Patriot's Day activities and militia notes in Concord
Massachusetts militia preparations for Patriot's Day marksmanship, parades, and inspections are detailed. Major Darling leads Co I Sixth Infantry in reviews. Wakefield and Reading events mark the 250th anniversary of those towns. Governor Greenhalge attends the corn festival with Fifth Regiment escort. various officers and recruits are noted with drill and courtesy reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Infantry
Darling
Co. I
George M. Lee
Co. L Ninth Infantry
Co. I Sixth
Naval Brigade
Lexington
Concord
Massachusetts
United States
Barrett
Wakefield
Reading
Parker
Fitchburg
Fred I. Clayton
Military School
Lewiston
George Tolman
Billy Tolman
First Brigade Signal Corps
South Armory
Frank E. Cutter
Moulton Co
Rice
Soutter
Dusseault
Notable Dates and Local Lore Highlight 1867
The article notes Good Friday fell on April 19 in 1867 and mentions Primrose Day in England. It recalls 74 Balaklava survivors, a Devil's Den at Gettysburg, and two formations in Yellow Union with Delaware near six feet above sea level. It also flags a Lakin performance at Sanders Theatre drawing crowds and honors Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Boston jurist and US Attorney General under Grant, born in Concord in 1816.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gettysburg
Yellow Union
Delaware
Sanders
Cambridge
Greenhalge
Greene
Massachusetts
Wheelmen gather as town hosts bicycle club meet
His Excellency greets riders as the Eagle bicycle club dines at Thoreau House. The Suffolk bicycle club reports good times ahead on the road with a lieutenant in command. Mattapan road club also attends to witness the exercises as a large wheelmen gathering unfolds in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Bicycle Club
Thoreau House
Suffolk Bicycle Club
Mattapan Road Club
Reception for Mr and Mrs John C Friend at home
A Monday reception from 4 to 6 and 8 to 10 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Friend celebrated twenty years since their Beverly Mass marriage. About 300 invitations were issued. hosts’ parlors were flower decorated and filled with friends. Reba Johnson Gertrude Todd and Mary Wheeler assisted at the refreshment table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Friend
Mary Emma Nichols
Beverly
Mass
Friend
Reba Johnson
Gertrude Todd
Mary Wheeler
Concord
William Wheeler
Susie Hubbard
May L. Nichols
Frank A. Nichols
Funeral of John J. Coughlin Notices and Concord souvenirs
The funeral of John J. Coughlin was held Tuesday morning with a solemn mass at 9 30 and a choir rendering Nearer my God to Thee. The event drew Rev Fr Moriarty, Rev Charles L Hutchings, and Judge H C Merwin in attendance. A Bedford Historical Society souvenir on April 19 1875 features a colored engraving of the flag over the embattled farmers and lists those who fell. Concord merchants advertise tools, gears, dwelling items, wallpapers, seeds, paints, hats and bicycles, with several notices for sales and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Coughlin
Fr. Moriarty
Charles L. Hutchings
H. C. Merwin
Bedford Historical Society
Abram English Brown
Bedford
Minute Men
Weather Summary for Week Ending April 16
The report notes a maximum temperature of 62 on April 16 and a minimum of 24 on April 10. Weekly mean temperature 38.9 with relative humidity 71 percent and barometer 28.98 inches. Prevailing wind from the northeast at 71 percent with a greatest velocity of 37 mph on April 14. Total precipitation 0.35 inches and snowfall 0.34 inches observed by Frep A Tower.
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N. E
Promenade Drill Participants and Local Church Notes
The list of drill participants for the governor’s complimentary event includes Margaret R. Putnam as captain Frances M. Drury as sergeant May D. Brooks as 2d sergeant and several others. The Enterprise notes a souvenir flag from C W Sanford for sale. Local services are listed for Unitarian, Unitarian Congregational, Scandinavian M E, and Trinity Episcopal churches with times and topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret R. Putnam
Frances M. Drury
May D. Brooks
Beth L. Barrett
May B. Bartlett
Ruth E. Bachelder
Edith H. Brown
Harriette G. Brown
Helen G. Brown
Edith F. Eaton
Susie E. Emmett
Alice L. Gage
Louise Garland
Odessa A. Gates
Eleanor C. Goodwin
Edna L. Hatch
Marie A. Howard
Dorothy D. Reynolds
Helen C. Thatcher
Minute Men
C. W. Sanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Gov't
Monument
Journal
Cutler
Dessault
Cutter
Malden
Driscoll
Papa Bennett
Co. F. Sixth Infantry
Farlboro
David Brown
Hugh Cargill
Jonas Minot
Jonas Wright
John Cuming
Silas Mann
Reuben Brown
Joseph Chandler
Asa Brooks
Job Brooks
Nathan Barrett
Stephen Barrett
James Barrett
Thomas Barrett
Abishai Brown
Samuel Brown
Josiah Meriam
Jacob Brown
Jacob Brown Jr
Edward Flint
Thaddeus Hunt
Joshua Stone
Jonas Heywood
Jonathan Heywood, Jr
Samuel Hosmer
Nathan Meriam
John Meriam
Nathaniel Nutting
Francis Wheeler
David Wheeler
Joseph Buttrick
Samuel Buttrick
John Buttrick
John Buttrick Jr
John Stone
Nehemiah Hunt
William Emerson
Jonathan Blood
Aaron Wright
Amos Wood
Jonathan Brooks
Elijah Hosmer
John Hosmer
Silas Conant
John Barrett
Humphrey Barrett
Humphrey Barrett, Jr
Timothy Wheeler
Peter Wheeler
Josiah Hayward
Charles Miles
Oliver Miles
Samuel Jones
Ephraim Jones
Daniel Holden
Ephraim Wheeler
Ephraim Potter
Nathaniel French
Ephraim Minot
Joseph Adams
Jonathan Curtis
Nathan Stowe
Joseph Hosmer
Reuben Hunt
Joseph Hunt
Thomas Hubbard
Peter Barrett
James Barrell
Elisha Jones
Our
Frederic T.greenhalge
Wolcott
Wolcort
Judge Hoar
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
Harvard
Boston
Supreme Court
Grant
Congress
Department of Justice
Butler
N. S. Daniels
Whitcomb
George D. Hubbard
H. L. Whitcomb
Towle’s
Richard
C. E. Brown
A. F. Hitchings
E. F. Nealey
Fitchburg Station
Hunt
S. N. S. Daniels
W. A. Blaisdell
Thoreau St
Geo. E. Messer &Co
Haverhill St
Oak Hall Custom Clothing
Hunt's
Albert P. Crandall
Hook & Hastings Co
Kendal Green
Crandall
E. A. Buck
Friend’s Block
H. S. Richardson
E. F. Bemis
D. F. Potter
Walden Street
Unitarian
Louise B. King
Geo.a. Tewksbury
M. E. Church
J. P. Anderson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lloyd Bevan
R. H. Damon
Concord Junction
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