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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
1
Maynard community briefs list births, visits, employment changes, and local events. Families welcomed a baby boy. residents attend church services, schools, and trips. local clubs organize picnics, lunches, and gun club shoots. theater season opens with Rockwell Company and Sawyer staging appearances.
Bedford residents report extended travels and homecomings. Addie Webber and Alvin Hager visited friends in town, Mrs C W Willis vacationed at Peake Island, and C D Phillips returned from Cape Breton. Lyman Gale heads to Chicago for Tel & Electric, while J Q Blake plans a Maine return. Local improvements include new homes on Great Road and a horse drinking trough petition.
John J. McGovern of Hartwell road was returning from Boston with a market team when the horse bolted toward a hydrant and trees. A passerby on the team was injured with a compound fracture above the ankle, and McGovern aided by Arlington Chief Urquhart received first aid before an ambulance took him to Massachusetts General Hospital. Latest reports say McGovern is resting comfortably and recovering with good hope.
Bert Sheffield is on vacation from N. R. Pratt. Mr and Mrs W M Parmenter entertained Everett relatives. Misses Alice and Doris Wells of Worcester visit Mr and Mrs C L Perry. Chester L Perry resumes duties after brown tail moth poisoning. Band concert well attended by townspeople and neighbors. Albert Porter vacationing in Worcester area. Grange picnic at Great Pond August 26 with land and water sports and large crowd. Lafayette Cadman won the guess cake in a pounds mystery. Miss Lillian Chinn silver fork found in mystery box. Ice cream cake candy fruit sold, good time enjoyed.
A gentleman's black silk umbrella lost between Concord and Sudbury on June 5 with H. W. etched on the handle. Reward offered to the finder, return to Mrs. C. H. Wheeler of 16 Sudbury Read. Also a humorous anecdote about a London boy and Salvation Army captain ends with a fruit and work joke.
Puck notes mock questions about Mrs Je Streak failing to move during a dress reform meeting this afternoon while her gown constrained her.
A fragmented quotation from Philadelphia Record and Chicago Record Herald critiques egotism and boastful speech. The text juxtaposes witty sayings about pride and self preoccupation, ending with a Latin reverb and misprinted newspaper quirks.
Miscellaneous local notes record residents at camps and vacations in New Hampshire and Canada. Names include Barbara Schutter Hicks Johnson Channell Beharrell Derby Messer and others. The Boston Harness Co employees take a vacation and a slaughterhouse property changes hands in the area.
Rev W W Campbell of Rockport former pastor preached last Sunday evening to a large gathering. Rev B N Adams and family return from South Freeport Missouri this week. All church services resume next Sunday with morning service at 10 45 a m Sunday school at 12 m Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m Rev B N Adams to preach.
George Orne of Brookline and many others are reported traveling or returning home from trips to Keene Springfield Rindge and New York. Regarded events include tours by Edgarton family Prescott Hosmer and Caiger, a cattle boat voyage to England, and visits by Fr. Moriarty and parish groups. Local social notes mention Harmony lodge entertainment plans and an open fish market run by Spencer Bros with maritime connections.
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