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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
8
The Marlboro Enterprise announces subscription prices and advertising rates. Single copies are available, with six months for 60 cents and one year for one dollar, prepaid. Advertising costs are listed by inch and include special yearly rates for advertisers.
South Acton residents report students at Lowell Textile and Mt Holyoke College, visits from Misses Fairbanks Perkins Berthold and Fletcher, and various social church activities. Community updates include auctions, harvest supper, lectures on Child Labor, and a hospital board report.
West Acton items report residents at work on vessels and mills, travels to Maine and Nova Scotia, and routine vacations. Alfred Richardson and W J Smiley take time away. Groton fair, Nova Scotia trip, and visits with relatives are noted. The millinery shop opens for fall styles. two story rental advertised with land and outbuildings.
Local notes from Acton centre report residents visiting relatives and attending events. William Boyd Tuttle hunted a fox on his farm last Thursday. George Greenough injured falling from a wagon. Community members hosted friends and guests, with church, Grange, and social activities highlighted.
New York hosted a vast Hudson-Fulton celebration parade viewed by outsize crowds and 21 nations. The two hour procession featured 54 floats spanning Indian to modern eras, cost 800000 dollars, and drew spectators from roofs and stands along a five mile route.
A man was crushed by a sand car at 7:30 AM and died at 1:00 PM at his Parker crossing home from internal injuries. The tragedy disrupts a family reuniting after years apart as children were to arrive from Italy Saturday. Burial was in Maynard.
North Acton Mrs J. White visited Cambridge this week. P W Allen of Concord Junction was at the lake last week. Mr and Mrs Job W Dupee visiting relatives at Foxboro for a few days. Charles Miller summoned for a three month jury term next week. R G Brown, manager of the Nane pashemet House Marblehead, spent days at Lake Nagog. George Kimball of Westford loaded cider apples at the station. price paid 42c per barrel. Timetable changes take effect Oct 3 on the railway and Oct 4 on another line. Robert C Maines and wife visiting at his home Amesbury. he is a letter carrier. Concord water works contractors building a cement meter house near Miss Alice Davis. underground room 12 by 14 feet over the water pipe.
A Washington Herald item notes a defendant pleading temporary insanity and planning to prove it with love letters written to the plaintiff. The exchange suggests a testy breach of promise case backdrop. The dialogue underscores dispute details and the involved parties' stances.
The Kansas City Journal reports a sharp exchange where a man asks to marry, and a girl replies she would not be engaged even if he were the only man at a summer resort. The brief dialogue highlights social snubs and comedic flirting at leisure settings.
A couple share a quiet scene in a parlor as they part for the night. The man expresses love and sorrow while the woman, tearful, braces for separation and promises to meet again after office time the next day. The scene ends with a farewell kiss.
Harper's Weekly quotes a Boston reader praising independence of spirit among female servants while critiquing male domestics. The anecdote recalls an English servant refusing a red weskit due to hair color, highlighting class and livery expectations.
A humorously framed divorce court exchange features a husband claiming his wife’s cooking and coffee are dreadful. The judge dismisses the complaint, noting that even half a cupful of grounds is insufficient to grant a divorce.
A Washington Star snippet features dialogue about an age and a flying machine. Mr Erastus Pinkley quips about his wheelbarrow and a morter box, dismissing high altitude transport jokes.
A traveler recounts observing three trains held up in one night in the far west. No injuries reported. The humor centers on the unlikely culprit as stated by the bystander.
A light haired man with eyeglasses ends a tense exchange with Arizona Jim. He declares they are on the tenderfoot, who faces a choice between two offers, and the moment ends with the decision landing on him.
A Baltimore American quotation explores paradoxes in human behavior noting questions about nature and a grass widow. The fragment hints at curiosity about green or thriving examples, inviting reflection on inconsistencies in human conduct.
Last week a new cement bridge near River View laundry began, leaving a narrow footbridge with a single rail high above children. The town faces liability for dangerous crossing as traffic shifts through fields and river shallow water, with a late afternoon auto incident causing minor injuries but no blame assigned.
A dog of high value was taken last Tuesday afternoon from Charles Callahan's house in East Acton. A man visiting Callahan's wife claimed to meet Callahan at 5 pm to take the hound for a trial, then disappeared with the dog and the other man.
Advertised letters list names including Frank Goff Thomas Joyce Nellie Moriarty Daniel Shea Ivan Cottrel and Miss M Kelley from the District Messenger Office. Flanagan's orchestra plays a Tuesday night dance October 5 at Fix It Hall South Acton. Eth el K Bruce millinery parlors in West Acton open to show fall and winter hat styles.
Last Wednesday evening a gold watch and chain with a K of C fob were lost in or near Association Hall. Finder should return to Henry Gilroy, moving pictures manager, for a reward. Also a half house for rent at 20 Assabet Ave with six rooms and furnace. G G Russell Commonwealth Ave.
Frank Ladd enjoys a week of vacation while John Leahy is away on annual leave. Bertha Cole and Anna belle MacFarland enter Burdett business college. The Social club hosts Bedford’s first social dance on Wednesday October 6. D T Pickman and family return from a four month tour of the British Isles and Europe. A humid day September 23 stands as a notably uncomfortable Bedford day. Roger W Brown recovers from a workplace assault and resumes duties at Bedford Coa. & Grain Co. Mrs S H Young reopens Springs Road millinery parlor September 30 inviting local ladies to view autumn and winter fashions for 1909 10.
Mr and Mrs John English drive Sunday afternoon when their auto skids onto a street railway track. A Lexington and Boston trolley car, operated by conductor and motorman the Hinchey brothers, stops suddenly to avoid a collision but the impact tips the trolley onto its side. The narrative ends with the English couple involved.
Wm H Thaxter Jr employed J L Mackintosh at 185 Prairidin Boston suffered a crushing accident with a dyeing machine injuring his left hand. He was taken to the Relief Hospital in Haymarket Square for Burgul treatment. Doctors may amputate if the finger cannot be saved, ending his pitching career.
Bedford Granges held its first meeting after installation last Tuesday night. Officers elected include Master L A Ford Overseer David B Witch Lecturer Geo H Sisa Steward Moses Johnson Asst Steward John R Comley Chaplain Rev David C Porreps Treasurer C E Jenks Secretary Walter Witch Gate Keeper Walter Witch Cer es Miss M J Hamblen Pom Miss Hattie Parker Flora Roger W Brown Lady Assistant Arline Pfeiffer Executive Committee Sherman G Rich William Emple William Thompson.
Advert reads for sale or to let our camps at Randretts Grove on the Omford river furnished or unfurnished. Apply to Roger W. Brown Bedford. Also notes buying twenty five procure a pound tin of French talc powder with delicate odor. The C. W. Blake Co announces Davis ice cream supplies in tons to carry out for rest of season. Apothecaries Be Mass.
Marlboro SRG and families visit local homes including Clapper Green and Morris households. Carnival of Nations planned for Oct 29 10 with a Preston sale Oct 27 28. Police dog Copsey reassigned to city hall janitor F A. John Fay announces Fulton Hudson stamps for centennial. Scenic theatre manager H Johnson begins new duties. Marion Joyce hosts seventh birthday party at Greenwood St. OR meeting and health note conclude the item.
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