host a Woman's Missionary Society meeting with a China study and a playlet and a charity supper led by Mrs Case's class. The weekly program includes devotional services and discussions on progressive revelation and self talk.
We express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the expression of sympathy shown during our bereavement and for the beautiful flowers sent to us. Signed by Alexander I. and Wil.
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