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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
8
Clifford Day spent the past week with his son in North Woodstock. A local from that town traveled to Lexington for the annual field day hosted by the Catholic club at their clubhouse. George Thompson is on a two week vacation from BR. M. duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Albani of Somerville announce the birth of a son born Saturday. Before marriage he resided in town and is the son of Cosmo Albani. Town remains interested in the newborn and congratulations are being sent.
Milton 8 Cohen of New York fined 20 by Justice Edgar Weeks for speeding and failing to sound horn on Lakeside Ave. The motorists listed, including Telesphere Givon Albert F Ridlinger John Mort N Charles J Johnson Chante B H Mott and L I Stanley Cormifer were fined 10 each for failure to sound horn at an intersection as Fuel Administration called for an autoless day.
Reuben D. Warner resigns after six years as a clerk at the First National Bank to become assistant treasurer of the Trust and Deposit Bank of Windsor, Connecticut. He will finish in this city September 15 and serves as president of the common council.
Parsons Machinery Co received a contract for a large number of sole cutters to be shipped across the water, according to a statement by a company officer. The order was received yesterday.
The notice states Pierre Vaillancourt, son of Mr and Mrs Vaillancourt now of Lynn, has enlisted in the U S Army. It also mentions his father’s son was killed in the Canadian army about two years ago and references wartime London poverty statistics showing far fewer homeless people now than in 1918.
Raoul LAngelier fined 10 dollars for cruelly driving a horse, and John LAngelier fined 35 dollars for drunkenness at a police court session led by Special Justice R H Beaudreau. Witnesses included Officer McNiff George H Tighe and Harrie C Perry.
Frank Mulkonis of Elm Street Hudson escaped from the lockup yesterday after being held since Saturday by order of the exemption board. City Marshal Mitchell said Mulkonis was in his cell when prisoners were taken to court and friends later obtained a key and released him.
Mr and Mrs Eivangeliste Beau fireau and Mr and Mrs Patrice Ethier plan a car trip to New York City Niagara Falls Montreal Quebec and the Shrine of St Ann de Beaupre They note a Mothers column prize of 1 00 and urge mothers to submit answers to The Enterprise by tomorrow morning
Mrs Arnold Lincoln hosted relatives over the holiday at Cambridge. The supply committee acknowledged a gift of one gross of blanket pins from T F Parker. Arnold Lincoln and John Bamford joined Abraham Lincoln at Ashland Labor Day. Private John Lester of the C A C visited his sister Mrs Arnold Lincoln on furlough. Miss Hannah O Brien of Lowell spent the holiday with Mr and Mrs Joseph O Brien at Elm Street.
EIGHT REPORTED FRIDAY at the Maynard selection board headquarters in Ayer. Names include J. Leo Comeau Joseph Martin John Dreczko John Parkila Chester Irwin S. C. Walter C Murray and Harold Cuttell entrained for Camp Devens Camp Jackson Camp Upton Yap Hank N Y for active or limited service. Leo Comeau discharged for physical reasons and George Stuart an alternate was not inducted.
Dudley Hartford, a well known antiques dealer with a florist and evergreen business, died last week. Friends and acquaintances in town grieved his loss.
Hebrew residents will observe the Jewish New Year with ceremonies starting at sunset Friday and continuing to Sunday morning. Services will be at 7.0 O. F. hall with a rabbi from Boston officiating. labor is suspended and merchants close Friday night through Monday morning.
Louis W. Currier, son of Dr. W. B. Currier of South Acton, resigns his Washington D C post with the National Defense council and enters the aerial photography school at Remester New York. Two other Currier sons are in national service.
Maynard branch of the Red Cross collected Our Boys items in Aug including 28 soldiers kits and 46 pairs of socks from the Maya Soldiers fund. It hopes continued aid as the government takes over wool to let the boys keep their socks and kits. Mrs Mary A Morse widow of Burleigh Morse died at her daughter’s home in Bicknell Street on Tuesday the 3d on her 80th birthday. Funeral will be Thursday privately.
Poem excerpt reflecting on kindness and memory. A speaker urges saying kind words and cherishing small tokens like a baby's shoe and a broken toy. Notes how small acts of cheer translate into lasting happiness and the worth of simple, loving gestures.
A London witness testifies that bailiffs broke into a cabin with a ramlike beam. Sir Francis Hopwood, newly made British peer, questions the witness about a battering ram, prompting a joke about seeing one in South Kensington museum in London.
In an address to the American Philosophical Society George H Parker surveys hearing in fishes. He notes historic beliefs by Pliny Aristotle Walton and Hunter that ears were the hearing organ. Modern work challenges this, showing catfish hear with ears and the body surface as a balancing device shifts to broader sensory role.
Sergt. Edgar Bouligny of New Orleans discusses Balkan airmen and Albania’s hazards. He notes a Bulgarian ace with twelve victories, warns of rugged ranges, frequent low clouds, scarce landing spots, and enemy machine gun batteries on mountain peaks raising the risk of bullet damage to planes.
More than 400 U S universities and colleges hold permanent endowments or productive funds from a few thousand to several million dollars. The five largest are Columbia 83,457,000 Harvard 28,448,701 Stanford 24,000,000 Yale 18,481,444 and Cornell 14,670,000 with over thirty others above 1,000,000.
In a brief family moment Ralph reaches for the largest cookie on the plate, and his mother gently corrects him to take the cookie closest to him while he questions why the best piece seems always out of reach.
David B. Weaver of Saxony Ming discovered a gold mine in Montana in 1864. Attack by Indians forced him from the site. He recently returned to prospect the same mine and plans to work it despite his age.
A fragment from a social column notes a real estate agent pressing a husband about a proposition for his wife. The husband replies he has not seen her since last week as Eve jokes about spending evenings at home.
Dewey Guay and Arthur Guay spent Labor Day in town with family. Several residents announce vacations in Onset, New York, Oak Bluffs, and Arlington. Miss Henrietta Brigham visits Northfield while Esther Carr is ill with typhoid. Queens of Avalon return from Lake Boon. various workers move jobs and attend events.
Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Lippard and son spent a week in Swampscots. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swenson returned from Oak Bluffs. Mrs. Harmon Skinner of Boston visits Mrs. Robbins. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Conner stay in New Hampshire. The 8. of W. auxiliary met at George Hicks home. First Church Benevolent society holds season starter at Mrs. S. L. Churchill’s. Evan Woodward’s family reports fourth cable from France. Ochookangan sett campfire to meet at Miss Rosalyn Warner’s tonight. John McCrillis returned from The Weirs for NH Volunteers encampment. Joseph Labelle of Lowell and Edouard Lagrandeus hosted Labor Day guests. Mrs. Joseph L Escarbeau and son from Salem visited Mrs. Aglae Robert. Delphis Lanoue of Medfield called on relatives. Frank Favreau visited his Spencer home over the holiday. Mrs. Charles Noll spent Sunday at West Gloucester with her mother, Mrs. F. R. Connor.
Miss Marion Tuttle will enter the Waltham Training School for Nurses. Miss Jennie and Miss Edith Tuttle begin studies at the Waltham business college on September 3.
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