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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
6
Published at Marlboro Massachusetts Every Wednesday Evening by The Enterprise Company Office 161 Main Street Marlboro Massachusetts Second class matter August 26 1903 Post Office Marlboro John H Lawton President Treasurer Manager Subscriptions Gingle copies Six months 50 cents including postage In advance Award Concord bury Acton
Supt. Wells A Hall of the school department will be at West Concord school Monday through Wednesday next week from 7 to 9 p m to issue employment certificates. He will also be at the high school Thursday and Friday evenings at the same hours to meet all who desire certificates. Delays occurred in obtaining these certificates which should have arrived at the start of the month under the new law requiring all children under work age to be secured.
A student speculates the Venus of Milo once held or draped with a missing arm while signaling for a taxi. The other man responds, admitting he knows little about art.
Advertisements for advance payment and rates, lost book notices, and rentals appear. Listings include chimney cleaning by Joseph Roegie in Concord, and multiple notices from Middlesex Institution for Savings about lost books 24289 and 26758. Also ads for rental, sale of a horse and farming tools, and household help with contact details in Concord and nearby towns.
News of the Week in Concord notes Miss Clara Gravernon and Miss Edith Waneler pursuing studies and work at Mt Holyoke and Buck’s millinery. Residents arrival and travels include Mrs F O Leland and daughter Ali e from Jaffrey and Mrs J G Woodsome visiting in Everett St. Local roadwork and transit updates cover the Harvard road project and the Boston and Lexington street railway winter schedule. A death is reported for Mrs Mary T Maker of Walden St with funeral at Sleepy Hollow cemetery led by Rev G A Tewksbury.
The Concord Antiquarian Society hosted a Friday reception at its house to celebrate the town’s 268th anniversary. Visitors wore antique costumes, admired gardens and old-time decor, and enjoyed tea and coffee while viewing the society’s collections. The 24th annual meeting was called, with plans to adjourn to October first Monday.
Concord residents recall the 25 year old Priscilla opera by Henry D. Coolidge and Thomas W. Surette. The Dramatic club opens its season with Priscilla or The Pilgrim's Proxy at the town hall on Oct 23 and 24. Rehearsals progress with a 40 voice chorus and an orchestra of 10 local musicians.
Concord's Home Garden Association held its second flower show featuring 300 children's exhibits on three long tables. Judges awarded blue ribbons and cash prizes as the hall brightened with asters, heliotrope, and other blooms, while adults faced a lighter show. Winners included Mary Driscoll Alden Wheeler Willard Hemenway and Myra Lorentsen with state and association prizes announced later.
The pastor preaches on Are Temporal Misfortunes Divine Judgments and The Lightening Stroke. Brennie subject The Golden Can Stand Child Labor will be Friday evening. Special Missionary event by Ladies at 2.
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