Private Charles Smiley Returns Home From Camp Devens
West Acton reports Private Charles Smiley of Camp Devens came home Saturday looking well and said he gained 10 pounds in five weeks at camp. Local mentions include visits and relatives across towns, with several residents visiting or hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smiley
Devens
A. F. Blanchard
Geo. Y. Hutchins
Stoneham
Ruth Hall
Waltham
Mary I. Richardson
Harold Blake
Bridgeport
Charles Ewell
Frank Mansir
F. C. Nash
F. H. Nash
Newton
Rebecca Croston
Haverhill
Mary Stevens
Local residents plan visits and vacations across New England
Maynard Mrs. John Bamford of Boston visits relatives here. Patrick McGrath to spend part of vacation in Portland Missouri. Miss Genevieve Coughlin visits Worcester friends, Helen Coughlin in Brockton. Mrs. Stella Cook and Miss Mary Leithead vacation on Lake Mannacook Maine. Miss Anni Johnson visits Revere beach with Boston friends. Mrs. John Bamford guest of Hartford residents. Fred Axford vacations in Rockville Connecticut. William Maley and Walter Mullin visit relatives in Lynn. Spencer family vacation at Rocky Point Rhode Island. Mrs. Janet Binns buys a house in Hudson. Mrs. Arnold Lincoln and Mrs. John Bamford at Lexington Park. Otis Mott and Miss visit relatives over Sunday. National Band concert and dance at Alki Temperance hall draws good attendance. Solomon Ledgard visits Joseph Parkin. Mary Shea of Brockton vacationing with Mary and Grace Sweeney. Brayden family at Lake Boon cottage with Margaret Dunn. Glendales Lutheran church members picnic at Jacob Laurilla’s cottage. Walter Taylor and son due for extended visit with Alberta Taylor. Albert Trumbull to enter service at Fort Upton with Springfield contingent. Albert Murphy leaves for shore visit to Housatonic. wife and son join later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bamford
Boston
Patrick McGrath
Portland
Genevieve Coughlin
Worcester
Helen Coughlin
Brockton
Stella Cook
Mary Leithead
Lake Mannacook
Anni Johnson
Thompson Sr
Revere Beach
John
Harris
Hartford
Charles
Williams
Concord St
Fred Axford
Rockville
William Maley
Walter Mullin
Lynn
Charles Spencer
Rocky Point
Janet Binns
Oak St
Hudson
Thomas F. Mahoney
Arnold Lincoln
John H. Bamford
Lexing‘ton « Park
Otis Mott
National Band
Alki Temperance Hall
Main St
Solomon Ledgard
Joseph Parkin
Elm St
Mary Shea
Mary
Grace Sweeney
Lincoln St
John C. Brayden
Walter
Francis
Margaret Dunn
Lake Boon
Glendalest Lutheran Church
Jacob Laurilla
Puffer Pond
Walter P. Taylor
Alberta Taylor
Maple
Albert Trumbull
Connors
Fort Upton
Springfield
Albert Murphy
Housatonic
Boy Hit by Auto on Waltham Street Injures Leg and Wrist
Walter Sarrela seven-year-old son of Mr and Mrs John Sarrela of 9 Arthur Street suffered a leg fracture and wrist injury when struck by a Sudbury owned car driven by Robert McGuiness. McGuiness says the boy darted from behind a team. Deputy Chief John Connors found the explanation satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
John Sarrela
Arthur St
Waltham St
Robert McGuiness
Sudbury
John Connors
Y M G A Secretary George H Gutteridge Hosts Brick Photo
George H Gutteridge shows a fine picture of Francis S Brick in his store window on Nash Street. Brick wears the Y M C A secretary uniform he has held for nearly two years and aims to cheer the boys. He once served as superintendent of schools in Maynard Boxboro and remains beloved for his cheery manner and smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Gutteridge
Francis
Brick
Maynard
Art Boxboro
Concord Social News Highlights and Local Visits
Miss Gladys Love and Miss Florence Whitney were guests in Lowell and Lynn respectively. Miss Margaret Dee visited Hampton Beach, and Jarvis Derby took a sick vacation from the post office with mumps. Various locals hosted and traveled, with Holstein judge Myron T. Carrigan slated for Brockton and Cambridge fairs. The Concord Grange meets September 4 as a young people night. A baby boy Milton F Hill Jr. was born to Milton F Hill and wife in Edburg Texas, former Concord resident Miss Jessie Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Love
Lowell
Florence Whitney
Lynn
Margaret Dee
Hampton Beach
Gerrity
Jarvis Derby
Liberty St
Mildred Bryant
Brockton
Marion Moody
Wheelock’s
Myron T. Carrigan
Brockton Fair
Cambridge Fair
New York
George A. Boynton
M. T. Carrigan
Vermont
Canada
Concord
Milton F. Hill
Edburg
Texas
Milton F. Hill Jr
Local American division advances with English tanks in French battle
Sergt Joseph B Keyes reports a week ago a local assault on a five kilometer front where his division, aided by English tanks, reached four to five kilometers deep, took three towns and 1850 prisoners with light tank losses and minimal shelling by the enemy. The operation ran through rain until dawn, with tanks and infantry advancing, prisoners fleeing as shells fell nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie
Joe
Commissioned Lieutenant At Camp Zachary Taylor Graduation
Stark Wilson son of Mr and Mrs J S Wilson of this town was among 1095 officers to receive commissions as second lieutenants at the graduation exercises of the officers' school at Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville. The entire corps marched to the field and the ceremony began with a bugle call and army songs followed by invocations and speeches by leading figures. This class will supply artillery officers for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Stark ‘Wilson
J. S. Wilson
Officers’ Training School
A. A. Pruden
Flag to travel from Concord to Washington with stars sewn by women
A flag planned by Samuel Abbott of the National War Savings committee will be carried by boy runners from Concord to Washington along the Boston Post Road. Stars will be added at each town by schoolgirls, and the flag, made in Philadelphia, will visit historical sites from New Jersey to Philadelphia before reaching the capital or National Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Washington
Boston
New York
Post Road
Samuel Abbott
National War Saving Committee
Philadelphia
I. W. Abbott
Mass
Worcester
Springfield
Hartford
Bridgeport
Hudson
New Jersey
Delaware
Wilmington
Baltimore
Waston
Capital
National Museum
Residents share travels and visits across towns
A long list of local residents report vacations visits and guests. Albert Smith spends his vacation in Buxton Maine. Frank and Mrs Sheridan return from a wedding trip. many friends and relatives visit Clinton Lawrence Revere Beach Templeton and Concord areas. Local service members are noted with furloughs and upcoming duty.
Murray to Entrain for Camp Upton From Devens
Walter Murray has word from the war department that he is to entrain Friday from Devens to Camp Upton New York. He is in the list of those to be called from the 2nd to the 30th of this month. This will be his second entry into the army. he was discharged from Devens months ago for physical reasons and will be placed in limited service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter. Murray
War Department
Ne Devens
Camp Upton
N. Y
Murray
Army
Camp Devens
Concord Junction Social News Roundup
Fred Landry of Lynn visited fellow locals in Concord Junction while Mrs Reilley and son Thomas traveled from Brooklyn to visit Patrick Reilley. Visitors included Miss Francis Cosgrove from Hopkinton and Mrs Rideout returning from Ashburnham. Mrs Bowker and daughter Florence vacationed in Nahant and Cape Breton relatives joined by Mrs Bowie and Miss MacHachern for a family trip. May Bowker came back from South Hampton New Brunswick before resuming school duties at Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Landry
Lynn
John Reilley
Thomas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Patrick Reilley
Riverett Culicutt
Ernest
Francis Cosgrove
Hopkinton
Timothy Sheehan
F. H. Rideout
Ashburnham
George Bowker
Florence
Whitney
Nahant Rd
Nahant
James Bowie
Mary MacHachern
Cape Breton
James MacHachern
May Bowker
South Hampton
New Brunswick
Vera Brooks
Bowker
Norwood
Wounded Private Reilley Hopes For Quick Recovery
A mother’s report and letters from Private Thomas J. Reilley of Company D 104th Infantry indicate he was wounded by a machine gun bullet in the right forearm. A fellow soldier in the same company, hospitalized with a separate wound, writes of cheerful days at a major U S Army hospital, noting rest, good food, and Red Cross comforts as he recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Reilley
Thomas J. Reilley
Co. D
U. S. Inf
Reilley
Ly Ee
Aon
Aliana Tam Ina
Harold Sheridan
Red Cross
Toby
Summer playground season ends with Red Cross work
Miss Mary McDermott of Jamaica Plain led a successful season of summer playgrounds assisted by Miss Catherine Rogers of South Sudbury. Children completed 12 sweaters for the Red Cross and 66 afghan squares for an in-store exhibition. Prizes were Thrift Stamps. croquet winners were Josephine Prendergast Willy Pearson and Roland Kay, with Esther Leighton and Frank Carr Jr winning sack races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McDermott
Jamaica Plain
Catherine Rogers
South Sudbury
Red Cross
Josephine Prendergast
Willy Pearson
Roland Kay
Esther Leighton
Frank Carr Jr
Union Church to Welcome Rev C A Eaton Next Sunday
Union Church invites all to hear Rev C A Eaton preach next Sunday in the morning service. The Lord's Supper will be administered at the close of the service. A prayer meeting will follow Tuesday evening at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Eaton
Union
Bedford News Summary of Local Happenings
Bedford residents report Thomas Bell recovering from illness and Mrs Thomas Polle of South Boston visiting relatives. Thomas Butler recently stationed at Fort Slocum with the Medical corps returned home for a week’s visit. Two local men registered in Woburn under the new draft law for men who turned 21 since June 5 last. A lawn party this Saturday in Clark's Grove near the Concord River supports St Michael's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bell
Thomas Polle
South Boston
Bedford
Thomas
Butler
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Medical Corps
Woburn
St. Michael’s Church
Clark's Grove
Concord River
Death Follows Bear Attack in Lexington Park
Carl Huber of Billerica died at Symmes Arlington Hospital after a pet grizzly attacked him at Lexington park on August 10. He entered the bear pit to feed the animal, dropped a bag, and a nose tap angered the bear. His body was sent to Gethsemane cemetery in West Roxbury and relatives remain unlocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Huber
Billerica
Lexington Park
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Bruin
Huler
Geths
Son 18 Wounded in France Convalesces in Hospital
Mrs. Frederick Epich has word that her son Sergi Fred Sullivan is in a French hospital convalescing from wounds received on the firing line in mid July. He is described as plucky and eager to return to duty while friends wish him a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Epich
Sergi
Fred Sullivan
France
Fred
Bedford Tax Rate Lower Report
Bedford assessors announced the tax rate for the coming year at $19.50 and say they have reduced it by $1.50. Valuation shows an increase of about $36,000, with total property value around $208,863. The article notes changes affecting local property tax figures.
Old Bedford Citizen Dead Funeral Held for Rev Jones
The funeral of St James Jones, the oldest male resident, was held in the chapel with Pastor Rev. a On church officiating. The service took place as part of the Old Bedford citizen’s obituary notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St James
Jones
Maynard Faces Struggle To Hire Teachers For Winter Term
The Maynard public schools reopen the winter term the Tuesday after Labor Day. Authorities fear war effects will reduce staff as older residents work, while qualified teachers must be paid adequately to attract and retain talent. Local towns may need to collaborate to ensure competitive salaries and full staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Exer
cPe
U. S
Village Hotel Reacts to War Calamity
Fragmentary text reports a village hotel amid rising tensions as war looms. A doctor mentions vaccination causing alarm while residents debate armed responses and civic fears.
Wool and wind temper the shorn lamb proverb
A compact proverbic line discusses wool and wind tempering the lamb, warning against fleece exploitation in a wool gathering context. The fragment preserves literary phrasing and a moral about fairness and prudence in seeking wool.
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Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers Works
Detroit
Stevens-Duryea
Torrey & Vialle, Inc
Main and
Walden Streets
Concord, Mass
West Acton
Walter Sarrela
Y. M. G. A. Secretary
Joseph Keyes
Sergt
Joseph B. Keyes
B.C. M
Albert Smith
Dartmouth St
Buxton
Frank Sheridan
Henry Price
Robert J. O'Neil
Pine St
Maine
Samuel Lever
John EB. Harris
New Haven
Chas. Williams
Henry Connors
Paul
Templeton
Ella Demery
Walter Murray
Clinton
Mae Murray
Mary Conlon
Lawrence
North Vassalboro
Pearl Beaton
Millbury
Charles B
Mildred M
Belle Lowney
Revere
Nason St
Association Hall
Concord Junction
Seaman ‘Raymond Smith
Maury
Thomas Smith
William Gallagher
North Andover
James, Gallagher
Park
Leo White
U. S. Naval
Bumpkin Island
John White
Percival
Parence Gutteridge
William H. Gutteridge
Brooks St
Francis Powers
Blackstone
Drs. Iigan
Maest
Patrick Pow
Bernard Garrigan
James V. McCarthy
Walter Peterson
John Peterson
Linden St
Carl A. Peterson
Seaman Peterson
Charle Whitney
Mill
William Coulter
Fred Cahill
Harold Dockerty
Ice Mountains
Herbert H
Young
Brooke St
New England States
Albany
New York City
Chester Irwin
Camp Jackson
N. C
Thomas Reilly
Union Church
Son
Old Bedford
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