Concord News Roundup of Local Appointments and Events
John M Keyes named local consul of the L A W. Miss Ethel Long hosted by R F Wood. Postmaster Buttrick future prospects questioned. Captain Cook sent recruits to Fitchburg for the Third battalion. Robert Richardson joined Wakefield Company A at the front. Y P S OC E meeting led by Wm Bass on true friendship. Thorpe and Peterson and C H S 99 students examined for Williams College. Two seniors Hoyle and Garvey graduated with distinction. Sautelle circus drew about 2500 in a record attendance. Provisional company enlistment interest remains tepid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richardson
Wakefield
Wm Bass
Messrs Thorpe and
Peterson
Williams College
Concord Local Help Wanted and Goods for Sale
Local notices list outdoor job offers by William Stevens and a nurse girl wanted by Box 256 Concord. Numerous sales include 1000 cords of manure and split cordwood from J. W. Raymond, lawn mowers at Towle & Kent, a Columbia Tandem bicycle for $50, lime juice and root beer extract, trimmed hats at Miss Bud, and French lessons offered by Madame G N Abbott and Mollie L Noury in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walden St
William Stevens
Belknap St
Boston
P. McConarty
Dorchester Av
J. W. Raymond
George F. Wheeler
Co I
A. W. Hosmer
Towle & Kent's
Columbia
J G. Watson
Towle & Kent
Concord Mass
Miss Bud’s
Post Office
Tuttle’s
H. L. Whitcombe
Noyes Brothers
Westvale notes stock mill roof repair and local events
The village reports the mill roof repaired in the past week. C A Hosmer and family visit F L Jewett as Walter Bugey travels to Lowell by wheel. Jerry Callahan learns rapid bicycle riding. Ada Monroe recovers from eye trouble with shade. Three fishermen haul 18 pickerel and two bass, largest 3 pounds 2 ounces, after nearly tipping the canoe and camera into the water. Peter Taft suffers injuries in a bicycle race at the junction amid elbowing and crowd criticism of spectators and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Callahan
Ada Monroe
Peter Taft
Fourth of July Firework Stock for Home Display
J. D. Murray promotes a war themed sale of fireworks for Independence Day. He offers cannons rockets and torpedoes suitable for public display and home use, urging customers to place orders early for delivery in good condition. He presents the items as a morale booster for soldiers at the front and a celebration for families at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
J. D. Murray
Concord Defeats Weston on Home Links 43 to 8
Concord golf club defeated Weston golf club on the home links at the 17th hole by a score of 43 to 8. The brief notes include weekly weather data for June with temperatures and precipitation totals, reported by Fred A. Tower Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Golf Club
Weston Golf Club
Fred A. Tower
Church Services and pastors Listed in Community Notices
A compilation lists congregations in the area with pastors and service times. Among the churches are First Parish Unitarian Rev Lorenzo B. McDonald with morning and evening schedules. Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal Rev Henry King Hannah with services and Sunday school. Trinitarian Congregational Rev Geo A Tewksbury with U P S C E meeting. Scandinavian M E Church Rev J P Anderson with Sunday and evening services and Friday class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren B. McDonald
Young People’s Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Protestant Episcopal
Henry King - Hannah
Geo. A. Tewksbury
Scandinavian M. E. Church
J. P. Anderson
Veterinary surgeon and dentist in Concord Mass offers services
Veterinary surgeon and dentist Con Cord of Concord Massachusetts treats all ailments of domestic animals. Office and hospital Hubbardville prepared to receive all patients for treatment. Charges described as reasonable. Orders left at Tuttle's stable receive prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Hubbardville
Tuttle
William W. Hern Ofstow
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Francis J. Hastings & Co
South Acton
Stow
Faulkner Farm
Francis J. Hastings
W. & B. Grindstone
Concord Mass for Monuments and Lowell St Reopened
Concord Mass for Monuments and Lowell Street adjoining the Colonial reopened and refitted. Terms apply to Thatcher Magoun, owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Mass
Lowell St
Thatcher Magoun
Favorable report on bill reviving lieutenant general rank
Washington June 22 The house committee on military affairs favorably reported a joint resolution reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the army. It lets the president appoint a lieutenant general from distinguished officers, with no fixed below major general requirement. The senate confirmation is needed. The adjutant general would gain major general rank and pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Miles
Senate
Santiago
Shafter
House
Army
Corbin
Sudbury Tragedy prompts funeral and school note
Sudbury mourns Mrs Sarah Rice Bent wife of station agent George Bent after a sudden death from rupture of a heart vessel. A large funeral crowd attended. Mt Wadsworth cemetery burial. Also noted the Sudbury high school fifth annual graduation in the town hall with graduates listed and principal Rufus Corlen leaving to head the new union school district. Washington Senate hawaiian annexation debate lags as Mr White argues Monroe doctrine and warns against imperialism while House considers a Confederate property claim bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah (Rice) Bent
George L. Bent
Sudbury Centre
George A. Oviatt
Sudbury
Lewis M. Palmer
South Framingham
Sudbury High School
Harold Chester Parmenter
Howard Atkinson Horr
Alice
Esther Bent
Elsa
Lena Ellims
Lydia Miles Rice
Alice Maria Butterfield
Florence Marion Goodnow
Rufus E. Corlen
Wayland
Dover
Washington
Senate
White
Dem
Cal
Hawaiian Islands
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Court of Claims
Pennsylvania
Post Office Salaries Change in Nearby Offices
The department revised postmasters salaries in the area with increases for Clinton Lexington Concord Junction Maynard Northboro and South Framingham from 2300 2600 1600 481300 1300 2300 to higher figures. Decreases were set for Framingham Grafton Holliston and West Acton from 1600 1100 1500 1100 to lower amounts.
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Clinton
Concord Junction
Lexington
Maynard
Northboro
South Framingham
Framingham
Grafton
Holliston
West Acton
General Grosvenor Calls GOP Convention Hot for Hawaii
In Columbus Ohio on June 22 General Grosvenor chaired the Republican state convention. A Hanna letter drew enthusiasm as he cited McKinley era pledges. He praised plans to plant and fortify the U S flag in Hawaii and left open questions on Hawaii's postwar government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
H. M. Dougherty
Hanna
General Grosvenor
St. Louis
McKinley
United States
Hawaii
Abduction of Ottoman Princess Near Constantinople
A special dispatch from Constantinople reports a band of about 40 brigands abducted a sister of the sultan as she walked in Kizil Toprak Near Constantinople where she resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Kizil Toprak
Reformatory visit and staff updates noted
Walter L. Dodge of the Remington typewriter works visits Dept Supt Hart. Officer Lawrence is improving while Officer Lapham takes vacation. Officer Blake buys Riverside park lot near Capt Grant to build soon. New woolen plant nears completion as Supt Scott returns from vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Dodge
Remington Typewriter Works
Hart
Lawrence
Lapham
Blake
Riverside Park
Capt Grant
Supt Scott
Pleasant Thursday Weather With Warmth Likely
Fair, clear and pleasant weather with light winds appears for Thursday and may continue. Warmer by Thursday, temperatures rising only slightly above 80 degrees at most. almanac notes sun rises 4 07, sets 7 24, moon sets 10 p m, high tides 1 30 a m and 2 p m.
Summer undergarments and yard goods advertised locally
Mrs Poulson offers summer underwear and children s E Z waists with black and tan stockings. Garden tools including bees rakes three hay forks hammocks at Darts. A 14 foot canvas canoe with awning and sail. hens and chickens for sale. Geo Manter handles furniture repair upholstery carpet work and frame making. Thomas Hutchinson near Chaplin s stable sells lawn tools vegetables mixed pickles young American cheese and junket at Dart s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Manter
Thomas Hutchinson
Chaplin
Dart’s
Concord Junction Church Notes Service Schedule
Union church led by Rev. W. W. Campbell holds Sunday service at 10.30. Sunday school follows at 11.30. Y P S C E meets at 6.30 p m with the evening service at 7.30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Willow Rebekah
N. G
David Bl. Ball
Concord Lodge
E. V. Bullock
Payson
P. G. Bullock
P. G
Geo V. Ball
Union Church
Bro W. W. Campbell
Concord Junction
W. W. Campbell
Also Mentioned on This Page
John M. Keyes
Ethel Long
R. F. Wood
Buttrick
Cook
Fitchourg
CU. H. 8
Alexander Edward Hoyle
Mary Frances Garvey
Sautelle Circus
G. N. Abbott
Mollie L. Noury
Concord School
Wood St
Westvale
C. A. Hosmer
F. L. Jewett
Walter Bugey
Lowell
Weston
Allen
Warner
Todd
C. Robbins
Bradford
Fiske
Hosmer
Robbins
Richardson
Batchelder
Keyes
Winsor Abbott
Chandler Robbins
First Parish
Unitarian
E. Dyer Harris
Thoreau
The
Capitol
the Weather Forecast
Faanh Fletcher
Hatch & Sheehan Bakery
Harriet Pickard
Littleton
J. P
Ethel G. Blossom
Charlestown
Hiram Alden
West Newton
O. B. Alden
Geo W. Young
Biddeford
Mrs Pierce
Chas Pierce
I. ©. Pickard
Mrs Curtis
Mrs Partridge
North Brookfield
W. W. Curtis
Emma Smith
Orleans
Frank Smith
Maud I. S. Marrs
West End
Corinthian Lodge
Jermiah Sheehan
Frank Collins
Camp Alger
Company I
Hamlin
E. G. Howard
England
Fannie Mead
Maude Franks
Jennie Loring
Helen Emery
Nahant
Soldier Boys
John Loring
Percy Blodgett
Warner’s Block
Blaine Mig Co
Harriet D. Nicholas
Webb Robbins
Danbury
Bethel
Conn
Wood Pub Co
Christian Endeavor Society
Akroyd
O’neil
Concord Clothing CO
Walden Street
E'Lours
King Arthur
Pratt's
L. N. Fowler & Co
Frances A. Oliver
Esther L. Jones
Waltham
Sunbury
Matthew H. Oliver
Frank M. Bowker
Said Bowker
Tim Jones
Frank A. Olver
Frank
A. Oliver
Edwin A. Conant
Bridget Rouse
Bummit
Lizzie Coghlan
Sidney D. Haynes
Abel Jones
George G. King
State St
Kr L. Jones
Maynard Restaurant
H. E. Boyd
Maynard Block
Benj, W. Brown
Eclipse Corn Planters
Laurel
Paris
Monarch Weeders
Philadelphia
Imperial Lawn Mowers
Stanhope
Farmer’s Handy Wagon
Concord, Mass
Concord and Vicinity
Geo, S. Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
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