West Acton Notices and Local Events
Local West Acton items report sickness demands for rations and new officers in the Isaac Davis G A R post. The Enterprise Printing Co. produced posters for the West Acton baseball club and local lodges. A Baptist church service featured sermons on salvation and a talk on the Gospel Car. A train incident near the track caused delays and damage. A barrel of apples fundraiser netted $930, with a winner claiming 449 as the closest guess. Local ads promote jewelry, Christmas goods, silverware, trys, crayon portraits, sleighs, and assorted goods from Maynard stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Printing Company
West Acton
Isaac Davis
Acton Lodge
I. O
Acton
W. L. Mead
J. Carter
Miss Knowlton’s
H. A. Littlefield
Mead
T. F. Parker's
Maynard
A. H. Haynes
Waldo
Littlefield
De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Says Ad
An advertisement claims De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and similar complaints if used as directed. The note asserts extensive testing with consistent results and lists Concord and West Acton as locations alongside H. Whitney and H. A. Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Local Couple Wedding Trip City Tour Ends in West Acton
Mr and Mrs Gardner travel through New York and other cities on a wedding trip and plan to reside on returning in West Acton. The piece also mentions DeWitta Witch Hazel Salve claimed to heal scalds and burns without pain and names B F Johnson and Son Maynard C H Whit ney Concord H A Littlefield Weaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mrs. Gardner Will
West Acton
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
Weatton
Nettie E. Lord
James B. Lord
Walter C. Gardner
George Gardner
Merrill Blanchard
Dill
Waltham
Miss Severson
Miss Gardner
Haskell
Miss Clark
John Adams
Roan
Hudson Community Gathers for Christmas Services
Local Hudson churches plan a Christmas observance with a Unitarian service next Sunday morning and a 6 p.m. Christmas Sunday school concert. W. F. Maylett of Millbury YMCA led a Sunday afternoon meeting on “A Splendid Finish” while Chas. A. Smith enters the cracker business with Bay State routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Christian Scientist
W. F. Maylett
Millbury
Unitarian Church
South Acton
Congregational Church
W. R.buxton
First Universalist Church
Mass
Wm. F. Durseault
Telegraphic Brevities Span Foreign, Domestic Affairs
Italy sends more troops to Abyssinia and the Reichstag adjourns to January 9. Japan reportedly yields Manchuria and Korea. Free trade cited as impossible by Sir Charles Dilke. Connecticut tobacco duties debated. Fairchild drafts currency relief plan. Richmond Missouri fire destroys opera house and stores, $100,000 loss. Mrs. James Pease dies in Westfield Mass from burns. Meriden election favors Republicans. Levi E. Coe elected mayor. Maine Grange opens in Bangor. Whittier birthday observed in Amesbury. Rockport Indiana lynching attempt fails. General Moses Walker dies. Chickamauga hero. Governor grants respite in Troy murder case. Brockton officer Ashport ruled drunken. mayor orders reprimand. Lake Champlain frozen north of Whitehall. One Minute Cough Cure praised for quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Abyssinia
Reichstag
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
Charles Dilke
Connecticut
Treasury
Fairchild
Richmond
James" Pease
Westfield
Mass
Moses B. Walker
Chickamaugua
Kenton
Chickamaugaa
Morton
Bartholomew Shea
Robert Ross
Troy
N. Y
Lemuel A. Ashport
Brockton
Whipple
Lake Champlain
Whitehall
Vergennes
Chimney Point
N. x
Vermont
Newspaper office deadline notice for submissions
All matter must reach the office of publication no later than Tuesday to secure insertion in the same week. Earlier receipt prevents condensation or delay of articles. News and advertising matter and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Newton
Acton Community Hears Water Debate and Turkey Mission
Town meeting voters clash over water committee report and a ballot on a General Court committee. In Acton, Corinna Shattuck’s Turkey mission update recalls regional turmoil as congregations prepare Christmas services and youth groups host events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubber ‘Conant
Maple Street
F.C. Nash
General Court
F. C. Nash
West
South Acton
O. W. Mead
Nash
Luther Conant
Henry Smith
E. F. Richardson
Turkey
Acton
Corinna Shattuck
Framingham
American Board
Corfu
Central
Santa Claus
Mass
One Minute Cure to popular remedy for croup
An ad notes a cure labeled for croup marketed as safe for children and adults. It lists B. F. Johnson & ree a Whitney in Concord and H. A. Little-Weet Acton as associated sellers or manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Sree
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
Weet Acton
B. F. Johnson & Ree
Whitney
H. A. Little- Weet
Acton
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Perkins
Lynn
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G. A.R
F. H. Whitcomb
Chas. Spaulding
Baptist Publication Society
Baptist Church
W. H.teele
Fitchburg
M. E. Wright
Boxboro
G. A. R. Fair
Chase & Sanborn Cofftee
Dwinnell, Wright & Co
Sunlight
Welcome
Lenox
Ivory
Star
Petty Johns
Rtm Red
Butterick Patterns
New Tremont
Soins
Soear
Waverly
Brussells
Kensington
Lowell and Park
Tuttle, Jones & South Acto’s
Wetherbee
Fayerweather
New Haven
Susan E. Gillette
Daniel Fayerweather
Gillette
Boston
James’ McDonald
Jacob Ferrier
Robert J. Massey
James Jeffrey Roche
Lohengren
Robert Carter
Henry Adams
Lincoln
G. I. Dwinell
Ayer
Joshua Naylor
William
Crossley
Page
Robbie Haskell
Hyde Park
Nina May Clark
Clementine M. Severson
Bertha Gardner
George E. Houghton
Stanley Barron Freeborn
Frank K. Freeborn
Chum
Charles S. Davis
Broad Street
J. M. Wilson
L. D. Apsley
Congressional House
Apsley
DeWittt
H. & Mleddete
South Agton
George Clough
Isaiah Leach
Keniston of
Everett
Salem Normal School
W. F. Dusséault
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