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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1915
Page
9
An advertisement promises elegant comfort for homes at moderate outlays. It highlights plain and fancy effects in prevailing woods with sets or individual pieces, and claims rock bottom prices to attract shoppers.
The Cambridge Maynard businessmen outing was held at Pemberton last Wednesday. The baseball game ended with Cambridge winning 9 to 6 led by Jimmie Ledgard and Jimmie Hilferty. A banquet followed with Edward Quinn as toastmaster and speeches by local dignitaries across Cambridge.
A bakery wagon driven by Hathaway collided with an automobile opposite Adelbert Martin's lunch cart. The impact tore the wagon shaft from its supports, leaving the wagon inoperative. The incident occurred Monday afternoon in a busy street area.
Maynard James N Haire resigns from the library board while Mrs Arthur White resumes piano instruction after Sept 1. Mr and Mrs William Jones hosted friends in Cambridge. Miss Nellie Cougulin offers fruits cigars and tonics at 87 Main St Maynard. Miss Mildred Jones returns from No Adams. Congregational Church Sunday school to reopen Sept 12. Tinatra band concert at John A Grove Park at 3 PM Sunday. BE H Davis moves Jacob Oberg goods to Quincy where Oberg opens a new town store. Mrs Charles Courtney and Walter visit South Freeport Me and return Thursday. Lake Boon hosts a pop concert Sunday evening with notable talent. Prof and Mrs B L Hartwell of Kingston RI, returning from Pan American Exposition, visit Mrs Hartwell’s and Mr Haynes’ homes in Stow and then head home.
Bridge committee reads Engineer Worcester letter confirming completion and acceptance of the Sudbury street bridge. He calls the work thorough and notes 700 gravel loads in grading and an asphalt topped sidewalk. Harriet Naylor leaves Boston for Bangor to visit relatives for two weeks.
Mrs. Mary E. McCleary returned home Sunday evening after a two months journey to California She stayed with her sister in San Francisco and visited friends in Denver and Colorado Springs Colorado She reports an enjoyable trip.
Dr Samuel B Reed died suddenly at his Nason Street home on Monday afternoon after a brief illness. Five doctors attended including Dr Warker Marlboro Drs Wolcott Titcomb Barker Concord and Dr Tasker West Acton. Autopsy performed Tuesday showed death from cerebral hemorrhage. Reed born June 19 1875 in Tilton NH was over 40 and a graduate of Massachusetts College of Physicians and Surgeons. He practiced in Newton before moving here three years ago building a lucrative practice and serving as physician for several local lodges. He is survived by his wife Blanche Gates two sisters Eva and Blanche three brothers Fred Carl and Ray. Funeral was private with 2 PM service at the MV E church officiated by Rev A Morrill Osgood. Burial at Tilton NH Thursday morning. Florals profuse with delegates from affiliated lodges and friends in attendance. Maynard Checker Club invited to Lowell for a match game to be played Saturday August 18.
A reflective note compares society to a burning house with many rushing inside regardless of internal safety, implying crowded, unstable social dynamics and collective risk.
Miss Louise Doherty and Jol F Bradley of Woburn wed at St Charles parochial residence with Rev James Keegan officiating. Bridesmaid Marjorie Doherty and best man Roland Gillis attended. The bride, a Tufts graduate and Latin teacher at Woburn High, and the groom, known in local music circles and once a moving picture theater owner, honeymoon in New York and Philadelphia.
Announcement reports the Aug. 28 1915 wedding of Ruby EB Marchant and Verne A Hawes in Fitchburg. Attendants were the bride’s cousin Arthur Marchant and his fiancée C Belle Willer. Rev Justin A Cross officiated at Rollstone Church in a single ring ceremony. The bride, longtime Maynard resident, worked as a bookkeeper at Assabet mills. Hawes, born in New England, served in the U S Navy as an oiler and petty officer aboard the Rhode Island, which was in dry dock in Boston for repairs possibly before sailing to Mexico. They wed before his Sept 11 1915 departure, then visited the bride’s relatives in Maynard before settling. The couple planned to reside in Maynard. An odd note: the bride’s sister Mrs Hawes and the groom’s brother-in-law are brothers married to the sisters’ mothers.
At Tuesday evening selectmen hearing representatives from American Woolen Co and New England Telephone Co sought permission to add and relocate poles. Licenses were issued to George Kaler Alex Frazier Louis Peters Samuel Cohen Hywan Keith Bartolomeo Elias Lazarious. Others refused to pay for licenses without clear explanation. The dispute stems from an oil law with new amendments now before sealer weights and measures. The legal profession argues with Commissioner Hansom over law interpretation. he will be in Hudson today for a hearing to clarify matters.
Martin Gruber was surprised Tuesday evening when Charles Lerer presented him with a Handsdthe toilet set. Guests, including Genevieve Cleary and David Priest, contributed piano solos and vocal numbers as they enjoyed chorus singing games and refreshments.
A church census finds 220000 American churches served as auditoriums for 170000 clergymen in 1914. Congregation totals are estimated, with about 40000 in attendance across communities. The report outlines widespread church usage and clergy presence nationwide.
The I. O. O. F. social club now independent met Tuesday evening and elected officers including Robert Marsden as president Dr G King as vice president Henry Price as treasurer and Charles H Courtney as secretary. Directors are Thomas Smith Joseph Martin Walter R Denniston Frank Archer and Thomas J Denniston. The new association begins with 40 members and will meet the last Saturday of each month.
Mrs Stella Russo 80 testified before Magistrate Borland that James Silvest known as a witchcraft king used a bizarre ritual to drive witches from a house. The scheme involved boring holes, placing medicine, damaging furniture, and scattering pillow contents. Silvest was fined 50 dollars and faces thirty days in the workhouse after paying 1 76 of a 60 contract.
In British law an owner may remove eaves that project over a neighbor’s land if they intrude beyond the boundary. The owner may act immediately unless the eaves have projected for a certain period, historically referenced as two years in the law.
The fragmentary item lists residents on vacation in New Hampshire Maine and Massachusetts towns including Manchester and Old Orchard. It notes property transfers, a tenement move, a Belvedere cottage gathering with a salad supper at 7, and local social and civic mentions such as lodge activity and expositions.
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