Concord Local People and Community Notes
Concord residents and visitors appear in a series of short items. George Lovejoy remains at the mill dam while John Pratt Alcott visits town. Miss Matilda Linder and Miss Perkins travel, and Miss Olive Whitman suffers a scarlet fever attack. The reformatory reports about 1000 inmates and council social life includes the Musketaquid Royal Arcanum dance and an A. O. U. W installation with Grand Masters present. Local business moves and jury duty details are noted along with civic planning for Sons of Veterans camp formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workman Merrill
J. Edward Burt
Grand Lodge
Louis Maker
Edward McKenna
Herbert Nealey
Musketa
William Cushing
Sons of Veterans’ Organization
G. A. R. Hall
Charles W. Prescott
George L. Prescott
Ashley P
Concord High School Debating on Feeding Tramps at Private Homes
Concord High School members discuss public feeding of tramps as a club topic. Harvard prospects for Edward Loughlin on the reserve list, sick list includes several students, and Framingham conference delegates outline interscholastic meet plans for June at Wayside Park.
Concord Notables Gather For Local Meeting March 2 1897
Residents and public figures from Concord Massachusetts convened on March 2 1897. Attendees included Wm Buttrick P M E Batlon P C Bemis Hon A W Beard Charles P Clapp Edgar Carter Worthington Gates George Goodhue H W Hall Isaac W Hammond James Hayas Michael J Heagney H H Metcalff Frank Moody George Moss David Ogilvie R F Wright and several ladies A L Chanbourne Catherine Hayes Katie McGrath Lizzie McLaughlin Margaret Monahan Saltmarsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Wm. Buttrick
P. M. E. Batlon
P. C. Bemis
A. W. Beard
Charles P. Clapp
Edgar Carter
Worthington Gates
George Goodhue
H. W. Hall
Isaac W. Hammond
James Hayas
Michael J. Heagney
H. H. Metcalff
Frank Moody
George Moss
David Ogilvie
R. F. Wright
E. L. Chan
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted For Grippe Cases
Many cases of Grippe have lately been cured by One Minute Cough Cure. The preparation seems especially adapted to the cure of this disease. It acts quickly, thus preventing serious complications and bad effects often left by the illness. Advertisers: B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
C. H.whitney
Monthly Meteorological Summary for Concord Massachusetts 1897
Week ending March 1 reports: high 41 and low 1 with 40 degree weekly range and 23.4 weekly mean. February 1897 in Concord shows mean 25.7, high 50.9 on the 21st, low -6.5, precipitation 2.52 inches, snowfall 13.1 inches, 7 days with 6.6+ precip, 13 clear days, 1 partly cloudy, 14 cloudy. Aurora and sleet observed. lunar and solar halos noted. Frep A. Tower as observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Massachusetts
S. W
N. E
Frep A. Tower
Thoreau and His Life With Nature Address
Frank B. Sanborn spoke to the Procopeia in Boston on Thoreau as a precise student of nature not an aimless wanderer. He explained Thoreau’s walks had purposeful observation and cited unpublished writings and manuscripts, some touched by Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoreau
Nature
Frank B. Sanborn
Procopeia
Boston
School of Expression
Mr. Sanborn
Lord's Supper to be observed at Trinitarian church
The Trinitarian church will hold the Lord's Supper next Sunday during morning service after a brief sermon by the pastor. A new communion set with individual cups, a memorial gift, will be used for the first time. Sunday school meets at noon. a preparatory service with a pastor's lecture is Friday at 7 30. One Minute Cough Cure is endorsed by local sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinitarian Church
Concord Junction
Washburn & Pillsbury’s
Kennedy
O. L. Dart
John Bogar
Josef Kulcsar
South Middlesex Interscholastic Athletic Association Formed
Representatives from Natick Concord Framingham and Marlboro create the South Middlesex Interscholastic Athletic association. The first spring meet is set for June 5 at Agricultural Park South Framingham with events including sprints hurdles distance runs a one mile bicycle high jump pole vault and shot put. An executive committee names members from each school and a special gold medal will go to the top point scorer. Milford and Wellesley may join soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natick
Concord
Framingham
Marlboro
Y.M.C. A
South Framingham
South Middlesex
A. L. Dakin
W. A. Hart
Charles K. Jackson
H. T. Brown
J. W. Donnellon
Martin T. Hall
O. N. Parent
George E. Whittemore
Milford
Wellesley
Church Services and Schedules at Local Congregations
Among the Churches lists services for First Parish Unitarian Trinity Church Episcopal and Trinitarian Congregational with pastors Rev Loren B Macdonald Rev Geo A Tewksbury and Rev J P Anderson. Sunday prayers Sunday school times and evening services are shown with weekly and Friday meeting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FIRST
Unitarian
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Trinitarian Congregational
Geo.a. Tewksbury
Local notices offer sales and rentals in Concord area
Notices advertise laundry agent H L Whitcomb for Noyes Brothers. goods left at the store before Tuesday noon will be returned Friday evening. Items for sale include a Main Street house, a Lowell road house, and an unused Memorial History of Boston set. Several rental, employment, and sale opportunities listed across Concord and Boston, with requests to apply to local contacts and P O Box 282.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Whitcomb
Noyes Brothers
Main Street
John H. Chapman
G. St. L Abbott
Lowell Road
Miss Kennedy
Miss Andrews
Prescott Keyes
Concord
Tremont Street
Boston
C. E. Brown’s
Miss Buck’s
Memorial History of
P. O
Mass
C. E. Brown's
John Sexton
Bedford St
John B. Moore
Middlesex Institution
Middlesex South District
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lexington Road
Harriet L. Tolman
Presecott
Joseph Dee
Patrick W. White
Conner
White
Jonathan Wheeler
R. W. Emerson
E. H. Huttman
Huttman
Geo. E. Messer
Geo. E. Messer, and Land of Said Tolman
Lexington
Samuel Staples
Staples
Messer
Lincoln
Flint
Dan'l
Timothy Brooks
John Hartwell
Brooks
Chase Confirmed Postmaster in Concord on Tuesday
The senate confirmed A. H. Chase as postmaster here on Tuesday. The notes mention community events including Mrs. Bowker hosting a Friday gathering and various local notices such as church services at Union Church and a new Sons of Veterans group forming at Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
A. H. Chase
Wood
Geo. G. Russell
Joy
Chase
Sons of Veterans
Concord
West End
G. A. R. Hall
Bowker
Blossom
E. W. Blossom
Concord Junction Church
Union Church
W. W. Campbell
Prevent Lung Trouble with One Minute Cough Cure
A vintage advertisement urges stopping a cough early to avoid lung disease. It cites B F Johnson Sons Maynard and C H ee tways Concord along with H A Littlefield West ton as distributors for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Ee
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
Westton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
George Lovejoy
John Pratt Alcott
Matilda Linder
Philip Davis
Miss Perkins
Olive Whitman
Bessie Holmes
Milton
May Bartlett
Louis A. Surette
John Craton
Hood & Co
Charlestown
Fred Laws
Concord High School
Lela Eaker
Buzzards Bay
Phoenix Rattan Company
F. B. Sellars
George Heywood
Lexington Street
E. W. Whitaker
Ayer
E. D. Martelle
Supreme Court
Gardner
Edward F. Loughlin
Harvard
Fisher
Hazard
Calef
Emerson
Reynolds
Percy Blodgett
Messrs. Dakin
A. Hart
Wayside Park
Marlboro High
Natick High
Framingham High
Concord High
Dakin
Hopkinson
C. H. S. Athletic Committee
Alan R. Wheeler
Richard B. Derby
Norman Talcott
William L. Hildeburn
W. Allie Hart
Frank W. Penniman
Governor Walcott
John Adams
McKinley
Albertus Dakin
William Hildeburn
Howard ‘Tuttle
Richard Hatch
Susie Wood
Howard Tuttle
Emma Clahane
L. Everett Wilson
Helen Bowker
Frazier Knowles
Milo B. Stearns
Washington
Middlesex Institution For Savings Mortgagee
Henry J. Hosmer
Charles H. Walcott
Ben
W. Brown
Dakota
BEST
Concord, Mass
PINE
Lowney
Philadelphia
B. Chase
E. A. Bradish
Concord Clothing Co
Friend’s Block
George F. Key
Roxborough
Charles B. Stone
Acton
Cambridge
County of Middlesex
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
H. Folsom
Whstvale Woolen Mflg
Westvale
Worthing Plant
A. H. Haynes
Riverside Block
Maurice McWalter
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Francis E. Bent
Sudbury
Pure Drugs
Honest Principles
H. S. Richardson
Pharmacist
Warren, Mo
Elmer E. Walter
Eva R. Maddox
Milton, N. H
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