Concord News Highlights Local Happenings and Moves
Concord residents attend social events at Revere beach and Lake Winnipesaukee excursion. Benjamin Brown buys Bedford House. Concord Grange opens fall session September 7. W P Harris opens Middlesex Studio. traffic accident injures letter carrier Wilbur Richardson. football prospects for H S uncertain. several road bridges under construction near Powder Mill.
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Benjamin Brown
Bedford House
Concord Grange
Tuesaday
Woman's Club
Robert Hatch
Bessie Carty
Revere Beach
Sand Cars Derail at Concord Junction Depot
A train of fifty seven sand cars derailed after an engine and one car separated near Concord Junction, blocking main tracks for a time. The light sand car struck the others, forming a thirty foot high heap across the station. no one was killed though a chair factory worker, George Nutting, was scratched and lost his hat. Train service diverted but not greatly delayed.
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Concord Junction
George Nutting
Concord Locals and Lost Notices From Concord Mass
Local items list a house to let on Sudbury road with eight rooms and modern improvements. Notices announce lost books and a lost gold watch with reward, plus several help wanted ads seeking girls for general housework in Concord households.
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Sudbury Road
D. Hubberd
Main St
Concord
Mass
Elm St
Geo. E. Walcott
Wright Tavern Notes
William and Charles Saville of Waban walked to New York State visiting the Tavern last week. Baltimore pair Mrs. and Mr. B. F. Jackson tour New England and dined at the Tavern on their way to the White Mountains. Dohme physicians from Baltimore reached Concord and dined at the Tavern. Stoneham resident J. A. Scally visited his son R. A. Scally there. Numerous international and domestic guests listed among recent visitors to the tavern.
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William and
Charles Saville
Waban
New York State
B. F. Jackson
Baltimore
New England
White Mountains
Charles EK. Dohme
Alfred C. Dohme
Concord
J. A. Scally
Stoneham
R.A. Scally
W. D. Leonard
Orange
Peter Andreasen
Carlkarsen
Sweden
Ritson
San Francisco
Cal
Charlotte Kaufman
Chicago
C. A. Biggers
St. Louis
B. F. Tinkham
Scranton
Charles Hawkinson
Philadelphia
Mirs
BE K. Goodwin
C. M. Hudson
New York
John R. Roche
East
Colonial Inn Guests and Arrivals Highlight Busy Week
Dean R Webster of Lawrence hosted a dinner for sixteen at the Colonial Inn. Notable guests included Mr and Mrs Joshua B Holden returning from the seashore, Miss F L Lombard of Boston, and couples from Bridgeport Philadelphia and Syracuse. Local agent S Ayppleby appointed for Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co.
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Dean R. Webster
Lawrence
Joshuab. Holden
S. Ayppleby
Mass. Bonding & Insurance Co
Concord K of C Field Day Draws Large Local Crowd
Concord council Knights of Columbus field day drew a sizable turnout from towns within fifteen miles under ideal September weather. Races and baseball formed the program with steeplechase and running events yielding two accidents but no serious injuries. Constellation won the steeplechase while The Rebel placed second. other races featured Punctual and White Yes. Baseball games failed to excite, as Lincoln defeated Fort Banks 6–1 after Concord beat Acton 6–1. Committee members included Connorton Sullivan Brennan and McKenna.
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Concord Council
K. of C
Col
Patch
Constellation
Higginson
Rebel
Bowditch
Acton
Concord
Lincoln’s
McCarthy
Lincoln
Fort Banks
Mahoney
Brophy
Boston
Norton
Dartmouth
Soldier
Mulvey
McKenna
Council
John J. Connorton
Patrick J. Sullivan
William Brennan
T.j.‘Avlin
Edward McKenna
John le Dee
James ‘Eb. Finan
A. D. Chis
James M. Russell
T. J. Burke
Daniel Sullivan
H. P. Sheasgreen
Trinitarian Church Notes
The Friday prayer meeting will discuss What God Asks of Us and Why. Sunday morning sermons cover Paul the Ready and Going to School for children. The Christian Endeavor meets next Sunday at 6 30 with Temperate in All Things and A Christian Life That Counts. A 7 30 service marks the new school year Six Steps to the Throne. Teachers and pupils are invited plus others. Ladies Missionary meetings resume Thursday next week.
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Paul
Christian Endeavor Society
Concord Golf Club Opens Fall Schedule Championship Qualifier
The Concord Golf Club began its fall schedule with a qualifying round for the club championship. The first eight players to qualify and their scores are listed below.
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Concord Golf Club
Concord Junction Community Notes and Travels
Mr and Mrs A B Palmer of Central st visited Beverly over Labor Day. Raymond Blodgett runs between Manchester and Hillsboro as passenger brakeman. H H Young attended the Maynard high school alumni reunion last Thursday. W F Davis and John Snow returned from a vacation at Union Illinois. Farnam Damon returned to Amherst to study at the agricultural college. Madz Hansen lost a pocketbook and asks for a thank you card if found. Donations of Lothrop floor and furniture polish for hard wood finishes are received for the new church and will be on sale at 360 Main st Mrs H M Lane Concord Junction.
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A. B. ‘Palmer
Central St
Beverly
H. H. Young
Maynard High School
W. F. Davis
John Snow
Union
N. Hi
Lothrop
Main St
H. M. Lane
Concord Junction
Advertised Letters List Includes Several Names
A local notice lists undelivered mail for individuals including Mr. Henson Michael Durkip Miss Mary Fair Mr. John Mooney Mr. Hugh F. Vaughn and Mr. B Grant and Mr. Albert E. Johnson with two entries for Johnson.
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Mr. Henson
Michael F. Durkip
Mary Fair
John Mooney
Hugh F. Vaughn
B. Grant
Albert E. Johnson
Concord Junction Locals To Let At 20 Assabet Ave
A half house with six rooms and furnace facing the river is offered for rent at 20 Assabet Avenue Concord Junction. The ad notes a desirable cosy condition and reasonable rent and lists G Russell Commonwealth Ave. Also seeks a neat experienced girl for housework in a family of three with wages four dollars per week at 135 Commonwealth Ave Concord Junction.
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Assabet Ave
Russell
Commonwealth Ave
Concord Jct
Local Flower Sale at Garland’s Cop Cord Junction Mass
F L Garland announces a greatly reduced cut flower sale at Cop Cord Junction in Massachusetts. The notice provides location details and the price reductions aiming to attract customers.
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F. L. Garland
Copcord Junction, Mass
Sluggish Applicant Seeks Play Opp While Coach Pushes
A hesitant applicant asks if he will be a player for football. The coach replies you may play but your age hampers movement, highlighting a challenge in selection and athletic prospects.
Sunday Stroll in Early Bangor Highlights Strict Maine Laws
The biography of Peter Edes recalls a Sunday walk by his apprentice James Orrock in Bangor, where tything men ordered him home and a fine was avoided only after Judge Dutton’s intervention. An ad in the Bangor Weekly Register notes BD. & M. R. Edes opening a school for young Misses offering orthography, writing, and needlework for 17 to 25 cents weekly, likely Maine’s first for girls.
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Maine
Peter Edes
Edes
James Orrock
Edelgoon
Bangor
James
Dutton
Bangor Weekly Register
BD. & M. R. Edes
Can You Spell Test Your Ability Jumble From Dictation
A playful piece on spelling tests and a long tongue twister jumble. It catalogs odd words and phrases such as Antinous a disappointed desiccated physicist peeling potatoes and a paradoxical scene with Mayonnaise mussels Pleiades and tricycles.
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New York Mail
The Queen of Hanover Death Mystery in 1842
The queen of Hanover wife of King Ernest Augustus died in Hanover about 1842 from an illness doctors could not define. A clairvoyant left mystic words on her bedroom door but the queen died. the king ordered the room kept as if she still slept there with bed turned down and slippers laid out.
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Hanover
Ernest Augustus of Hanover
Duke of Cumberland
George III
Two Men Wait for Elevator on Split Floor Conversation
Two men on the second floor chat while waiting for an elevator on the first floor. A lawyer remarks on looks and a real estate man jokes about needing exercise. They remain waiting as the elevator is delayed.
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Londsel
Kansas City
Old Cash Earns Millions After Ten Years in Country
In the Cleveland Leader clipping a man recalls an immigrant nicknamed Old Cash who arrived barefoot a decade ago and now claims to hold millions. The piece hints at stark contrasts between poverty and wealth and questions the man’s credibility.
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Cleveland
The Other Half Royal Marine Coaling Ship Tale
An excerpt portrays a Royal Marine recalling joining the corps with a sergeant's remark about naval life and “yachtin.” The dialogue highlights the contrast between hard soldiering and leisure at sea as a vivid, period voice moment.
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Royal Marine
Forgets to Mail Them
A garbled fragment from a Statesman page hints at a casual remark about mail duties and an implied desire to lighten a load. The text is incomplete and lacks clear subjects or outcomes.
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Sean Statesman
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Edna G.calef
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Wiliam D. Cross
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Trinitarian Church Notes
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