Boon Pond Charm Draws Visitors From Marlboro and Hudson
The article spotlights Whitmans Crossing and Boones Pond as popular summer getaways with cottages and a flag station at Marlboro. It notes locals from Marlboro, Hudson, and Maynard visiting, Fred Ordway cooking fish there, and the Ne Me mo ne granite monument to Matthew Boon. It mentions a potential summer hotel near the pond and the pond feeding Maynard's water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerelie
Whitmans Crossing
Marlboro
Hudson
Maynard
Enterprise
Fred Ordway
Fred
Boone’s Pond
Concord Board of Health adopts strict plumbing regulations
Concord Massachusetts August 13 1894 the Board of Health votes to require licensing plans inspections and tests for plumbing and drainage in town buildings and private properties with penalties up to fifty dollars and rules for traps vents and cleanouts and swine offal restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Concord
Joan M. Keyes
Ames B. Woon
Cyrus Fletcuer
Frank E. Cutter
Joseph W. Goofrey
Geercee J. Emmett
Thomas W. Ryan
Cyrus Fetcuer
George Ge
Board of Examiners
Mass
Acton Notes Highlight Local People and Upcoming Events
South Acton brief items list residents at work travel and visits. Henry Tuttle and family undertake Concord route duties while Abram and Luke Tuttle sail Sunday. School term begins Sept 4 with same teachers. church services and Young People’s Society events scheduled. Acton Royal Arcanum grows to 51 members. factory work steadies with five-day weeks. Arbor care urged for fruit trees. new Universalist church interior described.
Apples Make a Good Showing in New England Crops
The New England Weather Service reports mixed crop conditions for the week ending Aug 20 1804. Heavy local rains in eastern Massachusetts caused cellar damage in Boston while Maine crops stay generally favorable. drought and dry wells persist in central and southern New Hampshire and parts of Connecticut Rhode Island and Vermont report variable yields and ongoing moisture needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England Weather Service
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau
Concord
Mass
Maine
Aroostook
New Hampshire
Grafton
Sullivan
Merrimack
Cheshire
Hillsboro
Coos County
Vermont
Orleans
Bristol County
Middlesex
Worcester County
Marshfield
South Dennis
A Woburn Man Honored For School Career
The resignation of F. B. Richardson, longtime superintendent of Woburn schools, moves him to become dean of Burdett College of Business and Shorthand. The Boston Herald notes his distinguished career and belief in Burdett’s teaching method, predicting strong value to the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Richardson
Woburn
Burdett College
Richardson
Boston Herald
Electric Bitters advertised as cure all
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims to purify blood and treat liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, salt rheum, and malaria and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer. Bottles priced at 50 and 70 cents at local drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Son's
Maynard
H. R.ichardson
Concord
Sudbury Superintendent Edward J. Cox Resigns
Sudbury school committee accepted the resignation of Edward J. Cox as superintendent and high school principal due to ill health. Cox, who had just been unanimously elected for another year, will move to a bookkeeping position with a Boston grain house at a lucrative salary. He served 11 years in teaching and administration, including three in Sudbury, and the committee expressed regret while promising a prompt choice of his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Cox
Cox
Boston
Sudbury
Fragmentary Local Publication Notice
A partial notice advises entries be sent to T. F. Newton to secure insertion in the current issue and to prevent condensation or delay of articles. It mentions submitting news, advertising matter, and subscriptions to Newton.
Local Activity and Community Changes Noted in Lawrence and Pomposetticut
Derricks rose on the Lawrence lot on Friday. Blasting on the Solon Wood lot began last week. Dr. Eastman moved household effects to Newburyport. The white oats cart shifted from hay scales to the George Stratton lot. Rev. J W Barter of Berlin preached at the M E church last Sunday and will return next Sunday. Adam Cole plans a iron covered model blacksmith shop east of his stable with Philip Lynch as proprietor. Last Friday night D G and Frank C Hapgood raised J E Felker sachem George Elle senior sagamore and R C Burrington junior sagamore of Pomposetticut tribe No 64 I O R M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Hunter
H. B. White
Ayer
F. Z. Taylor
Keene, N. H
Solon Wood
J. W. Barter
Berlin
M. E. Church
Adam Cole
Philip Lynch
D. G
Frank C. Hapgood
J. E. Felker
George Elle
Sagamore
R. C. Burrington
Publication deadline guidance for timely newspaper submissions
All matter must reach the office of publication not later than Tuesday night to be included in the same week issue. Earlier receipts prevent condensation or delay of articles. News advertising, mail, and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Board of Earth
Tater
Temtay. Com
T. F. Newton
A. L. Noyes
Acton Centre Social Notes and Town Hall musicale
Acton Centre reports Mrs. Wm Handley visiting Mrs. M D Richardson while Superintendent Dixon of West Brookfield was in town Tuesday. Miss Cora Kenty returns home to Woburn from visiting Mrs Bean. Robert Porter leaves M E Taylor to work for Hanson Littlefield in West Acton. A musicale at Monument House in the town hall drew a large audience. another performance is planned for next Saturday evening August 25 by special invitation via post office cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
West Brookfield
Cora Kenty
Robert Porter
Wm. Richardson
M. E.taylor
Hanson Littlefield
West Acton
Monument House
Backten's Arnies Salve for All Skin Ailments
An early advertisement touts Backten's Arnies Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises burns eruptions and skin conditions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by B F Johnson & Sons Maynard and H E Richard Concord priced at 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Sons
Maynard and
H. E. Richard Or. Concord
Daughter Born in Malden to Bullard Family
In Malden on August 12 a daughter was born to Mrs. Charles T. Bullard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Charles T. Bullard
Obituaries From Marlboro Area Dated Aug 15–21
Death notices list Marie Eva Lesieur nine months old Willie Dee ten months Henry Otis Pendleton thirty seven years six months nineteen days Godfrey Lacouture sixty years Harold Pousland eleven months eighteen days and John Baptiste Desmarais eighty seven years in Marlboro and Southboro dates in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Marie Eva Lesieur
Willie
William R. Dee
Henry Otis Pendleton
Godfrey Lacouture
Southboro
Harold Pousland
George F. Macman
John Baptiste Desmarais
Mortgagee's Sale of Concord Property in 1894
Mortgagee Edward D. Conant will auction the Concord parcel in Middlesex County Massachusetts on September 13 1894 at 3 PM. The sale follows a deed from Jeremiah Hayes to Conant dated December 5 1884 and recorded in Middlesex South Deeds. The property sits on Texas Street and borders Brennan Brooks the Fitchburg Railroad and other lands. Terms require 100 at sale with remaining conditions to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Hayes
Edward D. Conant
Middlesex South District
Thuy
Concord
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Texas Street
Nathan W. Brooks
Fitchbur Railroad Company
Michael Brennan
Brennan
Ovis H. Penniman
Soward D
Conant
Post Office Square
Boston
Mass
Acton Woman Seeks Rights To Late Husband Estate
In Middlesex probate court Julia A. Cutter of Acton petitions to be assigned her husband John E. Cutter's real estate in fee with value up to five thousand dollars. She seeks calls to appear on September first, 1894, at Cambridge, to show cause, with service by notice to interested parties and publication in the Acton Enterprise for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Cutter
Acton
Julia A. Cutter
Cambridge
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. .McIntire
Esquire
Betsey L. Lawrence
William D. Tuttle
Charlies J. McIntire
S. H. Folsom
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Dalagia
Stow
Jerome Barton
Matthew Boon
John Robbins
Assabet Mfg. Co
Maymard
Board of
South Acton
Hebert Jones
John Smith
Harry Tuttle
Nelson Tenney
Abe Tuttle
Abram Tuttle
Luke
Labor Day
E. Jones & Co
Univer Salist
Harry Shapley
Charley
Leominster
Henry Shapley
Young People’s Society
The
Universalist Society
Young People’s Christian Union
Endeavor
W. R. Buxton
Acton Council Royal Arcanum
South Acton Fire Department
High Acton
G. W. Bowen
Universalist
J. H. Robinson & Co
Universalist Church
H.w.smith
U. P.C
Congregational Church
Rev. W. Buxton
Ladies
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Haven
Fairfield County
Milford
Hartford County
Granby
Hawleyville
Electric Bitters
Derricks
Lawrence
Acton Centre
Wm. Handley
M. D. Richardson
Backten
Probate Court
Thomas FF. Parker
Parker & Morse
Maynard, Mass
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
C. Friend
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