Concord social circle and town notes span visitors and local events
November social rounds include Ralph Dakin visiting Lynn friends and Chas Brown gathering Tuesday evening. The Elm Street house is being re shingled. Local figures travel, clubs meet, a rifle range lease is renewed, schools win, and a dramatic churchyard rescue follows a collapsed cesspool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas E. Brown
House of Alonzo Tower
Elm Street
Wm Decker
Maine
Fred Willis Brown
Italy
Lloyd Line
Rescue of Horses From Hole Ends Turmoil at Ground Event
Extrication succeeded as a rope was fastened around the horses necks and they were pulled from the hole. The animals escaped without serious injury while several men lost their bats in the commotion.
Concord Children of the American Revolution Visit Acton History
The Concord Children of the American Revolution toured Acton via Tuttle's four horse barge with Luke Smith as guest of honor. They met Luther Conant of the Acton Historical Society at the library, viewed relics, ate lunch at Monument House, and visited Capt Isaac Davis’s farm, the Minute Men start point, then the Acton South blockcase before returning home. A Boston trip with a Constitution tour is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Tuttle
Acton
Luke Smith
Luther Conant
Acton Historical Society
South Acton
Boston
Letters Advertised At Concord Mass November 16 1897
A published list from Concord Massachusetts advertises letters remaining at the post office dated November 16 1897. Names include A L Brooks G L Crosby Day Rob Durant Homer Edson B G Gay J K Kimball W H Leighton Christian Monson Mullins Mason Elmer Olsen William E Page Amos Parker Charles E Potter C H Richardson Rings Manufacturing Co James Ryan William Schwendt Geo L Theobald J C Thome and numerous Mrs and Misses including J Anderson Emme Bradford Emeline Bradford N N Hetson Hattie Keniston Harriette Liscomb Lydia Lund Mary Mackenzie Nellie Pratt Glora Polack Annie Sheehan Frank Stevens Frederic Steritt E M Walker and H W Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Brooks
Concord Axle Co
G. L. Crosby al Day
Rob E. Durant
Homer Edson
Gay
J. K. Kimball
W. H. Leighton
Christian Monson
Mullins & Mason
Elmer Olsen
William EE. Page
Amos Parker
Charles Edward Potter
C. H. Richardson
Rings Manufacturing Co
James Ryan
William Schwendt
Geo L. Theobald
J. C. Thome
All the Comforts of Home for the Holiday Season
J. D. Murray advertises a full range of home comforts for holiday needs including dining room tables and chairs kitchenware lamps and beds. The message invites customers to be prepared for festive gatherings with inviting furnishings and reliable sleep after feasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Murray
Concord locals advertise sales and services in town
Miss Margaret Lothrop hosted a German party at the G A R hall with Mrs Titcomb assisting. Advertisements invite a girl for a job, promote Hurlburt stationery, The Century corset, Royal Worcester wares, waist fashions, Whitcomb patterns, and bargains on overcoats. Towle Kent's offers groceries, dried fruits, oils, walnuts, and shoes on sale with repair service by M J Kennedy on Grant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lothrop
G. A. R. Hall
George E. Titcomb
Lothrop
Concord
Mass
Richardson’s
Royal Worcester
Featherbone
Miss Buck
Whitcomb’s
C. E. Brown’s
Towle & Kent
H. L. Whitcomb
Karin
Towle & Kent's
Tuttle’s
Towle & Kent’s
M. J. Kennedy
Grant Street
For Sale Farms in Concord Acton Carlisle Wayland Shirley
Property listing notes farms for sale in Concord Acton Carlisle Wayland and Shirley. Apply to C Fay Heywood of Concord Massachusetts for details and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Acton
Carlisle
Wayland and
Shirley
C. Fay Heywood
Concord, Mass
Church Services With Schedules For Kirst Parish Trinity Scarborough
The notice lists sermons and times for Kirst Parish Unitarian Loren B. McDonald Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal and Trinitarian Congregational pastors including Sunday services at 10.45 am and Sunday school at noon with evening services on the first and third Sundays from Nov 1 to June 1. It also records Scandinavian M E Church sermons and a late week meeting and a temperature precipitation report for the week ending Nov 15 1897 with observed measurements by Fred A. Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirst Parish
Unitarian
Loren B. McDonald
Young People’s Guild Meeting
Trinity Church
Protestant Episcopal
Fred A. Tower
Dress Making Service Seeks Home-Visit Work
A young experienced dressmaker offers day visits to customers at their homes. Terms are moderate. Miss Harrison operates near the Union church at Concord Junction. Box 177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Union Church
Concord Junction
For Sale Elm Street residence with ten rooms and amenities
Walton Ricketson of Concord Massachusetts advertises a desirable Elm Street residence near the railroad station. Ten rooms plus studio bath laundry and boat house set on a 75 by 160 foot lot. Also a River Street cottage with eight rooms is offered for 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm St
River St
Walton Ricketson
Ncord
Mass
Knights of the Sacred Heart Beat Hudson High 12 to 4
Knights of the Sacred Heart defeated Hudson high school 12 to 4 in Hudson. Loughlin scored two touchdowns and Howe added one as Jonnell kicked two goals from touchdowns. Referee Michael Powers and Umpire Charles Bean officiated before about 100 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Sacred Heart of Concord
Hudson
Concords
Loughlin
Feeney
Howe
S. H
O’brien
Jonnell
Epitaph Found in Ohio Cemetery Reflects on Reuben Miller
A Maynard correspondent reports an epitaph found near Xenia Ohio at the grave of Reuben Miller father of Judge Miller of Springfield. The verse ponders moral fate noting the dead man’s uncertain afterlife and hinting he died against his will. It questions what good or evil he may have done and whether he will live again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
The
Enterprise
L. M. Garfield
Xenia
Reuben Miler
Judge Miller
Springfield
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sample Offer
Send your address to H E Bucklen Co Chicago and receive a free sample box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills ease constipation and headache and aid malaria and liver troubles. They are vegetable, non deleterious and invigorate the system. Regular size 25 cents per box. Sold by B F Johnson Son and John C Friend Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
John C. Friend
Concord
Concord Junction Notes and Local Happenings
The Concord Junction column reports on community events including the Ladies' union meeting with Miss Mary A. Curry, Bishop Lawrence’s sermon at the reformatory, and a large Sunday bicycle outing. It notes music events, church services, a Harvest concert, a new play in rehearsal, two appendicitis cases at the reformatory hospital, and Musketaquid club Ladies' night with a large clam supper and social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Union
Mary A. Curry
W. A. Fenwick
Framingham Centre
Bishop Lawrence
Reformatory
Fred A. Barrell
South Turner
Flossie Burbank
Hudson
Blossom
William Barker
South Carolina
Moon
Westvale Bridge
Campbell
Reformatory Hospital
Titcomb
Pickard
Musketaquid Club
Concord Junction Church Notes
Union church with Rev. W. W. Campbell as pastor announces suspension of Sunday morning service until the first Sunday in September. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Y P S C E at 6 30 p.m. and evening service at 7 30 p.m. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
Concord Junction Trades and Services Advertised
Local notices advertise blacksmithing and general jobbing with carriage repairing and horse shoeing at a shop near Chaplin's Livery stable run by Thos H. King. An eight room cottage on Main Street near the harness factory is for rent, apply to Jeremiah Sheehan. Mrs O L Dart sells millinery stock at low prices and offers to procure out of stock goods at regular prices, with new season stock noted. For Sale a newly painteddemorrat wagon. QO L Dart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin
H. King
Jeremiah Sheehan
O. L. Dart
Central Street
QO. L. Dart
The Best Salve in the World for Skin Ailments
Medicine advertisement from a 19th century paper promoting a salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists B F Johnson & Son in Maynard and Jno C Friend in Concord as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
Jno
C. Friend
Concord
Safe Deposit Boxes and Bonds Offered by Marlborough Bank
A Marlborough Massachusetts bank advertises safe deposit boxes in its vaults and notes recent acquisition of choice six percent Water Bonds. It offers drafts drawn on London payable in Europe and solicits all kinds of accounts from investors. John L. Stone, Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples National Bank
Marlborough
Mass
London
Europe
Marlborough Massy
John L. Stone
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Oval Baking Powder CO
New York
Ralph Dakin
Lynn
Edith H. Brown
Wellesley
Lowell Street
J. Alfred Smith
Emma Smith
John H. Whitney
F. S. Andrews
Company I
Geo F. Wheeler
Chas W. Prescott
Monument Street
George W. Spencer Jr
Herbert Fitzgerald
Mary P. Fennell
Channing Home
Misees Buttrick
Liberty Street
James T. Nelson
Dorchester
Main Street
Margaret Blanchard
Guild
Clara Butters
Geo A. Butters
Bedford
J. D. Hale
Prichard
F. B. Sanborn
John Brown
Woman’s Club
Massachusetts State Militia
Harvard
Cambridge
Weston High
H. K. Hannah
Lexington
J. B. Werner
Hannah
Concord Lodge
Sleepy Hollow
Wm Boyd
Mason’s
Mra Wescott
Wescott
Wright Tavern
T. Frank Mullen
American Express
Devens Street
Jerome B. Gleason
Ayer Junction
F. C. Rockwood
H. D. Osgood
OLD North Bridge Society
Yey
Joo
Maes
Geo. A
Tewksbury
Scandinavian M. E
J. P. Anderson
the Weatiter
M. H. Houghton
Association Hall
Y. P
Bucklen
Safe Deposit Boxes
Our Children’s Department
Concord Clothing CO
Friend’s Block
Westvale
Woooolbhin
Mihi
Ocoloa K
King Arthur
Neuchatel
Manhattan and Cooperative Creamery
L.N. Fowler & CO
Concord Junction, Mass
Maurice WcWalter
Ben
W. Brown
Sty
New Democrat
F. R. R. Station
William Gibbs Barratt
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