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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
12
An OCR fragment shows toy items with prices such as 25c and small numbers 450-9 and 06. The text appears as a terse catalog entry likely from a classifieds page. Specific items, brands, or full listing details are unreadable due to fragmentary OCR.
South Acton and nearby residents are mentioned in short items: J. E. Burke wins a prize pullet at seven months, Tony Madicos earns four prizes at a Bellows Falls show, and local visitors include M Bent of Nova Scotia and Mrs. Cavanaugh. Also noted are illnesses and recoveries, church events, council officers, a 21st birthday surprise for Russell Quimby, school and society meetings, and town residents planning or returning from travel and visits.
West Acton column records Sumner Teele and wife returning home to West Somerville. Concord residents A. P. Bean and wife visited daughter Mrs. C J Holton. Samuel Weaver finished work for A F Blanchard at the farm. Lena and Alice O Connell, musicians from Boston, visited. E L White spent weekend with relatives at Fitchburg and Leominster. Louise Perkins teaching in Brockton visited. S D B E club hosts a dance at I O O F hall with Newell's Marlboro orchestra. Ella Burroughs returned to her father W J Teele. Mr and Mrs Richard Kingsley wed on Thanksgiving.
Last week Tuesday evening the Village Improvement Society met at the fire house to discuss a water supply for fire and domestic use. A five member committee was formed to study forming a company to secure water, with a report due December 19, aiming to establish a precinct three fire district and secure a charter this winter.
Acton Grange met Tuesday of last week in the town hall and worked the third and fourth degrees on a special ceremony.
Auctioneer Otis H. Forbush lists sales for Robert Gillespie of Hopkinton on Dec 15 and 16 at 9 am featuring cows bulls horses wagons harnesses tools and an 18 room mansion furnishings. Dec 22 sale for John Greigher of West Acton includes cows horses hogs hens tools hay and produce. Dec 29 sale for Waldo Littlefield estate of West Acton includes 25 cows heifers and bull three horses and 50 tons hay fodder beginning at 9 30 am. posters with details forthcoming.
The Congregational Church sets Sunday evening at 7 for a meeting on Missions in the West Indies led by Rev. E. C. Hayes.
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