Local notices and town events Eldersplan and incidents
Mrs. Benjamin Moody recovers slowly while Miss Petersen resumes studies at Framingham normal school. A new ad promises profit to readers. Mrs. Miller ill with pneumonia at her daughter’s home on Main Street. A town committee works on Concord fight observance. Frank Houston leases Rev Bulkeley house and moves May 1. William Dam moves to Franklin Falls NH to supervise woolen mills. Miss Walch hospital nurse in Boston recovering from illness. Palm Sunday music at Trinity church features an anthem by Sir G J Elvey. Frank Pierce to paint his store sign. Mrs. Ives and Miss Bentley visiting interested in bird life. Mill Dam Bicycle Co. booming this spring. John Keyes enjoys crowds of buyers. A grand ball planned for April 19 with an active committee. Thomas Rollins injured in a coasting accident near Sleepy Hollow cemetery. doctor attended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Andrew Miller
Mrs. Dunning
Main Street
Frank Houston
South Acton
B. R. Bulkeley
William C. Dam
North Andover
Franklin Falls
N. H
M. J. Walch
Nurses Charity Club Hospital
Boston
Instown
G. J. Elvey
Trinity Church
Frank Pierce
Ives
Dorchester
Bentley
Chicago
New
Art Terpsichorean
Thomas Rollins
Waltham
Dee’s Hill
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Cleaves
Church Services and Schedules Listed for Several Faiths
Among the Churches notices list service times for First Parish Unitarian Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal and Scandina vian M E Church with pastors Rev Loren B Macdonald Rev Geo A Tewksbury Rev J P Anderson and activities including Sunday services at 10 45 a m Sunday schools at noon and evening or class meetings evenings through the month with times and locations for a Y P S C E and prayer meetings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Y. P
Scandinavian M. E. Church
J. P. Anderson
Union Church
W. W. Campbell
S.C
Weather summary for week ending April 5 1897
The figures report week ending 7 p.m. April 5 1897 with max 60 and min 23 yielded a weekly mean of 41.3 and total precipitation 0.18 inch. Observer Fred A Tower notes the data. A cough remedy ad follows mentioning One Minute Cough Cure for throat and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Tower
Concord Town Meeting Adopts Large Electric and School Plans
Prescott Keyes chosen moderator as Concord officers debate private electric lighting and sewerage costs. A new committee will study lighting next year after a heated three hour debate. Town appropriations cover police, streets, fire, health, schools and libraries, plus 15,000 for high school expansion adding three classrooms and a lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Prescott Keyes
Richard F. Barrett
James B. Wood
William Wheeler
William H. Hunt
George A. King
Charles W. Grant
R. F. Barrett
Henry F. Smith
Charles H. Walcott
Rev. C. L. Hutchins
Chas. E. Brown
Chas. W. Grant
E. E
Sherman Hoar
W. H. Hunt
Board of Health
Sleepy Hollow
Emerson School
Concord Local Advertisements and Notices
Local merchants publish a broad slate of offerings from C E Browns ladies wraps and Vermont butter to maple syrup and asparagus roots. additional items include paper hangings past season stock corsets prunes apricots cigars wagons and Postum cereal coffee with several sale terms and exchange offers at Eastern Market Concord and Towle Kent Boston vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brown's
J. F. Carr
Monument Street
S. P. Prentiss
J. S. Garland
Concord
Eastern Market
Boston
Union Station
Vermont
Nathan F. Derby
Geo. F. Wheeler
H. L. Whitcomb
Towle & Kent's
A. F. Hitchings
Mass
F. B. Chase’s
California
M. H
Enterprise
Noyes Brothers
Chase
Ff. B. Chase’s
Democrat
P. W. White
Towle & Kent
F. B. Chase's
Dariing’s Fertilizers Adverts From Concord Massachusetts
An advertisement promotes Dariing's 99 Blood Bone and Potash fertilizer and Dariing's Complete Animal Fertilizer. It touts quick soluble action and urges readers to consult circulars and place orders with Geo. D. Hubbard in Concord Massachusetts for Extra Bone Phosphate for corn and High Grade Potato Special at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dariing
Geo. D. Hubbard
Concord
Mass
Prescott camp 135 Sons of Veterans organized in G A R hall
Colonel George L. Prescott camp 135 of Sons of Veterans organized Saturday night in G A R hall. The roster lists C W Prescott as captain A P How first lieutenant E W Blossom second lieutenant G G Russell Geo Dwelley John Haggerty Howard Jackson G G Hall W Wheeler J G Watson W N How G H Haggerty R Hosmer Alfred Loring and 49 members. Visitors included Division Commander O H Cook Melrose Junior Vice Commander C E Bennett Hudson F S Bell Mustering Officer Captain C A Tyler and suites from Hudson Captain Tilson and suite from Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Prescott
Sons of Veterans
G. A
G. Haggerty
R. Hosmer
A. Worthbley
Alfred Loring
O. H. Cook
Melrose
C. E. Bennett
Hudson
F.S. Bell
C. A. Tyler
Suite
Tilson
Waltham
Names listed at Concord post office event in 1897
At Concord post office on April 6 1897 a roster of attendees includes photographers Mr Bowers and D P Dayvault and many others such as Mikel Bourgieliewier F J Johnson Fred James Lindsay R H Maynard E McGrath John N McClennon Ira Mosher T J Nolab Jr Overman Wheel Co Daniel O Connor James Prendergast and several ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mr. Bowers
Mikel Bourgieliewier
D.P. Dayvault
F. J. Johnson
Fred James Lindsay
R. H. Maynard
E. McGrath
John N. McClennon
Ira
Mosher
T. J. Nolab
Overman Wheel Co
Daniel O’connor
James Prendergast
Helen McG. Ayers
C. F. David
C. P. Dodd
Mary F. Gibson
Bertha E. Hines
Fannie E. Minot
Mary Siddall
Concord Junction Notes and Local Happenings Ad
Concord Junction streams with social notes and ads. Sign changes at Kulscar shop Reese’s hotel open Bougar’s barber shop new post office post office listing Blodgett appointed. Banquet at C JL and SS council and ice cream reception. Dancing school closing with Fitchburg orchestra. Church notes list services YP SC schedule. Local ads: purses bags Buttericks patterns and second hand carriages offered by O L Dart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougar
W. Percy Blodgett
C. JL
S. S
W. W. Campbell
Bernard Copping
Acton
Effie Wilson
Titcomb
Pearl Wayne Council
Home
Parmenter Buys Sudbury Provision Business and Local Appointments
Charles O. Parmenter has bought the Sudbury provision business from Mr. Dodge and taken possession. The selectmen named cattle inspectors for the coming year: Geo A. Haynes, Harland H. Rogers, and Hiram Haynes. Mrs Joanna Greason case may favor local religious societies named in the instrument. A large drove of cattle condemned for tuberculosis left for Brighton, including Sudbury Stow and Maynard stock. Byron F. Witherell, station agent at Magnolia, returned from two weeks’ vacation in Underhill Vermont. Excavation for the Goodnow library soldiers monument begins at once. the eight ton granite block measures six by eight feet and will support the monument. Quincy granite to be used and the bronze statue is being cast in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Haynes
Harland
H. Rogers
Hiram Haynes
Joanna Greason
Sudbury
Brighton
Stow
Maypard
Byron F. Witherell
Witherell
Magnolia
Boston and Maine
Underhill
Goodnow Library
Quincy
New York City
Community notices and local changes in Boxboro
Boxboro reports E B Cobleigh on sick list and Grange meeting next Friday. L T L to meet at Congregational vestry next Saturday at 2 pm with no rehearsal that night. Gus Whitcomb place sold to a Concord Junction real estate agent. New England Associated Press to dissolve after 28 years, affecting telegraph operators and coverage of New England news formerly by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Whitcomb
Concord Junction
New England Associated Press
Fletcher
United Press
U. P
New England
A. P
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Praised as Cure All
Public knowledge declares DeWitt’s Witch Hazel speeds cure for piles and treats burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sores. Advert appears from Bb. F. Johnson & Son and firms in Maynard Concord and West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Bb. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Benjamin Moody
Anna K. Petersen
Framingham Normal School
First Parish
Unitarian
F. Johnson & Son
Town Meeting
Josef Kulscar
Reese’s Hotel
O. L. Dart
Reformatory Station
Pocket Books
O. L. Dart’s
Charles O. Parmenter
South Sudbury
Dodge
Boxboro
E. B. Cobleigh
Congregational Vestry
Ben
W. Brown
Stockbridge Special Fertilizers
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
Canada
Concord, Mass
Maurice McWalter
Concord Clothing
Friend’s Block
Wehstvale
Westvale
Milldam Bicycle Store
Edith Adelle Buck
H. S. Richardson
Pharmacist
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Francis E. Bent
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
County of
Cambridpe
Cambridge
Fitchburg
Acton Enterprise
Ralph N. Smith
Patrick O’riorden
American Powder Mills
Stowe Road
O Riorden
Board of Selectmen
O'Riorden
Patrick O'Riorden
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