Concord News Roundup Includes Visits and Local Events
Concord notes list Rev Grindall Reynolds returning from Fitzwilliam and others at fairs in Munroe Ballou Richard Wheeler and D C French vacations and work on Walden street building. A fire at Sleepy Hollow cemetery causes minor damage. A court case for Mrs Ducy and a long Will dispute with Patrick Sexton dominates local concerns. Weather summary and town hall work update conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F. Potter
Sleepy Hollow
James Ducy
Trees Used in Concord Campaign Flag Die in Self Defense
Five years after hanging a Democratic campaign flag from two Concord trees the trees showed trouble the following spring and nearly died. They recovered and were used again last fall before one tree died completely and the other was eighty percent gone, prompting their recent felling in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Unitarian and Trinitarian Services and Local Ads
List of upcoming religious services across Unitarian and Trinitarian churches with visiting ministers from August 6 to August 27 plus a run of local advertisements for Towle's hardware fruit jars and jelly tumblers base ball and tennis goods fishing gear bicycle tires and other items with store hours and delivery.
Remedy advertisement promises cure or money refunded
An old salve advertises itself as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions and claims to cure piles with a money back guarantee. Price is 25 cents per box and sales are made by B F Johnson & Sons Maynard and J C Friend Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Sons
Maynard
Local Notes West Acton Social Roundup
Mrs. C H Mead recovers with sister Deborah Bruce of Lynn caring for her. Olive Harper’s Home Dressmaking featured next week with more to come. A male choir of Hall brothers and H W Parker performs at the Baptist church. Grain dealer P B Sanborn of Chicago visited Mead and Port Huron interests noted. Galen Clark of Yosemite fame visits New England. three brothers from a nine-boy family met after 50 years, youngest 76. Christchurch choir boys concert drew large Universalist church audience with varied soprano songs and choruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Mead
Deborah Bruce
Lynn
Olive Harper
D. H
E. H
E. L. Hall
H. W. Parker
Baptist Church
P. B. Sanborn
Lasier, Timberlake Co
Chicago
C. H- Mead
Sanborn
New England
Port Huron
Mich
A.E. Mead
Galen Clark
California
Yosemite Valley
George F. Clark
Hingham
Mass
Universalist Church
Christchurch Choir Boys
New York City
Peter Corning Edwards, Jr
Eongs
Ferry
Shadowtown
DeKoven
Ne Florio
Bernard von Bergen
Cape Cod Canal Aims to Shorten Coastal Passage
The canal will run from Buzzards Bay to Barnstable Bay with 7.5 million dollars capital and a June 8 1898 completion target. If not finished on time the project pays 1500000 in penalties, with 1000000 to Bourne and 500000 to the state. success would shift ship panorama from Vineyard Sound to Buzzards Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Cape
Buzzards Bay
Barnstable Bay
Bourne
Vineyard Sound
Electric Bitters Cured Diverse Ailments Quickly
S. H. Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach disorder and liver trouble with poor appetite and wasting. Three bottles of Electric Bitters restored health. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Jr. had an eight year leg sore. after three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve the leg healed. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had five fever sores. one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Arnica Salve cured him. Sold at B F Johnson Sons Drug Store Maynard and J C Friend Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Clifford
New Cassel
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg Jr
John Speaker
Catawba
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
J. C.friend
Concord
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Grindall Reynolds
Fitzwilliam, N. H
Murray Ballou
Richard Wheeler
B. L. Bulkeley
William F. Gibson
The
Tilton, N. H. Female College
E. F. Phelps
John F. Manning
Boston
Com
Wheeler
George F. Wheeler
Elwell Place
Fairhaven Street
W. C. Buss
Mr. Hill of
Medford
Trinitarian Church
George A. Tewksbury
William Bowers
the Herald
Charlie
Bowers
Patrick Sexton
William
Margaret
Ellen
Tate
Mary
Cushing
E.jen E. Hayes
S. W
N. W
Frep A. Tower
Concord Junction
William Caldwell
Enfield
Conn
F. H. Burrill
Chatham
Hart
Woman’s Prison
Sherborn
Jennie Loring
C. H. Whitney
Johnson’s Pharmacy
Whitney's Pharmacy
Bordman Nor
Campbell
H. Marrs
W. Russell
W. W. Campbell
J. G. B. Adams
Reformatory
Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic
B. F. Johnson
Mr. Whitney
School of Pharmacy
Keane
Concord Reformatory
Archangel
Steve J. Hennessy
Steve
Boston Globe
Union Church
Association Hall
Albert George
Isaac Sampson
Stow
E. F. Wheeler
Porter Farm
Lampoon
Marlboro
West Acton
H. A. Littlefield
Weymouth
Littlefield’s
Littlefield's
Houghton & Whitcomb’s
C. J. Holton
S. R. Burroughs
H.A. Littlefield
Houghton& Whitcomb
Unitarian
B.R. Bulkeley
Unitarian Church
Charles E. St. John
Pittsburg
Penn
John Cuckson
Edward C. Guild
Brunswick
Maine
J. S. Thompson
Los Angeles
Cal
Geo. A. Tewksbury
Richardson
Towle’s
H. L. Whitcomb’s
White Mountain
Towles
E. F. Nealey
Fitchburg
C. E. Brown
S. Hunt
Lowney’s
P. W. White
Hunt
Dempsey’s
C. E. Brown’s
H. L. Whitcomb
N.S. Daniels
Bucklin’s
Arnica
Yours
New Wheeler & Wilson
F. J. Hastings & CO
South Acton
Concord Elevator
Canada
Tucker
E. Bothwell
Prop
John G. Watson
Columbia Bicycles
Richardson's
DR. F. S. Morton
Maynard Block
Maynard, Mass
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