Belgian Relief Work Funding and Belgian Labor Projects
Details of Belgian relief funds totaling 1559.46 dollars plus 166.92 balance for future aid, with donations from Chelsea and Crosby Hall supporters in London. Correspondence describes plans for a carpenter shop, furniture making, and a knitting industry for Belgian men and women to provide occupation and aid recovery after wartime displacement. Includes letters from M. A. Childers and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts praising the work and detailing the impact on refugees and soldiers. Also notes suffrage opinions from John D. Long, Governor Carlson, and Bishop Spaulding on equal voting rights for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby Hall
Chelsea
London
Belgium
Ee Ieee
John D. Long
George A. Carlson
Colorado
Bishop Spaulding
Utah
Local social notes and event updates from Concord and vicinity
Miss Ethel Bruce of Groton visited friends in Concord during the week. Miss Hilda Hutchinson and mother of Lexington are visiting friends here this week. John M. Keyes has arrived home after a vacation in The Eastern Mass. Gallery of Bee keepers holds its 10th annual field day at Wilfrid Wheeler's Sudbury rai Saturday. The poll tax books are ready for distribution. Miss Margaret Mahaney spoke at the Mass College of Agriculture Amherst on profitable turkey raising and training for Thanksgiving birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bruce
Groton
Concord
Hilda Hutchinson
Mother of
Lexington
Eastern Mass
Frank R. Connor
Margaret Mahaney
Mass. College of Agriculture
Amherst
Concord Country Club Handicap Bogey Match Won By C F Bowers
The Concord Country club held a three quarters handicap bogey golf match on Saturday. C F Bowers won with one down in a field of 16 competitors. Other scores ranged from 2 down to 14 down with entrants including W Hosmer Keyes Howe Brown and Richardson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Country Club
Golf Links
C. F. Bowers
Tower 2
W. Surette
G. A. Urquhart
Keyes
Hi Howe
Eevee
L. Wightman
H. E. Richardson
Anti Suffrage Notes Warn of Higher Election Costs
The Los Angeles Times reports California citizens will pay about 1 637 500 for suffrage this year, up 183 13 percent since 1910, excluding local elections. The piece argues woman suffrage raises election costs and taxes, urging voters to consider who pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
California
Langtry
Massachusetts
Stevens Engaged Couple Eva Stevens and Eliot Howard
Mr and Mrs William A Stevens announce the engagement of their daughter Eva Stevens to Eliot Remsen Howard Dartmouth 09 Both Mr Howard and Miss Stevens work in the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co office Mr Howard came to Concord from Hyde Park and has made many friends since arriving in Concord
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Stevens
Monument Sr
Eva
Stevens
Eliot Remsen Howard
Dartmouth
Howard
Miss Stevens
The
Middlesex. Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Concord
Hyde Park
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Filene
Hamburg
England
Enterprise
Trinity Church
Mass
Doll
Richards
Boston
Mase
War Refugees Fund
M. A. Childers
Gretchen
Erskine. Childers
Chelsea War ‘Refugees Fund
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
Annisquam
Acone Bros
Candy Kitchen
Ee -Goncord, Mass
W. EL Laws
Bacon Street
Waltham, Mass
C. F
Walcott
Cook & Riel
Cook and
Riel
F Walcott
Damon St
John M. Keyes
N. L. Berry
M. D. South Acton
Eimments
H. P. Fairbank Moree Gas
Conners CO
Carey
Saleny
Socpen
Seger E. Hiimann
Boylston Street
Whitney Coal and Grain Co
Concord and
Concord Junction
Jane
Chelmsford
Clicquot Club
HEINZ
Telephone
State Street
Telepho
Fort Hill
Acton Centre
Den
Sudbury
South
Howard C. Burr
Sudbury, Mass
Ben J. F. Murray
M.D
Beacon
Main Street
M. Laursen
Summer St
G. Russel Ree
Insurance
Main St
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