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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
8
Marlboro Massachusetts weekly newspaper The Enterprise lists publication details subscription rates and advertising charges for the Marlboro office at 151 Main Street. The issue date is Wednesday October 21 1908.
Local notes reveal visits from Somerville and Gloucester, farming, and job moves. Mentions include Miss Edith Grimes visiting Roxbury, Roy Center leaving a signal tower post for Johnsonville, and Mrs Lothrop of Washington dying of pneumonia. A temperance union meeting and church activities are reported alongside road and housing plans and a hunting trip.
Local items from Maynard include visits by Mrs. Neil Andrews and Mrs. John Gardiner, a Lyric club dance in Cooperative hall, and weddings for Miss Essa Hall and Janet Warfield. Felix Rainville claims town checker crown while sports news notes North Billerica and Worcester games and a Teachers’ club lecture by Sept. Francis Brick on Down East.
The Christian Temperance Union of South Acton met at Mrs. Richardson's. The annual Mass State convention was held in Lowell October 6 to 8, with Mrs. Case reading the report as South Acton's delegate. Miss Grey provided piano selections. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Wm. Fletcher on Maple Street November 20.
The Congregational church forms a Men's Sunday evening club and holds its opening service next Sunday at 7. Rev. Harris G. Hale of Leyden Congregational Brookline will speak on The Call to Reality. Music by Rebekan Nye Warren and Lloyd Granville Kerr. Kerr, Texas native and NE Conservatory graduate, performs in Boston.
Attendees at BostonFood fair included Mr and Mrs J W Dupee Mr and Mrs J S White Mr and Mrs John White Lena McCarthy resumes after illness Mr and Mrs C S Nash of Newtonville and Dr and Mrs F J Barker of Ashmont hosted guests over weekend Lake Nagog Inn ends season as crowds enjoy summer lakeside. Florence E White entertained Sara A Wood. water shortages worsen with many wells dry and lake water drawn. Shirley Shakers household furniture sale announced with items remaining in town homes.
Acton updates report neighbors and visitors including Ayer residents and Boston guests. Juries appointed in Lowell and a barrel shop closure in Brookline widens local ties. A water well is condemned amid drought warnings as residents await town action. Wedding notice from Cornwall on the Hudson links William Field Tenney and Irene Cox with New York plans.
Harry A Bridges promotes Roosevelt’s strenuous life after a near hour horseback ride from Lake Boon to the Junction. George and Mrs. Young relocate to Rochester New Hampshire from Massachusetts. Fred Ingham and Rodney Ingham visit from Swanzey and West Somerville, sons of Thomas Ingham. A Westvale social whist party sees James S. Maguire win the gentleman’s prize and Mamie Hubbard win the ladies’ prize. Mrs Jes sie Eldridge Southwick’s dramatic recital features Joan of Arc impressions before a large audience.
A fire on a third floor balcony of a large block on Commonwealth avenue was discovered by passersby. Quick bucket brigades saved the building before the fire department arrived. The tenement on the third floor housed Mrs. Lottie Smith who had left her two children alone. the fire is thought to have started from matches igniting inflammable materials. Damage was slight.
Report from Union City Tennessee states masked men at Reelfoot lake abducted and killed Captain Quinten Rankin and shot at Colonel Taylor while inflicting a hike in the local resistance to fishing privileges. Governor Patterson offered ten thousand dollars for those guilty. militia mobilizes at Nashville for duty.
Marlboro columns report G F Knipe moves to Brockton and Neil Sheehan starts a new job in Auburndale. Joseph Simoneau works for Singer Sewing. Horace Jandron and Alfred Barton visit Danvers relatives. Misses Christine and Delia Haver ty travel to Ireland. Belle Collis leaves Ideal Plating Co. Frank Foster adds a bath to his Wachusett street home. Repairs on B and W railway tracks on Mechanic al. Omer Serre visits North Adams. Marriages of P Andrew Sullivan and Rebecca Bradley set for Oct 28. L B Valcourt returns from St Hyacinthe for his father's funeral. Many locals visit Worcester, Rockland, North Adams, Lynn.
Mrs. George Noyes shows marked improvement while Dr. and Mrs. Barker spend Sunday in town. Several cases of tonsillitis among children reported. Mrs. Brown visits daughter Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Proc tor improving. Folks welcome visitors from Lowell and Charlestown. A town hall dance is planned for Friday under past season’s auspices. Rev. Hayes to preach in Concord Junction. Fitchburg Congregational conference delegates named. Christian Endeavor to host a Halloween social October 29 with games, fortune teller, ghosts, ice cream and cake. Mock high school graduation planned for November 5.
Majors Bedherick Ray and Timothy D Kelcher commanded by Brigadier General Carter to begin a fifty mile endurance hike today for three days. Other department officers undertake a ninety mile horseback test, Ray and Webber exempted.
Auctioneer Otis H. Forbush of Acton Mass will sell for D Hartford Bedford depot Bedford Mass on Saturday Oct 24 at 9 am in the factory building. Also on Friday Oct 30 at 9 am he will sell all personal property of the late Isaiah Reed South Acton Mass including household goods. See posters for full details.
Acton Grange held a Tuesday evening session on October 13 to decide on a harvest supper. State Lecturer Gardner attended and contributed remarks, but the proposal was narrowly defeated by a close vote.
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