Concord Ends 17 Town Meeting Articles Tuesday Night
Concord voters disposed of all remaining 17 town meeting articles Tuesday evening after a heated campaign. The session drew a large crowd, with many ladies in the gallery as officials voting to raise the assessor clerk’s pay, set tax dates, authorize borrowing, and accept the tenement house act. The town also approved land use for burial at N B Deaconess hospital and offered several bylaws, street extensions, and budget appropriations including 3000 for sprinkling streets and 500 for a winter skating rink. The ceremony also noted a marriage at St Bernard’s rectory between Miss Craig and Mr Blanchard.
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Concord
N. B. Deaconess Hospital
State Bureau of Statistics
Hapgood Wright
Lowell
Mass
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Fielding St
Union St
Wood St
Margueretta S. Putnam
Nashba St
Hayward St
Belknap St
Cambridge Turnpike Bridge
Concord Civic League Holds Annual Meeting in April
The Concord Civic League met on Thursday April 1. Officers elected for the next year include President Mrs George M Baker Vice President Rev 8 Dexter Treasurer C F Heywood and Secretary Miss BE. T merson. Executive committee members named Miss L Caroline Brown Joseph Dee Jr Edward McKenna and C Hayden Whitney. Membership stands at 239 with the next meeting scheduled for Thursday May 14.
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Concord Civic League
George. M. Baker
Dexter
C. F. Heywood
BE. T
Merson
L. Caroline Brown
Messrs
Joseph Dee Jr
Edward McKenna
C.hayden Whitney
League
Two Weddings In Craig Family Within A Week
Two weddings in the Craig family occurred within seven days. Chief of Police William Craig and his son Francis Leo Craig saw Elizabeth Frances Spiers wed Wednesday at St. Agnes church Arlington, with James H. Craig as best man. Julia C. Craig then married Nathan T. Blanchard on Saturday.
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William Craig
Francis Leo Craig
Elizabeth Frances Spiers
Arlington
Julia C. Craig
Nathan T. Blanchard
Spiers Craig
St. Agnes’ Church
Ethel M.spiers
James H. Craig
Wm. Fennessey
Co H Juniors Host Annual Dance on Patriots Day
The Co H Junior Promenade in the town hall drew a large crowd on Patriots Day Monday night. Presiding were Robert Harwood chairman and committee members Arthur Eldredge Jr Richard Dee Edward Furbur with matrons greeted guests beneath evergreen decor and flags. Wilsons Orchestra provided music into midnight. Refreshments were served and spectators enjoyed the scene of young ladies in dresses contrasting with dark-suited young men. Guests came from surrounding towns to Concord for the event marking a fitting close to the day. C Fay Heywood returned from Bermuda. The Union Patriotic service at First Parish Meeting House drew a good audience with remarks by L B Macdonald Smith Owen Dexter G A Tewksbury and E W Emerson and a chorus from local churches with Miss Mary V Tewksbury.
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Town Hall
Robert Harwood
Arthur Eldredge, Jr
Richard Dee
Edward Furber
Phyllis Dennison
Anna Clark
Helen Towle
Irma Durkee
Herbert J. Harwod
R.F. Wood
L. C. Weir
Harriet P. Rood
Missy Bertha Briggs
Fitchburg
Concord
C. Fay Heywood
Bermuda
Union Patriotic Service
L. B. Macdonald
Smith Owen Dexter
G. A. Tewksbury
E. W. Emerson
Mary V. Tewksbury
Meaning of Bronze Horses Hoofs On Gettysburg Statues
A look at equestrian statue conventions shows two hooves in the air indicate a killed rider one hoof raised signals a wounded rider and all four feet planted mean the subject survived. The piece also recalls Glasgow's 18th century burgher police system with unpaid guards patrolling city streets at night.
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Gettysburg
Glasgow
Scotland
Ship Heaven Not Fully Loaded Heads to Cardiff
A vessel named Heaven bound from Cardiff with a coal cargo was found short of a full load. The shipping agent ordered a telegraph to Heaven for more coal, prompting a moment of reflection by a colleague. The exchange highlights the oddities of a busy port and the need for prompt action.
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Heaven
Cardiff
Fixed for Life in the London Tatler
A dialogue reveals a tailor Timkins tasked with collecting a bill from an unnamed man. The speaker jokes about securing a permanent job at the London Tatler, signaling a light literary skit or column fragment with social wit.
For a Useful Life Has Fixed Food Sense
The guidance urges choosing a core worthy pursuit and shaping one’s life around it, aligning actions and choices with a central, meaningful goal to create a focused, purposeful existence.
Thirteen Dead in Ludlow Mine Battle Stirs West
Thirteen people are killed and scores injured as four hundred miners entrenched behind Ludlow clash for fourteen hours with state troops and mine guards. Fifteen hundred armed strikers head toward Ludlow as flames engulf the tent colony and women and children flee toward the depot.
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Ludlow
Denver
Trinidad
Colorado
Walsenburg
Samar
Ludhow
Elaine
Chase
P. J. Hen
Miller on Trial for Manslaughter in Harbor Express Wreck
Engineer April Miller faced manslaughter charges in New Haven jury trial over the Sept 24 wreck of the White Mountain express and Harbor express second section on the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Twenty one were killed and many injured as fog and drifting led to the disaster.
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Chi
White Des New Haven
Miller
White Mountain
Harbor Express
Haven
New York, New Haven
Hig Po
Bar Harbor
Charged with Assault in Providence District Court
Thomas de Palma and Rocco Rosetti were arraigned for assault with intent to kill in a district court here. Police say two more suspects in the attempted robbery near Centredale and Tillwater will be arrested soon. Rosetti says accomplices forced him to drive the car.
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Providence
Thomas de Palma
Rocco Rosetti
Centredale
Tillwater
Gorham
Rosetti
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