Escape on the Ground Saturday by Inmate Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson, an inmate of the Massachusetts Reformatory, escaped on Saturday. The alarm followed and officers pursued him, but he remained at large. Ruth Abbott returned after a two week absence, and Littleton baseball was noted on the prior afternoon.
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Ipl Loans
Pall River
In Mat
To,io Dei Littleton
Migs
Ruth Abbott
New Con Loc
Peter Robinson
Massachusetts Re
Playground Schools to Cloag Ends This Week
Townspeople are invited to the closing exercises after a successful summer season at the local playground. Tuesday features an exhibit of industrial work with games and races to follow. Thursday hosts a carnival of games including baseball and basketball by various age groups.
Advertisements Accepted At Local Offices
Found a gold watch. Apply to M. McWalter, 34 Main St. For sale an upright piano in excellent condition, Apply 49 Lexington Rd. Ads may be left at H. L. Whitcomb's and must be prepaid. Rates ten cents per line with six words per line. Read in Concord Maynard Littleton Bedford Acton Sudbury.
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H. L. Whitcomb
Concord
Maynard
Littleton
Bedford
Acton
Sudbury
M. McWalter
Main St
Lexington Rd
Kings Daughters Thank Flower Mission Helpers
The Kings Daughters of the First Parish thank those who sent flowers for the Flower Mission. Your generosity supported the mission’s work and its outreach.
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Kings’ Daughters of the First Parish
Civil action in Middlesex Court cites debt owed to Staples
Massachusetts District Court of Central Middlesex at Concord holds a civil case for Staples vs Fannie alias Laura Hutchins. Action on contract seeks 300 dollars due May 7 1916. Plaintiff to publish notice in Concord Enterprise for three weeks and require defendant to appear September 18 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Concord Enterprise
Middlesex County
Edward F. Poughlin
Concord Week in Review Highlights Local Goings On
Miss Edith Melvin convalesces after operation and Miss Eisie Pike vacations in Marlboro. Boston visitor Frank Kelley hosts in town. Mrs. Sutter returns to Colonial Inn after Turners Falls trip. Town notes include road work delays on Bedford road, intermittent weather, and staff shifts at the municipal light plant.
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Edith Melvin
Eisie Pike
Marlboro
Burt’ Fuller
Charlemont
N. A. Davis
Bedford Rd
Roger Allen
Municipal Light Plant
New York City
Oak Bluffs
Concord Grange
James Wilson
Mildred Rogers
New York
Ruth Wadman
Cambridge
Martha Strong
Boston
Dorothy Tewksbury
C. Fay Heywood
Concord National Bank
San Francisco
George Shepard
Green Harbor
J .Watson
Watsons
Martin Finigan
Wallen St
The Spirit Behind Lucy Stone’s Suffrage Victory
The piece reflects on Lucy Stone and the suffrage movement, stressing the growing zeal across North and South and the rising partnership of husbands and wives. It praises the enduring faith, unity, and spiritual energy driving equal rights forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Stone
Col. T. W. Hickinson
Mary A. Livermore
Gilbert Haven
Forty-ninth year handshakes mark Pierce milestone
Frank Pierce, owner of a Concord milldam store, celebrated his 60th year in business with town cheers as he recalled opening his shop fifty years ago at noon. He recalled selling shoes to Irving Fay and discussed forthcoming Triple Link league parade arrangements in Charlestown.
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Frank Pierce
Milldam
Mr. Pierce
Enterprise
Irving Fay
Acton
Fay
Congress
Pierce
Triple Link League
Charlestown
Iin
Concord Lodge
Concord
Concord lodge drill notices for September meetings
Members of Concord lodge I O C F received notices to meet September 2 9 and 16 for drill and instruction in preparation for the fair to be held September 19 in Boston under the auspices of the Triple Link league.
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Concord Lodge
Boston
Registration Board Holds Multiple Sessions This Fall
The board of registrars schedules 11 sessions starting September 7 at West Concord engine house from 7:30 to 9 p.m. On September 15 they meet 7:30 to 9 in the town hall office, and October 13 at the same hour in West Concord. October 28 they meet in the town hall from noon to 1 p.m. when registration ends.
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Board of Registrars
West Concord
Town Hall
State Grange to hear speaker at Concord meeting
Concord Grange prepares for a State Grange speaker to attend and deliver an address at the next meeting. The topic will be announced in advance to attract a large audience.
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Concord Grange
State Grange
Fire at Nagog Inn Extinguished Before Conflagration
Concord fire department responded from Acton to the Nagog Inn around 12 40 PM. A large kettle of fat ignited the kitchen woodwork but was controlled by hand extinguishers and a quick crew with Roy den Bass on the triple combination. Damage was small and no injuries were reported. Mrs Oscar C Pond of Rockville visited Mr and Mrs Frederick V Scharn.
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George Fenton
Torrey & Vialle
Lillian Fuller
Long Beach
Gloucester
J. A. Brown
Ily
Tasket Beach
B. Lang
South Berwick
Wice
Matthew Hammond
L. A. Hodge
Wilkes Barre
B. Colles
New York
Colonial Inn
Edward Orne
Court Lane
G. Fred Robinson
Henry Murray
Peterboro
Erdis Robinson
Couttbus
V. de ‘Wierbicke
Paris
Hudson Automobile
Concord
Acton
Nagog Inn
Royden Bass
Detective admits killing wife in office in New York
Private detective Samuel Leitner confessed to the coroner that he shot and killed his wife in his office after she attempted to stab him with a hatpin. He said the revolver lay on his desk and he fired when she grabbed it. The Finchley steamer also ran aground near Tree Island with its back broken.
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New York
Samuel Leitner
Broken
Archangel
Finchley
Norfolk
Lyndey
C. B
Tree Island
Playgrounds Week Full of Games and Demonstrations
A week of events at the Concord Junction playgrounds featured baseball among the girls, swimming demonstrations, basketball practice, and croquet. Tuesday brings Parents day, Wednesday the annual meet, Thursday a demonstration at Concord Junction, and Friday closes the playground season as vacation ends and school days near.
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Alba’ Ge Attions
Concord Junction
Concord
South Bridge
Corncord Junction
Anti-Suffrage Views Cited by Clara Leonard in Massachusetts
The late Senator Hoar extols Mrs. Clara T. Leonard as a leading charity authority while Leonard argues against womens voting rights. She calls suffrage an unwritten privilege, likening land ownership and Earth to limits on who may govern. Gov Walsh’s four anti-suffragist sisters oppose political participation for women for economic and social reasons.
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George Frisbie Hoar
Clara T.leonard
State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of
Massachusetts
Gov. Walsh
Resolutions Adopted by Concord Lodge 212 I O O F
The August 26 1915 resolutions note the death of Past Grand George F Knowles and honor his service to the lodge. They request a 30 day charter draping and publication in local papers with copies to the family. The motion is submitted by Bullock Wilson and Wood as Lodge Committee on Resolutions.
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I. O. O. Kohall
Concord Lodge
C. F
George F. Knowles
Grand Lodge
Grand. Knowles
Concord
P. H. Bullock
John D. Wilson
William H Wood
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Lusizier St
Henry P. Boggs
Town
WAR Relief Fund
France
Hospital Gallia
Cannes
Irene
Prescott Keyes
Henry C. Rolfe
John G. Morse
Woodward Hudson
Henry P. Richardson
Oscar C. Pond
Rockville
Frederick V. Scharn
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