Baking Powder Controversy in Kitchens
A fragment notes cheap baking powders issued under the banner of certain remedies. It warns that some powders sold in kitchens or cooking schools may be inferior and contain lime alum or sulphuric acid.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1893
Page
5
A fragment notes cheap baking powders issued under the banner of certain remedies. It warns that some powders sold in kitchens or cooking schools may be inferior and contain lime alum or sulphuric acid.
Samuel Wood of Northboro visits Concord while Lilla M Phelps stays with Mrs E W Wright in Lowell. A Clin ton sight seeing barge and a Winchester party pass through. Benjamin Clark moves his barn to a modern structure and the weather records note 9 clear days 12 partly cloudy and 9 cloudy. At Concord lodge No 212 I O C F officers are elected for the term ending Dec 31 A J Bean G F Knowles N G P W Allen V G Installation set for July 6 with a collation to follow.
The Fourth featured a long antique parade from Lowell road with Chief Marshal S. H. Tuttle. Highlights included a Middle sex hotel wagon, antique shoe displays, a flour barrel costume, and Paul Revere lanterns. Eugene McCarthy won best getup for a home made bicycle. Concord Antiquarian Society members won best local hit. judges were Colonel Barrett Captain Cutter and Selectman Buttrick.
Concord Massachusetts monthly weather report for June 1893 shows mean barometer 30.018 inches highest 30.32 on the 1st lowest 29.74 on the 21st. Mean temperature 64.8 with mean maximum 75.0 and minimum 54.7. Prevailing wind from the north east. total movement 4080 miles. greatest daily movement 268 miles on the 17th. Precipitation total 2.95 inches with 11 days reporting 0.01 inch or more.
In Concord on July 17 the show drew high praise from the Paterson Daily Call describing Hunting's Circus and Menagerie as the best old time performance ever exhibited there. The review notes it is a first class show and the management fulfills its advertised promises, with press and public in intense enthusiasm.
Rev. B R Bulkeley leads Unitarians with services at 10 45 a m and Rev Gee A Tewksbury presides over Trinitarian Congregational with two services at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m. YP SCE meets 6 30 p m and Friday prayer 7 30 p m.
A crowded column lists goods for sale and services from H L Whitcomb and others, including toys, hardware, laundry, and hammocks. It notes arrivals of visitors, farm work, horse shoer, Concord views, and local events plus a Fourth of July reflection and thanks.
Arthur W. Wright went to Cottage City Wednesday as Lacouture court is to be cared for with stone. A new gas plant will connect with city water. Jose O. Buisson left Carter & Co. J Alden Rice visited his sister in Fitchburg Friday. Miss Josie Morse visited Douglass this week.
Auctioneer O H Forbush sells on North Acton farms and Hendley Wheeler places on July 6 to 7 and 8, including E J Robbins and Samuel Hosmer listings. Household goods from John Redfearn West Acton offered July 13. items described as modern and desirable due to Redfearn family moving to England amid Mrs Redfearn illness.
Advertised salve claims to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and to medically cure piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at 250 cents per box, sold by B. F. Johnson & Sons Maynard and J. C. Friend Concord.
If you feel weak or sick with La Grippe or headaches, Electric Bitters are promoted as a liver stomach and kidney aid. The ad asserts permanent relief and urges purchase of large bottles at B F Johnson Son's Drug Store and J C Friend in Concord.
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