Patience Opera Delights Concord In Standout Debut
The 86th season opens with Gilbert and Sullivan Patience staged by local talent in Concord. Mrs. Arthur B. Hitchcock Jr. directed and starred, enlisting out of town soloists. the large audience praised the chorus, solos, costumes, and dramatic humor, with strong acclaim for Bunthorne Alan Hay and Lady Jane portrayed by Mrs. C Hollis Blake.
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Concord Lyceum
Gilbert & Sullivan
de Cid
Arthur B. Hitchcock, Jr
Concord
Patience
Boston
Dragoons
Eleanor Ballou
Mary D. Brooks
Edward D. Brooks
Percy W
Samuel H. Tuttle
Bunthorne
Tuttle
Angela
Saphir
Bila
Ralph Shepard
Miriam Davis
Mary V. Tewksbury
Lady Jane
Reginald Bunthorne
Alan M. Hay
T. Fred Harry
Poston
Archibald Grosvernor
Mr. Harry
Clarence E. Hay
George M. Baker
Carl Behr
Harold EB. Orendorff
Wilbur Richardson
Mildred Wolgarton
Ethel G. Hoyle
Florence P. Howe
Percy W. Brown
Hitchcock
N E T T Co Office May Open Sooner
Work on the new N. E. T. & T. Co office in the Friend location progresses rapidly. A 15 man force is completing preparations with an anticipated occupancy one week earlier than the originally planned December 12 cutover.
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Sidley
Special Town Meeting Approves 5000 For Road Dept
The meeting passed the road department appropriation of 5000 dollars after brief discussion on legality. The memorial committee for Maj. John Buttrick may spend up to the Messer legacy. A vote of thanks was given to Daniel French for a monument model. Treasurer may borrow 10000 with water and sewer board approval. Roger Sherman Hoar was moderator.
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Road Department
Maj
John Buttrick
George E. Messer
Edward W. Emerson
Daniel French
Water and Sewer Board
Roger Sherman Hoar
Concord Twins Celebrate Birthday Together Each Year
For years the Concord twins Mrs. F. W. Taylor and Mrs. Augusta M. Foss mark their joint birthday on November 7. This year they gathered at Mrs. Foss’s Walden Street home with family, a feast, a 22 candle cake, presents, and birthday notoriety in a festive party. Mrs. Taylor invites them to meet again next November 7 for another twin birthday celebration.
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Concord
F. W. Tyler
Augusta M. Foss
Pastor’s Sunday Sermon and Junior Endeavor Opening
The pastor will preach next Sunday evening the second sermon on The Democracy of the Gospel as illustrated in the Whosoever of the New Testament. Subject Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin. The Junior Endeavor class begins its 24th term last Tuesday with many youths attending. Meetings run every Tuesday from 3.45 to 4.30 with The Church and the Outsider as the next Friday evening topic.
Rev A M Trelstad to Speak at Methodist Church
The Methodist church will honor evangelist Rev A M Trelstad from New City this Sunday. Supper is at 6 30 p m, followed by the Young People meeting at 7, with services at 7 30. Miss Robinson and others will sing, and Rev Dr Trelstad will deliver the evening address.
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Methodist Church
A. M. Trelstad
New City
Young Peoples
Miss Robinson
Dr. Trelstad
Annual Fair at the M. E. Church This Week
The Methodist church holds its annual fair Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening November 11 and 12 with many beautiful articles. Doors open at 2 pm and supper served 5 to 7 pm both evenings. Sumner Fernald surprised by Brockton friends on his birthday November 7 as they arrived in autos to celebrate.
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Methodist Church
Sumner Fernald
Brockton
Auctions Of Cattle Called Off Over Disease
All cattle auctions planned by Otis H. For bush at Acton Center have been canceled due to cattle disease.
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Otis H. For ‘Bush
Acton Center
Kaiser's Forces Press Southward in Desperate Belgian Battle
News from London reports Germany’s renewed assault along the coast from Nieuwpoort to Ypres with fresh eastern troops. Allied defenses hold as Attacks widen toward Armentieres and Dunkirk while Russian victory in Poland dampens German morale. The British government releases a paper on Turkey’s entry, and Japanese forces claim victories at Tsingtao after a long siege.
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Kaiser
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Petrograd
London
Allies
Line
Nieuwport
Ypres
Kidiser
Dixmude
Armentieres
Dunkirk
Calais
France
Hazebrouck- St. Omer
Joffre
Berlin
Havre
Cracow
Botsonovia
Russia
Turkey
Goeben
Breslau
Bey
Young Wurke Party
Made Reckless Charge At Tsingtao Stronghold
An official account describes operations before Tsingtao and the storming of the German fortification as marked by reckless assault and disregard for life.
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Tsingtao
Charities Targeted as German Governor Demands Work
German Brussels officials threaten to shut all charitable organizations feeding the idle population unless Belgians immediately resume former activities. Brusse residents reject the claim theAng le are unwilling to work, noting German seizure of cars and forces has cut access to coal and raw materials for factories.
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Brussels
Belgium
German Spy Ledy Shot by Court Martial in Tower of London
Carl H. Ledy, 28, convicted by court martial of espionage, executed at the Tower of London. He had claimed American birth, later admitted German nationality, and married in Omaha before his divorce. He reportedly refused to name his British Navy informant, marking the first execution at that historic site in the era.
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Carl H. Ledy
Ledy
New York
Omaha
Lody
Tower of London
Cha
Anne
Tury
Turkey Warns of Blood for Blood in Beirut Bombardment
The Turkish commander in Beirut warns in a note to the American consul general that for every Mussulman killed in the bombardment one open port will trigger immediate execution of three British and French subjects. He declines responsibility for uprisings against Christians and says Turkish property damage will be compensated by seizing equivalent British and French property.
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Beirut
Mussulman
Aviator Garros Survives Duel Or Fatal Corkscrew Descent
Roland Garros narrowly escaped death in a duel with a German. After his engine failed he performed a corkscrew descent and feigned death. The German landed believing Garros dead, only to be shot and Garros escape in the German aircraft.
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Roland Garros
Ameto
Garros
North Carolina Cruiser Rumor Denied by Navy Officials
Navy officials in Houston report no worry over rumors that the cruiser North Carolina was sunk near Beirut. No direct messages have come since Nov. 2, but comms with the Tennessee continue despite cable issues under Turkish control.
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United States Navy Department
North Carolina
Beirut
Syria
Tennessee
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H. H. Young
Goodyear
F. M. McCain & CO
Main St
Cross
Sunshine
Walcott & CO
Main Street
Mase
M. Schwartz & CO
Road Dept
Trinitarian Church
M. &. Church
Tsingtan
Heben
Charities
Aviator Garros
Feigne
Houston
George Turner
Haynesville
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