Concord notices and events span a stormy week
Concord items report a long Middlesex game amid rain, local society dances in Town Hall, charity events, theater plans, and medical notices. Key names include Alfred Curtis, Mrs. Herbert Hosmer, and George A. Smith. The report covers civic bids, hospital cases, and school matches.
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C. M. & H. Street Railway
Torun
White's Block
Urquhart
Alfred Curtis
Lowell Road
Boston Hospital
West Roxbury High
Concord
Concord High
Huttman
Monument Hall
Fairbank
Seversa
Olay Tinny Lastie Keyes
Charitabe Society
Herbert Hosmer
Lowell St. Middlesex School
C. H
Middlesex
Gustave Jensen, Bismore Sr
Concord Hospital
First Lectures on Passion Play Draw Large Attendance
Dr J E Ward continued his series on The Passion Play of Oberammergau with a well sustained audience at the second lecture last Thursday on Lincoln and the Civil War. Next Friday evening prayer meeting topic is Christ's at Nazareth. The choir pastor returns from six months in Europe. Sunday morning anthem Rejoice ye with Jerusalem by Spinney. Pastor's note for the sermon From 7 25 to 7 16 the subject is or Against. Evangelistic hymns precede. All invited to attend.
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J. E. Ward
Oberammergau
Lincoln
Christ's
Nasareth
Europe
Jerusalem
Spinney
Annual Parish Supper Reports Highlight Vestry Meeting
Members of First Parish gathered in the church vestry Tuesday evening for a well attended supper and to hear the yearly reports from church committees.
Family of late Orlando Patch expresses thanks for sympathy
In a brief notice the family of the late Orlando Patch thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and tokens shown during their bereavement. Ida B Patch Amelia O Patch Edwin D Patch are named as relatives. The item also includes a note on the Japanese puffer fish fugu and a mention of early aviation attempts by a priest in 1751.
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Orlando &. Patch
40 Acres Burned in Concord Hills Fire
A major Sunday forest fire on Heywood's hill burned about 40 acres for three hours. Concord volunteers and Greemen fought the blaze from 11 a.m. after a general alarm was rung from box 24 to protect nearby houses. Hose 1 driver Phil McManus escaped a narrow, potentially fatal wagon accident during response.
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Concord
Heywood
Hose 1
Phil McManus
Milldam
Reception for Miss Gertrude Todd by Old Concord DAR
Old Concord chapter of the D A R hosted a Saturday afternoon reception for member Miss Gertrude Todd who had just returned from a long trip abroad. Members assisted at the door and in the tea room with pink and white decorations and apple blossoms.
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Old Concord
Gertrude Todd
Charlotte Conant
George M. Baker
C. T. Shattuck
C. F. Edigarton
A. B. Messer
S. Thompson Brood
Miss Conant
Miss Todd
Fire department officers elected for coming year
The board of fire engineers organized for the coming year with G. G. Morrill as chief engineer and ton as assistant. William F. Horne was elected captain with John W. Mara as assistant. James J. Mara elected captain and Bras Mus O. Heleher assistant of Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 Hose No. 1.
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Board of Fire Engineers
G. G. Morrill
Ton
William F. Horne
John W. Mara
James J. Mara
Bras
Mus O. Heleher
Hook and Ladder Co
Roxbury 7 C H and on the playgrounds loss to Roxbury high 7 2
Concord suffers its fourth straight defeat as Roxbury high wins 7 to 2. The game features 17 stolen bases, five on third base, and multiple errors at critical moments. Cannon and Stolem Cas es among hitters with several noted plays. Strauss and Hallowell butting heads on the mound.
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C. H
Roxbury High
Concord
Cannon
Stolem
McPherson
Finn
Graee Cresser
Wiseman
Strauss
Churchim Raga Fallons
Urquhart
Randall Lufkin Monia Dies at 85 in Concord
The longtime Concord resident Randall Lufkin died in his sleep early Sunday after a rapid illness from a severe cold that developed into pneumonia. At 85 years and four months he was one of the town’s oldest inhabitants, survived by five children Mam P of Moab Samuel B Rynear Y Mrs Seldon Gates and Mrs George Whitney. He had lived at Nine Acre Corner since moving from Rumford Maine in youth and served 12 years as a school committee member.
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Randall Lufkin
Nine Acre Corner
Concord
Lufkin
Rumford
Boston
Mam P
Moab, Wash
Samuel B
Rynear Y
Seldon Gates
Bedford
George Whitney
Utility players fill in as a revolving lineup
Urquhart shifts from first to short and now left field as Dougherty known as the Flying Dutchman covers the shortstop with speed. Capt Fallon coaches the infield while Hunt remains sidelined by faculty disputes. A hole in the outfield persists and BC high team losses to Concord school. Fans beg for bats as the team fights through a .286 season average.
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Urquhart
Chameleon
Dougherty
Wagner
Fallon
Hunt
Varley
Richardson
Boston College
Concord
Cc. H. 8
Washington
Classified Advertisements Read Across Several Towns
Advertisements require advance submission at H L Whitcomb and cost 10c per line with six words per line. Notices list WANTED stove and housework postings including Mrs R B Petersen Concord Mass and Mrs Clara Pretti Concord Junction. Lost watch on Walden Street, reward offered. Tom house with eight rooms and path shed listed at 35 Hubbard Street.
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H. L. Whitcomb
Gencord
Maynard
Littleton
Bedford Acton
Sudbury
Tom
Hubbard St
New North Bridge at Concord Replaces Old North Bridge
Visitors to the Concord battlefield will find a concrete bridge spanning the river where the old North Bridge stood. The one lane pile structure allows vehicles to pass in one direction at a time and carries a tablet commemorating the road commissioners rather than the ancestors’ deeds.
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Minute Men's Battlefield
Concord
Local Figures and Weather Report Highlight April Summary
A list of local residents accompanies a weather update noting April rainfall at 2.50 inches, 0.64 inches below normal, with the unusual fact that no snowfall occurred during the month. Names include Wm H Dunlap Charles P Gifford Frank A Melvin Mike Minneman M L McDermott Clarence H Sargent Leonard L Sears and others.
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Wm. H. Dunlap
Charles P. Gifford
Frank A. Melvin
Mike Minneman
M. L. McDermott
Clarence H. Sargent
Leonard L. Sears
Henry
K. W. Scott
James Sullivan
B. van Arnam
Agnes E. Burkg
Margaret Bergin
Cora Baker
B. Crowley
Gertrude Howes
Sarah Monahan
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Board’ of Health
Comscs
Co. I
Alee
Woman's Industrial Union of Boston
Monuio
King’s Daughters
George A. Smith
G. A. Tewksbury
Trinitarian Church
St. Martin’s
N. B
Tm. Opower
John M. Keyes
Cambridge Turnpike
Lexington Road
Committee of
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N.eb
J. W. Raymond
Henry Wheeler
Harvey Wheeler
Harvard
Riverett
Mise
Mildred Edgarton
Smith College
C. F. Edgarton
Main St
Helen Hodgman
Edith Warner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mildred Meade
Greenwich
Town Hall
Samuel Hoar
Clement Ford
William H. Alen
Herbert W.llanchard
Thomas H. Eckfeldt
George 8. Keyes
Lindsay
Douglas
Stephen
Winsor
Sanderson
Barron
Devereaux
Bright
Wright
Boyle
Cc. H
Dempsey
Lon
Ballou
Banks
Trinitarian Church Notes
Ida B. Patch
Amelia O. Patch
Edwin D. Patch
Tropics
OARK
FIAR
Roxbury
Po McPherson
Cresser
Alexander c
Churchill
Goodspeed
Po Varley
Hopkins
Pallon
Rocks of
Hallowell
Zens
Monia
Business Directory
Matthew Steinman
Grant &St
Joseph Kulcsar
New York
Over the
White’s Block
Richardson’s
H. S. Richardson
Concord, Mass
Huylers
Whitman
J. C. Friend
Mass
Priend
C. W. Hunt
Walden Street
Wilfred Wheeler
Stanley
Office OF
Board OF Health
None Board of Health
Erestus H. Smith
R. B. Petersen
Everett St
Walden St
Clara Prettigrew
Concord Junction
Bard
Boston Press
Old North Bridge
Edward W. Emerson
New North Bridge
Concord Nurseries
Henry M. Pratt
Monument St., Concord
C. S. Towne
G. H. Hopkins
Archibald Buchanams Walden
Cambridge
DR. A. Fernald
W. Herbert Way
O. &. Patch
A. L. Hicks
N Wen
Concord, Ed
Mase
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