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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1929
Page
4
The Weekly Enterprise appears as a Marlboro Mass publication with Liberty Street address and Marlboro post office registration details. It notes its establishment as a second class matter dated 1903 and lists subscription rates and regional towns served.
An early discussion notes ongoing traffic congestion and attempts to solve accident problems by automobile managers. It highlights progress in design and equipment, including an all steel body and other safety devices, framing modern cars as a suit of armor for occupants with safety first as a key feature.
Agnes C Laut presents a history of American railroad development detailing early attempts, public opposition, and key personalities. The work ties railroad prosperity to community well being and argues rail and community destinies are intertwined.
Boston dispatch reports Mayor Andrew J. Gillis known as Bossy won the Newburyport primary decisively with 2388 votes to rival Michael Cashier’s 1612. Gillis will seek reelection on December 3 against Cashier.
The Finance Commission chairman denounces the project as a waste of money while Mayor approves the $18 million East Beacon tunnel. An investigation will examine omissions and require 200 property owners affected by the traffic tunnel project to appear for examination.
In New York on November 13 Irene Sumner, 26, was killed and a small college bred convict was wounded, now between life and death. If he recovers he may be charged with murder.
In Sudbury a rise in counts is noted as the latest figures show an increase in the measured total. Officials emphasize the trend requires monitoring amid ongoing local conditions and responses.
The Concord Town hall hosted a Christian Science lecture by Peter V. Ross CSB of San Francisco. He described disease as a belief of the mind and discussed God as Mind Life and Love, noting Mary Baker Eddy as the science’s founder and urging spiritual vision to heal.
A Western court heard a unique will contest where an estate's division to a wife and four children drew in illegitimate offspring of the decedent. The letters argue that mixing foreign and native blood undermines American race purity and urge senators and congressmen to push quotas against Latin America.
The passage frames freedom as tied to an endless life, presenting a universal date that all individuals may aspire to reach. It suggests collective hope and the moral weight of embracing such an enduring ideal.
South Acton ladies attend the dedicatory exercises for the new DAR headquarters in Moment Square Concord a colonial reproduction linked to the 1708 Chapter House. Past regents and Mrs Hurd deliver addresses while heirlooms are shown and a colonial themed reception follows. No house to house Red Cross canvass this season. subscriptions urged at local stores.
The Women of Mooseheart Legion will nominate officers at tonight’s meeting in Preston block with Mrs. Joseph A Gallagher presiding. After the business session a social will be held and refreshments served, with committee members listed including Mrs. Ella Auclaire and Mrs. Margaret Berthiaum.
Miss Millicent Taylor of Educational Dereaaene Christian Science Monitor will address the Concord Parent Association at their next meeting in Haton hall High school building Monday evening Navy 18th.
Rev. Alfred Wheeler Stone preached on Peace or the Sword at the Weat- Con Union church for Armistice Day. A children's sermonette titled Children and Peace was presented during the morning service.
Concord Town football elev en wins fourth of five on the Emerson Playground Sunday as the Cambridge-based Columbia Club proves a worthy foe.
Mrs. Clifton Giles entertains for a few days with her cousin Paul Jefferson Reveley in Koyno Lithuania. Reveley is an American Vice Consul visiting on official business. his former home was Newark New Jersey.
George W. Woodward known as Daddy, 74, died at relatives in Salem. Funeral at Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel Thursday at 2 pm. Burial in Greenlawn. Born in Marlboro he lived 35 years at Cove Candling Lake Boon Hudson summer colony. longtime member of Marlboro Fire Dept and former livery stable worker and lake caretaker. He left last year due to illness.
A steady stream of pilgrims from New England and beyond continued to visit the grave of Rev Patrick Power in Holy Cross cemetery. Overnight more than 1000 people filled the grounds as reports circulated of miraculous cures attributed to the reverend.
The annual installation of officers for the American Legion Auxiliary will take place at Legion Hall on November 21 at 8 pm with Mrs Caroline Wade of Woburn as visiting state officer. The South Acton Reading Club meets next at Mrs Irwin Howe Maynard's home. members urged to bring articles on current topics. The West Acton Woman's Club bazaar will offer a wide array of fancy articles with twenty tables and a radio station contest as a highlighted feature.
J Murray Brown elected president of the Acton Agricultural Association with Howard J Billings first vice president Waldo E Whitcomb second vice president Flora B Reed serving as corresponding secretary Bertram D Hall as secretary Eugene L Hall treasurer and a slate of directors and auditors listed including James B Tuttle Clarence N Goward George A Richardson W Stuart Allen Frank A Merriam and others.
Collins Five swept four points from Concord in Midland Bowling League action on Collins Alleys last night. Padula led with a perfect run and a 134 single string, while Mantha rolled a 316 series. The team remains undefeated for this stretch, boasting one of the league’s strongest lineups.
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