West Acton Notes and Local Happenings
Local social notes report visitors and guests including Bertha Gardner at Shirley and Mrs Esther Dinsmore with her father Andrew Hapgood. The Universalist Sunday school picnic and church services are described along with family visits to Ohio, Newport, and Coney Island. A New York choir concert, a Baptist picnic, and a Rebekah lodge lawn party are noted with details on venues and activities. Christmas-like summer scenes at Windsor House and Knowlton cottages appear alongside local sales and advertisements for shoes and gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Dinsmore
Andrew Hapgood
Sumner Hayward
Omaha
George B. Parker
Stoneham
Hutchins
Mire
Violetta Gardner
Myra Hosmer
Ashby
Universalist Sunday School
Fort Bond Thin
Peter Jr. Foley
Newport
Coney Island
Jane Tuttle
George Gil" Shiiet
Fitchburg
Fred Goding
S. George
Keith
Alice Hosmer
Charlestown
Gardner
Mies Hosmer
New York
Peter Corning Edwards, Jr
Littlefield
Vernon Hughes
Douglas Lane
Baptist Sunday School
Celette
Edgar Hall
Rebekah Lodge
O. A. Knowlton
Uncle Toms Cabin
Acton Brass Band
West Acton
Saturday Race at Rigby Park Noted for Fast Heats
Horsemen are warned that in Saturdays Rigby Park event in Portland seven heats across two races were trotted in under 2.12. Local notes mention a tree cut in front of J B Whitcomb’s Central street home improving the property’s appearance. A trio including Lewis Woodard and Bert Grant planned a Pine Tree state excursion to Rangely lakes. An ad promotes DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure as a trusted remedy with numerous testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigby Park
Portland
J. B. Whitcomb
Central Street
Lewis Woodard
Bert Grant
Alfred MccAfee
Pine Tree
Rangely Lakes
Publication deadlines and drop-off instructions
Notice sets weekly deadline for submissions to ensure insertion in the same week. Early receipts avoid delays. Items, ads, and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
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A. L. Noyes
Social notes from Acton to Cambridge and beyond
Arthur B. Lane of Boston spent Sunday at Acton. Miss Charlotte Conant spent Sunday with friends at Worcester. Miss Carrie Dunn of Clinton guests Miss A. H. Laker. Miss Lena Putnam of Rome N Y guests Miss Edyth Flagg. Harry Brown and wife of Watertown guests of Mrs H D Brown. Mrs Luther Bateman of Cambridge visits her parents. The Monument House well filled with guests this season. over 70 on Sunday. Misses Florence and Lillian Conant of Lowell hosted by Miss Abbie Conant. Y P S C E meeting held. Late arrivals include Mr and Mrs Kennedy Somerville Miss Merriam Bridgeport Mr and Mrs L F Ford South Boston. Mrs Robert Chaffin died last Wednesday. interment Woodlawn Friday. ministers Wood and Copping officiated. Advertised letters: Chief G Owen W S Tarbell E S Baldwin Jessie Corkham Geo B Wetherbee E Leslie Wyman Miss Hattie M Brackett Mr Chas Russell.
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Luther Bateman
Cambridge
Thomas Hammond
Monument House
Florence
Lillian Conant
Lowell
Abbie Conant
John
Edyth Flagg
Monument
China in a Tangle Massacre Inquiry Planned by Allies
The Chinese government shows helpless confusion and weak control as a consular party led by British and American officials, with a 100-strong escort, departs Foo-Chow for Ku-Cheng to investigate recent massacres. Five participants have been arrested and will be tried, while Pekin issues a decree to curb anti mission rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien-Tsun
Mr. Mansfield
Foo-Chow
Mr. Allen
Padoga Island
J. C. Hixson
United States
Banister
Gregory
Mrs Addie Stone Chelsea Dressmaker Shines at 83
Mrs Addie Stone of Chelsea aged 83 visits Hudson biannually for dressmaking. She studies the latest fashion plates and keeps up with all things new in dress. On a stroll last week her stride resembled that of a 30 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Stone
Chelsea
Hudson
DeWitts Cholic Cholera Cure Advertised Local
An advertisement touts DeWitts Cholic Cholera Cure as the best relief for stomach and bowel complaints. It urges timely use and lists distributors B F Johnson & Son Maynard Concord and others for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Bulgarians Attacks Dospat Village Across Frontier
Turkish official reports 500 Bulgarian attackers led by three reserve officers hit the Mohammedan village of Dospat before dawn. The assailants set fires and slaughtered residents as they fled. Several hundred are said to have been killed. the Ottoman commissioner lodged a protest with Bulgaria.
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Sofia
Dospat
Peace arbitration conference opens in Brussels with delegates
The international parliamentary conference on peace arbitration opened in Brussels with representatives from 14 countries. The Belgian minister of labor welcomed the delegates and stated the aim as making force recede before the advance of the law.
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Brussels
Vigilant Protest Sparks Cup Controversy at Sea
Truth comments on the Defender protest claiming unfair handling and suggesting the cup will stay with dishonorable means if necessary. The column hints at ongoing tension between the two ships and the Valkyrie Til as a possible competitor.
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London
Truth
Insurgents Hope a Letter From Antonio Maceo Predicted Cuban Conquest
A Cuban revolutionary letter from Antonio Maceo dated May 31 predicts rapid Spanish surrender as insurgents plan a government in Camaguey and mass enrollments. Reports from Puerto Principe and Santiago describe fever, casualties, and growing insurgent support, with US allies celebrated and Gonzales de Quesada distributing El Cubano Libre.
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New York
Gonzalez de Quesada
Cuban Revolutionary Party
United States
Antonio Maceo
Ato Cuba
Montempolo
Aly
Santiago de Cuba
Camague
Nestaquin Castillo Duany
Rafael W. Portuodo
Rafael Mudelfy
Pedro Auguilera Kindelan
Mariana Sanchez Valllauth
Cuba
Gomez
Puerto Principe
Campos
Santiago
el Sugerano
Galicia
Spain
Mobilization of reserve in Spain for Cuba service continues
Aug 14 MaapRID reports reserve members called out for Cuban service. overall mobilization proceeds without incident despite widespread dissatisfaction at leaving Spain. Mutineers at Gerona Taffa la and Mataro have had their Cuba service time extended as punishment.
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Maaprid
Cuba
Spain
Gerona
Taffalla
Mataro
Must Have Lost a Few Battles in Cuba War Draft
Maparip August 14 The Gazette prints an order calling 10 090 men into active service in September to fill vacancies due to the Cuban war.
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Maparip
the Gazette
Boston arrest in Lynn rawbreak case links to riots
Lynn inspectors captured Patrick J. Hanley in Boston on a breaking and entering charge tied to George Herrick's shoeshop yesterday morning. Hanley has two state prison terms and accused ex Warden Bridges during his last term. He was linked to riots at the state prison.
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Lynn
Mass
Patrick J. Hanley
Boston
George Herrick
Hanley
State Prison
Bridges
Canal project seeks skilled mechanics for long-term work
Captain Crossman of the steamer Alliance reports Panama canal authorities are advertising for skilled mechanics to join a project with funds to employ 10,000 workers for two years. He notes recent Isthmian labor troubles have been settled.
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New York
Crossman
Steamer Alliance
Panama Canal
Canal
Isthmus
Weavers at Hoyle Hassan Kay Go On Strike
In Philadelphia on August 14 the 136 silk upholstery weavers employed by Hoyle Hassan Kay walked out after a 10 percent wage reduction was announced.
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Philadelphia
Hoyle, Hassan & Kay
Harmon guest of President Cleveland at Gray Gables
Attorney General Harmon stayed at Gray Gables in Buzzards Bay Massachusetts with President Cleveland. They fished yesterday in the bay.
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Harmon
Gray Gables
Buzzain’s Bay
Mass
Cleveland
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