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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1907
Page
3
Local notes report visitors in town from Marlboro and Lynn, moving plans, job changes, and social events. The Maynard selectmen, whist club, and Associated Templars activities are noted, along with shop openings and business updates at the town’s stores and mills.
Zephyr Ontario resident J. Urquhart credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with ending a severe lingering cold and dry harsh cough after a single bottle. The dealer H. J. Dwinell in Maynard sells the remedy.
Mrs James O'Brien of 5745 Hillside Avenue Cincinnati reports her husband a railroad worker cured after nine months on Father John's Medicine. Two sons praise it for coughs and colds. The letter claims throat and lung relief, 50 years in use, not patent medicine, sold by A C Loewe & Co Maynard.
The Enterprise urges readers to patronize Maynard merchants during the holidays. Local dealers tout large stocks and good value, urging residents to buy locally first as an aid to the town and taxes. The piece emphasizes supporting area stores despite uncertain holiday trade conditions.
Maynard 54 Lakesides 34 as Maley leads with 16 baskets and Archer Cleary Murray also score, while Lakesides fight to the finish. Attendance 450, Danvers game slated for Thanksgiving night with Corbett Desmond and Hayes expected to boost the visiting lineup.
Preparations are being made to relocate the Harriman laundry to Hudson though the move will be slower than planned. Building work will start soon on Lincoln park with a target to have the industry out of Maynard by spring. Many workers intend to follow to Hudson and live there. 16 current operatives reside in neighboring towns. The present laundry building will be sold once vacated.
A draft peace treaty among the five Central American republics was submitted to the delegates by the drafting committee. The accord includes a general arbitration provision and will be reviewed with home governments before any commitment.
R W Jones Jr of the Oriental Bank is ill with pneumonia, prompting Hugh Kelly to be elected president in his place. The report notes Jones’s illness and Kelly’s succession. Other items include a deadly Black Sea storm sinking the Kaplan with 110 aboard and total deaths exceeding 200, a fatal caboose collision in Philadelphia, a court reversal on gambling in hotels at West Baden and French Lick, John Mitchell’s discharge from hospital after appendicitis, and Montilla the insurgent leader’s ambush killing at Barquisimeto.
A cable dispatch received by The Christian Herald from Secretary Peet, who represents in Turkey the American Board of Foreign Missions, states famine prevails in Turkey.
The almanac notes fair weather in New England with sun and moon details and high tides. Valentine Bayerdahl of Mount Vernon shot himself after fearing loss of a $20,000 Knickerbocker Trust deposit, leaving a wife and two children.
The annual M E church concert occurs Wednesday evening December 4 at 8. Miss Earnestine Harding of Milford stars as soprano soloist with Winfield Temple of Marlboro as tenor. Mrs Elsie Howard accompanies and Robert M Bisbee directs. Milford’s Rena I Bisbee is expected to attend. The first half features solos, the second offers the cantata The Building of the Temple with a strong chorus.
A loaded 22 caliber rifle fired by Jason and Walter Young while fooling around on Elm Street Saturday morning struck Jason in the face. The bullet narrowly avoided a fatal wound, and both boys realized the weapon was loaded prior to the discharge.
Town Treasurer George Hi Gutteridge keeps ample funds despite widespread money shortages. He had to hustle on Thursday to obtain about $700 in biweekly salaries for the school teachers, but managed to deliver the funds on time.
Three games slated for Maynard this week. On Thursday the Wood Mill team plays in the morning and Billerica in the afternoon in a match game that grew from a challenge by Billerica. On Saturday Arlington Mill of Lawrence will appear.
Women of the W C T U gather at Mrs Sumner Rogers Parker sr for a rainy Thursday meeting. A program by Mrs John Case praises prohibition wins in Oklahoma and other states with songs and poems stressing temperance and the White Ribbon cause.
A Chamberlain's Pain Balm liniment is praised as superior for sprains swellings and rheumatic pains. A dampened flannel applied to sore back side or chest is said to work better than a plaster enabling better sleep. Sold by H. J. Dwinell Maynard.
Marlboro Hudson Gas Co notes the Maynard to Hudson gas pipe extension is postponed until spring. Officials say property control delays and high material costs trump winter work, but work will begin early in the season to provide gas to Maynard residents before next winter.
Miss Annie B Crowley offers violin lessons at 79 Main St on Monday with a limited number of students. An implied sale of the building she occupies is considered as it has grown too small for her business. Also offered is the sale of the corner Main and River streets building with stock included if desired.
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