Concord notices and community updates this week
Reports from Concord include VanArman jewelry business closure and move to New York. Printing services offered by F B Taylor and Maynard. Street departments sanded ice coated streets. John M Keyes named lighting department head with lamp purchases at his store. Mainden resident Bernice Norwood staying with sister in Concord Junction to work in Boston. Wawthorne chapter of C H E S attended Miss Annie S funeral. Waltham factory office boys plan sleigh ride with supper and dance. Willow Rebekah lodge to install D D G M Alberta Ballwerner and guests on the 15th with supper at 6 30.
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VanArman
New York
F. B. Taylor & Maynard
Ae B
Hepley
Dow
Monument St. John
Keyes
Bernice Norwood
Maiden
Charles Wheaton
Willow Sr
Boston
Wawthorne
C. HE
M. Bullock
Waltham Suite
Concord
Emerson Statue Fund Drive Reopens for Support
A revived drive seeks 13000 more for a 20000 Emerson statue fund. Citizens urged to contribute, even pennies from children, to place a Ralph Waldo Emerson monument in the town square with sculptor Daniel French chosen. The campaign follows a prior San Francisco relief appeal and relies on broad local cooperation.
Western Campaign by Campbell for Blind Charles Campbell
C F F Campbell superintendent of the Mass Commission for the Blind conducted a 27 day lecture tour in Ohio. He spoke in 29 towns reaching about 15 000 people over 2000 miles and drew the largest crowd of 1000 in Cleveland, where he was invited back for a second date.
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C. F. F. Campbell
Charles F. F. Campbell
Concord High
Ohio
Campbell
Industrial Department
Mass
Commission of
State Commission
Ohio Board
Cleveland
Statue for Emerson Memorial Planned in Concord
A committee seeks funds to erect a statue of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord. Sculptor Daniel C. French has agreed to create the work, with a goal of 20000 dollars and about 7000 raised before the San Francisco quake redirected donations. Contributions are to be sent to Lee Higginson & Company at 50 State Street, Boston.
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Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Emerson
Daniel C. French
Emerson
San Francisco
Tuttle Secures Permit for Stable in Waltham
Horace Tuttle, after being denied permits in Waltham for a Hubbard Street stable and a Walden Street livery stable, obtained a permit to erect a sales stable at 4 Charles Street in Waltham following a public hearing.
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Horace Tuttle
Charles St
Waltham
Board of
Terr oSso
Hubbard At
Board of Health
Tuttle
Walden St
Aagg
Wes Concord Woman's Club Hosts Park Male Quartet
The Wes Concord Woman's Club held a Friday evening meeting in Odd Fellows hall with an entertainment program featuring the Park Male quartet and friends.
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Wes Concord Woman's Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Park
Engagements announced for Concord families
Two engagements announced in Concord involve Miss Ellen Forbes and Waldo Forbes and Miss Charlotte Irving Grinnell of New York with Alexander Forbes. The Forbes clan comes from Milton and Ralph Waldo Emerson lineage. Both grooms are Harvard graduates, one from the class of 1902 and the other two years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Ellen Forbes
Waldo Forbes
Charlotte Irving Grinnell
New York
Alexander Forbes
William.Hathaway Forbes
Milton
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard
Concord Lyceum program promises stellar music night
Concord hosts a Wednesday Lyceum program featuring soprano Bea trice Bowman Flint and Boston singer A. R. Frank with bass voice and pianist violinist Patty Flint. The Boston Symphony member accompanies, promising an excellent concert experience for local audiences.
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Concord
Lyceum
Beatrice Bowman Flint
Europe
A. R. Frank
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Patty Flint
Old Concord D A R Meeting Highlights Patriot Music
Old Concord chapter of D A R held at Mrs C F Bagarton s Main street Saturday afternoon. Nellie Rice Fiske regent of Wayside Inn spoke on patriotic music and was joined by singing from Mrs A B Messer and Miss Mary Jewksbury. A social hour followed with sandwiches cake chocolate and tea served by Mrs Charlies Prescott and Mrs Elmer Shattuck.
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Old Concord
C. F. Bagarton
Main St
Nellie Rice Fiske
Wayland
Wayside Inn
A. B. Messer
Mary Jewksbury
Charlies Prescott
Elmer Shattuck
Reception at Edgarton Home
A Wednesday afternoon reception at the Main Street residence of Mr and Mrs C F Edgarton honors their daughter Mildred who assisted in greeting 225 guests. The scene featured roses carnations violets and sweet peas with violet accents and green pink decor in the dining room a center of Killarney roses and elegant attire noted for Mrs Edgarton in black lace and Mildred in yellow satin with gold lace trims.
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Miss Edgarton
Killarney
Prize Winners Lester Tompkins' Birds Sweep Shows
Poultry fancier Lester Tompkins wins four blues and two fourths at Madison Square Gardens, dominating color and shape of Rhode Island Reds. He swept Chicago top prizes last month and ships eggs and birds nationwide and abroad to Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, England, and Hawaii. He plans to judge in Youngstown Ohio as Rhode Island Red club hosts its annual meeting. His farm on Lowell Road houses about 2000 purebred birds.
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Lester Tompkins
Madison Square Gardens
Rhode Island
Mr. Tompkins
New York
Chicago
Boston
Boston Poultry Association
Ompkins
Youngstown
Ohio State
Rhode Island Red Club
Tompkins
Lowell Road
Union
Austria
Germany
Denmark
France
England
Honolulu
W. C. T. U. Holds Annual Meeting Inspires Temperance Message
The W. C. T. U. met January 5 with nine members and two honorary guests. Mrs. H. C. Rolfe re-elected president and a full slate of officers named. Reports show over $60 spent locally on educational work. The group aims to save the young from alcohol's harm, with the motto Tremble, King Alcohol.
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Rolfe
H. C. Rolfe
Harvey Wheeler
A. W. Hunt
Horace Tuttle
Martin Tuttle
E. C. Damon
Treas
BE. C. Damon
J. Sheehan
Hellen O. Hubbard
Dora Farrar
B C. Damon
Scientific Temperance Institution
Flower Mission
Kate Varley
H. G . Rolfe
Sheehan
Bean
Garfield
Mirs. Adams
Foss
Hunt
Concord Locals and Socials Highlight Week
The town hall hosted a pupils dance from 7 to 9 Saturday night. Concord Grange plans installation of officers on January 18 with Mrs. Mabel Thompson and Mrs. Maria Gilmore as installing officers. Local ads seek old Concord pamphlets and housework workers, with multiple help-wanted notices and addresses in Concord Mass.
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Olive C. Gage
Concord Grange
Mabel Thompson
Hopkinton
Maria Gilmore
Westboro
Concord
Mass
Geo. B. Walcott
Monument St
Concord Centre
Fire Laddies Dance At Town Hall Social
Hose 1 members hosted a town hall dancing party Friday night with a good crowd present. Brigham's Marlboro orchestra provided twenty tunes dedicated to various people and events connected with the company. John Loftus directed with aides J Pinan Wheetha Jory Mullaney Thomas McWalter William Dempsey and Michael Mullaney assisting.
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Hose 1
Town Hall
Brigham
Orchestra of
Marlboro
John Loftus
J Pinan
Pee Wheetha
Jory
Are Mullaney
Thomas McWalter
Wikliam Dempsey
Michael Mullaney
Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Annual Meeting Notice
The Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company will hold its annual meeting at the Concord office in Massachusetts on Monday January 24 at 11 a m for the election of three directors for three years and to transact other business. Adams Tolman secretary Concord Massachusetts January 3 1910.
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Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Concord
Massachusetts
Adams Tolman
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Ralph Waldo Ame
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Regent of Wayside Inn
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Business Directory
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Grant St
Joseph Kulscar
New York Barber
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Bedford Acton
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Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance
H. S. Richardson
Concord, Mass
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Henry M. Pratt
Prop
Monument St., Concord
C. S. Towne
G. H. Hopkins
Archibald Buchanan
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Ames
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Cambridge Turnpike
Patch
M. H. Feehan
Teadstone
F. E. Harris
Bedford St
S Bet O and
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P. McColgan
Spencer Ave
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Boston & Maine
R. B
Charles Parker Tucker
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Hudson, Mass
James Devane
West Acton
de Cusine
Bryant
S. R. Garland
Maynard, Mass
Sidrie
Annie
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C. L. King
Maynard Block
Mase
Dennis Sheehan
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