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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
1
Residents travel and guests are listed across towns including Fall River Lynn Roslindale and Worcester. Social rounds note weddings visits and family events plus a fire investigation at Naylor block and Nason street school. Communities share holiday style gatherings and charitable donations.
Fire smoke and water sale announced for the New Idea store in Maynard according to local notices. Event details suggest sale of affected goods and store-specific conditions.
Wanted 25 sales ladies and 25 salesmen for the fire, smoke and water sale at the New Idea store Maynard. Apply at the store.
Miss Francis Keyes visited friends in Ayer while Raymond Wheeler travels in town in a Saxon touring car. Local residents include Miss Madeline Staples starting work at a gown shop and Mrs. Elmer Hillis visiting Mrs. Walter Howe. William Dee takes a 15 day vacation from the post office. Berkley Wheeler heads to France to drive ambulances. Miss Dorothy Berry visits Miss Bertha Kent. Richard Cornaton and Daniel Hanlon vacation in the White Mountains. Miss Blanche Stewart visits Geo. Williams. Mrs. Walter Wright stays with Mrs. William Stevens. William Dee finishes at Snow's pharmacy and plans to enter the Normal Art school. E. W. Emerson and family return to Lowell road from Fitzwilliam. P. J. Sullivan, Republican candidate for senator, canvasses town. John M. Keyes travels to Atlantic City for an Ancient Honorable convention. A large football squad trains daily, signaling Concord’s strong team. Norman Smith of New York vacations with his parents on Monument Street. Miss Gertrude Holden visits her parents. she nurses at Peter Bent Brigham hospital.
Fragmentary ad seeks 25 salesladies and 25 salesmen for a fire, smoke and water store. Apply at the shop.
Miss Margaret Kelley spent the weekend with friends in Concord and Miss Mildred Riese recently visited Bedford relatives. Randall A Whittier bought a new seven passenger Studebaker. Roger W Brown’s North L rd store remains busy with touring motorists. The Bedford Paint and Entender Co plans a future relocation. Sherman G Rich and family return from Provincetown and rest at Hartford street home. Bedford schools reopen after delays with satisfactory building repairs.
The 7th annual Bedford Grange fair will be held October 5 1916 at the town hall. Exhibits must be in by noon and the livestock parade starts at Wilson Park 1 30. Prizes totaling 100 dollars plus special turkey prizes announced. John R Comley chairs the organizing committee. Mrs Maybelle Williams invites entrants to join the pillowcase contest at Skelton's store for details.
Fire, smoke, and water damage spur sale at New Idea store in Maynard. Furniture, appliances, and home goods attract shoppers seeking bargains amid clearance event after incident. Local officials say no injuries reported.
Mrs J Frank King returns from Melrose and George G Russell buys a Chevrolet touring car. Thomas W Ryan Jr resumes studies at MIT. Several residents host visitors and recover from trips or illness. A Warner Hall dance set a record with about 170 couples and extended hours with a special car service to Concord and Maynard.
F H Rideout superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory furniture industry visits his son Percy near Biltmore North Carolina. Floods in August caused landslides washing out state highways and raw roads, delaying reconstruction work overseen by Percy Rideout as a U S government engineer.
Walter Stone and Charles Richardson have been drawn to serve on the jury. Mrs. Fannie Kincaid is on the sick list and is attended by Dr. Hamblen. An auction sale of stock and farming implements will be held at the Christensen farm on October 13. Mrs. John Davey fell and sustained a scalp wound and other bruises, attended by Dr. Hamblin.
The exhibit by schoolchildren took place at Grange hall on Tuesday afternoon and evening September 19. Prizes listed include several firsts and seconds for categories such as canned goods, vegetable and flower displays, led by Elizabeth Walker and Elwyn Foss. Some products were later shown at the Framingham fair.
Fire smoke and water sale advertised at the New Idea store in Maynard. Seek 25 sales ladies and 250 sales at the New Idea store. Local notice implies a job or sale promotion with unspecified details.
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