Local News Roundup From Concord and Surrounding Areas
Concord residents share visits and travel reports as James C. Howard calls on Randolph and Miss Netta Brown returns from Shirley. The Missee Weir visit East Milton while Mrs Terms Hollis stays at Braley's Island Maine. A new wooden bridge is being installed by the F R R over the river. John Titcomb and wife visit Dr George E Titcomb in St Johnsbury. The Barkers return from a two week stay with Edwin Barker in South Acton. Fitchburg rail line work moves toward a new tunnel at Hosmer crossing. Mrs George W Towle and children return from a visit with Mrs William Stratton of South Framingham. Mrs H H Chapman visits her brother W G Dunn in Clinton then plans winter in California. High school work remains unfinished but expected to complete before pupils reopen. Miss Mary How dies at Hubbard Street home aged 74 years five months. Funeral held Monday at her residence. Michael Wallace dies on Elsinore Street aged 61, longtime Fitchburg railroad worker. survived by wife and five children. funeral Tuesday morning.
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James C. Howard
Randolph
Netta Brown
Shirley
Missee Weir
East Milton
Terms Hollis
Braley’s Island
John Titcomb
St Johnsbury
Titcomb
George E. Titcomb
D. F. Barker
Edwin F. Barker
South Acton
Hosmer Crossing
Fitchburg
George W. Towle
William Stratton
South Framingham
H. H. Chapman
W. G. Dunn
Clinton
California
Mary How
George P. How
Hubbard Street
Concord
Michael Wallace
Elsinore Street
Hart
Fall River
Mre Chaplin
Bowker
Flora
Watson
Cottage City
Ruee Grant
Fairlee Lake
Mr Campbell
Maine
Alice Peabody
Danvers
Stella Chaplin
B. F. Russell
Nantucket
Captain Gardner
Acton
McKenzie
Salem
Concord Council R. A
Hawthorne
A. G. Smith
F. H. Watson
C. F. Judge
F. N. Burrill
Alonzo Joy
John H. Adams
New Brunswick
Fitchburg Railroad
Chaplin
A Flurry Among Politicians
A revived election law section causes concern among political actors. The roll call nomination process, seen in a 10 delegate convention example, can nominate a candidate with a minority if vote distribution shifts. The clause, pushed by Colonel Clarke of Wellsey, aims to expose vote bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Clarke
Wellesley
Fitchburg Normal School Opens With Several Courses
Newly erected at a cost of about 180000 the Fitchburg Normal School offers general two and three year courses a kindergarten program and a one year course for college graduates and experienced teachers Examinations for admission to the general and kindergarten courses will be held at the normal school on September 7 and 8 starting at 9 a.m Those entering special courses should consult the principal Catalogues and sample examination papers are mailed on request John G Thompson Principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Normal School
John G. Thompson
Prosperity Arrives At Our Gates As A Welcome Guest
J. D. Murray announces a broad stock of household needs to greet returning patrons after summer, promising imported and domestic groceries, furniture, bedding, crockery, wooden ware, tin ware, house furnishings, toys, dolls, and various goods to stock attic to cellar for reopening of homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Murray
The Village Clock Becomes Town Clock Debate
The town Meet ing discusses repair or replacement of the village clock. A Boston clock expert has trouble with the mechanism as it often stops and misstrikes, suggesting replacing the blacksmith with a fitter for accurate striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Letters Advertised Concord Post Office Week End Aug 24 1897
The Concord post office lists advertised letters for the week ending August 24 1897. Names include Wm Buttrick P M W Action Seamore Baker Henry Conant James Cunningham Fred Carlson Fred Gowing 2 David Jame son M B Keith 2 etc among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Post Office
Wm. Buttrick
P. M. W. Action
Seamore Baker
Henry Conant
James Cunningham
Fred Carlson
Fred Gowing
David Jameson
M. B. Keith
Thos Keefe
L. J. Kilduff
H. M. Lane
Knut Ljungdahl
Amos Marryatt
Michael Malaney
Peter Malaney
Mass R. Stone Co
Alexander McCabe
Charles D. Nichols
Among the Churches in Town
Church notices list services for FIRST PARISH UNITARIAN TRINITY EPISCOPAL TRINITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL and SCANDINAVIAN M E CHURCH with pastors Rev Loren B McDonald Rev Geo A Tewksbury Rev J P Anderson and Rev J P Anderson, morning and evening services on Sundays and midweek meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish
Unitarian
Loren B. McDonald
Young People’s Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Geo. A. Tewksbury
Scandinavian M. E
J. P. Anderson
Concord Locals Ad Offers Various Goods and Services
Concord notices advertise laundry services with Noyes Brothers agent H L Whitcomb and timed returns for goods left before Tuesday. C E Browns offers straw millinery plants and strawberry varieties. Contacts include George F Wheeler and E L Miner for corsets neckwear clocks and repairs. Ice cream delivery via F B Chase. Cedar round bottom boat for sale from John O Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Whitcomb
Noyes Brothers
C. E. Brown’s
B. Chase's
C. E. Brown
Miss
Free Life Pills Offered by Bucklen Co
Free sample boxes of Dr. King s New Life Pills are advertised by H E Bucklen & Co Chicago. The pills are claimed to ease constipation and headaches and aid malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients and no deleterious substances. Regular size 25 cents per box sold by B F Johnson Son and John C Friend Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
John C. Friend
Concord
Concord Junction News Roundup of Local Tastings and Travels
Concord Junction reports on residents returning from Nantucket and Acton, visits by Mrs Chaplin and Mrs Bowker, and Rev Campbell’s Maine vacation. town notes include a rifle match score, road repairs on Commonwealth Avenue, a barn fire at Ac ton, and a noted excursion to Salem Willows with dense fog. Church notices skip Sunday service to September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Avenue
Musketaquid Club
Corinthian Lodge F
A. M
Hawthorne
O. E
Salem Willows
Morrison
Salem and
Lyne
Salem
Chase’s
New England Crops Suffer In Poor Weather Across States
Weather across New England this week mixed sunshine and showers with cool nights near frost. Potatoes show widespread rust and small tubers. corn harvest limited. oats and rye affected by rust. cranberry and fruit crops down. hay and vegetables variable with regional differences in Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Sale of Woodland Parcel in Concord Massachusetts
Probate sale of nine acre woodland in Concord Middlesex described by metes and bounds. Auction on September fourth 1897 at three o clock PM on the premises. Cash payment of one hundred dollars due at sale. balance and deed within ten days. Maynard August 16 1897 Huena H McGrath Administrator Thomas Hillis Maynard Mass attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Cambridge
Littleton
Acton
Gogea Caae
Theo
C. Hurp
H. C. Sherwin
Elizabeth Coughlin
Sudbury
Concord
J. C. Dakin
Cyrus Hosmer
John Brown
Browns
Bridget Murphy
Middlesex ‘South District
Maynard
Huena H. McGratt
Thomas Hillis
Maynard Mass
Atty
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Royal Baking Powder 60
New York
Episcopal
Trinitarian Congregational
Concord Junction
Mrs Campbell
Margaret
Mrs O
Providence
Officer Browning
Wright
Union Church
Mudge
Farrington
Lynn
Wm Chaplin
Coolidge
Loring N. Fowler
Oswald Eckloff
Nostram
Reformatory
Harness Co
Holliston
Hughes & Co
Maker
Flagg & Russell
John D. Wilson
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Eustace W. and
Ethel G. Blossom
Waltham
Heavy Artillery
Annursnac
Mattie Brooks
F. P. Brooks
Bernard Copping
Wm J. Batt
W.S. Leland
Winslow Russell
Lee Abbott
Clara Chaplin
Clara F. Hart
W. W. Campbell
Armour Soups
L.n.fowler & Co
Pine Grove
Westvale
B. R. Joyce
Fowler’s
O. L. Dart
New England
Concord Clothing Co
Friend’s Block
Concord, Mass
Whstvale Wooolehn Mill
Mass
Board OF County Commissioners
County OF
Ayer
Alonzo L. Shuttle
Fort
Leominster
Highway
Herbert J. Harwood
Benj, W. Brown
Brook’s
Planet Jr
Bowker's
Pillsbury’ S
Richardson
H. S. Richardson
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