Concord area notes on local people events and history
Local column records Edwin Dardis in Wilder's shop and A F Bowman soups ad. Mentions property sale to Dr. Kirby, Emerson and Forbes families, and various social and civic happenings. Includes remarks on Thoreau and Concord history, church services, readings, and a long nostalgic anecdote about local naturalists and boundary work with Thoreau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Dardis
W. W. Wilder
Hudson
A. F. Bowman
Newton
Jamaica Plains
Clarence
Horace Tuttle
Concord Farmers Esteemed Beyond Occupation Differences
In a crusty critique of class snobbery, the piece contrasts Emerson and a Canadian wood chopper, praising Concord farmers for honest work, schooling, taxes, and sacrifice for the nation. It urges judging by achievement over occupation and cites Thoreau era values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Thoreau
Concord
Concord Weather Summary and Local Notices 1893
Week ending April 10 reports a high of 57 and low 18 with 1.08 inches of precipitation and 64 inches of snowfall. March 1893 in Concord notes mean barometer 30.034, mean temp 30.5, mean humidity 78.5 percent, and wind mainly from the southwesterly direction. The issue includes letters on sidewalk bicycle nuisance, artillery target practice, and Loyal Temperance anniversary plans for April 15 with Rev. Bulkeley and Mrs. Rolfe among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Tower
Concord
Massachusetts
Lower Town Hall
Loyal Temperance Region
B. R. Bulkeley
A. F. Rolfe
George Bartlett
Harriet Clark
Fannie Rolfe
H. E. CuHapman
Sec’v
Town Warrant Publication Debate Emerges
A letter to the editor argues that town warrants are posted at churches and the post office and printed in the annual town report, providing read access without extra newspaper costs. The writer contends the warrant is widely circulated and readers are informed of the annual meeting timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorror
Church Services and Meetings for Unitarian and Other Denominations
The notices list Unitarian Rev. B R Bulkeley with services at 10 45 a m and 7 40 p m and a Guild meeting on April 16 led by Miss Elsie Pierce. Trinitarian Congregational Rev Geo A Tewksbury with 10 45 a m services and evening services 7 30 p m plus Y P S C E at 6 30 p m and Friday prayer at 7 30. Protestant Episcopal Trinity Church led by Rev Walter Russell Breed with morning services 10 45 a m Sunday school at noon and Holy Communion on the second Sunday monthly. Lent Wednesday 4 30 p m addresses by the rector. all seats free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Churchill
Boston
Congregational Church
Concord Alliance
Churchill
W. S. Leland
Marlboro
Wheeler
Acton
Gleason
Tower
Leland
Concord Junction
Jennie Hatch
B.R. Bulkeley
Elsie Pierce
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Protestant Episcopal
Trinity Church
Walter Russell Breed
Local ads and notices fill Concord shops and services
Daily and weekly papers and goods offered by H L Whitcomb and others. Carriage work announced for April 1 at P W White’s wheelwright shop. Dressmaking, tailoring, piano lessons, millinery and ribbons promoted. New clothing at C E Browns, groceries and hardware at Hunt’s and Richardson’s. Saloons, farms, seeds, and household items listed with contact names in Concord listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hosmer
C. E. Brown’s
H. L. Whitcomb
S. P
George F. Wheeler
Waldo Flint
C. E. Brown's
Hunt’s
Hunt's
Green
H. S. Richardson’s
Auction of Household Goods at Hall Over American Express Office
A sale to the highest bidder will offer old fashioned chairs card tables desks and a sofa plus crockery. It includes a spinning wheel and second hand furniture such as a bed lounge chamber sets bedsteads parlor stoves oil stoves carpets sofas spring beds hair and husk mattresses feather beds sewing machines and chairs. Additional items to be sold at the same time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Office
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NLA
Davis
Main Street
Kirby
Theate Lewis Flint
Henry D. Coolidge
Massachusetts Senate
Senate
Young
H. H. Sprague
Ellen T. Emerson
William H. Forbes
Edith Forbes
Alexander Forbes
Teutonic
Europe
Samuel T. Blood of
Masonic Hall
Maynard
Order of the Eastern Star
Mary L. Keyes
Lexington
Kentucky
Nellie Todd
George S. Baldwin
Unitarian Guild
Louise B. King
Unitarian
Concord Enterprise
Richmond
William Brewster
Brewster, Cobb & Esterbrook
Unitarian Society
Thomas van Ness
Grindall Reynolds
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Theological School
Henry Ware Jr
Henry Ware
H.C. Bowen & Sons
Chas. B. Clark
J. J. Curtayne
Geo. P. Davis
Fred D. Gleason
E. H. Harding
John Johnson
A. H. Kimball
William Keyes
E. Lapierre
W. J. Chadbourne
R. L. McLeod
E. J. Price
L. A. Phillips
R. E
H. Swift
M. J. White
Thomas E. Will
H. E. Watson
M. S. Barrett
Jettie L. Curran
John Colby
Georgia Conner
Annie Crain
Diehl
Oliver Dickson
Elizabeth
Joseph B. Walkey
Annie M. Wheele Syauntha
Frank E. Cutter
Assabet
Henry Thoreau
John
Sudbury Woods
Burlington
Mass
Skelton
Lynn Shoemaker
S. W
Frep A. Tower
Horror
Citizen
Concord, Mass
Barker
Jackson
Reed
McManus
Concord Artillery
Cutter
Battles
Cook
Miner
Corp
Smith
King
Corp. How
Larkin
Buttrick
O—Ir Corp
Hart
H. L. Whitcomb’s
G.W. C. H. Towle
F. J. Hastings & CO
South Acton
Concord Elevator
Canada
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