Bedford Wits and Town Happenings Roundup
Local notes report a busy Bedford year with Christmas season activity, lectures, dances, and holiday travels. Public figures Dudley Hartford and Elmer Blake recoveries, plus Chelsa visits by Cosmo Albani, are noted amid school vacation planning and a civic club talk on citizenship.
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Wits
Poward
J. C. Wetherbee
Paul Raymond
Bedford Spring
Dudley P. Hartford
Wm. H. Kelley
Frank Kelley
Daniel Dougherty
Louis Kelley
Civic Club
Wil Langmaid
Wayland
H. EB. Young
Geo. R
American Express
Dudley Hartford
Iagrippe
Elmer Blake
Cosmo Albani
Chelsea
Town Hall
Dougherty
Co. C
Raymond
Philip O’ Dowd
Baseball Banquet Set For Monday At Civic Club House
On Monday December 29 a baseball banquet is planned at the Civic club house with managers Kelley of the Speec Boys Mullin of the T R and T Roberts of the Lowell Monmouth A C and Duffy of Logan Hudson attending Also invited are Simps and last year’s opponents Juniors Westvale A C Crescents Sunlight A C and Middlesex A C A musical program and league discussion will follow Lincoln and Maynard will send representatives and the league’s formation is hoped to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club House
Kelley
Speec Boys
Mullin
Roberts
Lowell Monmouth A. C
Duffy
Logan-Hudson
World Beaters
Simps
Westvale
A. C
Crescents
Sunlight A. C
Middlesex A. C
Monmouth A. C
South Lowell
Lincoln
Maynard
Bedford Library Adds Varied Novels to Shelves
The Bedford free public library expanded its November acquisitions with a diverse list of titles. Included are Confessions of a Debutante, Tembarom, The Story of Waitstill Baxter, Wonderful Adventures of Nils, and Laddie the Master of the House, among others by authors like Kipling, Wharton, Verne, Findlater, and Montague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Free Public Library
Eleanor H. W. Gossi E
Hale
Florence
Bar- ME Sacks Eieeiecee
Ralph H. Barcles de Uc Chee
Dorothy Dainty
Amy ME
Frederick O
T. Tembarom
Frances H. Bur
Winslow
Mi Greene
Long Green Road
Basil Kine
Clara L. Burnham
Harriet T. Comstock
Betty Musgrave
Mary Findlater
Lacy FuriWins
Fort
R. Fedden
P. M
Nils
J. Lee
Martha
J. M. Lipp
Linda
M. P. Montague
Simpson
E. Mordaunt
T. N. Page
Leonard and
Gertrude
Pestalozzi
R. Pryce
Joan Thursday
L. J. Vance
Dicken
A. Pierce
Corytson Family
H. WO
Didaentns
Christmas Gatherings and Probate Notice in Acton
Local Christmas gatherings list visits among families in Acton Weston Waltham Bragg West Acton Stow and surrounding towns. The probate court in Middlesex issues an administration citation for Edwin F Barker estate Acton asking Lewis E Coffin Newton to respond within three weeks in the Acton Enterprise.
Wedding and holiday notices from Framingham area
Mr and Mrs Chas A Kim a attended the wedding of Elizabeth R Cushing and Wm R Taylor at St Johns church Framingham Tuesday noon. School holidays and carol singing by pupils noted with gifts to families. Probate Court cites Adeline M Willis estate minor ward with guardian Edgar Weeks for tenth account. hearing set for December 29 1913 at 9 am in Cambridge court.
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Stonsay
Cote Bmi
Dutis- Brs
Deace
Miss Thacher
High Sci.c
Misa Helene Meredith
Louis Hartwell Bauer
Jamaica Plain Congregational Church
Albert Knights
Mitchell Military School
Roy Houghton
Boston
Mra
Chas. W. Houghton
Nellie
Thel Whittier
Myrtle
Edith Fletcher
Cora Warren
Esther McEnnis
Abbie McNiff
Emily Robinson
Elizabeth Smith
Chas
A. Kim
Elizabeth R. Cushing
Wm. R. Taylor
St. John’s Church
Framingham
Henry Works
Worcester Academy
Cation
Edwin Estens
Tufts
A. M. Parker
Kimball
Elisha D. Stone
Ayer
Frances Wallace
Cambridge
H. J. Packard
Miss Bridget McNiff Fatally Burned in Worcester Home
Miss Bridget McNiff of Worcester and formerly of Littleton died from severe burns suffered while at home. She was treated at a hospital but did not recover. The funeral occurred last Wednesday with Mrs. Patrick McNiff and son Edward attending, and she was buried in Averias. McNiff left many friends in Littleton who mourn her untimely death.
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Bridget McNiff
Worcester
Littleton
Patrick McNif
Edward
Averias
Discharge of Mortgages in Acton Land Court Petition
Mary C Fowler petitions the Middlesex Land Court in 1913 to discharge two long‑standing mortgages on Acton land. The filing recites prior transfers in 1840 and 1847, continued possession for over twenty years, and lack of payment for more than 90 years. The court orders notice to interested parties and publication in the Acton Enterprise.
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Orwwbonwasth
Wesetahuestis
Oney
T. Ponler
Toacort
Imiad Sointy
Pethtioner
Land Court
Middlesex
Respectiuiit
Zahine C. Burroughs
Acton
Wheeler
Middlesex South District
Joel H. Whitcomb
Gamal
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Benson Executrix Appointed in Concord Will
Notice states Carrlet E Benson named executrix of the will of est Haynes Benson of Concord Massachusetts, deceased in Widdlease County, testate, with bond posted as required. Creditors urged to present demands to the executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Est
Haynes Benson
Concord
Mass
Widdlease
Carriet
E. Benson
Probate Court Grants Bondless Admin Request
Probate Court in Middlesex is petitioned to grant John W. H. Lawrence of Leominster administration of Henry A. Law rence of Concord Mass intestate. Hearing set for December 9, 1913, at nine in the morning in Cambridge. Concord Enterprise to publish notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Concord
Mass
Insurance Hall
Monument Square
Conservator's First Account Listed in Willis Estate
Edgar Weeks is cited to appear December 29 1913 at nine in the forenoon to show cause on allowance of his first account as conservator of Adeline M Willis. The citation requires publication in the Sudbury Enterprise for three weeks and mailing to known interested parties seven days before the court. Witness W E Rogers register December 3 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Edwin F. Barker
Acton
Lewis E. Coffin
Newton
County of
Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex
Adeline M. Willis
Sudbury
Edgar Weeks
Ward
Camge
Gaid
Guardian
Charles
Land Court
Cambridge
Thomas Leighton
Middlesex County
Acton Enterprise
Commonwealth
Henry A. Lawrence
John W. H
Concord Enterprise
Charles. J. McIntire
Commonwealth of Massach
W. EB. Rogers
Where a man can live he can live well saying
A reflective proverb notes that place should offer both basic habitation and comfort, suggesting that opportunity and housing quality vary by locale and circumstance.
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FE. W. Ford
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Macone Bros
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NEW Library Books
N. H. Whitetomb
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Lucy Adams
Weston and
Waltham
Harriet
Lydia Porter
West Acton
Mabel Webber
Walter Titcomb
Geo. A. Cook
D. G. Houghton
Brookline
EB. A. Cox
Warren
Barre
G. W. Sanderson
Arthur Blanchard
Wimer A. Flaggs
Chas. H. Yapp
Packard
Abington
A. F. Conant
William F. Conant
Everett Kimball
Mr. Kimball
John A. Kimball
W. B. Rogers
Register
Mary C. Fowler
Middlesex, Ss
Loring N. Fowler
Justice of the Peace
Clarence C. Smith
Foley i
A. Blad
Studio Florida
Morgantown
W. E. Rogels
Maurice McWalter
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Boyisten St
Boston, Mass
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C. L. King
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