Street Railway Franchises Debated in Concord
A town hearing on street railway routes weighs main thoroughfare options. Citizens press for Elm Street and Commonwealth Avenue as central lines to serve Westvale Junction and the Reformatory district, while alternatives via Main Thoreau streets face drawbacks. Concord April 2, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Westvale
Reformatory District
Concord and Clinton
Main St
Acton Town Line
Commonwealth Av
Elm St
Monument Sq
Thoreau
Sudbury St
Thoreau St
Fitchburg Station
Sunbury
Fitchburg
High School
Main
Sudbury
Thoreau-Sudsbury St
Concord and
Lexington & Boston Company
Newten
Hartford R. R
Elm and Wood Sts
Sudbury and
Thoreau Sts
Waltham, Ayer and Peperill Company
Lexington and Boston Road
Main, Sudbury, and Thoreau Sts
Lowell and
Framingham R. R
Concoed Junction
Acton
Church St
Commonwealth Road
Clinton and Concord Company
Waltham-Pepperell Company
Reformatory
Commonwealth
South Main St
Notes From Concord Letters Return Spark Village Debate
Sunday School Class in Concord admits removing letters from the old Middlesex Hotel to save them from destruction. They explain the act was misguided, express remorse, and reveal a contractor now values the letters at 25 dollars each. The incident exposes tensions with the town watch and selectmen over ownership and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Herald
Old Middlesex Hotel
Concord
Mass
Hon
Board of Selectmen
Old Middlesex
Night Watch
Old Concord
Herald
Frightful Blunder Prompts Caution With Dynamite
An explosion report notes careless thawing of dynamite in a store, and warns that fire and dynamite mixed can cause severe harm. The ad copy touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds, listing its cures and 26 cent price, sold by local druggists in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Maynard
J. C. Friend
Concord
Precepts and Promises from the Sermon on the Mount
The lesson titled Precepts and Promises explores Matthew chapter seven, stressing inner righteousness over outward display, the need for humility before others, and reliance on the Holy Spirit. It contrasts the broad gate with the narrow path, and asserts Christ as the sole path to life through His sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Stearns
Christ
John Wesley
Rabbi Hillel
Jesus
Strait Gate
Heaven
Ian MacLaren
Cain
Anemic Child Diet and Cream Desserts Guide
Practical guidance on nourishing anemic or nervous children with gentle foods and desserts. Recipes include Florentine cream Sago cream and Oyster Bisque with careful notes on rest, activity, and fat intake to support recovery. The article advises variety, limited exertion, and appealing presentation to encourage eating.
Calf Brain Cakes From Scratch
A vintage kitchen note describes washing calf brains, braising briefly, cooling, then mixing with bread crumbs parsley and nutmeg to form cakes. The cakes are battered with egg and bread crumbs, fried in hot fat until golden brown, taking about two minutes, with minimal handling.
Boiled Cod with Oyster Sauce Method
A practical guide for boiling cod placed in a cheese cloth and cooking in salted water. It accompanies a sauce made from flour, butter, hot milk and oyster juice, with oysters added at the end and seasoned to taste.
Beefsteak Pie Recipe Steps and Crust Make
Three pounds of round steak trimmed and cut into two inch pieces simmered in water until tender. For crust use one quart flour half a pound fresh beef suet one tablespoon lard salt. Rub lard into flour chop suet add to flour roll out. Line dish edge with paste add meat cover with paste vent center bake hot until rich crown.
Apple Pudding With Steamed Dumplings
Prepare apples as for sauce and simmer in a wide open pan. Make dumplings by sifting baking powder and salt into flour, rub in butter, then add milk to form a soft dough. Roll to half inch, cut into small cakes, steam fifteen minutes over apples, then serve with whipped cream and sugar.
Apple Fruit Cake Instructions For Home Bakers
Soak two cups dried apples overnight in cold water. Chop them fine and simmer with two cups molasses for an hour. When cool mix in sugar butter eggs soda dissolved in milk spices salt cream of tartar and flour. Bake about one hour.
Maple Sugar Biscuit Recipe Note
A recipe fragment describes a maple sugar biscuit method using one egg sized piece of lard one quart flour two and a half level teaspoons baking powder milk to mix into a biscuit roll spread with butter then grated maple sugar roll jelly roll style cut one inch thick pinch bottom to seal bake twenty five minutes
Mutton Ragout Recipe Steps
A simple method to make mutton ragout. Cook butter and flour, fry onions until light, brown mutton slices, add water peas and seasonings, then thicken with flour.
Potatolets a la Duchesse Recipe Note
Take cold mashed potatoes form into small biscuit shapes with a little flour for shaping then bake on a pie plate until delicate brown. Brush with beaten egg glaze and bake in a moderate oven for a refined accompaniment.
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Kingdom Come
Pyrignter
Christine Terhune Herrick
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