Concord Old North Bridge Society 1775 Tribute Celebration
Enthusiastic Concord crowd fills Unitarian church for April 19 observance honoring the Minute Men and the Concord Bridge fight. Mrs. Howe, Lothrop, and Ashley P. How lead tributes. Luke Smith and Albert Wood recognized for road survey work. Mt. Vernon tree planting linked to Washington’s legacy. telegrams, toasts, and songs end with benediction and period music.
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Unitarian
Concord
North Bridge
Ashley P. How
Roger Brown
Tnio Isaac Davis
Acton
Old North Bridge
Luke Smith
Solomon Smith
Albert E. Wood
Old North Bridge Society
Mass
Washington
D. C
Mt. Vernon
Charles W. Prescott
Dodge
National Society
Potomac
Macdonald
Boston
Ninety Years of R S Stewart Celebrated in Town
R S Stewart born April 18 1807 in Walpole New Hampshire reached his 90th birthday with a Sunday celebration in town. A sketch notes his apprenticeship in Boston Concord marriage to Harriet Belding and building the house he occupies since 1837. Friends gifts flowers and cakes marked the day while his intellect remains sharp though eyesight fades. Letters from relatives in Illinois and distant grandchildren accompanied the tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Stewart
Rensselaer
Stewart
Boston
Concord
Harriet Belding
Mr. Stewart
Illinois
Ethel Warren
Ninety Years Of Life And Faith In A Birthday Poem
A multi-part verse suite meditates on aging and lineage. The poem honors a 90th birthday, praising enduring faith, memory and love from kin across regions. It is followed by church notices listing services for First Parish Unitarian Trinity Episcopal Scandinavian M E Church and related gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Protestant Episcopal
Sudden Death of Mrs Lucy Buttrick in Concord
Mrs Lucy Buttrick aged 66 died suddenly last Saturday about 1 am after a brief illness. Born in Roxbury and raised in Concord, she led the Ladies Charitable Society as president for nine years and was highly active in charity work. Survived by her son Thomas T. Buttrick of Malone New York and daughter, wife of Herbert W. Hosmer of Concord, with two brothers Albert Tolman of Auburndale and George Tolman of Concord. Captain Humphrey H. Buttrick, her husband, died four years ago after Civil War service. Funeral held at her home on Tuesday with large attendance. The Unitarian minister Mr Macdonald presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Buttrick
Concord
Elisha
Henrietta Tolman
Thomas T. Buttrick
Malone
N. Y
Herbert W. Hosmer
Ladies Charitable Society
Charity
Macdonald
Unitarian Church
Buttrick
Albert Tolman
Auburndale
George Tolman
Humphrey H. Buttrick
Whereabouts of Henry Porter’s children sought in Nova Scotia
Notice states that information on the locations of any of Henry Porter’s children in Coldbrook Kings County Nova Scotia will be welcomed by writing to W Enterprise Office Marlboro Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry, Porter
Coldbrook
Kings Co
Nova Scotia
W. Enterprise Office
Marlboro
Mass
Concord Advertisements and Local Listings
Local trade notices from Concord and Boston markets include milch cows and springers for sale or trade, Vermont butter, paper hangings and rolls, farm tools, and seeds. Listings also promote maple products, fruit plants, hats, asparagus roots, dairy services, and engraving services at Concord Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Carr
Monument Street
Eastern Market
Boston
Union Station
Nathan F. Derby
H. L. Whitcomb
Towle & Kent's
Geo. F. Wheeler
Philadelphia
F. B. Chase’s
C. E. Brown
S. Asparagus Roots
A. F. Hitchings
Concord
Mass
C. E. Brown's
Towle & Kent
S. H
Concord Junction
Weather summary for week ending April 19 1897
The report shows a maximum 68 and minimum 25 with a weekly mean of 49.4 and total precipitation 0.49 inch. A rare cold wave dropped from 68 to 20 in 17 hours from April 19 to 20. Oliver Tower notes the unusual spring drop. Advertisements urge DeWitt's Little Early Risers from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Tower
One Minute Cough Cure Advertisement
Croup and whooping cough or childhood’s terrors can be quickly cured by using One Minute Cough Cure. Bb. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C. H. Whitney Concord H. A Littlefield West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H.A. Littlefield
West Acton
Bb. F. Johnson & Son
H. A Littlefield
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Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
God
First Parish
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Darling
Ben
W. Brown
Stockbridge Special Fertilizers
Pillsbury’s
Concord Clothing CO
Friend’s Block
Concord, Mass
Westvale Wooolen Must
Westvale
Canada
F. Br, R
Milloam Bicycle Store
Old Post Office
Main St
COMET
Gendron Stearns Snell
Reliance Fowler Transit White
Wolff
Remington
John M. Keyes
Iad
H. S. Richardson
Pharmacist Concord
Mabel D. Fritz
Oxford Terrace
Suite 4
Black & Russet Goods
Crawford
Maurice McWalter
Main Street
N. Raymond Pratt
P. O
Sudbury, Mass
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