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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
8
Acton Notes On Local Life And Obituaries In Verse
Old Acton notes report pinks found in a cemetery, jurymen named for a long term, a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and local work at Tuttles Jones Wetherbee. Reports recall a sale of Norman Davidson property, a lathe accident injuring Cutter, weddings in Somerville, and church activities. Resolutions honor Grace Cole with condolences to her family, and Acton church services and schedules are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Bowen
Samuel Jones, Jr
Charles Allen
Robert Porter
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
John Temple
Jaffrey
N. H
Mason
Tenney
Tarbell
Norman Davidson
West Acton Notes and School Tributes in Local News
West Acton reports visits by Mrs H H Gardner and friends from Millbury with Miss Nellie Holton and Miss Edith Law. A Universalist fair is delayed to Dec 18. C H Mead offers Acton souvenir china designs for this season. A W C T U lecture by Miss Yates attracts listeners. Whitcomb hosts a 26th wedding anniversary surprise for his parents in Bolton. Miss Coffman leaves after teaching. school presents given. Mrs Taylor of West Acton dies Nov 28 after bronchitis. she was a 60 year Universalist. Funeral notes include a California letter praising her noble life and service to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millbury
Nellie Holton
Edith Law
Ladies of the Universalist Society
C. H. Mead
Acton
Yates
Fred L. Whitcomb
A. L. Whitcomb
Bolton
Boxboro
Hudson
West Acton
Miss Taylor
Taylor
Sheldon Littlefield
California
Christmas ads and notices with local social items
A Boston area page features holiday sales at Miss Knowlton's and Littlefield's with china, hats, vests, and novelty items from Germany. It also lists a dance at Littlefield's hall, dressy shoes, rent notices for the Windsor Hotel rear tenement, and several Thanksgiving family visits and dinners among local residents and guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Knowlton’s
Congress Shoe
Littlefield’s
Miss Knowlto’s
Brighams
Windsor Hotel
G. A. Conant
H. A. Littlefield’s
G. B. Parker
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cited For Ailments
The advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for scaly eruptions on the head chapped hands and lips cuts bruises scalds and burns. It claims the salve is presently the article most used for piles and always cures them listing B F Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Local Notes And Visits In Hudson Area
J Q Packard tripped and sprained his wrist. G H Pierce shop shows no revival. John Fosgate returned from hospital to Henry Stone's residence. Miss Alice Jameson returns from Warren Missouri to Hudson. Fred H Spear of Brooklyn visited Chas W Houghton on High street. Hon Wm Bassett funeral drew many mourners. Frank E Brown and A A Smith returned from Maine where Brown hunted a deer. Houghton conservatory modernized with two new heaters and restocking to meet demand Pitt the florist aims to provide wide variety locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Pierce
Jefts Block
John Fosgate
Henry Stone
Fred H. Spear
Brooklyn
Chas. W. Houghton
High Street
Houghton
Pitt
Thanksgiving Dinner At Worcester Spy Editor's Home
Thanksgiving recounts B W Hastings of the Worcester Spy and family sharing turkey with his parents W O Holden a Greenfield high school commercial instructor at home. Visitors at R A Guernsey's include Mr and Mrs Geo E Littlefield Mr and Mrs J M Meggett Miss Doris Meggett and a North Cambridge nurse. A well known gentleman boasts of being one of eight dinner party guests including a widower two old bachelors and five old maids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.W. Hastings
Worcester Spy
W. O. Holden
Greenfield High School
R. A. Guernsey's
Geo. E. Littlefield
J. M. Meggett
Doris Meggett
Cambridge
Misplaced Liver Cracked Up By Early Risers Joke
A humorous exchange features a surgeon disputing liver location while the other man jokes that DeWitt's Little Early Risers would reach and shake it. The fragment references vendors B F Johnson Son and names C H Whitney and H A Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H.A. Littlefield
West Acton
Obituaries: Joanna Fletcher and Mary Taylor Die in Massachusetts
At Concord Junction on November 27 Joanna Fletcher 64 wife of Cyrus Fletcher died. At West Acton on November 28 Miss Mary Taylor aged 79 years 4 months 7 days died of bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Junction
Joanna
Cyrus Fletcher
West Acton
Mary Taylor
California gossip on McKinley cabinet picks
Cleveland December 2 The talk centers on a McKinley cabinet offer to Sherman as secretary of state with Senator Sherman signaling willingness to serve or stay in the Senate depending on constituents. Judge Waymyer of San Francisco is named as a potential secretary of the interior or agriculture, linked to the California side of the rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hanna
Washington
McKinley
Sherman
Allan T. Brinsmade
Senate
California
Judge Waymyer
San Francisco
Interior
Agriculture
McKay Contest in Boston Seeks Jury Trial
In Boston, Senator George F. Hoar argued in the supreme court for Nathaniel McKay of Brooklyn, challenging the 1892 adoption of Captain Lauchlan McKay by Mr. and Mrs. William L. Kean. McKay alleges mental incapacity, fraud, and undue influence affecting the adoption decree. The estate worth about $250,000. Decision on the issue was reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Boston
George F. Hoar
Nathaniel McKay
Brooklyn
Lauchlan McKay
East
Supreme Court
Kean
Captain McKay
Keans
Perkins heads to Washington for congressional opening
United States Senator George S. Perkins left San Francisco for Washington to attend the opening of Congress next Monday. He plans to stay until final adjournment and is expected to be reelected, with his supporters confident and no strong opponent in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United’ States
George S. Perkins
Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
Eleet
Longtime Hingham Resident Samuel Burrill Found Dead
Samuel Burrill, 55 years a resident of Hingham Massachusetts, was found dead near the millpond after being reported mentally unbalanced for days. A prior wandering incident led to a search by Officer Crehan, who located the body near the railroad bridge west of Waller Street. The death appears due to a fall by striking his head on a telegraph pole at the pond’s edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
Mass
Siemuel Burrill
Crehan
Waller Street
Massachusetts Board of Agriculture Winter Meeting Opens
The Massachusetts state board of agriculture held a winter meeting in Greenfield with a business session reporting $450,000 already spent on gypsy moth control and an additional $200,000 recommended. A. A. Smith of Colerain gave an address of welcome, George E. Taylor of Shelburne replied, and lectures followed by J. D. Lyman of Pixeter New Hampshire, J. Warren Smith of Boston, and W. E. Simonds of Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Agriculturists
Greenfield
Mass
State Board of Agriculture
A. A. Smith
Colerain
George E. Taylor
Shelburne
Pixeter
N. H
J. Warren Smith
Boston
W. E. Simonds
Hartford
Maurice Loewy Named Director of Paris Observatory
Paris reports President Faure signed the appointment of Maurice Loewy as director of the Paris observatory. Born in Vienna in 1835, naturalized in 1864, he led the instrument section after 1875 reorganization and became sub director in 1878. He is a member of the French Institute and the Academy of Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Faure
Maurice Loewy
Paris Observatory
Vienna
Academy of Sciences
Cable Firms Plan Closer Link By Stock Absorption
New York December 2 The Postal Telegraph Cable company and the Commercial Cable company directors met and agreed to form a closer alliance. The two firms will not change relations, but Postal stock will be absorbed by the Commercial Cable company uniting them in a tighter corporate structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Commercial Cable Company
Harvard Faces Delay On Yale Har
Harvard in Cambridge reports a general athletic committee meeting might be held to decide the Yale Harvard status but was postponed as Professor J. H. Beale was ill. In northern New York a heavy snowstorm brings freezing winds with two feet depth at Mannsville and five inches at Pulaski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Yale
New York
Syracuse
Mannsville
Jefferson County
Pulaski
Edwin Phalen
Washington Letters Sold at Sotheby's Auction
Thirteen signed letters from George Washington to Arthur Young dated 1786 to 1793 on farming in America were sold at Sotheby's for £470 after brisk bidding. The London report also notes the November 30 national bank notes in circulation at $235,312,103, up $414,446 for the month and $21,440,907 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
George Washington
Arthur Young
America
Sotheby’s
Comptroller of the Currency
Police All Discharged In Montreal For Year End
Montreal officials announce that every member of the police force has been given notice to quit at year end, signaling sweeping changes though many may be re employed later. The unprecedented action marks a historic overhaul of the city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Insertion Aimed For Week of Publication
Note explains that orders to secure insertion in the same week issue must be placed early. An earlier receipt prevents condensation or delay of articles. News, advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Newton
A. L. Noyes
Acton Centre Community Notes and Upcoming Events
Acton Centre reports visits by Rev F B Noyes and Mrs Robbins, Thanksgiving at home, Christmas ball planned for town hall, residents traveling to Georgia and Florida, and resignations and meetings of local officials. Post office awaits several names, farmers ship baldwins to England, village improvement association chooses minimal entertainments, Harvard students join a coon hunt, and a Perkins Institution concert is announced for December 16. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Robbins
F.P. Wood
Edyth Flagg
Burbeck
Boston
Town Hall
B. E. Tuttle
James H. Pearson
Perley R. Noyes
F. B. Carr
H. W. Cashman
J. Lumbard
Arthur B. Ford
A. L. Noyes
Village Improvement Association
Bernard Copping
Harvard College
Monument House
Perkins Institution For the Blind
J. Edward Blaisdel
Hudson News Notes on Local Visits and Deaths
Charles S Campbell and family visited Ashby relatives and returned Friday. New Hampshire visitors include O F Jenkins Concord and Bryant family. L D Light extended visit with daughters Lizzie Kettman Everett Minnie Harvey Peabody Ritta Johnson Woburn. Main Street crossings again muddy. Reuben Burnham of Bolton aged 97 still comes for barbering at L H Murphy. Edward J Kelley died of typhoid fever at his mother's home at 36 years, after seven years in Hudson. he was born in Canada and worked at the Bradley factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Campbell
Ashby
O. F. Jenkins
Concord
N. H
Geo. E. Bryant
Wilbur F. Jenkins
N. B. Whitten
Holdeness
Prescott
L. D. Light
Lizzie Kettman
Everett
Minnie Harvey
Peabody
Ritta Johnson
Woburn
Reuben Burnham
Bolton
Hudson
L. H. Murphy
Edward J. Kelley
Ellen Kelley
Canada
Bradley
Teacher of Singing Miss Adalyn Riley at Marlboro
Miss Adalyn Riley is a singing and voice building teacher with references to Miss Clara Munger and Mr. George Parker in Boston. For terms address 31 Newton St Marlboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adalyn Riley
Clara Munger
George Parker
Boston
Newton St
Marlboro
Life lengthened by lessening dangers of lung trouble
Advertisement notes that most deaths stem from lung troubles and claims the risk can be reduced by promptly using One Minute Cough Cure. Mentions manufacturers and distributors B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Jones
Springfield
Wilbur
Congregational Church
Albert Hammatt
Brockton
W. F. Dusseault
William Wilder
Maine
Ephraim
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Acton Council
R. A
J. P. Fletcher
A. P. Bean
M. E. Taylor
G. W. Worster
S. L. Richardson
W. F. Stevens
J. McGraw
L. A. Jones
J. W. Bixby
A. J. Fletcher
Nelson J. Cole
Universalist
W. F. Dussens
Winona Pebekah Lodge
New England Order of Poe
Wm. G. Morris
Chas. A. Harrington
So. Acton
Mary H. Veitch
Annie Morris
Geo. Lawton
A. Hosmer
Hattie Clark
Waltham
Mr. Jennings
Emily Noyes Davis
Acton Centre
Winona Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F
N. E. Order of Protection
N. J. Cole
E. H. Jones
C. W. Rice
Geo. Higgins
Albert Jones
Levi Jones
Worcester
Walter Stuart Waltham
Winona Rebekah Tudge
Faholo
King’s
Daughters
New England Order of Protection
Fahole
M. Cole
Acton Enterprise
M. Alma Stowell
Hattie L. Tutte
South Actox Church Notes
W. R.buxton
First Universalist Church
South Acton
Wm. F. Dusseault
H. H. Gardner
B. J. Richardson
Thos. F. Parker
Main Street
Mill
Maynard, Mass
Germany
Davis Monument
Memorial Library
Charles H. Mead
T. J. Keefe
L. G
F. W. Ordway
Haverhill
Hulson
J. Q. Packard
Alice Jameson
Warren, Mo
Frank E. Brown
Mr. Brown
Loring. Bros
Geo. S. Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Probate Court
Middlesex
Mary Tayor
Delette H. Hall
Postaid
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Frenier Bros., Cohogs, N
Waymyer
F. B. Noyes
E. F. Conant
Lowell
Arthur Conant
Mrs. H. D. Brown
Watertown
Frank Bicknell
Frank Barker
Carrie
Frank J. Barker
D. J. Wetherbee
East Acton
South
Georgia
Florida
England
Europe
de Witt
B.F. Johnson &Son
H. A Littlefield
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