West Acton News Highlights Local Events and Sales
In West Acton the community reports Christmas activities at town churches, a dancing school progress update, a local factory suspension news, and a portrait offer from H A Littlefield. James Jewett recovers from an accident and a diphtheria case is treated at the town farm. Apple barrel raffle for G A R fair announced. Local merchants advertise footwear and Christmas goods at cost with a portrait offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jewett
Littlefield
Isaae Reed
Dr. Hutchins
H. A. Littlefield
J. Carter
Local Notes from Hudson Lodge Socials and March Moon Phases
Community happenings include a New Year supper by Hudson lodge with Right Purposes, a social by the Odd Fellows, and Christmas tree festivities at Congregational services. Guests Edith and Pearl Dow visited Miss Edith Taylor. Frank Morse farms pigeons and prize stock. a clam boil honored Adam E Cole and Fred H Sawyer with silver fruit dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Pearl Dow
Canaan
N. H
Edith Taylor
New England
Odd Fellows
Frank Morse
Morse
Sudbury
Hudson House
Adam E. Cole
Fred H. Sawyer
De Witts Witch Hazel Lie Cures Piles Claims
An advertisement-like note asserts De Witt's Witch Hazel cures piles and similar ailments. It claims tests in numerous cases produced the same results and urges readers to try the remedy, naming Littlefield West Paris and AS Littlefield Maynard as points of contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Tremendous Slaughter in Our Stock Exhibit
A local notice lists prices for various goods including Haxall flour per barrel Rice per pound molasses per gallon and coffee brands Chase Sanborn Dwinnell Wright and Co Beans per quart with prices in cents. The fragment suggests a sale event or clearance of stocked items with emphasized bargain pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase & Sanborn
Dwinnell, Wright & Co
Tremendous Bargains in Clothing and Home Goods
Advertises deep discounts across a full department store range. Men and youth suits from eight to eighteen dollars, boys’ and youths coats, overcoats and ulsters, furnishing goods, patterns, sewing machines, shoes, furniture, carpets, crockery and glassware. All stock bought for cash and offered at low prices with a call to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Brussells
Roxbury Tapestry
Kensington
Lowell and Park
Notice for early submission to weekly publication
Instructions urge timely office receipt by Tuesday night to ensure same week insertion. Earlier submissions avoid condensation or delay. mail and ads may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Noyes
Christmas visitors and post office notices
Miss Hattie E. Tuttle spent Christmas at her home. Geo. Tuttle of New York spent Christmas with his parents. Miss Abbie Conant has gone to Brooklyn to spend the winter with her sister. Letters remaining in post office uncalled for: Mrs. L. D. Draper, Miss Emily Adams, Miss Ethel M. DeLong, Rev. Carl G. Horst, Mrs. Mary J. Smead, M. McLean, A. L. Noyes, P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie E. Tuttle
Geo. Tuttle
New York
Abbie Conant
Brooklyn
Post
L. D. Draper
Emily Adams
Ethel M. DeLong
Carl G. Horst
Mary J. Smead
M. McLean
A. L. Noyes
P.M
Electric Bitters Health Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for female complaints and general ailments. It claims to restore strength and tone, lists symptoms such as loss of appetite headaches fainting spells nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness, and guarantees health and strength with large bottles priced at fifty cents at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson & Co
Maynard
Richardson
Concord Drug Store
Light family sorrow and local notes from Concord 1895
The three week old son of Mr and Mrs O D Light died last Friday and was buried Sunday. Hon L D Apsley planned a brief Hudson visit after a house recess and stayed a week. Local items discuss hose and engine disputes, ice crops in Berlin and Hudson, school terms, weather, and church notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Light
L. D. Apsley
Hudson
Berlin
Harvard
Maynard Votce in the Gallery Prompts Polite Exit
A resident questions social drinking in a public gallery leading to polite intervention by a police officer. The scene ends with the visitor being escorted to a liquor venue as the crowd contemplates deeper civic leadership and Rooseveltian reform.
Christmas Carols On St George's Choir Tour
The ancient English Christmas custom of street carol singing is kept alive in this report. St George's choir visited homes from midnight to 6 am singing Christians Awake and inviting hospitality from residents who welcomed them warmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Choir
Sincere thanks after bereavement for son’s death
The undersigned express heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during the death of their son. The note is signed by Joan Warre and family from Maynard, January 1, 1896. An advertisement fragment for One Minute Cough Cure follows, listing B. F. Johnson & Son and others in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Kitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Joan Warre
B. F. Johnson & Son
Aames
C. H. Whitney
H. Littlefield
Maynard Locals Adverts Include Tenement For Let
A new six room tenement for let near H. W. Roberts is advertised. The notice also promotes framing and furniture repairs, a store in Darling's block run by W. H. Leighton, and a recital date January 10 with tickets at A. R. Currie’s. Also listed are underwear and hosiery at Cleary & Williams and a separate tenement inquiry at Miss Ex Whitney on Maple Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Roberts
Darling's Block
W. H. Leighton
A. R. Currie
A Household Treasure Proclaims King’s New Discovery
D W Fuller of Canajoharie New York says he keeps Dr King s New Discovery and his family sees the best results. G A Dykeman Druggist of Catskill New York calls it the best cough remedy after eight years use. Trial bottles free at local druggists with regular size bottle one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Fuller
Canajoharie
N. Y
Dr. King
G. A. Dykeman
Catskill
Man shoots self after indigestion plea
Claim compares suicide to indigestion cure, touts DeWitt's Early Risers pills. Advertisement cites B F Johnson Son Maynard Concord H A Littlefield as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
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G. B. Paird
Stone
Hutchins of
Stoneham
F. R
Susan « P
J. C. Graham
Lydia P. Hoar
H. A
M Fitesimmons
A. and
O. W. Mead
The
Universalist Church
Baptist Church
EB. H. Hall
Santa Claus
Hudson Lodge
Wood Square
Riley
Pine
Episcopal Mission
West Acton, Mass
Petty Johns
Bey Os
Meer At
Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton
Mass
Acton Centre
Concord Junction
Yale
Reformatory
Bowker
Old Concord
Chas. Ringman
California
E. G. Howard
Messrs. Pierce
Commonwealth Avenue
Enterprise Job Office
Union Church
Chas. W. Ball
Georgia
Town Board of Health
Union Church Sunday School
Winslow Russell
Geo. R. Bank
Edith Chase
Hattie I, Lawrence
Frances Coolidge
Josie Marrs
Willow Rebekah Lodge
L. R. Hodgman
Odd Fellows Watch
Hodgman
Rebekah
W. W. Campbell
E. G. Stoddard
Judson
Charles L. Reed
John C. Mackin
Washington
Union Fire Station
Nose No. 1
Nook & Ladder Co
Raymond Kennedy
Unitarian
Chimmie Fadden
Roosevelt
Brian Borrou Bunyyan
Maynard Locals
H. S. Richardson
Marlboro
Michael Lynch
Ichael
Marlboro, Mass
A. Wheeler & CO
Proprietors
Commonwealth: of Massachusetts
Middlesex
John Primes
Acton
Constantine O'Neil
Pear
Helmbridge
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