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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from the Marlboro Enterprise outlines subscription costs and advertising rates. It lists annual, quarterly, and monthly options and mentions an address at 161 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts. The issue date is Wednesday September 9 1908.
Mrs A W Johnson a former resident visited town Tuesday. Miss Cora McClellen studies at the Mass college of commerce in Boston. George Garfield moved to Mrs Mabel Connant's Pine Ave cottage. Local alumni from Maynard High School entertained attendees. Charles H Sweeney resigned from the Massachusetts reformatory after 13 years and plans to move to Meldbn. A horse accident at Commonwealth Ave crossing injured Mrs BE Comery but she escaped serious harm.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will hold its first regular meeting of the autumn season in Union Church on Wednesday afternoon September 16. In the evening the annual guest night will be observed.
Labor day at Concord grounds drew about 6000 for the annual field day of the Concord council K of C. The program featured horse racing with the steeplechase won by Listener and the one and a quarter mile by Happy Thought. Outcast set a track record in the 2.18 class, while Belle Archer led the 2.35 and 2.36 classes. A baseball feature saw Lincoln defeat Houghton & Dutton by a close margin as Everett and Hodge pitched well for Boston and Lincoln respectively, with a loving cup presented to Lincoln manager Blodgett.
Local classified notices show consumer listings in Concord Junction Massachusetts. Items include a Goodrich shoe and inner tubes offered by F R Connor at 371 Main Street and tomatoes for canning from F L Garland with a Concord phone number. Also a Wm Bourne square piano with a rosewood case advertised from 11 Grove Street.
The news journal Rech and the St. Petersburger Zeitung were fined 1500 dollars each for publishing articles that criticized the policies of M. Schwartz the new minister of education in St Petersburg on September 9.
Attendance reached seven hundred as Acton defeated Concord in the morning baseball game. In the afternoon the Waltham council team challenged Concord, with Loughlin and McHugh’s hits aiding Concord to a four four tie that became a win before darkness. Tommy Murphy umpired all contests to general satisfaction amid horseracing and social events.
Concord public schools opened with large attendance as several resignations last summer prompted new appointments. Warren E. Goddard to high school replaces Miss Howe. Miss Caroline H. Mendum joins from Cambridge to teach sciences. Miss Sarah A. Loomis fills Ambler's high school vacancy. Miss Kathryn B. Reed in Concord Junction is replaced by Miss Mary E. Richardson. Drawing dept. goes to Miss Mary J. Stickney of Marlboro four days weekly. Miss Miriam W. Davis assists singing teacher F W Archibald in lower grades one day weekly.
Fans in Lincoln and Concord prepare for close postseson games. Concord travels to Tufts oval to face Charles town in the deciding K. of C. league game while Malden hosts a parallel contest. Lincoln meets Marlboro next. a potential Concord Maynard series draws local excitement.
A half dozen automobilists were summoned in district court Saturday for exceeding the speed limit. Frank J. Daggett of Winthrop pleaded nolo contendere and paid a 35 fine. Geo. J. Anderson of Revere paid a 5 fine after pleading nolo contendere. Horace Kemp of Boston pleaded not guilty and was fined 10 on appeal. Carl Olsen of Boston had case filed. Volney C. Jacobs of Boston paid a 10 fine after pleading nolo contendere. Harold L. Jacobs of Lynn, summoned by Concord and Lexington officers, pleaded nolo contendere and paid 10.
The Concord Antiquarian Society marks its founding with a Sept 12 celebration. Judge Putnam of Uxbridge will lecture at 3 PM in the town hall, then a reception at 8 PM in society rooms. Thomas W. Surrette speaks on The Music of the 17th Century with instrumental and vocal music. admission is free. Miss Helen Loughlin has returned to her school in Pascoag Rhode Island.
The fall schedule opener at Concord Golf Club featured an all day bogey handicap event. Percival M. Vilas won the Holiday Cup as the only player to defeat bogey. Readouts show Hosmer and Braley halved, Vilas beating opponents by margins from 1 to 8 down.
The September meeting of the union supported the Loyal Temperance Legion work and planned to engage Concord youths in temperance efforts. Detailed plans were set for the Middlesex county convention at the First Church on September 24, inviting many town residents to attend.
Classified local notices list several Concord Massachusetts rentals including a Monument Street eight room house on half an acre with modern improvements and contact Miss Gourgas, a farm house with stable and utilities via box 604, and a seven room cottage on Fairhaven Road with furnace and electric lights contacted through Mrs G F Wheeler.
A humorous letter compares sausage prices on a street to paint quality from Devoe. It argues the cheaper sausage sells more where street economies favor quantity while asserting Devoe paints prove stronger and longer lasting across buyers, despite higher upfront costs.
Merchants along the mill dam press a second cement sidewalk on the southerly side after the north side was improved. The town meeting instructed road commissioners to keep sidewalks safe, but some business leaders threaten legal action if improvements aren’t expanded this year. The petition was presented to the road commissioners Tuesday evening.
The Trinity Church announces a midweek meeting Friday evening on The Winestock and the Branches. Miss M. Alice Iseley will speak next Sunday on Mormon work in Utah as a Congregational Education society teacher. The North Middlesex Branch WOM will meet in Dunstable on Sept 17 with a missionary address at 1 am session beginning at 10 30 am.
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