Concord Centennial Parade and Military Review Details
Sunrise ceremonies opened with a 44 gun battery salute. The Sixth regiment fire and drum corps led a parade to Fitchburg station, then to the armory and playground on Hubbard street. Major Darling conducted guard mount and drill. an ambulance detail stood ready. At noon a 19 gun salute rang out. Reeves' American band performed a concert on the common, now with a new bandstand. A 2:30 parade included Co L Boston, Co I Concord, Co D Fitchburg, Co B Fitchburg, and the Concord Ambulance, with the Musketaquid bicycle club and the Massachusetts bicycle club. The procession toured Hubbard St to Monument and Monument St to the Minute Man bridge for a 13 gun salute, then returned to the square for inspection by town officials. Evening dress parade preceded a 6 gun salute. The climax was a town hall concert by Reeves' band with a notable cornet and a Mapes composition from 1875. A buff and blue souvenir program featured Dan French's Minute Man and the North Bridge fight scene. Numerous town and Providence dignitaries attended the grand march and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nees Street
Fitchburg Station
Co. L
Boston
Co. D
Co. B
Fitchburg
Sixth Regiment
Hubbard Street
Charles K. Darling
Ambulance Corps
Rolie
Reeves
Providence
D. W. Reeves
Concord
Walden Street
Waltham Police
C. H. Taft
Clark + Reeves
American Band of
Fife and Drum Corps
B. Farnham Smith
Sixth’ Regiment
William J. Williams
Samuel H. Tuttle
John J. Shea
G. H. Priest
Rolfe
Stedman Buttrick
Dr. Beal
George M.baker
Musketaquid Bicycle Club
C. S. Rogers
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
Peck
Hubbard, Stow
Sudbury
Thoreau
Main
River
Monument
Monument Street
Harvey Wheeler
John Maynard Keyes
John B. Studley
William Barrett
Charles E.]brown
Edward J. Bartlett
George G. Russell
Lexington
Heywood
Walden
Hubbard
Band of
Noah
Sonora B. R. Church
Mapes
Dan French
North Bridge
Weto
Neitle
Aids
Wm. Barrett
E.aids
J. Mayrd Keyes
C. Fay. Heywood
Ashley P
W. A. Blaisdell
Thoreau St
Mass
Lowell Road
Miss Kennedy
Miss Andrews
Prescott Keyes
Court Street
H. L. Whitcomb
Noyes Brothers
Daniels
Towle & Kent
Whitcomb’s
C. E. Brown
Towle & Kent's
C. E. Brown's
Derby
E. A
J.W. Connor & Co
Maynard
Geo. F. Wheeler
Whitcomb's
P. O
Concord High School Voice
Whitcomb & Richardson’s
Kimball
Children’s Hour
Board of Health
Concord Public Library adds books in April
The April listing shows new acquisitions for the Concord free public library including Austen titles and a wide range of authors and works. Other items note local notices and advertisements from Concord merchants, with prices, contact points, and service offers for residents.
Open Meeting of D A R Old Concord Chapter
Old Concord chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held an open church meeting at First Parish, with delegates from chapters statewide in attendance. The program featured songs, prayers, readings on Concord history, and remarks by Hezekiah Butterworth praising Revolutionary figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Concord
Daughters of the American Revolution
Church of the First
America
Alfred T. Putnam
George A. Tewksbury
Daniel Lothrop
Columbia
Hezekiah Butterworth
Old North Church
Samuel Adams
Keller
Victoria Phelan
Edwins. Barrett
Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution
Concord
Charlotte W.W. Hawes
Flim Flam Show Comes to Town Amid Weekend Events
A traveling variety act headlines a busy weekend with games and other performances. The small-town audience enjoys a mix of entertainment and local gatherings as crowds fill the venue.
Clever thief tries to pass five in change
A man pretends to need a bill for five cents, then palms a five and a nickel. He offers four dollars in addition and asks for a ten dollar bill, hoping the clerk will miss the trick. The clerk alerts an officer. the suspect leaves.
Church services and meetings listed for Sunday schedule
Among the Churches notices list service times for Unitarian Morning Service at 10 45 a m Sunday school noon Guild meets April 28 on Unitarian Belief In the Moral Government of the World Protestant Episcopal Church morning prayer litany sermon 10 45 a m 12 m Sunday school 7 30 p m Evening prayer All seats free Sainitarian Congregational Rev Geo A Tewksbury pastor Y P S C E 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Friday 7 30 Scandinavian M E Church Rev J P Anderson pastor services Sundays 10 30 a m and 7 30 pm class meeting Friday 7 45 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sainitarian Congregational
Geo. A. Tewksbury
Scandinavian M. E
J. P. Anderson
Spring Cleaning for Body and Home
The text urges a thorough spring cleaning of the body as the most effective and quick way to dispel winter blood buildup. It compares cleansing the body to cleaning the house, claiming fever can be avoided by anticipatory purification and promising easy, comfortable, and satisfactory results with a suitable method.
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Richardarrett
Chiafroian
Henry J. Hos
Edwin
Barrett
1H. Hunt
George E. Titcomb
A. B.C. Dakin
Frank E. Cotter
James B. Wood
Henry J. Walcott
Wm. Wheeler
Bedward Hudson
John L. Gilmore
T. Quincy Browne
Burroughs
Davidson
Jeanie S. Barrett
Walsh
Mary Hutchins
Thomas
Mies Flora Packard
New Books
Concord Free Public Library
Austen
Lady Susan
Baldwin
Mentala
Barr
Bekelas
Bolles
Chocorua
Brooks
Brown
Ting Et Te Mans
Campbell
Chambers
Clodd
Couch
Cust
Cutts
Augustine of Canterbury
Ditchfield
Dougall
Mermaid
Pa Forbes
Colin Campbell
Gerard
Gibbs
Napoleon
Halle
U. S
Hatton
Jessop Blythe
Haeckel
Hearn
Holcombe
Hull House
Keppel and Hillier
King
Lowe
Prince Bismarck
Lucy
Gladstone
McMaster
United States
R. L
Moliere
Montpensier
Morrison
Nodier
Trilby
Argyle
Nordau
Norman
Far ‘ East
Paine
Pendleton
Ham
Pole
Prince
Christine Rochefort
Ragozin
Raum
Raymond
Tryphena
Rockhill
Mongolia
Tibet
Ruggles
Shakespeare
Russell
Russia
Sargent
Schindler
Young West
Schreiber
R. L Shelton
Oan M. Keyes
Homas Todd
Josefi W.goofrey Health
D. of A. R
Unitarian
Protestant Episcopal Church
Dana
Sarsaparilla
Benj. W. Brown Wholesale and Retail Dealer
OWL Brand
Bowker’s Lawn
Bedford
Democrat
Canada
Ames
Chicago
Iowa
FRB
Monumental
Darling's Elk, Cor. Summer and
Nason Sts
Scone
Ss. Fowler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Samuel Taples
Concordia
Sarah E.staples
Cambridge
Concord Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
H. Folsom
Register
Tremont St
Ford
Mildred A. Rogers
Oratory
DiEv
Bertin Fertin
Twain
J. A. Saunders & Co
Efriend
Concord Mass
Westvale
Venient Apartment
Ralph H. Damon
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