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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
8
Local News From South Acton and Nearby
Frank Hosmer remains confined to his house due to illness. Mrs. Whittimore of Maine visits her daughter Mrs. William Merriam. Rev Dussault delivered a strong sermon on New Year premises. Acknowledgment of a troublesome boy in the village. Aaron Tuttle has returned to Foxborough for an indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Whittimore
Maine
Mrs
William Merriam
Mr. Dussault
Aaron Tuttle
Foxborough
Tailor and millinery notices from South Acton locals
Clothing made to order and repairs by James McGreen, tailor. Also selling silk ribbons at reduced prices for a few weeks including 4 inch silk ribbons 25 and 19 cents per yard and embroidery and sewing silks at low rates. Miss Tuttle's millinery room offers embroidery silk skeins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Acton
James McGreen
Miss Tuttle
Obituaries and Local Society Notes from West Acton
West Acton lists Miss Fannie Fairbanks guest of the Wetherbeeker aunts and notes a well attended Odd Fellows ball. Mrs Holden returns from Stoneham and Waltham visits. ladies benevolent society meets at the Baptist parsonage for annual meeting. Miss Abbie Hutchins dies of pneumonia in Stoneham. funeral in Stoneham and burial in Mt Hope. Woman's club meetings report papers on Colonial days and Causes of the Revolution with music. Winona Rebekah lodge installs officers. retiring Noble Grand presented with collar and jewel. followed by a collation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Baptist Church
Abbie Hutchins
I Hutchins
Stoneham
Miss Hutchins
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woman’s Club
Charlotte Blanchard
Lilla _M. Dudley
New England
Bell D. Stone
Minnie R. Hoar
Isabelle H. Hall
Hattie Davis
Fin
Gertrude S. Cutler
Ethel Handley
Ethel Cutler
Sanford Searles
I. G
Isabel Bisbee
Marietta Vorster
Jennie F. Mead
Helen Hayward
C. 5S
V.G
Etta Gates
R. A.S
Addies Holt
L. A
Nancy Chaffee
Hattie Tuttle
V. G
Sara R. Richardson
Midwinter sale items at West Acton stores
West Acton locals offered box calf waterproof shoes and underwear at Miss Armstrong's. Littlefield's advertised butter prints and creamery butter stock, full cream cheese, oats and prunes, with discounts for cash and case purchases. Credit terms included seven days and a five percent case discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield’s
Auction notice for Acton dairy herd sale
Otis H. Forbush auctioneer acts for A. J. Barnards & Sons to sell 29 cows heifers and a bull plus hay corn fodder wagons harness tolls and more at the Acton farm once owned by Samuel Hosmer on Saturday January 14 at 1030 am. Cows will be sold first. Sale location one mile from Action Center Lincoln sale of 14 cows follows January 19 at 12 80 oclock for Geo L Cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
A. J. Barnards & Sons
Action Center
Samuel Hosmer
Farm Sale Ad Including Livestock and Implements
Auction announces a sure sale of a farm near Lincoln on the road to Baker's bridge, listing items such as 3 heifers, 3 horses, 2 hogs, 50 hens, hay and fodder, harness, farming tools, wagons, sleighs, sleds, and many other articles not specified. The farm is offered as sold with the property on a precise location description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Baker’s Bridge
For Sale Cheap Auction of Household Items by G A Conant
Classy listing from Blaine factory area offering 1 family pung 1 travers runner 1 grocer s pung and 2 second hand sleighs. G A Conant advertises sale at the Blaine factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Pung
Travers
G. A. Conant
Blaine Factory
Concord church services and schedules listed
Concord First Parish Unitarian Rev Loren B McDonald Sunday service 1045 Sunday school noon Young People's Guild 7 pm First and third Sundays 7 40 Nov 1 to Jun 1 Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal Rev Henry King Hannah morning service 1045 sermon Sunday school 1215 Evening prayer and Bible study 4 pm Trinitarian Congregational Rev George A Tewksbury Lord's day 1045 am 730 pm Armory repairs Sabbath school 12 noon Y P S C E Sunday 630 Chapel Prayers Friday 730 Scandinavian M E Church Rev Charles H Johnson services 1030 am and 730 pm Class meeting Friday 745 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren B. McDonald
Young People
Trinity Church Protestant Episcopal
Henry King Hannah
George A. Tewksbury
S.C. E
Scandinavian M. E. Church
Charles H. Johnson
Ice cutting starts on Warren mill pond and local sleighing scenes
Littleton reports Boston Dairy Co began cutting ice on Warren's mill pond. Greene's lance event drew forty couples with no success. Churches were well attended Sunday and residents enjoyed the pleasant day and sleighing. High school students rode yesterday, and well-wishes go to Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson of Weston as they conjoin daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Dairy Co
Warren’s Mill Pond
Arthur Johnson
Weston
Johnson
Our
RK. G. Johnson
The
Baptist Church
Ex Salem bank embezzler Murhpy seeks higher court review
Clarence Murphy former Salem Savings Bank teller serving a 9 year 10 month 21 day state prison term after embezzling about 50000. His counsel filed exceptions in clerk of court's office claiming double jeopardy and unlawful re sentence. Case to go to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court then possibly U S Supreme Court. He was captured after years as a fugitive and previously sentenced in 1896 to 10 to 15 years which was later ruled unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Clarence Murphy
Salem Savings Bank
Murphy
Brandis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court of the United States
Liberty
San Francisco
Massachusetts
Alhough
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Sherman
Charlestown
Four Persons Run Down Near Larimer Station
Four residents of Larimer were killed when an express train struck them near Larimer Station on the Pennsylvania railroad thirty five miles east of Pittsburg. The dead are Mary Miller Thomas Miller Albert Wilson and Walter Brown. The wreck caused a track switch and the engineer blew whistles but the victims did not hear the warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Larimer Station
Pennsylvania
Mary Miller
Thomas Miller
Albert Wilson
Walter Brown
Larimer
Pension Changes Announced From December Issue
Washington January 11 pension changes listed by state include Maine increases for John L Rose and Ellen J Chase among others. Maine originals Lemuel H Canon Annie E Eaton and Annie B Tucker. Massachusetts raises for John L Rose and Ellen J Chase plus widows and others. Rhode Island increases for Norman L McCausland and Abby Sk Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
Lemuel HI. Canon
Fairfield Centre
Annie EK. Eaton
Kennebunk
Massachusetts
Charles L. Bennett
Eest Boston
John L. Rose
Brockton
Ellen J. Chase
Lowell
Sarah C. Keach
Somerville
Sarah A. Buchanan
Adams
Agnes A. Tobey
Woburn
Ann BE
Tucker
Fitchburg
Rhode Island
Norman L. McCausland
Providence
Abby Sk. Perkins
Pawtucket
Cape life savers face severe storm and ice
Had trying time along the Cape shore as a stiff northwesterly gale drove the life savers to remain alert for disabled vessels. Temperatures dropped to 7 at Nauset and 10 to 14 at other stations while harbors froze and Chatham bay became a mass of ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
Cape Shore
Nauset
Chatham Bay
Soldiers of Spanish War Buried at Gettysburg Cemetery
Governor Hastings received an opinion from Judge Advocate General Lieber that soldiers who died in the Spanish American War may be buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The ruling followed a query from W Yates Selleck and references soldiers buried at Camp Meade last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Hastings
Lieber
United States Army
Spain
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
W. Yates Selleck
Philadelphia
War Department
Alger
Judge Advocate General
Camp Meade
Gettysburg Cemetery
Oil Tank Explodes in Everett Blazing River Spill
An oil tank owned by New England Construction in East Everett exploded at 7 30 this morning. The blaze emptied into the Mystic river and only the tank was damaged. Loss expected not to exceed 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mass
New England Construction Company
East Everett
Mystic River
Quotation Day Sparks Applause in Crafton Schools
A Crafton school event features pupils delivering quotations with authors named. One student improvises by quoting Shakespeare with the line Go west, young man, provoking overwhelming applause from the audience as reported by the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crafton
Pittsburg
Foreclosure Bill Filed On Baltimore and Ohio Mortgage
The Mercantile Trust Company of New York filed a bill in federal court in Columbus seeking foreclosure of the consolidated mortgage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway property. Bonds secured total $18,636,000 with $470,000 interest accrued. The mortgages cover all Baltimore and Ohio lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Force of Habit Bit in New York Weekly
Dialogue recalls Mrs De Broker once a typewriter to Mr De Broker before marriage. Mr Squidds notes she used to be his typewriter and has a habit of listening when he speaks. The item captures a witty aside from the New York Weekly.
Representative Holt Dies in Railroad Station
Suncook New Hampshire January 11 1910 representative Thomas P Holt age 71 prominent farmer and former town officer died last night at Allens Town railroad station on his return from Concord He leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suncook
N. H
Thomas P. Holt
Allenstown
Concord
Transport Mobile Arrives After Fast Havana Run
New York reports the United States transport Mobile Capiggins arrived this morning after a remarkable 16 hour voyage from Havana, following a quick three gun salute. On board were Lieutenant F. L. Knudsen of the Eighth Infantry Captain Grant and 13 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Mobile
Capiggins
Havana
F. L. Knudsen
Eighth Infantry
Grant
Mexico
Beatrix Plans Cold Welcome For Absent Thomas
Beatrix refuses to chase him home and vows a cool reception after Thomas misses dinner at their London home. Howell and two friends stage a mock scene to study her reaction as she contemplates a magnified cold shoulder and a dramatic reunion with her husband.
Bellboy Mixes Up Ring Policy in Texas Hotel
A tempers flare as a bellboy bursts into a guest room after an impatient guest complains about not hearing the bell. The guest says he rang three times for ice water, and the bellboy is reminded to read the bell card which supposedly directs “one ring for the porter, two for the bellboy and three for a gun.” The exchange is described by the Philadelphia Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gibbon
Thomas
Beatrix
Trix
Howell
Beatrix Chicago News
Texas
Philadelphia
Press
German Bicycle Makers Plan Credit Ban to Hurt U S Trade
Washington reports a German plan to stop selling to dealers who carry American bicycles. The German Bicycle Manufacturers association, about 100 firms, will withhold credit to any dealer stocking American bikes, aiming to crush U S competition unless U S producers respond forcefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Bicycle Manufacturers’ Association
Germany
United States
Aztec Temple Unearthed in El Paso Beneath City
Archaeologist Dr. Leoberson, connected with the City of Mexico university, reports uncovering a buried Aztec temple within El Paso city limits. A 10 foot depth wall of masonry and several hieroglyphic stones were found, with relics previously unearthed in Mexico including the god Paxa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Leo Terson
Oxford University
Preparaoro University
City of
Mexico
Rio Grande
Berson
Paxa
Bevereidge Nominated for Senator by Republican Caucus
Indianapolis man Albert J. Beveridge born 1863 on a Highland county Ohio farm rose from self made beginnings. He attended Depew University and graduated with distinction, becoming a famed orator. He joined Senator Mc McDonald in Indianapolis and built a legal career, later gaining national prominence as a political speaker starting with an 1895 Indiana League Club address in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Bevereidge
Highland County
Depew University
Beveridge
Mc McDonald
Blaine
Bereidge
Indiana League Club of
Chicago
Maine legislature opens with key constitutional amendment
In Augusta Maine the legislature opened the session with an hour in each house. Many measures were referred to committees. The House considered a proposed constitutional amendment to bar state aid to sectarian and private schools. Democratic caucus chose Samuel L Lord of Saco as United States Senate candidate to oppose Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Samuel L
Lord of
Saco
United States
Hale
Coldest for a generation in upstate New York towns
Saratoga N Y January 11 The coldest night in years reported across the region with Abit Saratoga Lake at 40 degrees below zero Whitehall 41 Saratoga Springs 30 below Greenfield 33 below Warrensburg 36 below and other towns like Ticonderoga Ausable Forks Elizabethtown Plattsburg Port Henry all beneath zero degrees with varying depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Saranac Lake
Whitehall
Saratoga Springs
Greenfield
Warrensburg
Ticonderoga
Ausable Forks
Elizabethtown
Plattsburg
Port Henry
Adjusting Her Compass Off Orbany
Captain Hall of the Maine Steamship Company said the Horatio Hall was not in distress off Orbany this morning but was adjusting her compass. The ship left New York last night with a man aboard for the maneuver, the first place for a test, and a telegraph was sent to Chatham to allay concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine Steamship Company
Hall
Line
Horatio Hall
Orbany
Chatham
Presumptuous Viceroy in China Criticized
The viceroy of Nan Jing Liao-Koun-Yi memorializes the throne urging modernizing military training and discarding ancient weapons. An edict censuring the memorial and the resumption of the viceroy has been issued, marking official disapproval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Nanjing
Liao-Koun-Yi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder CO
Enterprise
Main Street
Frank Hosmer
West Acton
Odd Fellows Ball
Brighams
Congress
A. Littlefield
Geo. L. Cousins
Concord Churches
First Parish Unitarian
Littleton
Greene
Clarance Murphy
Parker
MAIN
Maynard
Naynard
Flyer
Howell van Rensselaer Gibbon
London
Scotland
State Department
Dean B. Mason
Frankfort
Pine Tree State
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