Local News Roundup From Concord and Nearby Areas
Percy Foss enjoys a short vacation while Bemis paints his building in town. The Smith family visits for a few days as Mary Walsh visits Cambridge kin. Several residents plan or undertake summer trips to Holderness, Marblehead, Fitzwilliam, Petersham, and Europe. A studio recital delights at Mrs Browning’s, and aeronaut Charles Glidden attends with guests at Colonial Inn. John W Raymond installs Hudson Lodge officers. local rooms advertise TICLET-Rooms at Riverside Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Foss
Frank BE. Bemis
Theodore Smith
Mary Walsh
Cambridge
J. W. Milbury
Nathaniel Howe
Holderness
N. H
Fred Pratt
Marblehead
Samuel
Hoar
John
Europe
Emma Browning
Leland
Charles L. Glidden
Glidden
Fee
Bremen
Germany
Colonial Inn
Ruth
Hilda Raymond
Laconia
Mailed Letters and Property Rights in Postal Service
The article explains under U S postal rules a mailed letter remains the sender's property until delivery. The sender may reclaim it by proving authorship to the postmaster, and a letter can be recalled via telegraph before delivery. The state acts as the citizen’s agent, not master, in this process. Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Post Office Department
Washington Star
Tuning a Piano and the Tuner’s Birthright
An interview claims piano tuners are trained by birth since the tuner must sense vibrations inherently. It recalls Hans von Bülow’s temper while tuning a piano on stage, forcing the tuner to redo the work for hours after the musician’s outbursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans von Bulow
America
Herr von Bu
Spokane Sportsap Review
Parade Highlights Annual Antiques and Horribles Event
The second annual parade of antiques and horribles, led by chief marshal Samuel H. Tuttle, drew crowds along a Monument to Monuments route. Prizes honored comical entries, unfinished meeting house steeple, and dressed figures, with Married men beating Bachelors 10 to 6 in a 10 pm baseball game on the playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Tuttle
Monument
Lexington
Heywood
Walden
Hubbard, Thoreau
Main
River
Elm
Monuments
Walter A. Care
Prégeott Keyes
Harold J. Judkings
Bilis Richardson
John Titcomb
David Potter
Middlesex Hunt Club
Franklin N. Prescott
Everett &. Pierce
Henry J. Murray
Uncle Sam
Columbia
Caleb H. Wheeler
Kenneth B. iCook
Woman's Suffrage Club
Elfie Lowden
Elsie, Lowden
Grace Hunt
Bessie Hunt
Horne
Ware
Goulding
Gleason
Cullinane
Jennings
Foss
Itf
Tompkins
Thorpe
Hosmer
Franks
Urquhart
Rockwood
Miner
Edgartown
Richardson
Brown
Murray
Trinitarian Church notes 133rd Independence anniversary service
A large congregation attended a Trinitarian church service marking the 133rd independence anniversary. Hon. Herbert Parker of Boston delivered an address on Have We Kept the Faith with the Fathers. Rev. Charles F. Dole led prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Parker
Boston
Charles F. Dole
Jamaica Plain
Gertrude Todd
Shaw
Christian Endeavor
Lincoln confronts nervous visitor over troubling paper
The scene shows President Lincoln barring a troublesome agent who cannot meet his gaze. He accuses the man, demands the paper be taken back, and dismisses him with a sharp challenge. The dramatic exchange is recounted by T. B. Bancroft in McClure's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
T. B. Bancroft
McClure’s
Oriental Paragons and Filial Piety Legends
Sunday Magazine recounts Chinese and Japanese tales of the four and twenty paragons of filial piety. Stories include a boy melting ice to save his stepmother’s fish, a daughter clinging to a tiger to save her father, and Rorashi disguising himself as a baby to trick elderly parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Rorashi
Paragon
Children day concert at Scandinavian M E church
A July 4 program lists songs recitations and the crowd of participants. Edna Peterson Ruth Jacobson and Harold Kulberg are among the featured performers. The event ends with a farewell and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EB
Edna Peterson
Harold Kulberg
Anna Peterson
Ellen Anderson
Ralph Peterson
Frank Kulberg
Eilen Anderson
Florence Carlson
Medford K of C Beats Concord in 14 Inning Thriller
In Concord on Saturday Medford K of C defeated the Concord council team 4 to 3 in a 14 inning thriller. McDonald starred for Medford with 25 strikeouts, while Kenna pitched well for Concord. The game featured sharp defense and extended action, moving Medford to second place in the A division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Medford K. of C
Concord Council
K. of C
Medford
P. McNally
E. McDonald
Bulger Boys
Landry
Hopkins
McDonald
Hughes
Kenna
Medford K
C. Fahey
Bresnahan
McGuiness
D. McDonald
Ee O’connell
BE. McDonald
Concord K
Ot C
Po W. Bulger
Aes Landry
Ao M. Bulger
McHugh
Fitzpatrick
Hanley
Mansfield
O’connell
Willing to Try It Quote Exchange
A brief exchange contrasts pessimism and optimism over money. The Chicago News quotes a maxim about fools parting with their money, with the optimistic reply that wealth makes folly worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Family Prescience in a Fateful Household Clip
A compact gloss notes how families often misjudge a member for luck or misfortune. The piece reflects on fate and the quiet missteps that decide everyday outcomes within a clan.
Concord Men Enter Harvard Alumni Ranks
Three Concord youths Edward B. Caiger Roger Sherman Hoar and Samuel Hoar joined Harvard alumni after completing degrees. Caiger son of the late Dr Albert E Caiger of Boston studied law at Harvard and pursues music and church organ work. Hoar born in Waltham and educated at Concord schools Exeter and Harvard shows political and athletic achievement. Samuel Hoar famed for gridiron play and academic success plans a European summer before entering his profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfford
Harvard
Edward B. Caiger
Roger Sherman Hoar
Samuel Hoar
Albert E. Caiger
Boston
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Caiger
W. A. Locke
Cambridge
West
Acton Baptist Church
Harvard Law Club
Littleton Law Club
Concord Club
Young People’s Guild
First Parish
Ned
Concord
Waltham
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
Hoar
Democratic Party
Norman E Oe
Buffalo
Symposium
Masonic Club
Russell Club
Witenagemot Law Club
Harvard Illustrated Magazine
Harvard Lampoon
Jer Whetetotte Gord
Concord High School
Middlesex School
Delta Phi
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Institute of 1770
Hasty Pudding
Phoenix
Glee Club
Europe
Rural Philosopher Sees Value in Cheap Sight
The rural philosopher jokes that a sight is cheap like a colt and must be broken before its worth can be judged, as explained to the hired man by the old granger in a Chicago News line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Chicago News
Jaguar Fights Boa For Survival In Jungle Clash
A hunter recounts a vivid scene near Santa Rita where a jaguar is entangled by a boa constrictor. The boa tightens its coils around the jaguar’s neck as the fight ends with the jaguar’s death after the snake lifts the carcass into the air and bones crack.
The Ship's Captain and the Vested Power Aboard
The article describes the captain as the ship's supreme ruler during voyage, with authority over all aboard from cargo to crew. It portrays the ship as a temporary nation with a full hierarchy including officers, policemen, cooks, doctors, and a vast staff, under the captain's uncompromised control until shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Azores
Bremen
Red Bean Fricassee From Brooklyn Eagle
Soak red beans overnight then boil until tender. Sauté minced white onion with butter until pale straw. Add beans, flour, parsley and the bean cooking liquid. Simmer half an hour, stir in lemon juice and egg yolks, then heat through. Serve with stuffed green peppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
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Milton
Heane
Ginter Grocery Co
Edward W. Emerson
Fitzwilliam, N. H
Mrs. Allen French
Petersham
W. H. Allen
New York
John W. Raymond
Hudson Lodge
Concord Junction
Ticlet
Bard
Riverside Ave
von Bulow
Trinitarian Church Notes
Man
Gloria
Paul Olsen
Arthur Carlson
John Olsen
Howard Jacobson
Daisy
Ruth Jacobson
Annie
Carlson
Boy
S. C
Enterprise
Marlboro
Mass
George Tolman
Hubbard and Thoreau Sts
Adams Tolman
Lexington Road
Bedford St
Hattie Saunders
Walter A. Wood
J. W. Raymond
S. Call
Sudbury Road
Geo. D. Hubberd
Knights
Peter McNally
O'Connell
W. Bulger
M. Bulger
Fallon and
Conhorton
Life
Concord Boys
LEGE
Ice Cream College
H. S. Richardson
Concord, Mass
J.C. Friend
Concord, MA
Concord Nurseries
Henry M. Pratt
Prop
Monument St., Concord
A. L. Hicks
Marcel
Postoffice
Mary E. Craig
Thoreau Court
C. S. Towne
DR. A. Fernald
Boylston St
Back Bay
Chas, C. Parmenter & Co
South
Sudbury
W. Herbert Way
Yillige Turnpike
C. E. Patch
Tel
Joe Kulscar Walden Sr
Clara B. Singleton
Fletcher
Oak St
Maynard
John A. Finegan
Bedford, St., Concord
C. L. King
Maynard Block
Maynard, Mass
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