Acton Centre Social and Local Notices
Mrs Carlton Taylor visited friends in Lynn this week. M B Taylor lost a fine horse last week. Miss Luella Norton of Bristol Ct visits Mrs George Noyes. Dr Barker’s auction of household goods set for Saturday Aug 15. Advertised letters include Miss E Richardson Arthur Morison Mrs Bond Henry Waterman Jr. Rev Bernard Copping spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lyman Taylor. Copping preached in Maynard and Stow Sunday. Mrs Harriet Bean and daughter of Woburn attended a lawn party last week. Letters received from Mrs Martha Greenwood en route to California describe a pleasant train trip and party onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Wheeler
Waltham
Frank Wheeler
Pleasant
Henry J Swift
Danvers
Walter
Morse
Pleasant St. Peter Reno
Fairmount
Southbridge
Simeon Viass
Rice St
Deerfoot
Southboro
Cora Underwood
Williams- 4
John Rhodes
Franklin St
Helen Bailey
Harvard
B. J. Elliott
Lincoln St
Clara B. Dodge
Weston
Green Mountains
Brattleboro
Katherine Daley
Beverly
Margaret
Florence Dewey
Lorren Arnold
Myrtle
Elmat
Haverhill
Raymond
Red
Imnany
Pas Fornrabd Island
Acton Grange Hosts First Lawn Party and Band Concert
On Aug 4 Acton Grange held its first lawn party on the common with races for boys and girls awarding blue and red ribbons. Winners included Robert Cheney and Eliza beth Tuttle with numerous events, followed by a sale of treats and music by the Maynard band. A 9 pm town hall dance capped the evening and plans for a Whalom park field day Aug 17 were announced with notable speakers Aaron Jones and H C Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Grange
Robert Cheney
Raymond Farrar
Elizabeth Tuttle
Esther Fredrick
John Parker
Stanley Bogel
Maynard Band
el Z. Stanley
H. F. Tuttle
Whalom Park
State Grange
Middlesex Pomona No. 3
Aaron Jones
Indiana
New Hampshire
Auction in Acton for Dr Barker's household goods set
Otis H Forbush of Acton Mass will auction Dr Frank J Barker Acton Centre household goods on Saturday August 15 1908 at 1 pm includes oak and white maple furniture chairs stoves refrigerator washing machine and many keeping house items Auction day will draw many locals also note another sale Monday August 17 in Shirley Village for Mr Hazen cows horses wagons tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H Forbush
Acton
Mass
Frank J. Barker
Bis
Forbush
Shirley Village
Hazen
Walsh Makes Good on Wager After Cross-Country Walk
Boston Aug. 12 Sergeant John Walsh aged 52 native of Boston completed a 79 day walk from San Francisco to Boston after shedding fifty five pounds for a wager with the Golden Gate Athletic club members Walsh’s aim was to finish within ninety days earning five thousand dollars Walsh has a daughter in Boston and plans to deliver the prize money to her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Boston
John Walsh
San Francisco
Golden Gate Athletic Club
Acton Mourns Varnum Tuttle Killed by Lightning
Varnum Tuttle 16 died when lightning struck a tree near his work as he rode a bicycle in Acton. His funeral drew many relatives and friends with services led by Rev. Edward Hayes and Rev. Bernard Copping. The community expressed deep grief as they recalled his life in school, the Boys' Club, and the Christian Endeavor society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnum Tuttle
Varnum
Acton
Concord High
Boys
Christian Endeavor Society
Boys’ Club
Acton High ‘11
Acton, Lodge, I. O. Oo F
Edward ©. Hayes
Bernard Copping
Mr. Copping
MY. Hayes
Marlboro Residents Take Spring Vacations and Visits
Marlboro residents and visitors are noted on extended or weekend trips. John Grenier returns from Spencer, Dr. J. T. Neary vacationing at York Beach, Miss Hazel Elliott and Helen Bailey guests in Harvard, William Griffin works in Brockton, and many others roam to Boston, Lake Boon, Fort Meadow, and Worcester for leisure or relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grenier
Spencer
Charles Maynard
Fort Meadow
George Litchfield
Catskills
P. G. Colleary
J .F. Hennessy
Boston
William Griffin
Fryest
Brockton
J. T. Neary
York Beach
James W. Barry
Malden
Hildreth St
Thomas F. Gorman
Worcester
John Burns
Windsor St
Mattepan
William Brigham
Dorchester
Bessie Bent
May Lynch
Clinton
William Biddle
Hough's Neck
Watson O'Leary
Perry
D. M
Eden Cottage
Lake Boon
Charles Callas
Elm St
Bowman
Bowman & White, Co
Verpront
Frank Moorehouse
L. B. Kirby
Thomas Driscoll
Middlesex
Cochituate
Hazel Elliott
Lincoln St
Helen Bailey
Harvard
Fred Mayhew
George Chartier
Quinebequin Cottage
Alfred Gledhill
Child
Woonsocket
R. L
Matthew Gledhill
Tremont St
George 8
Pine
York Village
Ruth Bennett
Fall River
Plymouth
Burrage
Noel Gregoire
Longley
Lewiston
Sarah Parks
Patrick Martin
Beach At
Conway
DeWolf & Hassell Shoe Factory
Allesandro Puna
Main Et
Barrett Bros. Club
Alfred Dansereau
Auburn Sr
Walter Dorr
Clinton Sr
Warren
Orcott
Hunkington
Ave
Anna Byrne
Marlboro Electric Co
Henrietta Griffin
Marlboro Gas, Co
Peak’s Island
Richieu
Harold Niles
Washington
Silver Lake
Hollis
Marlboro
Stanley B. Lyman
Atholon
W. B. Gotd
Eastern Steamship Sailing Expands Vacation Season Travel
The Eastern Steamship Co expands service to Bangor, Kennebec, Portland and International divisions. Weekday sailings from Foster's Wharf 5 p.m. to Rockland and Bangor. Union Wharf 6 p.m. to Popham Beach Bath Richmond Gardner Hallowell and Auguste. New turbine ships Cobb and Camden run Mon Wed Fri 9 a.m. Portland Lubec St John. Calvin Austin runs Boston St. John twice weekly. Daily Boston Portland sailings 7 p.m. Portland 7 p.m. except Sundays 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Steamship Co
Eastern Steamship Company
le Bangor
Kennebec
Portland
International
Bangor
Foster’s Wharf
Rockland
Boston
Bar ‘Harbor
Blue Hill Sedgwick
Auguste
Ransom B. Fuller
Union Wharf
International Division
Or. Cobb
Camden
Port
Lubec
St. John
Calvin Austin
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Quali Hudson
Maynard
Concord
Wsiicuy
Walden Street
J. J. Mayo
Walden
Concord, Mass
Life Insurance Company
R. H. Cotton
Wakefield
Fairhaven
Diosa
Falemnouettt
Wilfrid Wheeler
Acton Centre
Carlton Taylor
Lynn
M. B Taylor
Luella Norton
Bristol, Ct
George Noyes
Martha Greenwood
California
Grange Lawn Party
Merritt Farrar
Florence Cheney
F. Wilder
W. Coughlin
J. Parker
8. Bogel
Merritt
Farrar
James B. Tuttle
Hayes
Y. P
Hartwell
Miss Hartwell
A. B. ‘Hartwell
Daniel Tuttle
John Flood
Lyman Taylor
Misses Grace
Sophia’ Taylor
C. H. Campbell
B. A. Phalen
Ellsworth Houghton
Chas. Edwards
George Greenough
Wm. Edwards
M. A. Reed
Trip
Revere Beach
Lexington
Revere Beach Parkway
Riverside
Finney & Hosts
Edward Skelly
Mount Pleasant St
Main St
Edward Joséphson
Hudson St
Orange
Florence Markham
Natick
Frances Sperling
Newton At
Leon ‘Sparhawk
Hubbardston
Ernest Mansmann
Frank Howe
Annie Howe, Hill, Sr
Dover
Robert
Walter Coca
Lincoln
Simpson
Howard
New York City
H. Collins
Deerhill
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