Concord notes and events from the Enterprise year 1893
Concord items report Mrs W S Lelands pupils recital a Protracted illness recovery for Mrs McClure at Thoreau House and P S C E anniversary. Senator Hoar campaigns in seventh district while readers debate town warrant costs. World fair exhibits and Concord crafts highlighted with local artists French and Simmons works and a 100 foot Columbia statue. Local ads list carriage work, dresses, paints and seeds and stamps act reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Leland
M. B
McClure
Thoreau
Small
A. B. Black
P. W. White
Percy Garfield
Hubbard Street
C. H. Wheeler
Thoreau Street
J. B. Wood
Teutonic
New York
Ellen T. Emerson
Liverpool
William H. Forbes and Sons
Thomas Todd
Congregational House
Beacon Street
George Fox
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Concord
Mass
Wm. Buttrick
P. M. N. Browne
Will F. Cheever
G. F. Derby
Geo. E
Susan Putnam
Danvers
Benjamin Franklin
Great Britain
Daniel C. French
Edward Emerson Simmons
Simmons
Manufactures and Arts
Columbia
Litterateur
Concord Hosts Readings by Professor Churchill at Church Event
A Monday evening program at Trinitarian Church featured readings by Professor J. W. Churchill of Andover. The crowd praised his mastery of Dickens Hugo and Stowe selections, noting his skill with humor and dramatic scenes. The event closed the Concord Alliance course with praise and a profitable finish. The Putnam family of Concord and Salem will send two relics to the World’s Fair, including Gen. Putnam’s antique gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brown
Eleana G. Crandall
First Parish
Concord
H. S. Richardson
George F. Wheeler
Green
H. S. Richardson’s
Churchill
Trinitarian
J.W. Churchill
Andover
George Riddle
Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Victor Hugo
Sam Lawson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Squeers
Nicholas
Hugo
Mr. Churchill
New York
Concord Alliance
George E. Feeland
Putnam
Salem
A. P. Putnam
Israel Putnam
Gen. Putnam
Tax bicycle owners to fund city expenses says Concord taxpayer
A Concord taxpayer urges assessors in April 1893 to tax bicycle owners for city spending. He argues if bicycles used for conveyance go untaxed, why tax top buggies or carry-alls. He notes thousands of dollars were appropriated this year and asks for thorough consideration before assessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Widow Louisa L. George Dies After Illness at 75
Mrs. Louisa L. George widow of Joseph P. George died at Barrett's Mill road home last Saturday aged 75 after a brief pneumonia illness. She leaves son Lewis H. George of Concord. Funeral services were held at her residence Monday at 1 p.m. with Rev. B. R. Bulkely presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa L. George
Joseph P. George
Barrett’s Mill Road
Lewis H. George
Concord
B. R. Bulkely
Church Services and Meetings Across Local Congregations
Among the churches Rev B R Bulkeley preaches 10 45 A M and 7 40 P M with a Guild meeting April 23 led by Miss Lillian C How. Trinitarian Congregational Rev Geo A Tewksbury holds services 10 45 A M Y P S C E 6 30 P M and 7 30 P M prayer Friday at 7 30. Protestant Episcopal Trinity church Rev Walter Russell Breed rector offers services through June 1 Holy Communion the second Sunday each month and Sunday school at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.R. Bulkeley
John Greenleaf Whittier
Lillian C. How
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Trinity Church
Walter Russell Breed
Concord license applications and notices in 1893
Notices announce sixth class licenses for B F Johnson at Association building Concord Junction and for John C Friend at Main and Walden streets, plus Horatio S Richardson at Main and Walden streets. Auction and sale notices list Otis H. Forbush offerings in East Acton and Joseph F. Daniels furnishings at Commonwealth Row Reformatory, with sale dates in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
B. F. Johnson
Commonwealth Avenue
Concord Junction
Massachusetts
John C. Friend
Walden Street
Horatio S. Richardson
Main
Otis H. Forbush
East Acton
Elmer E. Hildreth
Chelmsford
Joseph F. Daniels
Commonwealth Row
Reformatory
Flaggs & Russell
Denver
Thoreau’s botanical gleaning along Concords Assabet river
The piece recounts Thoreau’s walks along the Assabet near Derby’s bridge to the Ministerial swamp where he first found a climbing fern. It notes rare plants seen by Thoreau, later inquiries by Cambridge visitors, and mentions Acton neighbors aiding botany, plus reflections on pine forests and river preservation.
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Thoreau
Concord
Assabet
Derby
Timothy Shehan
Ministerial
New England
Botanical Gardens
Cambridge
Sudbury
Cape
Hayward’s Pond
Westvale
Theodore Parker
Henry D
Acton
North Acton
Nagog Hill
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Lufkin
Henry Derby
Campbell
Whitcomb’s
H. L. Whitcomb’s
Hunt's
H. L. Whitcomb
A. W. Hosmer
C. E. Brown's
Martha
Hunt’s
Frep A. Tower
Unitarian
Protestant Episcopal
James B. Woop
Cyrus Fletcher
Frank E. Currer
West Point
Annapolis
L. D. Apsley
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Tremont Street
Boston
Acton Centre
Thoreau II
Bedford
Maynard
Crystal Brand
Pure Leaf
E. H. Davis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Samuel A. Johison
Jonathan Smith
Acton Enterprise
George M. Brooks
H. Folsom
C. W. Sanford
MR. Levi Miles
Sanford
C.w
C.H. Towle
F. J. Hastings & CO
South Acton
Concord Elevator
Canada
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