Monument Dedication for Luther Blanchard at Littleton
West Acton reports the 1900 dedication of a granite obelisk to Luther Blanchard, first Acton Minute Man killed at Concord. Luke Blanchard funded the shaft. the event drew nearly 300 people and included remarks by officials and speeches, with poetry and a White Cockade cornet solo.
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Luther Blanchard
Littleton
Acton
Acton Minute
Luke Blanchard
Sons of the American Revolution
Littleton Common
Harwood
Blanchard
W. C. Brown
Unitarian Church Music
E. Cox
Hudson
Ayer
N. B. Conant
Selectman
Stillman
Boston
Morton Atwood
E. Y. White
the Historical Society
Concord River
Bunkers Hill
Middlesex Farms
Geo
A. Sanderson
Luther Conant
John S. Keyes
Concord
G. F. Hoar
John D. Long
J. L. Bates
J. J. Myers
W. H. Devens
G. M. Bartel
Edward Frost
Baptist Vestry
Notice To Wheelmen Warns Against Skin Irritations
Notice touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as remedy for chafing sun burn insect stings and bruises. Sold by local stores including Burdett & Barnard E B Lucia Hudson Shattuck Jno Friend and B F Johnson in Maynard Concord Northboro at 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Burdett & Barnard
E. B. Lucia
Hudson
C. T. Shattuck
Northboro
Jno. C. Friend
Concord
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
Josephs
Dettling
Margaret Dettling
Middlesex Institution For Savings
County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maley
Rafferty
Assabet
Phineas’ Puffer
Old Mill Road
Main Street
O'Donnell
Wm. O'Donnell
Assabet M’f
Charles Brown
Mass
Sudbury News Notes on Local Property Transfers
William Fowle purchased his residence from A W Rogers. J L Nason & Co. reports final papers transferring H M Jones estate in Sudbury to C F Buzzell for occupancy. Mrs D Reardon and Martin Goodnow estates also in firm’s disposal. Herbert J Pollard returns to town with Vermont butter stock and accepts orders.
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Boston Globe
Sudbury
J.L. Nason & Co
H. M. Jones
C. F. Buzzell
D. Reardon
Martin Goodnow
Herbert J. Pollard
Old Wood
West Elm St
Concord
Wood
Elm
Main Sts
Sudbury River
Old Town
Concord Junction
Cherry Diet Advice for Children and Summer Fruit Dangers
Christine Jerhune Herrick warns that summer foods pose dietetic risks to growing children. She cautions parents to guard older toddlers from unripe fruit, notes ripe fruit can be harmful in excess, and advises cooking questionable cherries. She provides recipes for cherry blancmange and cherry custards, with guidance on fresh fruit and storage.
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Flint
Preserve Cherries With Sugar And Currant Juice
For your scrapbook preserved cherries to sweeten fruit. Use one pound of sugar per pound of cherries, layer with sugar, add three spoonfuls of currant juice per pound, boil without stirring, skim the scum, and jar when the syrup thickens and the fruit looks clear.
Celery Pickles From Simple Preservation Method
In a porcelain lined kettle combine two quarts chopped white cabbage two quarts chopped celery three quarts vinegar half an ounce crushed white ginger root and tamers a quarter pound white mustard seed two tablespoons salt and one ounce of sugar. Cook slowly until cabbage and celery are tender.
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Louis Rose
Gooseberry Catsup Recipe From Early Housekeeping
Take eight pounds of ripe fruit, four pounds brown sugar, and one pint vinegar. Boil about four hours, add two ounces of cinnamon in a bag, boil a few minutes more. Jar and seal. Keeps long, scald periodically and refresh with vinegar and spice.
How to Prepare a Rich Pepper Tomato Sauce for Steak
Chop one onion finely and fry in butter until brown. Add one red and one green pepper, two ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped, and one clove of garlic. Simmer until tender, stir in table sauce and celery salt, then pour over beef. Excellent with steak.
Picnic Sardine Ham Spread Recipe
A simple picnic sandwich spread mixes chopped sardines ham and pickles with mustard pepper catsup salt and vinegar. Let stand briefly then spread between buttered bread slices for a quick snack.
Baking Instructions Harmless Recipe Fragments
Three cups sugar two of butter three eggs well beaten one teaspoonful of soda and flour sufficient to roll out. Plain directions suggest a simple batter ready for shaping and baking.
Tomato Mustard Preparation of Pickled Condiment
Fragmentary recipe text describes slicing and boiling tomatoes with red peppers, adding pepper and spices. It mentions cooling and adding mustard, curry powder and vinegar, but phrasing is garbled and portions are unclear. Entities include tomatoes, peppers, pepper, ginger, allspice, cloves, mace, mustard, curry, vinegar.
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Sai
How to Preserve Strawberries with Sugar
Instructions for preserving six pounds of strawberries using three pounds of sugar. Simmer berries in a preserving kettle over a moderate fire for thirty minutes, stirring often after removing from heat and sugar, then return to the fire and boil for another half hour. Fill pots and seal once cooled.
Recipe for Cayenne Pepper Vinegar Marinade
A colonial preparation combining one ounce cayenne pepper one quart vinegar two tablespoons soy three crushed garlic cloves three small shelled bots bruised five anchovies. Mix well sieve and keep ten days corked before bottling. Straining optional.
Fried Breakfast Bits From Rusty Recipes
A historical recipe instructs to fry chopped meat or mush with hominy, add eggs for each eater, a touch of flour cream and salt, then beat and form into cakes fried in hot fat for a hearty breakfast.
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West Acton
William Fowle
A. W. Rogers
Alpheus Puffer
Maine
Recep
the Central Dry Goods Company
Moody St
Waltham
Christine ‘Jerhune Herrick
Prige
John H. Pray & Sons Co
Washington Street
Boylston Street
Macallar Parker Company
Washington St
Garland Terrace
James
Garland, Concord, Mass
Cide
Funy
Paris Green
Automatic Button Co
Edinboro St
Fitchburg
R. R
South Acton
A.m
Con
Jat
Middlesex
James McClellan
Thomas H Ingham
Cambridge
East
Concord Enterprise
Charles J. Melcuire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Awealth
Massachusetts
James Riley
Joseph
Charles J. Melntire
Uire
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