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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
8
The Edison Phonograph advertises a popular home entertainer with sacred music songs bands and political speeches including Taft and Bryan. It promotes a large assortment of records and machine upgrades to four minute records and invites customers to hear them. Also touts a large display of Christmas furniture and goods with coupon offers after December 1.
The Marlboro Enterprise announces its weekly publication details for November 25 1908 with pricing for subscriptions and advertisements. It lists office at 151 Main Street Marlboro Mass rates per inch and per line, and identifies H F Wilder as manager.
Littleton schools close Wednesday for Thanksgiving. Edith Moore returns to Conant & Co. store duties. Mrs. Pease of Waltham visits Idlewild as Mrs. McEnnis guest. Mrs. A W Knowlton and son Heywood to spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Somerville. Miss Downing and Molly Sullivan visit Julia Downing at Sheehans. A drama The Cameron Pride will be presented by the Woman's club at town hall soon. Adam road work from station to center completed for now, frost delays final rolling until spring. Saturday Chas Kimball’s horse backs into a wall after frightening at a passing auto. no injuries, shafts broken.
A South Acton man, fueled by drink from the saloon, attacked his home with an axe, drove his wife and children to neighbors, and wrecked furniture before being discharged from work. The letter questions where reparation should come from, condemns saloons and ballots, and links liquor to social ills. Robert Randall signs off.
South Acton items report Herbert Bradley buying the Bee-hive tenement on Acton Street and plans for the annual Thanksgiving ball in Exchange hall tomorrow night. Nearly 100 men rush street railway work toward West Acton while chicken pox affects area schools. Mrs. E L Jones entertains her mother from Franklin Falls N H. Helen Wood returns home from Acton Center with gall stones. The street railway company repairs vestry steps at the Universalist church. Mrs Ann Jones celebrates eighty eighth birthday with friends. Rev George H Gutterson will preach at the Congregational church next Sunday. a Merry Widow social is planned in Exchange hall on Dec 1 with a special hat prize. Art instructor Adams adds cane and reed work and basket weaving. older pupils study cane seating. An intoxicated man disturbed residents overnight and slept on Tuttle & Newton's porch. South Acton W T U meets at Mrs Wim Fletcher's with two mandolin solos. four new members join. The South Acton Dramatic club previews A Family Offer with star performers. A one armed street railway worker draws attention with a wooden arm. Sunday service in the Congregational church draws a full house with fine music and a solo by Raymond Simonds. Firehouse meet on Sunday at 6 30 to march to church. Monday a collision occurs near Richardson's crossing as a load of apples is moved. driver and horse escape injury. The passage honors the memory of a husband and father and notes flowers contributed for Nellie Leveronia and Louis Leveronia. November 23, 1908.
The Men’s Sunday Evening club invites volunteer fire companies from South Acton West Acton Acton Center Concord Junction Littleton and Maynard to a service at the Congregational church next Sunday at 7 PM. Mr Farren will speak on The Volunteer Fireman with music by the Littleton male quartet. Members of the South Acton fire company are requested to attend.
Chas Dwinell was sick a few days last week. Miss Alice Hall of Winchendon spent Sunday at home. Miss Maud Priest of Everett visited at home over Sunday. Dr. R Hi Knowlton from Lowell came over last week. Hon. F. H. Nash of Boston spent Saturday with his parents. Joseph Forbush of Boxboro is the new engineer at Hall Bros. Alfred Richardson spent Sunday at Louis Popple’s in Brookline New Hampshire. Fritz Oelschlegel played slide trombone with a Clinton band Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Brown of Oxford was a guest at J. D. Coburn’s for several days. The Universalist church fair and supper is Thursday evening, Dec 3. Mr and Mrs C T Wetherbeek of Boxboro celebrated their silver wedding Saturday evening. Dr. Staples and family of Waltham have moved into the Hall house recently vacated by Frank Fiske. Several from this village plan to attend the Armstrong Brown wedding in Chelsea this Wednesday night. Dr R H Knowlton of Lowell is to be best man at the wedding of his friend Dr Bartlett in Melrose this Wednesday night.
A brief message thanks friends and neighbors for their kindness and support, expressing sincere appreciation for thoughtful gestures and community warmth.
Mrs. Frank Farrar on the sick list and Mrs. Mary A. Parlin convalescing. No new scarlet fever cases. all patients convalescing. F A Pratt moving into house bought from H J Stoos. Mr and Mrs Emerick Gates hosted Alton Shedd of Saxonville. Mrs Joseph Brown of Oxford visited Mrs Moses Reed. Mrs John Keyes and Miss Rena Keyes visiting Mrs Robert Larabee in Waverly. Mrs L F DeHart and John Drysdale guests of E A Fobes. E A Phalen home from Clinton visit. Norton to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs Reed. Otis H Forbush to auction for A Stewart Cassidy in Bedford. C O Littlefield sale at Fruitdale Farm West Sherborn. Thanks to neighbors for fire aid. advice to be industrious and persistent. Mr and Mrs Tomas Hollis entertain Howard Coonley. Wedding of Ida Chase Thorndyke and George M. Baker held at Hotel Brunswick Boston. Auction sale of antiques Friday in lower town hall drew many buyers. items fetched high prices. Promotions discussed for No 1: J Chamberling to sergeant, Messrs Mansfield and Fitzpatrick promoted. Musician Harold Tompkins also recommended.
Norman Wood, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Walter S Wood, suffered severe injuries Saturday when a double barreled shotgun exploded in the meadow behind their Lowell road home. One finger required amputation, the other possibly salvageable.
The Concord school season ends with all institutions performing well except the high school team, which disappointed. The notice also extends thanks for sympathy in a bereavement, signed by Henry P. Shaughnessy and family of Concord Massachusetts dated November 24, 1908. A stray line mentions an advertising push by Aeolian Co through B Tremaine.
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