West Acton Notes Celebrate Local Events and Commerce
West Acton reports a busy period with a parish supper of the Union society, a leap year dance at Adelbert Mead’s home, and a talk by Dr. Hamlin on Armenian relief. The new depot progress, a town athletic club formation, and a hot air heating plant were noted along with a flood of local sales at Windsor Cash Store and Littlefield’s featuring dried fruits, lamps, armor, and farm goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
West Acton
Athletic and
George Gardner
Pres
Will Charlton
S. Vv. P
James A. Grimes
Wm. Kelley
Mr. Redmile
Treas
J. Linwood Richardson
Littlefield’s Hall
Hamlin
Armenian Relief Fund
Boston Lumberman
Littlefield’s
Windsor Cash
Pratt
Astro
H. A. Littlefield’s
Littlefield
Isaac Reed
New Milch
G. A. Conant
H. A. Littlefield
Veteran Coffin Golden Anniversary Reception Attended
Hundreds of friends testified to the esteem for veteran war correspondent and author Hon Charles Carleton Coffin and his wife at their golden anniversary in Brookline Massachusetts. A reception ran from 3 to 6 and from 8 to 10 pm with over 1000 invitations issued.
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Brookline
Mass
Charles Carleton Coffit
Kentucky Legislature Ballot Results Show Close Vote
In Frankfort yesterday the chamber had 130 members present for a vote. Blackburn and Hunter tied at 60 each, with McCreary 3, Holt 3, Carlisle 2, Cochran 1, Bate 1. only one ballot was taken.
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Frankfort
Blackburn
Hunter
McCreary
Holt
Carlisle
Cochran
Bate
Governor Greenhalge Illness Cancels Washington Birthday Reception
Boston February 19. Due to the Governor Greenhalge severe illness the Washington Birthday reception at the state house is abandoned. The governor remains confined to his Lowell home and has not improved as expected.
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Boston
Greenhalge
Washington
State House
Lowell
Woman Sentenced for Life in Murder of Stepson Willis Cowan
In Bangor on February 19 the Supreme Judicial Court sentenced Mrs Mary Cowan of Dixmont to life in Thomaston state prison for the murder of her stepson Willis Cowan in September 1694. Mrs Cowan maintained her innocence.
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Bangor
Supreme Judicial Court
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promoted in Ad Copy
Soothing healing cleansing salve claims to cure sores wounds and piles. Advertisement cites quick relief from itching burning and lip color issues within a few hours. Names listed include B F Johnson Son Manard C H Whitney Concord and A Littlefield West Acton.
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DeWitt
B. F. Johnson &iSon
Manard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
Littlefield
West Acton
Deadlines for Insertion in Weekly Publication
Notices emphasize timely submission to the office of publication with Tuesday night cutoff. Early receipts prevent condensation or delay of articles. New advertising material and subscriptions may be left with AL Notes at the post office.
Acton Centre Community Notes Include Pulpit Switch and Events
Rev. Mr. Copping and Rev. Mr. Batt of Concord exchanged pulpits last Sunday. The C. E. meeting Sunday evening will discuss What Faith Can Do For Us. About 60 attended the farmers’ meeting Tuesday despite cold. The C. E. convention is set for Feb 22 with Livermore Bros providing conveyance. Acton I. S. gave its second entertainment Tuesday featuring The Acton Possums and strong soloists with fine orchestral selections.
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Mr. Copping
Mr. Batt
Concord
C. E
Henry L. Livermore
South Acton
Livermore Bros
Acton
Concord Junction Local Notices and Death of Officer Cook
Updates from Concord Junction include the death of Officer Thomas R. Cook from heart failure after grip and funeral details with Hawthorne chapter OES and Concordian lodge Masons. Also notes on church services at Union Church Rev Campbell and local social items plus cattle-for-fee ad and club activities at Musketaquid and Home Circle.
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Musketaquid Club
T. R. Cook
Miller
Wm. J. Batt
Hawthorne
O .S
Thomas R. Cook
Mr. Cook
Edith Butler
Boston
Assabet Avenue
Arlington
Medford
Somerville
Corinthian Lodges
A. M. of Concord
Hopkins
Batt
Reformatory
Scott
Hart
Corinthian Lodge
Oak Grove Cemetery
C.S. Hart
Leland
Parke
Blossom
Bullock
Parsons
Hodgman
Curtis
Local Visit and Quotations Highlight Boxboro Item
Mrs. Carrie Hall visits son C. E. Bradford in town. The L. I. L. society plans a vestry entertainment Thursday evening. A pithy quip about regulation of the world is paired with mention of DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills. Local druggists B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield are named.
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Carrie Hall
Son
C. E. Bradford
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C.H. Whitney
Concord
H.A
Littlefield
West Acton
Massachusetts Legislature Debates Propositions and Bylaw Changes
The session discusses two year terms for top state officials starting 1808. A hearing on prohibiting baggage charges on bicycles is held as 121 railroads and 11 steamboat companies carry tricycles free. Labor considers nurse hour rules and arbitration board limits. Remonstrants defend boxing as a regulated, manly sport. Urban issues include Jamaica Plain street work and peddler licenses.
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House
Senate
Committee On Railroads
Elliott
League of American Wheelmen
Committee On Labor
State Board of Arbitration
Jamaica Plain
Gas and Electric Light Commissions
Lancaster
Lyman
F. R. Peters
I. T. Burr, Jr
F. W. Hayes
F. W. Peabody, Jr
Oliver Ames
Charles Head
KE. C. Hodges
Arthur Hundewell
Salem bank teller pleads not guilty to 65 counts
Clarence Murphy, former teller at Salem Savings Bank, pleaded not guilty in Salem court to 65 counts of embezzlement totaling 47,615 dollars. The indictment includes 64 related counts and one count of larceny of 850 dollars. Bail set at 20,000 dollars. Murphy denies confession and seeks favorable trial circumstances.
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Salem
Mass
Clarence Murphy
Salem Savings Bank
W. D. Northend
Murphy
Jealous German Firearms Tragedy in Brooklyn Household
Franz M Schwab a 66 year old German laborer shot his wife Kathrina 53 and wounded their son Bernard until the infant grandchild nine weeks old died the wife killed and the child wounded in a Brooklyn home. Schwab fled but was later arrested and police deem him insane. The injured Bernard and the child likely will not recover.
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Brooklyn
Franz M. Schwab
Bernard
Kathrina
Schwab
Schwis
Fatal Teapot Assault in Tr a wren ce
Mrs Kata Weir died at the city hospital after a beating at her Elim street home in Trawrence Massachusetts. Agnes Gibney alias Morton was arrested on Andover road and faced with murder charges. The assault occurred Monday evening when a teapot was used on Mrs Weir in a domestic dispute. The 15 year old son found her bloodied and a doctor transported her to hospital where she died during the transfer.
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Mass
Kata Weir
City Hospital
Elim Street
Agnes Gibney
Morton
Andover Road
The Bryan Murder Case Heads to Local Court
Sheriff Jule Plummer of Campbell county Kentucky arrives with governor approved requisition for the extradition of prisoners Jackson and Walling. Plan calls for bringing them to the police court on February 27 where the requisition will be presented by Sheriff Archibald of Hamilton county and the men moved to a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Mncinnati
Jule Plummer
Campbell County
Kry
Bushnell
Jackson
Walling
Archibald
Hamilton County
Common Pleas
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Bonds Likely To Morgan Firms If Defaults Confirmed
Washington February 19 Secretary Card Isle has not named beneficiaries for bonds after default or first installment payment. It is expected the bonds will go to J. P. Morgan and associates under their blanket bid of 110,6877 dollars once the exact default amount is known.
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Washington
Carisle
J. P. Morgan
James E Pie
Cambridge
Middlesex
Concord
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
Folsom
Register
Assignee Nazworthy Dies After Citation Ignored
Indianapolis report states Charles Nazworthy assignee of the American Lounge company was removed by Judge Brown for failing to file reports. He later died from a gunshot wound in his room, with his accounts described as short and unresolved.
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Indianapolis
Charles Nazworthy
American Lounge Company
Brown
Nazworth
Reed pleads nolo contendere in manslaughter case
In SALmM Massachusetts superior court, John Reed accepted a nolo contendere plea for manslaughter in the death of Xavier Genest from typhoid fever after whisky given. Daniel Lahey of Newburyport found guilty of manslaughter in the death of John Cronin.
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Salmm
Mass
Superior Criminal Court
John Reed
Xavier Genest
Daniel Lahey
Newburyport
John Cronin
Youngsters Indicted For Murder In Urica Case
The grand jury in Urica New York yesterday handed up indictments for murder in the first degree against J W Hildreth Theodore Hibbard Herbert Plato and Fred Bristol four youths accused of wrecking the fast mail on the Central Hudson line near Rome.
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Urica
N. Y
Bowe
J. W. Hildreth
Theodore Hibbard
Herbert Plato
Fred Bristol
Hudson Road
Rome Swains
Miracle of heroism in Troy deadly blaze claims three killed
In Troy New York on Monday night a major fire left 650 people scrambling from a Burdett building block. Three women were confirmed dead Mrs Catherine Kane Mrs Margaret Carroll and Mrs Johanna Doyle. 15 injured and seven missing were all accounted for by five oclock. Nellie and Lottie Hull nearly fell to their deaths but were saved by Charles Jefferson who was burned slightly. Rev Michael Fogarty rallied and led several women to safety as crews battled flames. Insurance puts Burdett building losses above 100000 with 40000 building value and 27500 insured.
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Troy
N. Y
Catherine Kane
Margaret Carroll
Johanna Doyle
Stetheimer, &. Co
Carroll
Carr
Nellie
Lottie Hull
Charles Jefferson
Jefferson
Michael Fogarty
Bursing
Burdett
Barton Opens Way for Armenian Charity Distribution
Miss Clara Barton reports full success in organizing alms for Armenian sufferers. Minister Terrell cabled from Pera, Turkey, that Barton was presented at the Sublime Porte and assured of full protection and aid for her agents. Her headquarters will be in Pera with assistants to work inland. The door is opened wide for charity.
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Washington
Clara Barton
Armenia
Terrell
Pera
Turkey
Miss Barton
Sublime Porte
Dive
Constantinople
Barwon
Five New London residents named heirs to English mayor’s fortune
Seven New London residents learned they inherit part of a £70,000 estate left by William Bindless, late mayor of Kendal, England. The will probated last Saturday assigns shares to New London heirs, with the oldest legal heir in Mystic, Connecticut receiving about $45,000 in Kendal real estate.
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New London
Conn
William Bindless
Kendal
Eng
Mystic
Moody pushes bill to establish Salisbury Beach lifesaving station
Representative Moody of Massachusetts pushes forward his bill to create a lifesaving station at Salisbury Beach. He cites three vessel wrecks in one night near the beach and a large loss of life as the justification for the measure.
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Washington
Moody
Mass
Salisbury Beach
Judgment against Andre Senical over government contracts
Montreal February 12 Judge Mathew yesterday rendered judgment in the case against Andre Senical formerly queen's printer. The judgment condemns Senical to return to the government the sum of 12000 dollars which he had received at various times for using his influence to obtain positions and contracts from the government for various people.
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Montreal
Mathew
Andre Seniecal
Queen's Printer
Senical
Family of Eight Near Starvation Found in Fortune Bay
Halifax reports a Fortune Bay discovery of a family of eight on the brink of starvation after several days without food. The children’s hands were tied behind their backs to stop them from eating their own flesh, according to the account.
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Halifax
Fortune Bay
N. F
Weather Forecast Almanac for New England and Mid Atlantic
Forecast for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont calls for increasing cloudiness with light snow and warmer northeast to southeast winds. Massachusetts sees cloudy skies with interior light snow and possibly heavy snowfall on Cape Cod as winds shift from northeast to southeast. Rhode Island and Connecticut are cloudy with snow and winds turning from northeast to southeast.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Suspected fugitive pursued on Lowell Street and arrests at Concord
Officer Craig fired as a man fled after being hailed on Lowell Street. The man dropped a grip from Musketaquid boat house thefts and escaped, while another chase at Lincoln led to two men, Anderson and Tremaine, being captured after a barbed wire fence clash and a river crossing. Tremaine testified. Anderson confessed and both were bound over to the superior court.
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Craig
Lowell Street
Lincoln
Sherman
John Farrar
Farrar
Concord
Heldjtar
Anderson and
Tremaine
Lincoln Depot
Concord Amd
Connecticut
Anderson
Superior Court
Among the Churches Parish Listings in City
Sunday and midweek services listed for First Parish Unitarian Protestant Episcopal Trinitarian Congregational and Scandinavian Methodist churches with pastors names and times. All seats free and regular Sunday schedules include morning service Sunday school and evening services.
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Immediate Relief
Advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as the only harmless remedy for immediate relief from croup. Mentions manufacturers B. F. Johnson & Son and regional distributors G. H. Whitney and H.A. Littlefield in Maynard and Concord.
Hudson News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Charles G. Pingree ended his connection at J. P. Clare's Saturday evening. Rev A J Rackliffe spoke on Freedom From Commendation last Sunday. Thomas Kelley from this town is listed as receiving an original pension. A large Hudson Methodist delegation attended the Maynard Methodist church dedication on Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Pingree
J. P. Clare’s
A. J. Rackliffe
Thomas Kelley
New Methodist
Maynard
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Satisfied Users
J. W. Pierce of Republic Indiana endorses the remedy for family and self use, calling the results entirely satisfactory and vowing to recommend it widely. Testimonials also list B F Johnson and Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as supporters.
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J. W. Pierce
Republic
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Barber
Cutler
Unite Society
Severs
G. A. R. Post Wer
Adelbert Mead
W. F. Dusseault
W.A. Charles
F. H. Nash
Acton Centre
Concord Junction
Pearl Wayne Council
W.w.blossom
Herman Chaplin
Officer Chaplin
Irving Dart
Webb Robbins
Ladies’ Union
Union Church
T. R. Cooke
W. W. Campbell
William Wright
Boxboro
The
BAY State Legislature
Bryan
Will
Morgan
Reed Free—Lahey
Canniballam
the Weather Forecast
First Parish
Unitarian
Loren B. Macdonald
Young Peoples’ Guild
Protestant Episcopal Church
Geo.a. Tewksbury
M. E. Church
J. P. Anderson
G. H. Whitney
H.A. Littlefield
Hudson
Marlboro
J. 0
Genest
Henry Normandin
Leah Bissonette
J. QO
Henry Martin
Delia Blanchette
J. (. Caisse
Joseph Precourt
Josephine Peloquin
Matilda Lovely
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bury Va
Hutchinson
Gro, A. Wales
Henderson
Pat
David Henderson
Maynard, Mass
C. M. Gould
Old
Main ST
Monumental
Darling's Bik
Nason Sts
Eee Pee
Ign Lepuks Granite
Ss. Fowler
George W. Taylor
Sudbury
George A. Haynes
Said
Petomes
Sudbury Enterprise
S. H. Folsom
Probate Court
Ymvian
WM. Devens
Wyman Devens
County of
William H. Devens
Roslindale Mass
Wyman
Engoneeers
Wililam H. Devens
Emily Robinson
Emerson College of Oratory
Mire Robinson Nalive
Aie i
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