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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1915
Page
11
The advert proclaims durable furniture built to endure through the later years of life. It highlights salvaging woods refined into tasteful, dainty yet substantial pieces suitable for every room and individual needs.
The Concord Junction Forward Report to Gov. Walsh urges reestablishment of the shoe industry at the Massachusetts Reformatory. It cites profits added to the industries fund and employment of prisoners at good wages, plus improved discipline and efficiency. The commission favors a competent superintendent, skilled instructors, and centralized purchasing with a single sales agent. The Prison Commission must decide whether to act on the recommendation.
A Friday whist event at I C O F hall raised funds for Help of Christians church. About 25 tables played despite weather, lasting until 10 16 with refreshments in the banquet hall. Prizes: ladies first Agnes O Grady second Emily Hannon consolation Mary Reilly. gentlemen first Boward Quinn second Louis Caldwell consolation Ernest A. special booby prize Mary Coughlin for dodging points.
A reduction in hard coal rates ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission was to take effect December 1 but was postponed to January 1. The delay alters timing for suppliers and consumers awaiting the selective rate changes.
Concord and surrounding areas report weekend visits and guest appearances. Alma Beauregard and Mrs Kingman travel guests include Edward Dow and Mr and Mrs Mabel Conant in Roxbury. Albert Hicks celebrated a 240 pound buck bagged in Conway Massachusetts near his current location.
Bagging a 200 pound buck at Canaan Connecticut, Bagged by E L Willard on a hunting trip. He is the third hunter in town to accomplish the feat this season sharing the honors with Albert Hicks.
Sergt Edward Lyons tracked Joseph Micciche after an assault on Alfred Carey at the powder mill weeks earlier. Lyons followed the couple from Damon Street to Waltham, where Micciche was arrested. he was later tried in Concord, with the judge sentencing him to 30 days.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss lawful money reserves in bank and redemption funds. Mentions a figure around 781,541.98 dollars and a 4.35 percent ratio. Text is unclear and partial, lacking full context or entities.
Middlesex county W C T U held an executive meeting at the local Baptist church vestry in Acton. County president Mrs Rolfe of Concord led sessions with reports from committees and a luncheon served by the local union. Greta of Melrose spoke about the Seattle national convention and reception, while Miss Katherine Richardson sang.
Marlboro Harbor Harold Main of Pennacle visits relatives on Spring Street while Arthur Kinders of Lakeside Avenue travels to New Bedford. Conductor Frank Frawley of the Boston and Worcester Street Railway is ill with the grippe. The Frye factory is turning out about 4000 pairs of shoes daily. Miss Grace Hogan of Berlin Road visits Cambridge. The Hamiltons of Newton Jr. plan a family gathering at Fairmount Street for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Morse and family attend a gathering at their Fairmount Street home. Dorothy Brigham of Dorchester visits her uncle, former City Marshal C. H. Brigham. Arthur Knights of Kii hold a Conclave at the First Church vestry. Straus Andress of Middleboro visits Marlboro. formerly with Crown Confectionery Co. Manning spends the day at the Highland Street home. George W. Higgins runs a furniture upholstery shop in Robin Hill. Miss Alice Morrison of Laconia New Hampshire visits her father George A. Morrison. Thanksgiving guests at the McLaughlin home on Church Street include Miss Zalpha Banks of Boston. Miss Mary McCarthy of School Street owns a Victrola, a gift from Court Marlboro F. of A. D. W. Cosgrove returns home to Fairmount Street after trips to New Haven and Atlantic City.
Mr and Mrs Edward Honan of Commonwealth Avenue will travel to Worcester on Thursday to dine there for Thanksgiving.
The First Church of Christ Scientist will hold a Thanksgiving service in G A R Hall Thursday at 10 45 a m.
Mason's Jubilee Singers entertained a large crowd in Naylor Hall under the Methodist Episcopal Church auspices led by Charles H. Stankey. The program blended spirituals and readings with solo and group numbers, praised for its harmony, stage presence, and period costumes depicting southern life.
Walter B Miller died at his home 18 Walnut Street Tuesday morning after about seven months of illness from a hemorrhage. Born in Hawick Scotland December 5 1889 he would have been 25 in December. He lived in this town with wife Mary Tallon and two children Hugh and Grace and is survived by his mother two sisters and a brother. Funeral held at his Walnut Street home with Rev Frederick Rutan and Rev Dr Jordan officiating and burial in Glenwood cemetery.
The body of Fred Brown, missing since Saturday after starting in a rowboat to gather live bait, was found on South Peak Island in Lake Winnepesaukee Center Harbor New Hampshire. Death attributed to exposure. boat drifted away from the island.
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