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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
8
The Enterprise announces its second class matter filing date August 25 1903 at Marlboro Massachusetts with pricing for subscriptions and notices. It lists Walter B Morse president Walter P Frye treasurer and Wm D Mcpherson manager and provides office address 151 Main Street Marlboro.
Wednesday September 1 1909 announces rates for business notices in local columns at 10 cents per line per insertion and special rates for yearly advertisers. The brief column lists one inch one week seven dollars and a quarter? per item and emphasizes standard pricing.
South Acton churches resume services next Sunday as residents prepare for the season. A cider mill opens, receiving apples at 30 cents per barrel. The Actons visit Lincoln for a football game and the schools open next Wednesday with staff changes in primary and starter classes.
Mrs. Luther Conant Jr of Washington DC visits Hon. Luther Conant while the Ladies Church Aid society plans a Thursday meeting. Mrs Emma Howard and her son of Quincy are guests of Mr and Mrs B Z Stanley for a few days last week.
William Boyd and Ralph Sanders visit friends in town while Miss Josie Wood visits her brother Rev F P Wood. Helen Wood returns from Manchester after playing in a ladies orchestra. Greenough loses a horse near Concord. Jessie Copp moves to Philadelphia to live with her aunt. Sermons announce Heart purity and its reward and Life lessons from Romans. A town hall dance drew about 20 couples with Henry Miles playing. Acton Center Labor Day Christian Endeavor convention will be hosted with committees named for transportation refreshments reception and ushers.
Saturday evening in the hall a concert by Hazel Holden drew a large audience from the Lake area. The program featured Haydn Trio and Tartini Sonata for violin, piano, cello with Hazel Holden joined by Elizabeth Phatt and Ida M Holden, plus pieces by Brahms Veracini Liza Lehmann and Veracini.
Members from Acton lodge traveled to Lexington last week to join the new Pomona Grange which was organized by State Master C D Richardson. Acton is represented by Arthur E Payson and James B Tuttle on the executive committee and as overseer respectively.
A digest of local movements and visits across West Acton Fitchburg Five Islands Vermont Nova Scotia Providence Weston Portland Me Sun New Hampshire and Maine. Residents include Arthur Goding B H Hall Henry Woodward Fred Averill and William Benere with trips to Nova Scotia Portland Me and Keene N H. Boxboro beat Bolton 4 3. Acton players later joined a four inning game. Noris and Monahan were the Acton battery.
The fair management hires Prof. Carl E. Myers and a captive balloon for Sept 6 to 9. The device offers safe 1000 ft ascents and descents under complete control. Attendees may view the earth from above and imagine military use, with one man ordering 100 rides for himself and friends.
Local notes report Mrs Veno and her mother ill with several visitors, R. C. Harris Alden Flagg seen at Commercial College, and Mollie Remmis visiting Helena J. McCarty. Farm produce bound for Boston, frost damage feared, and Marvin Flagg recovers after gallbladder surgery. Unclaimed letters listed for multiple residents and nearby helpers coordinate at post.
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