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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1906
Page
4
A historical notice from Marlboro records the address 181 Main Street as part of a Wednesday October 31 1906 publication. The item notes location details likely tied to municipal listings or business directories of the era.
Concord Junction society items report visits by Mr and Mrs Luther Franks to friends in Waltham and Mattapan. Mrs Alice Ward of Cambridge hosts guests including Miss Muriel Abbott of Melrose. Willow Rebekah lodge to entertain on Nov 7. Adams and Bridges take over C. J. Waite store and Waite moves stock next door. Percy W. Allen sails to Liverpool pursuing escaped inmate Reuben Simmons. Surprise anniversary party for Mr and Mrs William H. Wood with two china plates.
The Woman's club for General Reading of Concord Junction opened its fourth year with a reception to president Mrs. H. Thompson Blood at Mrs. Elmer E. Shattuck's home. Attendance was large with new names added. music and refreshments followed. An executive board and committees were listed, with ushers named. The year starts November 2 with a lecture by Miss Marion Howard Brazier on Uncle Sam and the post office.
A PAN offers good pans that tell the truth and never lie. They are bright and new from the shop and sold at right prices. Any pan bought here A PAN.
Albert Vanderhoof and Waldo Flint recover from illness. Several residents visit relatives in Lowell Providence and Peabody while others stay in town. A Gleasondale fair attracts 50 Stow residents and a harvest concert is planned for Union church next Sunday evening.
Concord B Chase and Mrs J O Faxon visitors expected Tuesday. Henry Gates gifts a 100 year old dishes cabinet from Mrs Mercy Houghton Gates. Poverty party Friday at Union church using Ye Olde style programs. Stow High seeks better playground via rear school changes. Sunny Side club hosts Hallowe en party with candy table and fortune wheel. Frank Harriman residence nearing completion. Thomas Russell of Cleveland visiting Rus sell and may stay winter. Mrs W H Lord hosts Welch and Spooner on Monday. Rev Bailey of Westford preaches on Choosing Between Right and Wrong. County Commissioners vote Oct 22 to discontinue road from Brown place through Hale land. Mrs Abbie Sears to winter with Miss E.
Mrs. Lurinda B. Smith of Kansas urged end to white slave trade during the national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She cited Chicago figures of 10,000 young women working for five dollars weekly and 5,000 saloons, urging delegates to act. She compared postwar emancipation to ongoing sex trafficking and noted hopeful cooperation of 17 nations.
Mrs Helen Watts of Hopkinton visits Concord friends. Miss Margaret Towle visits relatives in South Framingham. FE Van Arnam adds jewelry line on Walden Street. Charles E B Miner takes the Concord High School post vacated by Samuel Tuttle. Miss Ellen T Emerson departs for the Philippines to visit her cousin W Cameron Forbes.
A grand at home given by Mrs Daniel Lothrop at The Wayside Lexington street honors Margaret Mulford Lothrop class of 06 Smith College. Hundreds of guests from Harvard Smith and Boston social circles attended as music and floral decor created a festive scene. Hosts Miss Lothrop and Mrs Lothrop were aided by Boston classmates and Smith alumnae. Ushers included Harvard men from Newton Concord and Springfield and MIT student Carroll Curtis of Boston.
John Finigan was arraigned in district court on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon upon Hiram G Kilkenny. The assault occurred Wednesday evening during a dispute over tourists in the square. Finigan admitted striking Kilkenny with his fist, was found guilty, fined 25 dollars, and appealed.
Names listed for advertised letters include I W Derby Peter O Day Mr and Mrs Eldridge Heath W R Locke P B Locke John J McCoy James F Russell J J Staid M Ray and others Miss Elisa Buckingham Miss Emma Gir ouard Miss E Hall Miss Margaret Hunter Miss Lillian Martin Mrs Oakes Ames Miss Mary McDermott Mrs Mary Mean Miss Marie Morton Miss Selma Nilson Miss Esther Staaf Miss May Moore plus Nellie Brooks and Nellie Brooks appears among the addressees.
The bi monthly communion service is set for next Sunday at the usual morning hour. The pastor will give a preparatory lecture Friday at 7:30 PM. A special matter will be presented. The pastor resumes the children’s meeting next Tuesday at 3:45 PM. The term’s subject is "Stories Told by Jesus." All boys and girls are invited.
Mrs J D Wilson and her daughters Bertha and Virginia visited Boston on Saturday to attend the city’s food fair, enjoying the exhibits and refreshments together.
Concord Junction residents and nearby towns pressed the railroad commissioners for relief from unfair fares to Framingham. After a September hearing and data from T F Shaughnessy, the board urged NYNH & H to readjust schedules to remove discrimination between patrons receiving the same service.
Keene Oct 31 Sheriff Lord investigating the shooting of Miss Lillian Paine in Wesenorelind reports the incident appears accidental with no evidence of foul play. Mix Paine left home with a rifle to shoot squirrels and was found semi conscious in the woods with a head wound. her condition remains critical.
New York reports that eastern trunk lines have joined western line workers to push wage increases and altered hours. Railroad men anticipate major eastern roads facing wage demands or schedule changes within the week.
Local listing in Concord announces a seven room cottage on Fair Haven Road available for rent. Apply to Geo F Wheeler. Also offered is picture framing priced at one third less than Boston rates by Vanderveer opposite the post office.
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in Boston for a three day visit as guest of the city and local yachtsmen. He said he had decided to send another challenge but could not say whether it would be next year or in 1908.
Hamburg correspondent reports the steamer Jessica foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia with the captain and 30 crew drowned. The incident is noted as part of October 31 dispatches.
George L. Duval, treasurer of the New York Merchants' Association, who went to Valparaiso to distribute 16000 among earthquake sufferers, appeals for additional relief funds. The London Telegraph reports the second peace conference may convene next Easter. Bilbao fishermen report wreckage along the coast from the British steamer Levinston, departed Bilbao last week with ore.
George Haskins, Charles W. Hagan, John Raferinski, L. M. Wood, Mrs. E. W. Taylor appear in a society column listing prominent residents and residents’ activities.
Dr. W F Davis of Concord Junction will be away October 22 to November 6 on vacation. Guns to let and ammunition for sale advertised by L N Fowler.
Geo of Frost Company Boston questions whether advertising should proceed now. The note argues for or against continuing marketing spend amid business decisions and market conditions.
A motivational column highlights medical aid for women, detailing relief from long standing illness with community support and health care access. It cites compassionate efforts, practical remedies, and the aim to empower women through treatment, education, and outreach programs.
Dr. Joseph Grady, 238 Tremont St., Boston, claims to treat nervous prostration catarrh rheumatism dyspepsia and all female complaints with cures shown across kidney liver back and general ailments. He offers free daily consultations hours 10-12 2-5 7-8 Sundays 10-12 and uses no assistants.
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