Tax on Soft Drinks Clarified by Internal Revenue Bureau
The Bureau explains the May 1 tax on soft drinks and ice cream at soda fountains. It details taxable items such as beverages mixed at the fountain and ice cream cones, exemptions for home delivery and medicinal products, and penalties for tax evasion. Religious charitable sales and fairs are noted as taxable, with constraints on pooling purchases to avoid the tax.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue and Collectors
Aimilar
Smilar
Coca Aon Co
Moxie
Sime
Concord and Marlboro News Highlights and Local Events
The Moose hosts a special meeting and smoke talk. U S S Minnesota visitor Harry Barnett drops in. Salvation Army drive whist party at A O H hall with Collins orchestra. Edward Dunn to exhibit club swinging at Monson event. photos from Germany and France by J M Carpenter on display at Carpenter store. Atty Winfield Temple returns from Newfane County Court. Ward Master Otis Beals arrives home post honorable Army discharge. Unitarian church in Bedford fills for Old Concord Chapter event of The Old Peabody Pew with Miss Fannie Sanderson and Robert Van Buskirk. Dorcas Society carpet committee works on Tory Hill Meeting House repairs. Miss Nancy Wentworth and Justin Peabody story recounted. Dr Norman Spencer takes over late Dr Charles Spencer's practice at 31 Main St.
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Nu Bedford
Concord
Bunker Hill
Aene
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Fannie Sanderson
Littleton
Robert van Buskirk
Melrose
van Buskirk
Justin Peabbdy
Dorcas Society
Tory’ Hill
Edgewood
Nancy
Wentworth
Justin Peabody
Justin
Consord
Bunker Hil
Memorial Service Honors Local Heroes at Union Church
Concord Junction figures Patrick Reilly and daughters Margaret and Isabella hosted relatives in Worcester. Union Church held a moving memorial for boys who gave their lives in the German war with Rev Alfred W Stone presiding. Seven servicemen sat in front, Boy Scouts ushered, and the choir led a solemn My Country Tis of Thee. The pastor’s sermon praised courage and sacrifice.
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Patrick Reilly
Margaret
Isabella
Worcester
Alfred Wi. Stone
America
Mildred Stone
Weekend church services and lost key notice
Alfred Wheeter Stone, minister, will preach on Bringing God to our Community in the morning and Gambling in the evening at 7. Church school and Endeavor meet at usual hours. Midweek meeting Tuesday at 7 30. Lost a square gold Phi Beta Kappa key and a watch key likely lost November 29 on the street or in a hack. Reward offered for return. William J. Batt 19 Church St Concord Junction Mass.
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Alfred’ Wheeter’ Stone
Church School and Endeavor Societies
William J. Batt
Church St
Concord Junction
Mass
Making Gas From Wood in French Experiments
Experiments in France tested wood as a coal substitute for gas making using Wassa pine billets. Wood charge was about half coal weight and carbonization took half the usual time. One retort used wood for every two coal, with no noticeable change in calorific power. By products included Gmail coke and tar, comprising five to ten percent.
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France
Faults and strengths in people guide virtue and growth
A Ruskin opinion urges focusing on the good and strong in others, imitating those traits to weaken personal faults. It counsels against dwelling on flaws, promoting positive reflection and steady character improvement.
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Ruskin
Circle Fleury Meets Miss Loretta Leveille
Circle Fleury met Miss Loretta Leveille on Monday evening. Hours passed quickly and the evening was most enjoyably spent. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess.
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Circle Fleury
Loretta Leveille
Cinderella in Flowerland at Hud son Unitarian vestry
The Lend-a-Hand society of the Unitarian church presents Cinderella in Flowerland at the Hud son church vestry on the evening of June 13.
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Lend-a-Hand Society
The
Unitarian Church
Flowerland
Hudson
Real Estate Trades Close on Essex and Hemenway Lots
James H Donahue broker reports sales of the John Ginty farm on Essex Street to Albert Selleck of Brookline. The Frank Stanhope wood lot on Hemenway Street sells to Eugene Mauro. Mauro also sells the Northboro wood to Sam Eftim in a trio of property transfers.
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James H. Donahue
John Ginty
Essex St
Albert Selleck
Brookline
Frank Stanhope Wood
Hemenway St
Eugene Mauro
Northboro
Sam Eftim
Tenneys Visit Boston For River Pilot Display
Mr and Mrs L M Tenney spent the weekend with Mr Tenney s sister Mrs Rice in Boston Bay State rd Cambridge and watched a pleasure flying machine operate across the Charles River on the opposite bank.
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L. M. Tenney
Reverend A M Osgood Visits Local City in 1891
Rev A M Osgood, pastor formerly of the city Methodist church in 1891, visited yesterday and is now serving at the Jamaica Plain church.
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Jamaica Plain
Lawton to Serve on Bean Memorial Day Parade Staff
E M Lawton veteran of the late war will be an aide on the staff of Marshal Frank Bean for the Memorial day parade.
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E.M. Lawton
Frank Bean
Queens of Avalon rehearse for initiation at church vestry
The Queens of Avalon met last night in the vestry of the First Church to rehearse for initiation planned for the next meeting.
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Queens of Avalon
First Church
HigBee of Harvard Matinee Draws Good Assembly Hall Crowd
Higbee of Harvard was successfully repeated as a matinee to a good audience at Assembly Hall yesterday afternoon. It will be given again tonight for the benefit of the baseball team.
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Higbee
Harvard
Assembly Hall
Barn Fire at 91 Street Little detail in image
Fire department responded to a blaze in a barn at 91 Street owned by J J Sullivan. Alarm originated from Box 46 with limited accompanying image evidence.
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J. J Sullivan
Concord to Hold Union Service After War
The Old Concord Post invites veterans groups and Boy Scouts to a town union service on Sunday morning at 10 45 with a lecture at 7 by Hon A P Langtry Boston secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The event includes Memorial Day references and a plan to reserve seats for war veterans home workers and Scouts.
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Old
Concord Post
Massachusetts State’ Guard
Concord
O’eléck
A. P. Langtry
Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Poetry of the era mirrors society not high moods
The fragment speaks of poetry not as Wordsworthian mountains but as a drawing room mirror. It remains entertaining despite shifts in tone and shows faithful social reflection, powdered and rouged, focusing on trifles yet human like Homer’s heroes.
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Wordsworth
Loweil
British Submarine Excellence Versus German Secrets
In Scientific American C. H. Claudy argues that Britain’s submarines rival German craft, challenging the notion of German monopoly on sub surface design. He notes Britain built about 130 subs, lost many to mines, and adopted new ideas including the 1700 ton M1 with a 12 inch gun and long range shell.
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Germany
England
Fook Som Rele
Ghie Deeres
Germ
Dardanelles
Admiralty
C. H. Claudy
Scientific American
Concord Grange Dance Planned for June Fourth
Plans are underway for a Concord Grange dance to be held in the town hall on Wednesday evening June 4. Sheridan’s Five Viego Orchestra has been engaged to play that evening. All men who have served in the armed forces will be admitted free and officials hope for a large attendance.
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Grange
Concord Grange
Concord
Sheridan
Five Vieco
Surprise purse given to Mr and Mrs Callahan at Hopkins st home
A large gathering surprised Mr and Mrs Edward Callahan at their Grant Street home with a purse of money as a token of friendship. Guests enjoyed vocal and instrumental music and dancing, followed by refreshments, as they wished the couple happiness in their new residence.
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Edward “Callahan
Hopkins House
Grant 'St
Callahan
New Fate for Dog Hair to Become Cloth
A dog hair industry forms a dog hair association to promote its fleece for industrial use. Dogs like spaniel and Pekingese yield hair valuable for fabric when blended with wool, creating a new textile promising in commerce.
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Columbus, CO
Two-Legged Hog Exhibited Near Hamburg Ark
A farmer near Hamburg, Arkansas, showcases a one-year-old hog with only two feet and a tail shaped like an elephant trunk, exhibiting curiosity for local residents.
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Hamburg
Ark
G. P. Williams
Eight aged men meet by accident in Putnam courthouse
In Greencastle Indiana eight men with ages totaling 582 years gathered at the Putnam county courthouse. The group ranged from sixty one to ninety with Uriah Gassa Way at ninety and Elijah Grantham at eighty nine among others including Robert Harbison seventy one George Smith seventy Hiram W Dicks seventy one Jesse Boyd sixty seven Pames Harlan sixty three and Louis Phillips sixty one.
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Greencastle
Ind
Putnam County
Uriah Gassa- Way
Elijah. Grantham
Robert Harbison
George Smith
Hiram’ W. Dicks
Jesse Boyd
Pames Harlan
Louis Phillips
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs Silver Jubilee
The Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs celebrates its silver jubilee this year, comprising about 660 clubs with a combined membership near 70 000. The note recalls ancient Gauls making soap from beech ashes and goat fat over 2 000 years ago.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Utah
Wheeler
Harry Barnett
Minnesota
A. O. H. Hall
Salvation Army
Edward .Dunn
Monson
Collins’ Orchestra
J. M. Carpenter
Carpenter Store
Atty. Winfield Temple
Newfane
Otis L. Beals
Camp
Devens
Army
Norman ©. Spencer
Charles S. Spencer
Main St
Union Church
Concord National Bank
Massachusetts
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Sith
Hag. Moray
Ss. Geo
Ranerct
Hess
Lessok
Ders
Federal Reserve
Middlesex
Ss. Ayem
I. C. Fay Heywood
C. Fay Heywood
Cashitt
Harold. BE. Orendorff
Hudson Council K. of C
Town Hall
Duncan Is
F. Q Anderson * Bakery
He Entertainment
Joseph Scalporetti
Boston College
Collins’ Orchestra of
Marlboro
Henry M. Tew
Jackson
Camill
Matthew F. Jiahee
John J. Kerrigan
Patrick R.il
William A. Met Uillan
Albert ‘Lambert
Francis
X. Dalton
Arthur
Jacques Sahai
Noah Ph
Ken Vincent Nau
Ae Meek
Frank eGorty
Fred O
Bri Pattie
Ar Siavon
Pat Cormack
Trinitarian
Pope
G. B. Foley
Bim St
Mase
Middlesex Institution For Savings
Middlesex’ Institution For Savings
Herbert ‘W. Hosmer
Murray Ballou
Elm St
R. M. Gallagher
Lowell Concord
C. S. Swenson
Central St
Hubbard ‘St
Chester
Berkshires
Eugene Jose
Cambridge Turnpike
Wood
Alfred N. Sawyer
Frank Wheeler
Des Vi Peel
Olaf Binney Ek
Asparatus
Shawiitter Chiefs of
Shawmut Ave
Joseph Denaro
Association
Hall
Larry Prentiss
Charles Ray
Paramount
Macek
Sennett
Gloria Swanson
Chester Conklin
Dorothy Dalton
Ye Colonial Inn
Old Concord, Mass
Maynard
Acton
Concord Jct
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