Books Added to Concord Public Library in December 1896
A catalog style list records new library acquisitions including Balzac Juana Bidd Barnes Naval actions of the war of 1812 and many titles by Beard Bellamy Dumas Morison and Sienkiewiecz among others. The entries specify authors and call numbers or prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordree
Balzac
Arcis
Juana
Bidd Barnes
Barre
Margaret Ogilvy
Tommy
Beard
Bellamy
Bloomfield
France
Louis XIV
R.L Canton
W. Vv
Child
New England
Campayre
Abelard
R. L. Dobson
Dumas
Mary Stuart
Queen of Scots
Earle
Meissonier
RL. Hamerton
R.L. Hamlin
Nan
Camp Chicopee
Harper's Dictionary of
Georgia
Jane
Stege
Victor
Kirkland
Italy
Loomis
Africa
Matthew
Northend
Bay Colony
Mass
Owen
Pool
Sargent
Silva
North America
R. L. Shorter
Charlotte Bronte
Sienkiewiecz
Stockton, New Jersey
Thayer
Twombly
Michelangelo
Milton
Whitney
Whymper
Concord Antiquarian Society Seeks Unpublished Works
The Concord Antiquarian Society forms a committee led by William Barrett Thomas Topp Ellen T. Emerson Jane Hosmer Assy F. GourcGas to collect all unpublished writings of the late George Bradford Bartlett. They request copies from readers and any addresses of others with his writings to complete a posthumous collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Antiquarian Society
George Bradford Bartlett
Bartlett
William Barrettt
Thomas Topp
Ellen T. Emerson
Jane Hosmer
Assy F. GourcGas
Trinitarian Church Sets New Year Services Plan
The church schedules a preparatory service with lecture on Friday January 1 1897 at 730 pm. Communion will be observed next Sunday with members being received. A New Year service follows Sunday at 730 pm titled The Consecration of the Year to What. Week of prayer begins Monday with daily meetings and a prepared program. More than 100 pledge cards indicate intent to use weekly offerings. the first envelopes return next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Noll
Hawthorne Chapter
O. E
Sarah Young
Justin W. Ford
Walter C. David
Mr. David
Miller Lecture on The Uses of Ugliness Draws Praise
Mr. Miller’s Lyceum lecture last week drew a full house with a rare treat on The Uses of Ugliness. The talk praised Washington Lincoln Talmage and Beecher, contrasted neat dress with foppish style, and noted English humor. The audience hopes to hear him again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Miller
Mr. Miller
Washington
Lincoln
Talmage
Beecher
Chauncy Depew
Concord Mass 1896 Notice Mentions Local Names
Wm Buttrick P M lists residents and visitors at Concord Massachusetts on December 29 1896. Report notes thermometer at 18 below at W D Cross home Monday morning. Mentions old post delivery and new phone contrast with One Minute Cough Cure provided by local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Cross
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West
Barnes Murder Case Draws Unprecedented Concord Crowd
Lorenzo Barnes accused of killing John Deane of Maynard was brought from East Cambridge jail for a preliminary hearing. The packed Concord district court room heard the case and the hearing was continued to January 8 at the defendant’s counsel request. An inquest was scheduled for Tuesday and all witnesses were held for it in private sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord District Court Room
Lorenzo Barnes
John Deane
Maynard
East Cambridge
Craig and
Clahane
Concord
Barnes
John M. O'Neil
Sudbury
Religious Services and Schedules at Local Churches
The town churches list Sunday and weekday gatherings. First Parish Unitarian led by Rev. Loren B. Macdonald offers 10.45 am service and 12 pm Sunday school with evening meetings 7 pm on first and third Sundays November through June. Trinity Church holds 10.45 am prayers and sermon, 12 pm Sunday school. Other districts include the Unitarian Congregational and Scandinavian M E Church with 6.30 pm youth and Friday prayer meetings and 7.45 pm clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish
Unitarian
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild
Trinity Church
Irinitarian Congregational
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Scandinavian M. E
J. P. Anderson
Local notices and shop notices from Concord area
Listings announce tax collector hours at J C Friends drug store. Noyes Brothers laundry agent H L Whitcomb. store return policy. Gall cure for sale at G H Hopkins. real estate for sale and to let including Chapman house and Lowell road property. carriages trimming and ropes at Hopkins. Towle Kent offers Cal. Walnuts and skates. sale on overcoats at C E Brown. furnished room for rent near Public Library. axes handles at Towle Kent. English Iron Stone China crockery. magazine subscriptions via Mrs C F Smith. sleighs and cutters by P W White. fish bait by Geo D Hubbard. Dr Towne rental rooms. holiday goods marked down at C E Brown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Friend’s Drug Store
H. L. Whitcomb
Noyes Brothers
G. H. Hopkins
Main Street
John H. Chapman
G. St. L Abbott
Lowell Road
Miss Kennedy
Miss Andrews
Prescott Keyes
Concord
Tremont Street
Boston
Geo. H. ‘Hopkins
Towle & Kent
Albereen
Towle & Kent's
Ladies Home Journal
the Outlook
Child Garden
P. W. White
Geo. D. Hubbard
Dr. Towne
Friends Block
C. E. Brown
Local notes and community updates from Fitchburg area
Alfred Cobleigh of Fitchburg visits town for two days while Chas Burroughs of Concord spends time at home. Smith College women receive two weeks vacation. Miss Mary Nelson returns home. Local work crews finish a stable for C A Perkins of Windsor cash store. Grange officers elected led by Master T Nelson and Treasurer W H Forbush. Various teaching, social, and business items close with an advertisement for De Witt’s Little Early Risers pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Cobleigh
Fitchburg
Chas. H. Burroughs
Concord
N. H
Smith College
Mary Nelson
W. H. Forbush
Edw. Wetherbee
C. A. Perkins
Windsor
Florence Wetherbee
Marion Burroughs
Concord Junction News and Notices Roundup
W A Hart visits Fall River relatives. Local clubs plan events and posters advertise masquerades. Church notes show meetings and elections. Reformatory visitors honored Milton M Butcher. Off the track reports detail three derailments. Local ads offer repairs, jewelry, and groceries. One Minute Cough Cure praised for croup relief.
Soft sponge bath delights child with Jasmine Lotion Soap
A fragment notes a child growing fond of baths after discovering a soft sponge. It advises using Jasmine Lotion Soap and mentions a full line of Pure Drugs available.
Winter goods ad by H S Richardson Concord pharmacist
H S Richardson, pharmacist in Concord, promotes winter footwear noting long wear and savings from half soles. Encourages customers to call, try, and buy the shoes, highlighting value and durability.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Books
Concord, Mass
Wm. Buttrick
P. M
Wm. Barry
M. D
Gust. Bensin
M. J. A. Daniels
A. Framingham
F. E. Haynes
Keyes
Fran Leavitt
John G. McKenzie
George Miles
A. Rocchicioli
Henry A. Smith
Havelock Tabor
Isaac Wheeler
Benett
Harriet M. Fletcher
Winnie Hannelly
Amanda Johnson
Hannah Locke
Maggie McDonald
Jennie G. Noyes
Mary F. Rust
Cora Whitney
Clads
Boxboro
de Witt
West Acton
Concord Junction
W. A. Hart
Fall River
Musketaqydd
Union Church
K. T. McKenzie
Fred A. Barrell
Waltham
W. W. Blossom
Jewelers
Barrell & Blossom
Corinthian Lodge F
A. M
Concord Junction Land Company
Charles B. Rogers
Casper Jenney
Waldo Lapham
N. Y
N. H. and
Doctor”’ Church
Lowell
Iron Bridge
W. W. Campbell
E. W. Blossom
B. F. Johnson, & Son
Concord Lyceum
Mozart Symphony Club
New York
M. Blodeck
M. Stoelzer
Otto Lund
Herr Theo. Hoch
Richard Stoelzer
Mario Blodeck
Marie Louise Gumner
Amour
Herr Theo, Hock
da Gamba
Ashley P. How
Peter H. Bullock
John M. Keyes
Board of Directors
Benj, W. Brown
Dakota
F. R. R. Station
Wes
Reefers
Friend’s Block
Him
Richardson
Pharmacist
Mags
Maurice McWalter
Ernest Hosmer
D. D
Acton
West Vale Woolen Mill
Cotoa Kinges
Westvale, Mass
Herbert L. Brown
Hudson, Mass
Hudson
Enterprise Coupon
Herbert L. Brows
Main St
Hodson, Mass
Copartnership
Concord National Bank
Concord National Bank of Concord
C. Fav Herwood
Cashier
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