Community News From Acton Reflects Local Life
Mrs. Abby Saunders visits Acton friends while Mrs. Pratt cares for Mrs. Bullette. A mothers meeting is set at Mrs. Quimby’s on Wednesday January 18. A fox was shot on the roadway near Pletcher corner. Several Acton residents plan the Lotus quartet concert in West Acton next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby ‘Saunders
Concord
Acton
Pratt
Bulette
Boston
Harris Scoffield
Pletcher Corner
David Roche
Whitingsville
Annie Rogers
West Acton
Acton Centre Grange installs officers amid community updates
Mrs Herbert Robbins is ill. Gates children face pneumonia. Arthur Wayne had tonsils removed with Dr Shaw present. Helen Robbins hosted a skating party. Three more measles cases reported including Esther Frederickson and Elizabeth Tuttle. Harry Tuttle to Westboro asylum but not serious. Katherine Stevenson of Boston spoke on total abstinence. About 20 Grangers attended Littleton Grange install led by J B Tuttle. Medeola Quartet performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wayne
Shaw
Helen Robbins
The
Grange
James B. Tuttle
Esther Frederickson
Horace Tuttle
Elizabeth
Harry Tuttle
Westboro
Katherine L. Stevenson
Boston
Mass
Congregational Church
Littleton Grange
J. B. Tutte
Acton Grange
Medeola
Farm stock sale planned for Skilton place January 16 1911
A sale of livestock including oxen horses hogs shoats and pigs is set for Monday January 16 1911 at 9 30 am at the Skilton place Elm Stock Farm on the line of Boston Arlington Lexington Bedford Billerica and Lowell electrics with details to be supplied by auctioneer Otis M Forbush of Acton Mass He lists Holstein cattle and high grade heifers along with Durham and Rye stock raised in Vermont and notes a five dollar prize for the first animal sold Posters and applications will be sent to bidders Also Mr Forbush is hired to sell Miss M Mahoney of Concord Mass breeding turkeys in Boston January 13 at 3 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My Farm
Skilton Place
Elm Stock Farm
Boston
Arlington
Lexington
Bedford
Billerica
Lowell Electrics
Concord
Maynard & Hudson
Lowell
Durham
Vermont
Otis m. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Mr. Forbush
M. Mahoney
North Acton notes from the Dartmouth era
Leonard White resumed studies in the Dartmouth class of 1914 last Wednesday. Hugh Weat of Cambridge returns to town to cut wood for Miss Ruth Robbins. Lena Baker of Nashua is ill at Mrs. Arthur Harris’s home under Dr. Staples. A through freight struck a pedestrian near Acton Nashua line causing two broken ribs. Alden Bayur and Charles Ferris wed in Concord and live in Mr White’s tenement. Blanche, child of White’s first wife, now with them at Acton Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard White
Dartmouth
Hugh Weat
Cambridge
Ruth Robbins
Lena Baker
Nashua
Arthur Harris
Staples
Here
Acton
Alden Bayur
Chas. Ferris
Concord
Mr. White
Blanche
Mrs. Stanley
Local Happenings in West Acton and Nearby
West Acton notes list Miss Immogene Whitcomb visiting home and Mrs Eliza J Brown traveling to Hudson for work. Visitors include Geo S Reed of Lawrence and Miss ik M Harrington of Somerville. Rev KB Hunt preached in Acton Baptist church and Rev D W Lovett spoke at Maynard. Local entertainments feature Lotus male quartet and Mrs Edith Barnes Arey. News mentions hens at Boston show, Parker farm sale, and community events at the Baptist church and Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Lawrence
Ik. M. Harrington
Somerville
Friends
KB. F. Hunt
Arthur Holrook
Waltham
Geo. Weaver
R. E. Evans
Pepperell
West Acton
Edith Barnes Arey
Lotus Mate
Christian Endeavor Society of the Baptist Church
Town Hall
Holtt N. Conary
Boston
Conary
Grange
Bank Ad Campaign Sways Deposits at Braddock Bank
A Braddock Pennsylvania bank chief launched a systematic advertising program to test results. The campaign boosted growth and attracted scores of new depositors monthly, according to Bankers' Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Braddock
Bankers’ Review
Reform Men Win in Boston City Election
Boston voters backed the Municipal League Public School association and Good Government group in a city election that produced the lightest turnout in years. Council members Ernest E. Smith and Daniel J. McDonald won on the Municipal League ticket, with Joseph A. Sheehan close behind. Thomas F. Leen and Michael H. Corcoran Jr. carried the School association slate, while Gallivan lost. Jim Buckley led the reform ticket in a notable exception. License passed two to one in most wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fitzgerald
Good Government Association
Municipal League
Public School Association
Timothy J. Buckley
Thomas E. Mansfield
East
The
Ernest E. Smith
Daniel J. McDonald
Joseph A. Sheehan
Thomas F. Leen
Michael H. Corcoran, Jr
William J. Gallivan
Jula Duff
Association
Reform
Republican Machine
League
Smith
Posten
Jealousy Motive Named in Portland Murder Case
Senblice d Andrea, a boarding house owner in Portland, confessed to killing Marcaino Vittoreano after a dispute over a possible weapon. Officials say jealousy was the motive and d Andrea is held without bail on a murder charge as the case is continued to January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Senblice
d’Andrea
Marcaino Vittoreano
Vittoreano
D'Andrea
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Christie Store News
Bulletin OF Barcains
Double
Merrick
Trenton
Gale
Children’s Cotton
Lydia
W. & K. Darning Wool
Store of Quality
Maynard
Main St
American Rubber Co
Finney & Hoit
South Acton
P. White
Main Street Tel
Solth Acton
Miss King
Universalist Church
Mr. Crossland
Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Wm. Carey
George Braman
Cushing Company
Hudson
Lyman School
South Acton Dramatic Company
Katherine Lent Stevenson
Christian Temperance Appeal
Acton Lodge
Marion Wilson
Exchange Hall
Lester Sawyer
Allen
Acton Centre
A. Merriam
George Ham
H.E. Clough
Treas
Hiram Livermore
F. A. Merriam
A. Christie
A. Ziegler
Herbert Robbins
E. P. Gates
Roger W. Brown
Maas
North Acton
Miss Immogene Whitcomb
Eliza J. Brown
Jerry McCarthy
California
Lotus
C. H. Mead & Co
E. C. Parker
Boxboro
E. L. Hayward
HB. T. Swift
F. L. Bailey
South Acton Dramatic Club
Country Doctor
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Baptist Church
M. A. Armstrong
Municipal Leave
Good Gov
Ernment Association
Gallivan
Back Bay
New York
Charles McGuire
Supreme Court
New Bedford
William J. Albert
Castro Urdiales
Spain
E. Harris
Bedford 8&T
Concord, Mase
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Mccarron Maynard, Mass
Charles Parker Tucker
Attorney At Law
Chase Building
Hudson, Mass
McArdle Bros
Burlington St
Lexington, Mass
Boeske, Maynard
Hudson and Vicinity
F. H. Bryant
GEN. Agt
S. R. Garland
L. King
Maynard Block
Dennis Sheehan
Maynard, Maas
M. F. Mankinc
Notary Public
Pfeiffer JR
D. V
Bedford, Mass
Bedford Veterinary Hospital
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