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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
6
Town notices list Special Thereday sales at Maynard and Concord with crates and bicycles offered by L Anderson and Son. A fire, smoke and water incident at the New Idea store in Maynard prompts safety attention. Lincoln hosts a motion picture show at 8 p.m. with tickets available.
Reward offered for the return of a small white stone cameo lost in Colonial Concord Massachusetts. A finder reported returning the item and a reward was promised.
Concord residents mourn the passing of Mrs. George Q of Carlisle who died Friday in a Deaconess hospital. Services were held in Carlisle with burial at Pan. She is survived by her husband and three children.
Fragmentary OCR shows figures like 100,000.00 deposit and 482,779.27 obligations with other damaged numbers. No clear entities or context to identify persons, organizations, places, dates, or events.
A garbled OCR passage references a store and mentions prices and items in a distorted sequence. It names Abe, Mantle, and Kietend Iy Attantle as potential entities amid unclear context. The text lacks coherent events or concrete details to determine a clear news item.
William Chisholm returns to the territory while Miss Margaret Dee visits Cambridge. Many Concord residents and visitors from Boston to Marlboro are listed attending events, jobs start, travels, and summer returns. Notable items include the high school football opener at Westboro, a stereopticon lecture by Miss Tewkebury, and Col. Cyrus Barton Adams named director of the Concord reformatory.
About 50 Rebekahs gathered at Miss Lillian Williams home on Lexington road Saturday evening to honor her recent engagement. The party featured games and dancing, with P. N. G. 8. Thompson Blood performing recitations. Miss Clara Pettigrew presented a table cloth with napkins, plus sheets and pillow cases, on behalf of attendees. Refreshments were served as the group, leaving in a large auto truck and separate cars, offered best wishes.
The Grange fair planned for the old armory on October 1 is moved to town hall because the armory lacks a piano needed for the orchestra and dancing.
Saturday evening in the chapel of the Trinitarian church Miss Matilda Petersen and Arndt Olsen of this town were married Rev A O Huseby officiating. The ceremony featured flowers and flags as 160 guests attended a reception. The couple will reside at Grove at Concord Junction and received many costly presents.
The return team match between Lexington Golf Club and Concord Country Club on the Concord course was postponed from last Saturday afternoon to Saturday afternoon Sept 30 at Wellesley.
Saturday evening drew a large crowd pleased with the fine pictures shown. Captain Deep sontiesaaster p itying its men at the Concord range. Hard work is being put into the dance to be run Columbus day night. Colonial orchestra will furnish the music.
The Middlesex county W C T U holds its annual convention this Wednesday in the Cambridge Y W C A assembly hall. President Mrs Abby F Rolfe opens the morning sessions and hopes many attend from Concord.
Lester Tompkins will serve as a judge of hens at the Brockton fair on October 3 and 4. Charles B. Allen, president of the Abington Poultry Association, invites him to stay at his home during judging and to judge the Reds of Abington at the October meeting.
Fragmentary dialogue about Frank Carnow and an inquiry. Mentions she and he in a tense exchange with questions and implications. Context unclear, but focuses on perceived impudence and a request.
A small blaze was found Sunday night near the grain elevator of the B. W. Brown Co. after rye thrashing left litter in the yard. A passerby’s lighted cigarette started the fire, but firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished it within minutes.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution urges cheerful manners when meeting someone named Joy and stresses reciprocal courtesy while he is alive in good humor. The note implies social expectations of greeting and mutual respect in daily life.
A reception for the Woman's Parish Association's new officers was held in the First Parish church vestry on Monday afternoon. The program featured piano solos by Antonette Watson and songs by Mrs. Wallace Conant with Mrs. George M. Baker on piano, including Cherries Ripe Leaves in the Wind and Cradle Songs. Refreshments followed with ices poured by Mrs. L. B. MacDonald and Mrs. G. W. Vintle, coffee by Mrs. F. A. Houston, and tea by Mrs. Caleb Wheeler. The receiving line included Mrs. George B. Furber president, vice presidents Mrs. Russell Robb and Mrs. Charles K. Darling, and Past President Mrs. George Walcott.
A Wednesday collision in East Lexington involving a car carrying Mrs Cyrus W Benjamin and relatives and another car owned by F H Dion left Mrs Benjamin with a broken right wrist and facial bruises. She was thrown from a rear seat but later shown improvement.
Miss Elizabeth Mary McCarthy daughter of Mr and Mrs James McCarthy of Dorchester will wed Dr Philip Thomas Flavin Oct 4 at St Pauls Dorchester. A reception follows at the parental home with Catherine McCarthy as bridesmaid and William Flavin as best man. Ushers include Frank McCarthy Harry McCarthy and Edward Flavin. Dr Flavin a local dentist recently elected Grand Knight of the Concord Knights of Columbus.
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