Town Gossip Shares Weekend Visits and Local News
Edward Surette spent Sunday with his parents. Miss Nellie Maguire is confined to home with the grip. Nelson Barrett plans to reside in Boston during winter. Mrs. P. H. Underhill visits Boston for a week. Miss Mamie Towle visited the Towle home in Providence. Co. I Sixth Regiment plans a subscription dance on the 25th. A Maynard sleigh party woke the milldam Friday evening. John W. Cull debuts in the auctioneering line. Genial John Watson resumes duties at H. S. Richardson's after the grip. Frank Pierce replaces old sign with a new painted one. An agreeable change, surely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Maguire
F. B. Sellers
Boston
Nelson Barrett
Woodford Coy
Miss Kennedy
Bow Street
P. H. Underhill
Thoreau
Phil Emmott
Bardett’s
Mamie Towle
Providence
Charles H. Towle
Frank Nichols
Maynard
William Downey
Emerson School
Frank Derby
John W. Cull
John Watson
H. S. Richardson’s
Frank Pierce
Boston Rivals Impress Concord With Concert and Readings
The Lyceum course last week drew a large audience for a Boston Rivals program featuring contralto Miss Spencer and reader Miss Sutherland. Pianist Mies Paradis, recalled after each number, delighted listeners, while violinist Felix Winternitz, a repeat favorite, earned strong praise for mastery and expressive tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lyceum
Spencer
Concord
Sutherland
Mies Paradis
Rogers
Felix Winternitz
Winternitz
Concord 1897 list of residents and officials
At Concord Massachusetts on February 9 1897 a list includes Wm Buttrick P M Chas A Bailey B E Berry James Carter J G Cleveland Robert R Dawes John Everson Joseph L East land Leonard Fiske Wm Ford M F Hosmer M Keyes C A Martin R H Richards Henry Royce Howarth Soren Dr George Tarbell W S Tower W H Whitcomb Mrs J L Burt Mrs Hank Miss Lila Marr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Wm. Buttrick
P. M. Chas
A. Bailey
B. E. Berry
James Carter
J. G. Cleveland
Robert R. Dawes
John Everson
Joseph L. Eastland
Leonard Fiske
Wm. Ford
M. F. Hosmer
M. Keyes
C. A. Martin
R. H. Richards
Henry Royce
Howarth Sorensen
George Tarbell
W. S
Weather Summary for Week Ending February 8, 1897
The week ended at 7 pm February 8 reported a maximum of 44 degrees February and a minimum of -6. The weekly temperature range was 50 and the mean 24.0. Total precipitation was 0.07 inch. Snowfall and rain from the warm spell on Sunday raised the river level several inches.
Famine in India Worsens as Relief Struggles Mount
A special correspondent reports that Bilaspur and Katni poorhouses house severely malnourished inmates with overcrowding and lack of medical care. In Jabbulpore famine now stretches across 1200 by 400 miles, with 750000 residents and 120000 on relief, a number expected to rise to 240000 by May. Cholera and deadly conditions threaten further in the central Indian belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabbulpoor
India
Bilaspur
Katni
Assam
Rawalpindi
Bellary
Jubbulpoor
Kurai
Mandaid
Desire to Annex Crete Sparks Turmoil Across Europe
Reports from London and Athens describe Greek agitators provoking Christian–Muslim clashes in Crete as Turkish forces mobilize. The crisis threatens European peace and prompts calls for pressure on Greece to avoid wider conflict with Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Crete
Europe
Turkey
Greece
Constantinople
Times
Canea
Heraklion
Galata
Church Services and Schedules List
Local congregations publish Sunday times and midweek meetings. First Parish Unitarian lists 10 45 a m service and 12 m Sunday school with evening meetings on first and third Sundays at 7 40. Trinity Church holds 10 45 a m service with 12 m Sunday school. Trinitarian Congregational notes 6 30 p m Y P S C E and Friday prayer. Scandinavian M E Church offers 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m services with Friday class at 7 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish
Unitarian
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Trinitarian Congregational
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Y. P
Scandinavian M. E
J. P. Anderson
Local Advertisements and Property Listings
A compilation of classified notices including requests for housework help, property for sale on Main Street and Lowell Road, rental opportunities, business notices for laundry services and chocolate and honey sales, Valentine specials, and promotions for reduced prices on garments and canned goods. Includes contact leads for Prescott Keyes Concord and F B Chase Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Whitcomb
Noyes Brothers
Main Street
John H. Chapman
G. St. L Abbott
Lowell Road
Miss Kennedy
Miss Andrews
Prescott Keyes
Concord
Tremont Street
Boston
Lowney
F. B. Chase's
Towle & Kent
Hamburg
Torchon
Val
C. E. Brown's
Massachusetts
I. B. Chase
Scriptures Laundry
Merchants appeal for Concord shoppers with broad stock and fares
A seller urges Boston style shopping but invites Concord customers to visit an upper store offering a wide array of furniture bedding crockery glassware and household goods at prices lower than downtown. He highlights groceries with twelve tea varieties from 40 cents to 3.06 per pound and endorses Formosa Colony and English Breakfast teas as economical options. The ad promotes ordering from The Enterprise Printing Co. for neat printing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Concord
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Edward Surette
W.D. Cross & Co
Carroll Hutchins
Florida
Frederick Holland
Philadelphia
Cyrus Cook
Nellie Linder
M. Chas. Prescott
Frep A
Island
Athens
Stais
Smolenits
Bram
United States District Court
Brown
Herbert Fuller
Nash
Corcord
N. H
Robert N. Rolfe
Third Regiment
New Hampshire National Guard
Bristol
Towle & Kent's
Whitcomb’s
F. B. Chase’s
Miss Buck’s
The
Enterprise Printing Co
Valentines
COMTC
B. Chase
E. A. Bradish
Ben
W. Brown
Dakota
BEST
Concord, Mass
Sika
H. S. Richardson
Pharmacist
Maurice McWalter
Concord Lyceum
Sherman Hoar
Ashley P. How
Peter H. Bullock
John M. Keyes
Board of Directors
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Mary J. Gates
Acton
Hiram E. Gates
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Concord Clothing CO
Friend’s Block
Concord,Mass
West Valeh
Woolbnn
Midlil
Westvale
A. H. Haynes
Riverside Block
Herbert L. Brown
Hudson, Mass
Hudson
New England
Enterprise Coupon
Main St
Hodson, Mass
de Witt
Great Pile
B.F. Johnson & Son
C. H. Whitney
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Horace Tuttle
Boardin
Walden Street
Concord Mass
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