Man Ends Life At Home In South Acton
Arthur Hall Kinnard a River Street resident employed by A. Merriam & Co. died after taking cyanide of potash at home last Saturday night. An autopsy confirmed suicide. He leaves a wife and two daughters aged 15 and 19. Burial planned at Mt Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hall Kinnard
River Sr
Fred. Reed
A. Merriam & Co
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Ralph Piper
Amherst Aggie
A. C. Hardy
H. Louis-Jones
Franklin Falls
N. H
King Rene’s
Christabel W Kidder
Ruth Hill
Hudson
Reba Warren
Laura Binstead
England
Swift
Pletcher
Acton Centre Votes Narrowly In License Debate
Acton Centre residents faced a tight contest over license policy and a $10,000 plan to build a school near Acton Centre. The license issue swung by a single vote with a recount possible, while voters also chose town officers and approved budget questions amid lively caucus action led by Mrs Williams and Mr Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Miller
North Acton
West Acton
Acton Centre
Acton Town Votes on Licenses and Public Works
The town considered multiple measures including road and bridge work, school building funds, cemetery and tree department needs, and a water trough upgrade. The license question narrowly passed 183 to 182 with 17 blanks, amid a list of figures for various public work orders and equipment purchases.
Cattle Sale Notices From Forbach Auction in Massachusetts
Auction notices list Otis H. Forbach of Acton Mass as auctioneer for sales in Needham West Sterling North Wilmington and West Aileri ca. Dates include Thursday April 2 Monday April 6 and Saturday April 11 with 20 cows 1 bull 2 heifers 3 calves and hay offered at the Deacon Spaulding farm formerly 112 miles from Chelmsford center on Boston road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbach
Acton
Mass
Boston
Crawford House
Needham
West Sterling
Gould Bros
L. Sheldon
North Wimington
Pr. m
Daniel Lane
West Ailerica
Deacon Spaulding
Chelmsford Center
Boston Road
Auction Sale Attracts Boston Buyers And Local Notables
A Lexington Mass auction draws ex Mayor Fitzgeralds family and guests from Boston, amid purchases of cows horses sleighs and various antiques. Crowds travel from Chelmsford Lexington Acton Sudbury with luncheon served and bidding by Grace Keyes and Weston residents among bidders. Particulars to follow for J B Prescott mortage sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mass
Eaca
J. B. Prescott
Mort Bagee
Billerica
Chelmsford
Acton
Sudbury
C. O'Neill
Fitzgerald
Boston
Miss Hannam
G. D. Pushee
Weston
Grace Keyes
Concord
West Acton Notes and Local Notices
West Acton items report visitors from Lowell and Worcester, local housing changes, and school activities. A Japanese student from Smith College is to speak at the Baptist church, while town women regret they could not vote on an article at town meeting. Mrs. Eliza J. Mead dies at 76. funeral held at Mt Hope with burial in Groton. Poultry offerings from J L Richardson and G W Burroughs advertise eggs and birds for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Matilda Gamble
Ida Graham
Woburn
Minnie Gamble
Lovett
Town Hall
Mr. Lovett
West Acton
Ruth Sprague
Bates College
A. N. Sprague
Maine
Tie Ninoniya
Smith College
Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church of the Home Department of Sunday Schools
Hamilton ‘Conant
King
Springfield
Hamilton
Conant
Boston
Eliza J.mead
Walter Mead
Mrrs. Mead
Mrs. Mead
Boxboro
C. H. Mead
Wallace Brown
Groton
Sidney Willes
Universalist Church
Mt. Hope
James W Rideout Dies At 74 In Quincy
Quincy shoe manufacturer James W Rideout died Sunday at age 74. He was a prominent local businessman who built a lasting factory legacy over 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
James W. Rideout
Bereavement thanks from Mead family and Brown clan
The Mead and Brown families express heartfelt gratitude for support and tributes after the death of their loved one. Walter Mead Chas. H. Mead and families Wallace A. Brown and families extend appreciation. West Acton March 31, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mead
Chas. H. Mead and Family
Wallace A. Brown
Harvard poor farm changes as Cobleigh resigns
Boxbord Henry Veazie to carry on the Harvard poor farm and Frank Davidson and family of Wayland will occupy his cottage on the Littleton road and work for D. W. Cobleigh. Cobleigh, town treasurer for 44 years, tenders final resignation. Arthur H. Wetherbee to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Veazie
Harvard
Frank Davidson
Wayland
Pires
Littleton Road
D. W. Cobleigh
Arthur H. Wetherbee
Boxborough prospers with growth and new library gains
Boxborough, the smallest Middlesex county town, reports a positive balance of 277.19 dollars and a rise in valuation from 228255 in 1897 to 252114 in 1907. The town received 2000 of a 5000 bequest from Peter Whitcomb, bonds rise in value, and a public library addition brings total volumes near 2000 under librarian Mrs. Mabel Priest Robbins. The town enjoys mail delivery, a four mile state road, telephone service, and flourishing church and Grange activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxborough
Middlesex County
Peter Whitcomb
Turner
Mabel. Priest Robbins
Church
Grange
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Succene
Jennie S. Deane
Main St
Maynard
Lizotte
Dupuis
Cleary’s
South Acton
Thomas N Heffernan
Worcester
Clarence Hosmer
Jennie Fletcher
Marthe Fagerstrom
Mr. Farren
Hthel
Kanius
Arcady
Grace
Mrs. Cyrug Dole
Adams
Hammond Taylor
Aikens
Cambridge
Sara Wood
BE. C. Wood
Bertram D. Hall
James B. Tuttle
Asaph Merriam
Wm. F. Kelley
Wm. F. Stevens
O. A. Knowlton
J. Sterling Moore
J. K. W. Wetherbee
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Albert S. Bradley
Jas. Kingsley
Moses A. Reed
Wm. F
Stevens
Wm. H. Kingsley
Charles J
H. F. Clark
Board of Health
J. Williams
Memorial Library
Charles J. Williams
T. M. Miles
Bradford
Fred MacDonald
Lowell
Webster Blanchard
Alice M. Hiall
Winchendon
Arthur Whitcomb
Crosby
Carl Hoar
Dartmouth College
F. R. Knowlton
Helen
Harold Knowlton
Florida
Frank H. Nickerson
Rufus Hall
Bertha Gardner
of Everett
Walter Gardner
Edwin M. Parker
Wim. Latham and Child
New Britain, Conn
Parker
Lock
J. L. Richardson W. Acton
G. W. Burroughs
Bay State
Albert Vanderhoof
Glasgow
Harper’s Weekly
A. F.prentiss
Joseph Breck & Sons
Oliver Chilled
A.m.whitcomb
Recidence
West
Mac
Stanley
Chas. L. Ford
Queen
Leopold
Morse
Samson Hubbard
Edison
Money Back Store
Finney & Hoit
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