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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1905
Page
4
A Thanksgiving service will replace the evening sermon at the Congregational church next Sunday at 5 o clock. The choir will provide special music and primary children will contribute much of the program. The school plans an offering for a Thanksgiving dinner for Boston's poor children. Parents and friends are invited to attend and give what they can.
Fritz Oelschlegel a noted zither soloist and teacher announces readiness for engagements. Box 44 South Acton Mass. Also a small store for sale cheap with large windows that can be moved to Maynard. Address box 180 West Acton.
Miss Isabelle P. Oviatt of Waltham attended the fair at South Sudbury. Mrs. E. D. Symonds of Wayland visited local schools last week. Mrs. Harrington and daughters will occupy Miss Inez A. Perry's winter cottage. Union Thanksgiving service at Memorial church at 10 45. Rev Ida C. Hultin to preach. Miss Viola Rice and Miss Perry plan a Florida winter with Rev. W. Perry in Chester Vermont. They sail Nov 25. James Fairbrother of South Sudbury chairs the Joint Protective Board meeting at Faneuil Hall Boston Sunday at 6 p m.
Frank Harbach moved to Gay At and E. Lynch works at the Middlesex factory. William Harris at Arnaud's fish market. Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Ordway of Fitchburg visited Marlboro. Mrs. Eagan of Providence guests of Miss Jessie Howe. Mrs. Joseph Ezzo returned from Italy. Marlboro lodge Odd Fellows conferred third degree. Elmer Howarth and Grover Galligan of Holliston visited Marlboro friends. Charles White of North Marlboro spent weekend with Proctor family. Lincoln Jr. completed service in Diamond M sole leather room. Alex Gaynor visited Boston hotel colleagues. George S. Parker Jr. returned from New Hampshire vacation with many lake trout. George Buell visiting from Bowdoin theatre, Boston. A A Hart and W M Leonard returned from Maine deer hunting at Pem broke. Ex Alderman Charles H. Hayes returned from Denver with railroad board duties. friends resisted a mayoral boom.
Nova Scotia reports a two masted steamer foundering off Beaver Harbor after a fierce gale. The Kilkeel sighted a burning vessel vanish beneath towering seas and sings as the crew perished. Ship Harbor also reports another wreck amid escalating coastal disasters.
Vice Admiral Biriloff, minister of marine, has closed the new admiralty yards at St. Petersburg in response to workmen demands for an eight hour day. In Salem Massachusetts the Essex South District Medical Society celebrated its centennial with over 100 members at banquet tables.
Boston Judge Henry S. Dewey announces he will run as an independent for mayor, challenging Republican nominee Louis A. Prothingham after losing the primaries by 196 votes. The move risks splitting the Republican vote and aiding Democrat John F. Fitzgerald in a tight race.
A Haverhill man, George BE. Newburgh, formerly of the city, was arrested in Toronto on a charge of receiving stolen leather linked to a summer theft ring that damaged local shoe factories. Leather valued up to 100000 was stolen from several plants during three months last summer.
Washington reports that after a satisfactory showing to the secretary of the treasury the Overbolt distillery fire in Bradford Pennsylvania was accidental and spirits destroyed without fraud, tax due could total seven hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand dollars. London notes Seoul negotiations left Koreans with no choice but to accept a Japan drawn treaty through General Tisesawa.
Boston reports the nurse who cared for Susan Geary told all she knew to attorney Sughrue. The nurse is a young employee of Mrs. Dean, present at Geary’s death and during the operation, but officials do not allege criminal involvement. Lawyer Maguire defers further comment to Sughrue.
Gift of 14 Elopes North Adams Massachusetts November 22 reports Florence Bartow aged 14 of East Cheshire dressed in two suits to escape with Walter Jenks 24 the Bartows hired man. They boarded a Pittsfield car together on Saturday afternoon and have not been heard from since adding to the mystery of a documented elopement.
Three Boston rabbis representing the Russo Jewish committee sent a letter to city Christian pastors asking for sympathy and cooperation for Jewish sufferers in Russia. A previous appeal has already raised nearly $15,000.
AF L sessions expose graft and forgery tied to souvenir programs at labor events. Delegates condemn issuing 100 souvenir books amid accusations against unions and leaders nationwide. Resolution cites Philadelphia Central Labor union ads on an unfair list and opposes the practice as a fundraising method.
Inspector O Reilly notes Americans have landed only one vessel on the west coast as two Canadian ships with the bay s largest herring cargo sail to Gloucester under American traders. They will pay import duty when entering U S ports and buy from local fishermen.
New York November 22 The Old Glory horse sale sold Star Lilly a mare once a grand circuit favorite for seventy dollars She is now 21 and has not raced since her 14th year The horse previously won a ten thousand dollar purse though decades ago
Milwaukee on November 22 council resolutions deplore the ordination of a deposed Anglican priest by Russian Bishop Tikon. The body calls the move profoundly regrettable and urges reconsideration.
General Crozier announced that the sole bid for 36 automatic machine guns, calibre .30, came from Vickers Sons & Maxim. They offered to supply at $1536 per gun, and the bid will be accepted.
Gerald J. O Keefe 31 of New York, alleged forgery suspect for $5000 from the New York controller of taxes, was arrested in Boston. A New York detective took the prisoner back to the city last night.
Testimony in the legislative insurance investigation links Equitable Life, Mutual Life, and New York Life to annual campaign gifts and payments to W. S. Manning to suppress information. Senator Platt details cash contributions of ten thousand dollars yearly, while Tarbell describes agency costs and a clashed with New York Life over agents.
Multiple short items note a Concord Mass classified page seeking a sales rep for Burrowe expansion files, a sixteen year old apprentice for the cutting trade, inquiries about crows and horses for boarding, and rental offer for the Louisa J Brooks house on Middle Street plus contact details for Philip McManus.
W F Davis moved to Gleason dale and John Leyden to Maynard. Dr Pickard's son Alfred ill with typhoid. Hugh P Sheasgreen occupies a Central street house. W H Durkee moved into J Dunlop Jr's new Central street home. D A Hearn bought a new horse and plans another team. Abram English Brown spoke at the reformatory address. Prison Commissioners held monthly meeting. Two reformatories societies observed 20th anniversary with a union gathering and fine program. West End jurors listed with names.
Classified brief advertising pets and musical services including guinea pigs for sale at 172 Commonwealth Ave Concord Junction and Fritz Oclsehlegel zither soloist now available for engagements. John Gerow advertises Sile Pung and a butcher cart in excellent condition at discount.
Miss Nellie Burns visiting in Webster. Vera Stevens home from Boston over Sunday. Daniel Burns of Milford visited friends in Prospect Sunday. Thomas Mullen, son of Mr and Mrs J P Mullen, spent Sunday in Medway. James Dunn of Boston visited his sister Mrs John McCarthy Prospect Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Brown were guests of their mother Edward F Brown Sunday. Mrs Chester R Choate of Worcester visiting Miss Eva Burke Maplewood Ave.
A notice lists individuals and firms with advertised letters including W. W. Elkin Jerom Stewartson Joseph M. Way Wilton Mfg. Co. Mrs. Estes Miss Burnell Mr and Mrs C J Burnell Mrs H Hartshorn Miss Grace Hutchimson Miss Lula Bell Lord Miss Wright.
A Concard Massachusetts letter from W Devoe & Co explains cost savings from painting Baldwinsville area churches. Osterhout Lockwood 30 gallons for Presbyterian parsonage, Slingerland Shutter 40 gallons for Episcopal church, Catholic church 50 gallons. Total paint savings on three jobs quoted at 125 to 150 dollars. painting costs two to three times the paint. Towle Kent sells their paint.
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