Whel Enterprish weekly advertisement rates and office
Marlboro Massachusetts issue of WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 1909 published by The Enterprise Company lists publication facts rates and offices. Names Walter Morse Walter Frye and Wm McPherson appear as officers. Rates include one inch ads 75 cents weekly 26 cents each additional line and business notices 10 cents per line per insertion.
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The
Enterprise Company
Walter B. Morse
Walter P. Frye
WM. D. McPherson
Community News Roundup From South Acton And Nearby
Local notices recount residents visiting and traveling from Lebanon New Hampshire Dorchester Wakefield Maine Waltham Swansea Portland and Hudson. Advertises gatherings church events and a high school lecture on child labor by Charles F. Bradley of Boston formerly president of the University of the Northwest.
West Acton News Roundup and Local Doings
West Acton items note William Moore illness and several visitors from Boston. Musicians, family moves, new work on Ben Desonga’s house, and a Ford auto sighting are followed by church events, moonlight rides, a wedding trip, and local civic notices. A six masted coaling vessel assignment and engineer William Charter’s new post close the update.
Local notes from Acton Centre and area
Mrs Gates visits sister and neighbors join Sundays. Ralph Crocker’s house ready. J A Brown visits father. Gadset family with Cyrus Cole. Mrs Lulu Larrabee visits mother Mrs Keyes. A. L. Noyes visiting siblings in South Framingham. Charles Smith and wife return from White Mountains trip. Donald Munro begins Harvard junior year. Parker visit from Stoneham to Luther Conant. Fox seen with two hounds on common. Miss Sadie Wood returns from Hudson. Mrs A B Payson back from North Weare vacation. A hotel guest dressed as a steady bear alarms town. John E Macy and family return from lakeside summer. Marshall Freeman injures arm on Blanchard & Gould wagon. Congregational sermon on Gold and Fire next Sunday. Temperance rally planned in Ayer Oct 7. Ladies Church Aid set Oct 21 church fair. Quince Adams Sawyer troupe rehearsing The Toymakers in town hall before western trip. Frank Harriman advance agent. Richard White of No Acton breaks arm playing school football. arm set by Drs Shaw and Allen.
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Stevens
Halewell
Herbert Bradley
George. P. Morgan
Pacific Coast
Bradley
W. B. Franklin
Portland
King’s Daughters
Leonard Willard
School St
George Keyes
Swansea
N. H
Helen Wood
Geo. Keyes
Lake Sunnapee
Mass
Robert Smith
Allen Howes
Fred Grenier
Smith
D. H. Hall
Lowell
Bennett
James A. Grimes
A. Guilford
J. C. Robbins
Philippine Islands
Baptist Church
Robbins
Fred W. Green
William Charter
William L. Douglas
Boston
Baltimore
Mr. iCharter
Cong’s
Ayer
Ladies Church Aid Society
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Frank Harriman
Richard White
No. Acton
John White
Pastor Marks Eighteenth Year of Ministry at Trinitarian Church
In a recognition service the pastor spoke on the purpose and method of his ministry. He described the aim as fulfilling the twofold commandment to love God and love man, with the gospel of Jesus Christ as the core method of his pastorate.
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Jesus ‘Christ
Sunday School Rally and Prayer Meeting Announced
The annual Sunday school rally is planned for next Sunday at noon with all teachers and scholars urged to attend. Rev. Frederick M. Cutler of Hudson will deliver a chemical sermon entitled The Might of Prayer at Friday evening’s meeting.
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Frederick M. Cutler
Hudson
Death Notice Henry J Jewett Needham Heights
Henry J Jewett died at his home in Needham Heights on Tuesday Sept 28 after a long illness He was born in Boxboro in 1847 to Henry P and Mary L Jewett He lived in Needham for twelve years cared for by friends Mr and Mrs Murray He is survived by a daughter Mrs H L Taylor of Somerville two brothers James S of W Acton and Frank of Concord Junction and two sisters Augusta Jewett of W Acton and Mrs Gertrude Killieron of No Cambridge
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Henry J. Jewett
Needham Heights
Boxboro
Henry P
Mary L. Jewett
Needham
Murray
H. L. Taylor
Somerville
James Ss
W. Acton
Frank
Concord Junction
Augusta Jewett
Gertrude Killeron
No. Cambridge
Neighborhood Grange Hosts Neighbor’s Night Despite Rain
The Grange held Neighbor’s Night last Tuesday with good attendance. Chelmsford Grange canceled entertainment due to weather while Lincoln Grange performed vocal solos, piano duets, and readings, followed by a feast and dancing. Visitors from Littleton, Boxboro, and Stow attended.
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Grange
Chelmsford Grange
Lincoln Grange
Lincoln
Littleton
Boxboro
Stow
Carving a Hippopotamus and Uses of Its Parts
The article describes butchering a hippopotamus with a two and a half inch hide, preserving the head and feet as trophies, and drying flesh in strips for long storage. It notes ivory from teeth and tusks reaching broad uses, hides made into sticks and later into defensive weapons, and oil treatment yielding tortoise-shell like transparency. It ends with a jokey ad exchange about journalism and employment.
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Wide World Magazine
Hide Bullock Cire
Concord Club Activities Highlight Local Notes in Week
Henry C. Rolfe attends Harvard inaugural exercises in Cambridge. Concord Woman's Club leaders meet at Mrs H C Rolfe's Middle Street home. Union service speaker Booker T. Washington. Newfoundland trip for Cantons. Vegetable lunch hosts and district court overspeeding fines. Walden Chapter officers elected. Concord W C T U plans fall work and comfort bags for soldiers. Concord Antiquarian Society names officers. Erastus H. Smith's absence noted amid cattle dealings. Football recap describes Knowles’ touchdown and Hudson’s attempts with Matthews kicking the extra point.
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Henry C. Rolfe
Hanvard
Cambridge
Concord Woman’s Club
H. C. Rolfe
Middle St
Unitarian Church
Booker T. Washington
William Williams
Carnell
Punkatasset Farm
Concord
Newfoundland
Lilla Wheeler
Mildred Rose
Helen Lorentsen
Winnie Carrigan
Helen Fairbanks
Lara Hope
Edith Wheeler
Ruth Shepard
District Court
Michael Canton
Ashfield
David R. Collins
Walden Chapter
R. A
Harry A .Douglas
Harvey BE. Tuttle
E. K
W. L. Smith
B. C. Benjamin Derby
H. S. Richardson
P.H.P
E. C. Henry F. Smith
H. F. Smith
Concord W. C. T. U
Pittsfield
Boston
Frances Willard
Oldest Concord resident Edward Nealy dies at 60s home
Edward F. Nealy longtime Concord wheelwright died October 4 at his Byron street home after a long illness. Born January 2 1886 in Wayland he came to Concord as a young man and ran a wheelwright business with his son now carried on by his family. He leaves four children two sons and two daughters with funeral services led by Rev. George Tewksbury and interment at Sleepy Hollow.
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Concord
Edward F. Nealy
Byron St
Nealy
Mr. Nealy
Wayland
George Tewksbury
Sleepy Hollow
Concord 6 Hudson 0 first win of season
Concord school tops Hudson high in a wet season opener 6 to 0. The game stayed close after a tentative start with frequent time outs due to heat and even play throughout the contest.
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Concord School
Hudson High School
Hudson
Concord
The Wily Comedian and the Frost in Cleveland
A famed comic avoided a revenue-sharing deal, insisting on a lump sum for a Cleveland engagement. After the show sold out, he resented missing the percentage cut and hired the town’s top attorney to break the contract, paying $500 for legal opinion that the contract was unbreakable. The tale ends noting Cleveland’s hot weather that day.
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Cleveland
Washington Star
Coal as fuel from Solomon to early America
The article traces coal use from biblical times to 17th century America. It cites Solomon era Syria coal mines, Roman-era Britain, Peterborough abbey records, China usage, Marco Polo notes, Hennepin’s 1679 observations on the James River core mine, and Wyoming Valley anthracite discovery in 1766. It also includes a brief anecdote about Artemus Ward and Robertson.
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Annals of Mankind
Solomon
Syria
Peterborough
China
Marco Polo
Cathay
United States
Father Hennepin
Alinois River
James River
Richmond
Wyoming Valley
Thomas
William Penn
London
Cartington Phelps
Metropolitan Magazine
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Squirrel Island, Me
Sidney Lafin
Wakefield
Joe DeBendette
Italy
Ira Manley
Waltham
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Dr. Christie
Dr. Bradford
Children’s Hospital
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Hosmer
Christian Endeavor Society
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University of the Northwest
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Will Scanlon
Fitchburg
Hall Bros
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A. H. Knowlton
C. H. Colpitt
Everett
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Bert Caton
Edna Snow
Geo. Weaver's
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McNeil
Frank Williams
Geo. Durkee
Fort Pond
H. W. Parker
Stoneham
G. B. Parker
Arthur Slack
Fritz Oelschlegel
Congregational Church
Wachusetts Association
West Townsend
Acton
Mrs. Gates
Ralph Crocker
Daniel Brown
J. A. Brown
Mr. Gadset
Cyrus Cole
Lulu’ Larrabee
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A. L. Noyes
So. Framingham
Charles Smith
Donald Munro
Harvard
Herman Parker
Luther Conant
Sadie Wood
A. B. Payson
North Weare
John E. Macy
Ll.b
Marshall Freeman
Blanchard & Gould
Trinitarian Church Notes
Mills
Concord Woman's Club
Hell
Concord Antiquarian Society
House of the Society
Adam Tolman
Loren B. Macdonald
Chas. W. Prescott
Henry F. Smith Jr
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Charles H. Pepper
Allen French
Erastus H. Smith
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