Tips on War Game Advice From a Soldier to Brother
A veteran writes to a young man facing drafting with practical tips. Emphasizes obedience, rapid salute to officers, military discipline and saluting correctly. Warns against drink and deceit, urges straight living and avoiding trouble, noting dangers of a bad crowd and the ease of falling to temptation in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
France
Jim
Wall Sim
Good Old Concord Junction
Tim
Skipper
News of the Week in Concord at Peepley Club
Arthur B. Brooks and Pierce Sewell tied for winner in the three quarters handicap against bogey play at the Peepley Club on Sunday with four scores reported. A separate Elm Street accident tipped an automobile, injuring three. one taken to Deaconess Hospital and the others to Ayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Brooks
Pierce Sewell
Peepley Club
Elmst
Deaconess Hospital
Ayer
Funeral Held for Mrs. Lucie Wheeler of Concord
Mrs. Lucie H. Wheeler lifelong Concord resident died Wednesday after a Memorial Day illness. Survived by husband Frank Wheeler six children and relatives. Funeral Friday from her home with burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Revival notes and community notices follow including church services and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Wheeler
Lucie H. Wheeler
Concord
Sleepy Hollow
Beare
William Wheeler
Albert Eeler
Nashua
Harry, Brigham
Bert Brigham
Harold Tompkins
Harry Walcott
Trinitarian Church
Grace Brooks Weds Lieut John Aines Butler at Trinity Church
Miss Grace Brooks of this town and Boston married Lieut John Aines Butler at Trinity Church. Rev W G Thayer officiated. Harvard classmates served as ushers. reception followed at the bride’s Sudbury Road home. Mrs Butler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Brooks, summers here. Lieut Butler, Harvard 1910, stationed at Ayer with the 804th Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Grace Brooks
Boston
John Aines Butler
W. G. Thayer
St. Mark’s School
Southboro
Butler
Harvard
Sudbury Rd
Frederick Brooks
Lieut
Ayer
Concord Scouts to Form Local Council Under BSA Rules
At a June 9 meeting, three Concord Scout committees voted to establish a local council in line with National Boy Scouts of America rules. After the charter arrives from New York headquarters a further meeting will elect a president vice president secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Scouts
National
Boy Scouts of America
New York
Concord Team Dominates 1918 Season With Strong Record
Season results show Concord posting a 12 win 5 loss mark. Batting averages listed include Kelley .253 Duggan .221 Reeds .188 Keefe .183 Hopkins .164 Gerrity .105 with a wide range of players contributing. Opponents include Middlesex Maynard Norwood High Boston College High and Needham among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aes
Kelley
Duggan
Reeds
Keefe
Hopkins
Gerrity
Concord
Middlesex
Concord Dramatic Club Agrees Sale and Dissolution
At the annual meeting held Monday June 10 members voted to accept an offer from Mrs Blake Davis Mrs Howe Mr Nutter Mr Merwin and Mr Parker to buy the club scenery and property and assume all liabilities, dissolving the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Dramatic Dlab
Blake
Wonder Why In My Quiet Garden Poem Fragment
A poem recalls a quiet garden scene with a robin and a lovelorn narrator. Memories of a past date by the willow tree at the Assabet river surface as the speaker contemplates a maiden, blue eyes, and a missed kiss. The piece ends with the question why she never dated again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lover’s Land
Assabet
C. Kenyon
Middlesex School awards letters to baseball teams and crews
Thirty four letters are awarded to first and second baseball teams and crew at Middlesex School, with eleven for the championship base ball nine and eleven for the second team. Seven oarsmen on the first crew and five on the second crew receive letters Along with named players and managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex School
Duncan
F. Thayer
Charles C Lee
Joseph Clark
Winsor Gale
Marshall
Garland
Leonard Larrabee
Thomas ‘Carnegie
John Bancroft
Theodore Romaine
Charles Brown
Morris Austin
Bertram Little
William Jenks
Burnell
Lockwool
George Knowlton
Dustan Dempsey
Cameron Rogers
Thomas Bancroft
Alan Rogers
David Williams
Carl Hiller
Warren Hopkins
Rhodes Bromley
William Austin
Union field day at Pomona Grangers ends with dancing
Many Grangers attended the Union field day at Kelsey Ranch Lexington on Saturday afternoon. The program featured games, farm tours, a Colonial orchestra from Waltham, speeches by State Grange leaders Samuel McGall and Robert Luce and Rev. Albert H. Wheelock, basket lunch at 6, and dancing until 10 as attendees departed tired but happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Pomona Grangers
Kelsey Ranch
Lexington
Colonial Orchestra of
Waltham
State Grange
Samuel McGall
Robert Luce
Albert H. Wheelock
Frontline Duty And Letters From Archie At The Front
A soldier writes from near the front describing tough officers, discipline issues, and the Army life. He notes shelling, German aircraft, guards at division headquarters, and the frequent saluting fatigue. He signs off with a cheerful farewell to Jim and city.
Concord Junction Rider Injured In Bike Accident
David Drysdale suffered a painful injury when the bicycle's handle bars broke causing a fall against a fence. He sustained a broken left finger and a deep cut requiring stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Drysdale
Home Front Welfare and Casualties Highlight War Strain
Fragmented notes describe home line disruptions during wartime with references to welfare, separations, rationing, and reconstruction. The piece frames neglected children and broken homes as war’s social toll while urging orderly recovery and national victory efforts.
Hold the Home Lives. Keep the Home Fires Burning
MEHAUTAUQUA edition notes ongoing community efforts to maintain households and preserve local traditions amid changing times. residents discuss sustaining homes, schools, and cultural activities while facing economic and social shifts.
Scouts Enjoy Camping Trip at Camp Crocker Sudbury
Camp Crocker in Sudbury hosted Troop 1 scouts Barker Chase Leith Lovell Russell Philip Farnum Smith Wood Roger Shaw Lord Roberts Tolman Walcott for a weekend outing. They left Concord Friday at 4 30 biking eight and driving five with tents and provisions. They spent time stalking signalling trapping swimming boating and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Chase
Leith
Lovell
Russell
Philip
Farnum
Smith
Wood
Roger Shaw
Lord
Roberts
Tolman
Walcott
Camp Crocker
Sudbury
Concord
Memorial Day Observance by Willow Rebekah and Concord Lodge
The Willow Rebekah and Concord lodge of Odd Fellows observed Memorial Day with gravestone decorations at 9 in the morning for departed sisters and brothers and a 7 o clock service at Union church Concord Junction. Past Grand Master Joseph Belcher delivered an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Rebekah
Concord Lodge
Odd’ Fellows
Union Church
Concord Junction
Joseph Belcher
Middlesex Institution Officers Chosen at June 1918 Meeting
At the Middlesex Institution for Savings annual meeting held June 4 1918 in Concord Massachusetts officers were chosen William Wheeler as President Murray Ballou as Vice President Herbert W Hosmer as Clerk and trustees including Charles Towle Prescott Keyes Fred A Tower Loring Fowler Stedman Buttrick and others. A separate list dated June 12 1918 in Concord names corporators Edward W Emerson Charles Brown William Wheeler and additional directors with Edward Hosmer as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Institution
E For Savings
Corporation of the Middlesex Institution For Savings
William ‘Wheeler
Murray Ballou
Herbert W. Hosmer
William Wheeler Murray Ballou
Charles E. Brown
Charles H. Towle Prescott Keyes
Fred A. Tower
Loring
N. Fowler Russell Robb Stedman Buttrick
Edwa L. Parker
Thomas Todd
Committee of Investment
William Wheeler
N. Fowler
Stedman Buttrick
Charles H. Towle
Concord
Mass
Middlesex Institution For Savings
Edward W. Emerson
Charles Be, Brown
Prescott Keyes
John C. Friend
Henry F. Smith Jr. Woodward
Hudson Loring
N. Fowler Francis, A. Houston
Murray Basiou
Charles H. “Powle
Fred Ayner Russell Y. George P Farber
Philip Ay’ Davis
George B. Walcott
Pliny Jewell
Edward L. Parker
Thomas Todd, Jr
Robert Jane W. Hosmer
Executorship Named For Mary E Annis Estate
Notice states Charles C Hall and Albert P Worthen are executors of the will of Mary E Annis of Concord Middlesex County. They have taken on the trust by bond and direct that all debts and demands be settled. Creditors and others must present claims to the executors at 385 Beacon Street Lowell Massachusetts. June 10 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Burke
Five Fork Road
Lexington
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Michael’p. Mahon
Maryland
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Svar
Mary E. Annis
Concord
Pagttio
Middlesex
Aoesa
Baling
Este Tate
Caeiroeus
Charles C. Hale
Beacon St
Lowell
Mass
Freddie Knew the Symptoms
Freddie visits a newborn and, after a long look, tells his mother the baby’s eyelids are closed and warns it looks like a fight may begin. The scene captures a child’s odd observation in a humorous, innocent moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
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National Service Commission
Congregational Churches
Boy Scouts
South Duxbury
Royden Bass
Beaverly
Everett Thorpe
Municipal Light Department
Main St
John Hunt
Hopkinton
George W. Hunt
Butler—Brooks
Batting
Saan
Archie
Ghas. C. Davis
Brown Grain Co
Solind Social
Myra Louise Eekhoff
Chautauqua
Albert Vanderhoof
Perfection
Tlowers
Concord Hohies
James B. Wood & Son Co
Phonie
Fitchburg Depot
Truxton
Allen-Brown
Palm Beach
Wheeler Dry Goods Store
Niue
Charles C. Hall
Albert
PR. Worthen
Paog Fleming Ts
John W. Raymond
Hubbard Street
Old Concord, Mass
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