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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1921
Page
4
A narrator recalls a plan to profit from a blind pig by blinding it to sell as a sighted animal. He buys the pig, covers its eyes, and waits three weeks for buyers, spending seven dollars on food. He suspects a friend tricked him and asks for readers’ opinions.
The article urges courtesy in phone calls, showing how a surly greeting can cost sales and misidentify callers. It advises announcing your name first, addressing the listener by name, and ending conversations promptly to avoid toll charges. It also notes concrete ships in Germany for Rhine river trade as a separate item.
Mrs. Genevieve Hearn and Joseph King of the town had banns published for marriage. Local residents toured Worcester and Leominster visiting relatives. A baseball game between Concord Junction and Concord Co. H ended 20 to 19 in favor of Concord Junction with Driscoll and MacEachern on the Battery.
Union Church presents the fifth sermon in a series on The Power of Christ and Human Needs with the topic The Power of Christ and World Needs Sunday morning. Evening guest Rev Dore Mus Scudder D D will speak on Japan and the Disarmament Conference. Dr Scudder, former pastor of Central Union Church Honolulu, invites all.
At the Waltham fair George F Wheeler won prizes across fruits and vegetables including first prize pears in Anjou, second prizes for Sheldon and Seckel pears, third for Sabre Bos¢, multiple second and third prizes for sweet corn, and Purple Top, Yellow Wax, and Kentucky Wonder turnips. Wilfrid Wheeler Jr also earned pear prizes including Beurre Bose and Seckers.
E. K. Parky won multiple prizes at the Waltham Fair including first prize for yellow sweet corn ten ears cauliflower one bushel and first prize for carrots one bushel. Cabbages six heads and third prize for tomatoes one bushel are also noted among awards.
A census of automobile traffic on Lexington road near Cambridge turnpike on Sunday October 2 shows 6600 vehicles passing between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. The peak two hour period carried 2168 vehicles from 2 to 5 p.m. Also listed is a help wanted notice for a middle aged woman for general housework at 20 Elm Street Concord Massachusetts.
Barges will run Friday and Saturday to the Acton fair. A business sight occurred Tuesday afternoon as an auto truck carrying 60 crates of piano stools and benches from Merriam's factory passed Exchange Square. Charles H. Miles attended his aunt Mrs J Frank Miles's funeral in Somerville Sunday afternoon. Rev R Perry Bush of Chelsea officiated.
Rev Ralph A. A. Barker will lead Sunday morning worship at 10 30. All parishoners and visitors invited to attend.
Rev A. BE Wheeler of West Acton will occupy the pulpit in exchange with the pastor. Sunday school at 12. Evening song and preaching service at 7. Prayer meeting in the vestry on Friday evening at 7.30. Topic: Our Life with God.
Rev Mr Paddock of Vermont will preach at the First Universalist Church as a candidate for this church pastorate.
Arthur J. Sullivan and Grace Rev. Co Winslow were married at the parsonage on Monday evening. Winslow, agent for the New England Home for Little Wanderers, was the speaker last Sunday evening.
An audience crowded the Methodist Episcopal Church Monday for a pipe organ recital by Dr. Minot C. Baldwin. The program featured Bach and Haydn works, Baldwin’s own The Storm, and vocal solos by Mrs. Carrie Hancox with Mrs. W. C. Blake. An encore of God Be With You closed a grand musical evening.
The Angier asks if public water allows fishing. The Inhabitant confirms. The Angier contends landing a fish would not be a crime, while the Inhabitant declares it a miracle in a Scottish exchange from the Edinburgh Scotsman.
At Boxboro fair Saturday a West Acton team won 6 to 5 after Boxboro refused to finish on a close umpire decision. Mr and Mrs Lovell welcomed a daughter born Sunday. Local residents on jury duty included E. Holton and Ed Pratt in Low er. J A Goding and M J Handley with A Perks visited Milford NH and Pepperell to see relatives. Rally day at the Baptist church Sunday featured a good program and a large audience. the men's class plans two to three high class concerts later.
Last Friday at about 6 45 p m John and Joseph Coughlin and their sister found the barn of John McCarthy ablaze near the cupola with over 40 tons of hay and one horse inside. The fire destroyed the structure and the adjacent home was ransacked for valuables while a baby grand piano was moved to the village. The loss is estimated at about 15000 and partly insured. Fire department and engineers battled the flames amid a large crowd.
The McCarthy family thanks friends and neighbors for timely help after a fire that destroyed their home. Mr and Mrs John McCarthy Miss Annie McCarthy Mr and Mrs Eugene McCarthy.
On Monday October 10 the West Acton Woman's Club celebrates its 25th anniversary with the season’s first meeting at the Baptist vestry. A fine program has been arranged.
A twenty foot portable tower with four iron wheels and a pulling shaft is used by Foster Sanford to oversee Rutgers football practice. He erected it to view the entire fifty man squad and direct assistants in charge of different units.
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