Farm Bureau Plays Key Role In Food Conservation Drive
TheFarm Bureau organizations nationwide mobilize to boost food production and conservation as nations prepare for war. An executive committee of seven oversees county boards, then local directors organize meetings to inform communities, recruit volunteers, form clubs, and aid families and workers in becoming more self reliant and less wasteful.
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Farm’ Bureau
Middlesex County
Ciitizens
Massachusetts
Woman's Branch
Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Concord
Public auction to be held May 8 1917 at 3 o clock in the afternoon for the Middlesex Savings mortgage deed held by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The property consists of about 186 100 acres in Concord with specified bounds and is part of the land and buildings described in deeds book 3610 page 205 and related filings. Cash payment of three hundred dollars required.
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Thomas McGrath
Concord
Middlesex Institution
Middle
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
P Ge
Mary Brady
Davis Court
Richard F. Wood
Arriet Warren
Henry J. Walcott
Dessie C. Brown
Meed
Middlesex South
Prescott Keyes
Guardian
Said
Mortown
Concord Company Recruites Peace Strength After Rally Week
News notes that Co. I is raised to 100 men with a 32 man reserve across Concord and neighboring towns. Officers and members list including Captain Dee and Lieutenants Mansfield and Prescott, plus 78 men present Friday night and a detailed roster of privates and ranks.
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Co. I
Concord
Concord Junction
Maynard
Bedford
Acton
Lincoln
Boxboro
Dorchester
Waltham
Boston
Relief Committee
Congregational Church
Michael J. Dee
Thomas H. Mansfield
Geo
IL. Prescott
Percy McWilliams
James J. Mansfield
Whipple H. Parker
Frederick H. Sullivan
John C. Dolan
Wm. G. Ryan
Graves Gravesen
Charles H. Paine
Robert B. Wright
Joseph M. Dée
Robert Poland
Chester Elmes
P. Kelley
Thos. Mulcahy
Leslie L. Keese
Geo. W. Brooks
Franklin N. Prescott
Geo. Grant
Anton A. Saunders
Loren M. Saunders
John O’brien
Jos. Godard
Cook Edward F. Ledgard
Wm. L. Hurley
Henry J. Bergeron
Archibald L. Rouse
Ernest J. Carroll
Thomas B. Cocrane
Harold B. Coolidge
Wm. C. Cough
Angus M. Hanson
Harold Hanson
John Hayes
Wilfred Helsher
Gunnar Hemmington
Kierace . Hickey
John J. Hopkins
Thos. F. Hopkins
John F.kenna
Robert A. Kierstead
Philip Klein
Dominick Laskowski
Arel Lee
Angelo Leberace
Alfred G. Lucma
John J. Lund
Wm. J. Mara
Jos. Mazz
Married at Home Bride Maud Rockwood Weds Charles Voight
Miss Maud Rockwood united in marriage to Charles Rudolph Voight of East Hampton at the Rockwood home. Rev George Tewksbury officiated with Bertha Voight as bridesmaid and Howard Daniels as best man. The couple will reside at 42A Williston Ave East Hampton after June 1.
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Maud Rockwood
Charles Voight
Fred Rockwood
Maud
Charles Rudolph Voight
East Hampton
Florence Whitney
Ashburnham
Voight
Howard Daniels
George Tewksbury
Ralph
George Williams
Lloyd Rennie
Charles Kent
Mary L. Drawbridge
Hopkinton
Leslie R. Moore
Torrey & Vialle
Annie Howard
New York
Hubbard St
Peter Holmen
Billerica
Annie Clark
New Bedford
Lowell
Edward Penniman
Roslindale
J. W. Milbury
Gussie Myers
Taunton
Edward Rockwood
Lynn
F.C. Rockwood
Everett St
Harold J. Judkins
Concord ‘Junction
Concord Grange
Acton Grange
Richard Cross
Pittsburg
W. D. Cross
Elet
Legacy of Calef spans towns and civic work in Concord
Wallace A Calef born July 29 1848 in Lowell. He lived in South Chelmsford Somerville Bedford Gloucester and Concord. A School teacher and town leader he helped form the Law and Order league Village Improvement society and Bedford town reports. He chaired the Concord school committee and was active in many civic groups including the Royal Arcanum and the Congregational church. He later led Cape Ann Lumber Co and remained engaged in town state and national affairs.
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Mr. Calef
Lowell
Sarah (Nichols
Asa FE. Calef
Concord
South Chelmsford
George Allen
New Bedford
Hast
Boston
Chelsea
Somerville
Calef
Bedford
Bedford Lumber and’ Manufacturing Co
Law and Order League
Village Improvement Society
Gloucester
Cape Ann. Lumber Co
Board of Trade
Ter Mariners’ Association
Brotherhood of Trinity Congregational Church
Waltham
A. M. Wood Lumber Co
Charlestown
Royal Arcanum
Lost Persian lamb on Main Street near Prince Street
Lost Persian lamb roaming between Main and Prince streets. Reward offered. Return to 9 River Street, Concord.
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Main ‘St
Main and
Prie Sts
River St
Concord
Easter Lily Bonanza At Main Street Store
Miss Houghton reports a very large season's demand for Easter lilies and potted plants at her Main Street shop. The eager customers boost sales as spring arrivals fill shelves and attract steady purchases.
Easter Millinery Latest Sport Hats Spark Seasonal Stock
Fullerton Hat Shop on Main Street offers updated Easter millinery with sport hats priced from 3.50 to 5.00. Store features Wednesday hours and daytime access. Opposite the post office, May Miath storefront location serves shoppers seeking fashionable headwear.
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Fullenton Hat Shop
Mainsti
Maymiath
Concord Woman's Club Annual Meeting
The Concord Woman's Club holds its annual meeting in the town hall Monday at 3 o'clock. After business and officer elections, an informal social hour will follow with tea served by the social committee.
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Concord Woman’s Club
Monda
Milk Analysis Report from Concord Inspector 1917
Report dated March 30 1917 from Concord Massachusetts stating analysis and results of milk sample marked as specified by weight percentage per cent by weight and certification of results by the inspector.
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Concord
Mass
Easter Services at First Parish in Concord
First Parish plans its regular Easter service next Sunday at 10 45 with a quartet performing Hosanna by Grainer and Arise Shine by Arthur Foote. The soloists include Mrs Arthur B Hitchcock Jr Eugenia M Foss Clarence E Hay Philip A Davis. Also in the notice a wanted general housework girl where nursemaid is kept at 81 Main st Concord contact Tel 261M.
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Grainer
Arthur Foote
Arthur B. Hitchcock Jr
Eugenia
M. Foss
Clarence E. Hay
Philip A. Davis
EK. L. Brooks
Main St
Concord
Brevity of a Dream in Victor Hugo Dictation
Victor Hugo dictated letters to his secretary one evening and dozed briefly. He believed hours passed in his dream, but the secretary revealed only a few seconds had elapsed since the last sentence was written.
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Victor Hugo
Hugo
Early Rising Advocated by John Wesley
John Wesley urged rising early as beneficial to weak eyes and for fitness to duties. He recalled his youth with weak sight and credited God’s blessing and the practice of early rising as the outward means that strengthened his vision over forty years.
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John Wesley
Husband Delays Creditors To Spare Household
Newspaper note from Detroit Free Press quoting a domestic scene where a woman asserts she is head of the house and a man delays creditors, suggesting the husband handles finances and puts off demands.
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Detroit Pree Press
Parade Display Marks New High School Cadet Company
In Cord last Friday night a newly formed high school cadet company paraded with only four hours drill. Commanded by Clarence E. Lee the first platoon was led by James B. Wood with Wilfrid Wheeler Jr. as guide. The second platoon followed under James P. Borland with Harold Cabot as guide. Color sergeant Herbert Pickard and color guards Homer Allen and Gordon Russell completed the formation.
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Concord
Clarence E. Lee
James B. Wood
Wilfrid Wheeler Jr
James P
Torrey & Vialle Break March Sales Records
The Torrey & Vialle firm’s sales department set new March records by selling 49 automobiles including Cadillac Hudson Studebaker Dodge and Overland. The service department sold 150 tire casings helping customers save 15 percent before April price increases.
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Torrey & Vialle
Cadillac
Dodge
Overland
Pleasant Evening at First Parish Men’s Club Supper
The Men's club of the First Parish church enjoyed a fine supper including oysters cold tongue rolls coffee ice cream and cake under Henry F. Smith Jr. Then Rev Marion F Ham of Reading gave a southern dialect sketch titled The Kinching Stories introduced by Rev Loren B. Macdonald.
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First
Henry F. Smith Jr
Marion F., Ham
Reading
Loren B. Macdonald
Presented Plays at Unitarian Vestry Guild A Success
The Unitarian vestry event by the Guild and Sunday school drew a near full house with strong financial and social success. A Trumped Suit and Cuttyback's Thunder featured casts led by M Carbonel and Frank Wylde with a Prompter Miss Julia Wheeler.
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Cuttyback
M. Carbonel Allen French
M. Victor Delille Ellis Richardson
M. Garadoux
Philip Davis Cecil
M. Carbonel
Annette
Frances French
France
Frank Wylde
Edward Furber
Capt
Culpepper Coldspring
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Samuel. Tuttle
Juliet Montague
Largest auction sale at Harry Keefe farm draws big crowd
The auction at Harry Keefe's farm Friday by Finigan and Magurn proved the largest ever held there with over 400 sales in six and a half hours. The event drew a large attendance of selected buyers as Concord’s live auctioneers experience high demand beyond the local area.
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Harry Keefe
Finigan & Magurn
Concord’s
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Farm. Bureau
Wallace A. ‘Calef
Irvin Puffer
Norwich University
Vermont
Monument St
Play of Concord Council
K. of C
Guild of the First
Benjamin Smith
William Weedon Jr
Cranberry Corners
Carlisle
George G. Morrell
Sue Parker
Normandy
Waltham Grange
Anderson ,& Son
Mary
Margaret Magurn
Boston ‘Symphony Orchestra
Radcliffe Coral
Harvard University
Symphony Hall
Concord Woman's Club
Clark
Ayrshire
G. B. Clark
Jersey
Holstein
Simon Olson
J. B. Cossor
Geo. Williams
Chas. Moulton
Punkatasset
I. Lowering
Frances Halll Rose
Charlotte Johnson
New York City
Julia Wheeler
Albert Vanderhoof
Main
Concord Homes
James B. Wood & Son
Fitchburg
Wilson
Prop
T. A. Wilson
Mgr
Loewe Bros
Concord Municipal Light
Town House
Esi
Ecitee and
Wheeler
Herman's
U. S. Army
Munson
H. J. Hanson
Concord, Mass
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