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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1914
Page
6
A dense MC classified listing from Concord and surrounding towns includes room rentals, employment ads, and household notices. Entries mention six rooms for rent, bids for general work, a woman seeking sewing work, storage offers, and a lost books notice with official reference and treasurer’s name.
A simple mixture of soft putty and sifted coal ashes is packed into a kettle hole. Add water and heat on the stove until the cement hardens, forming a basic enamel sealant.
Mews of the Week notes Hallowe'en parties planned for late week. Magurns welcome a grandson, Torreyins moves household from Hubbard to Walden street. Company I seeks five more rendezvous drills on November 1. Fr Dennis Lynch presided at Mrs Carney's funeral. W C T U food sale October 30 opens 2:30 at Trinitarian vestry. Bel L Monroe named assistant engineer at Municipal Light Plant. Red Cross sewing by Concord ladies. next Trinitarian vestry meeting November 4. New Torrey Vialle garage on Walden street taking shape. Francis Barry Magurn baptized in his father’s clothes. 10th rendezvous drill set for Company I Thursday. S Thompson Blood plans to entertain the troops. Mrs Lothrop at Colonial Inn. Miss Margaret Lothrop visiting Boston. Nov 1 trip to Hotel Abbottford. Mrs Seccombe and family rent Wayside for term. First Parish hosts Hallowe'en party with husking bee and games. 8 p.m. refreshments. Beeston man fined for speeding on Bedford street. Court upholds town traffic rule as valid. Defendant appeals to Superior Court. 30 mph claimed vs 15 mph actual. heavy cigar load cited as factor.
The notice names numerous recipients including John Burk Henry G Butters Geo J Cornell J M Dodson Valentine May M M McElroy Marten McCarthy John McClary W L Reagan Malcolm Sherman W L Smart Curtis Snow Richard Trumpett F B Walker Mrs Tillie Cooper Eunice M Coolidge Miss Evelyn Dart Mrs Mary Dixon Miss Irva B Harris Miss Mary Mercer Miss Eilen F Mason Mrs Rose Perry Miss Clara W Ruggles Miss Viola Russell.
A Thursday meeting at Mrs. Thomas Todd Sr residence engaged ladies in sewing items for barrels to be sent south. The aim is delivery before Thanksgiving with tea sharing before departures to home.
A Washington Post aphorism notes the gap between theory and practise as a family attends a humane congress and leaves a cat to starve in the cellar. The remark underscores practical neglect behind noble intentions.
The church schedules regular communion and reception to membership with a brief sermon in the morning. Evening services from 7:16 to 8 feature a musical order and a sermon titled The Rule of Division in Religion. A Friday lecture precedes communion on Every Christian An Evangelist. The Ladies Missionary Society holds Thursday meetings 10 to 3 with luncheon at noon.
Junior girls invite the boys of the high school to a Halloween party in Eaton hall Saturday evening. Games and stunts are planned and the girls promise one of the best times ever. Supervising preparations are Misses Ethel Rock Frances Keyes Louise Cabot and Lil Han Qisen.
The Concord Teachers' Club met in Eaton hall on Thursday evening with school committee members and wives among about 50 attendees. Supt Scully spoke on The Personality of a Teacher in an admirable presentation and Miss Moynihan served a tempting lunch followed by a pleasant social.
Concord High crushed Watertown 75 to 0 on the local gridiron. Olsen scored nine goals and three touchdowns, Walcott added three touchdowns, Hayes and Mulcahy also crossed for scores. Officials were Perkins, Woodworth, and Locke. period length nine minutes.
St Mark's wins a tight Southboro game over Middlesex 7 0 with Flower as standout in a contest decided in the final minute. Prized plays include Gaston touchdown and Stillman conversion as Umpire McCabe referees a 10 minute period match.
The homecoming party for Scandinavian returnees was held October 20 at the Methodist Church A with 75 to 80 attendees. Rev. A Berggreen welcomed guests and Rev. A M Trelstad of Brooklyn preached an eloquent sermon. Ladies prepare for the November 11 12 sale with many articles and refreshments planned.
Albert B. Phelps and Lilla M. Phelps express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who showed kindness during their recent time of sorrow.
The Concord Musical Club outlines a year of lectures and composer studies under the theme Music in America. The first lecture November 10 at Mrs. George M. Baker's home covers Colonial to present music, with Miss Alice W. Pope's content narrated by Mrs. Arthur B. Hitchcock Jr. A quartet will illustrate. Subsequent talks cover Revolutionary to Civil War and Civil War to present, led by Miss Harriet P. Rood and Mrs. C. E. Brown respectively. The program also includes two sessions on Foote and MacDowell, then Florence Auther-ton Spalding and Mabel W. Daniels, with Mrs. Hugh F. Leith and Mrs. George M. Baker directing. Three open meetings plus gentlemen's night and annual business meeting are listed, with a long sequence of dates and hostesses such as Mrs. Baker, Miss Coburn, Mrs. Morse, Miss Barker, Miss Davis, Mrs. Holden, Miss Rood, Mrs. Winchester, Mrs. Smith, Miss Parker, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Jewell, Mrs. Leith, Mrs. Hitchcock, and Mrs. Tewksbury.
Concord Chief Craig reports residents follow new traffic rules but out of town drivers struggle. Four Bedford Street signs mark the one way street, and one honest motorist admitted he saw them but risked the run. The chief now sends offenders back to study the signs as punishment.
The all day sewing meeting of the Missionary society of the Trinitarian church was postponed from last week to Thursday this week. Members will meet from 10 to 3 with luncheon provided. An exhibition of aluminum ware is planned at 2 o clock.
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