Local notes reflect varied town happenings in South Acton
John Sibley on wick list. Mrs. Whitle Skelton, grip victim. Wayne Lawrence enters Stow high. A Merriam on New York trip. Conductor Fletcher runs Boston to Bellows Falls. Mrs Willis entertains father Haley. influenza recoveries among Mrs B Miles and Mrs A J Susan. Abraham Kimball joins Carter Rice Co.. Martin sr. to move to Stow town farm. Bean supper, violin soloist Reba Warren, and a wedding reception in Littleton. Church service notices, new pastor reception January 23, and annual Congregational society meeting results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Merriam
New York
Arthur Hall
Theoist
Len
Willard
A. Merriam Co
Fletcher
Boston
Bellows Falls
Milton Kimball
Carter Rice & Co
Wm. Hern
Martin, Sr
Soo
Stow
Congregational
Reba Warren
Littleton
Womans’ Club
Hiram Livermore
O My
Arthur Peck
Fish Bait for Sale in South Acton Local Listing
Local notice advertises fish bait for sale in South Acton Mass. listing shows sellers W F Skelton or Elnatham Kim ball seeking customers and indicating available stock.
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W. F. Skelton
Elnatham Kimball
South Acton
Mass
Dancing Teacher Lovett to Open School at Acton Centre
Mr Lovett of Hudson, a well known dancing teacher, will open a dancing school in Town Hall Acton Centre on Thursday night January 23 with a new dance each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Acton Centre
Spalding’s Official Baseball Record Spotlighted
The Enterprise reviews Spalding’s official baseball record edited by Henry Chadwick. The statistical work traces early leagues from 1871 to 1876 and notes new sections listing complete official rosters of major and minor leagues.
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Spalding Athletic Library
Serida
Spalding
Henry Chadwick
Natie League
First
Ional
Unclear reference to new book and nearby baseball guide
A fragment notes a new book containing 264 pages and warns it should not be confused with Spalding's baseball guide. The mention occurs as a man from the outskirts observes a blue bird, with the enter prise office releasing the guide around the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaldinng
Enterprise
West Acton Community Notes and Lodge Installations
Frank Elmes leaves Hall Bros shop for a new post and moves with family from Acton lodge. J O P invited to Groton for lodge services. Week of prayer at Baptist church held five evenings with strong attendance. Mrs Hobart Mead and Pauline depart for Pinehurst NC with Dr. Guy Mead for about a month. West Acton Woman's Club met Jan 18 with immigration talk. Acton lodge I O O F officers installed by D D G M Balcom and suite with swift, Thompson, Holton, Handley, Mead, Richardson, Woodward, Charter, Kinley, Whitcomb, Twitchell, Coolidge, Rice, Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart B. Mead
Pauline
Pinehurst
N.C
Guy Mead
Boston
West Acton
Balcom and
Suite
N. G
BE. T. Swift
V. G
Moses Thompson
C. J. Holton
M. J. Handley
C. H. Mead
J. L. Richardson
C. L. Woodward
L. S
Death of Mrs. Clara Tuttle Goding
Mrs. Clara Tuttle Goding wife of Alfred Goding died at home Friday January 10 after a brief pneumonia illness. She was 45 and longtime resident widely respected. Survived by husband son Arthur sister Mrs Geo Gilchrest brother Harry Tuttle. Funeral at Baptist church with Rev Lovett officiating and W R C members in attendance. Burial Mt Hope cemetery. Bearers listed as B S Holt Fred S Whitcomb Chas J Holton and Mr Brigham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Tuttle Goding
Alfred Goding
Joseph and
Jane Wetherbee Tuttle
Goding
Baptist Church
W. Lovett
Arthur
Nother
Geo. Gilchrest
Harry Tuttle
Fitchburg
Mt. Hope Cemetery
B. S. Holt
Fred ‘S$. Whitcomb
Chas. J. Holton
Mr. Brigham
Gratitude for Kind Acts After Sickness and Loss
Card from J Alfred Goding Mary L Gilchrest and Harry F Tuttle of West Acton thanks friends neighbors and W R C No 62 for sympathy acts and flowers after a recent illness and death. Dated January 13 1908.
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Mary L, Gilchrest
Harry F. Tuttle
West Acton
Jan
Joint Installation At G A R Post And Auxiliary
Isaac Davis post 138 G A R and its auxiliary W R C No 62 held a joint installation midweek Wednesday evening January 8. F H Stevens served as installing officer for the Post while officers included S A Cailford commander and F R Knowlton S V C with other named officers and Mrs Maria W Going P D P presiding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Davis
W. R.C
F. H. Stevens
S. A Cailford
F. R. Knowlton
Calvin Holbrook
Fred Norris
D. D
J. C. Richardson
O. G
D.H. Hall
G. J. Parker
Job Dupee
Maria W. Going
Notable Names in Local Group List of Officers and Speech
The roster includes A. Holbrook as len and J. V. P. as treasurer with Harriet J. Williams, Harriet P. Dart, Nancy Voce, and others serving as chaplain, conductor, secretary, guard, assistant conductor, patriotic instructor, press correspondent, musician, color bearers, and color bearers. Following the work there were short speeches and a collation served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len
A. Holbrook
Harriet J. Williams
Harriet P. Dart
Nancy 8. Voce
Nanny S. Chath
Suster Hall
Gertrude Leighton
Fannie E. Wetheree
Kate Sawyer
Sara R. Richardson
J. Katherine Richardson
Gertrude Webster
Winnie Coolidge
Martha Sargent
Acton Centre Notes of Local Health and Social Events
Acton Centre reports various local matters including convalescence of John Davis and illnesses of Mrs and Mrs James Fish and Miss Hattie Tuttle at Mt Holyoke. Social visits, theatre outings, school debates on immigration, and upcoming cattle auctions by Otis H Forbush are listed with farm locations and dates in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Grange
Boxboro Grange
Newsways
Hattie Tuttle
Mt. Holyoke College
Isabella Petton
Bess Robbins
Park Theatre
Boston
Miss Gibson
New Mexico
Grammar School
Chester Brooks
Margaret Coughlin
Raymond Hayes
Hazel Robbins
Otis Hi Forbush
Wesley Dutton
Billerica
Mass
Judkins Farm
Boston & Lowell
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Henry Haynes
Harvard
Martin Kerley
Littleton
Harvard Centre
Bedford
G. A. Skilton
Crawford House
To Open a Dancing School in Town Hall
A plan to open a dancing school in town hall with new dance every evening is announced. The effort aims to provide daily instruction and cultural activities for residents and visitors.
North Acton News Bits and Local Notices
Updates include Mrs. C A Cullis’s grip attack illness, birth of a son Herbert to Mr. and Mrs Gaylon Spinney, and new domestic and express money orders at the post office. L R Ferris tested an iceboat on Lake Nigog, Dexter Spinney and George Green from Lyman School in Westboro visited, and Clarence Brown’s wagon shaft broke after a depot mishap. Wm Haskell hospitalized in Tewksbury as his house was fumigated and burned by health board order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown
Wnt. H. Haskell
Tewksbury
Board of Health
Mr. Haskell
Pottstown
Boyertown
Reading
Burgess Kohler
J. Ke Evans
Bellows Falls Vermont Lodge Care Update and Mail Route Petition
The report notes a patient away for tubereglonng treatment in weak condition while Martha Oliver recovers from a hip fracture and is improving. Mrs B C Wood tends to her. A petition to create a regal mail route from North Adton post office, backed by Representative Tirrell, is circulating for possible approval.
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A¢ton
Tirrell
Fitchburg to hold extra superior court term in Marea
The Fitchburg area gains a mandatory two week extra session of the superior court per Chief Justice Aiken after bar association urging and no legislature petition needed. Accruing details show the term will be held in Marea and no dates are specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Superior Court
Bar Association
Aiken
Marea
Charles Hastings Descendant of Puritan Dies at 85
Charles Hastings of Lunenburg, a lineal descendant of Puritan Thomas Hastings, died Saturday at age 85. He was born in the house where he passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunenburg
Charles Hastings
Thomas Hastings
Milford Man Targeted by Black Hand Figures
Milford resident Frank Coyne reportedly attracts members of the Black Hand who sent a demand note bearing the society seal. Police gain a new lead from the incident. Elmer W. Adams and Miss Katherine Esther O'Donnell married at Woonsocket on December 11, kept the ceremony secret for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Frank Coyne
Black Hand Society
Elmer W. Adams
Katherine Esther O'Donnell
Woonsocket
Marlboro News Roundup Highlights Local Officials and Theatre Plans
Rep Martin N Hall of Natick and Senator J J Mitchell visited Marlboro on Monday. New staff Harold Gibson Edward Murphy join the Marlboro Theatre as Theodore Clish of Lynn guests Mr and Mrs L W Wakefield. P A Collins confined with a cold. Brown building theatre work progresses. Leominster Board of Trade elects Rep Frank H Pope president. Middlesex legislators plan banquet on Jan 28. Jean B Guertin critically ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin N. Hall
Natick
J. J. Mitchell
Harold Gibson
Waltham
Edward Murphy
Brockton
Marlboro Theares
Theodore Clish
Lynn
L. W. Wakefield
High ST
Patrick A. Collins
N. Y
Brown
William Gannon
Catherine Coneally
Fairhaven
Clara O'Grady
Manning
Harry Whitney
Howland Sr
L. B. Hall
Diamond M
Harry Perry
Winthrop Sr
Grip
Thomas Baker Jr
Marlboro Hotel
William Powers
Water Sr
Leominster Board of Trade
Frank H. Pope
W. M. Hamilton
Haverhill
Ruth Merrill
Middlesex County
Rep
C. F. McCarthy
Clement Robert
Jean B. Guertin
Lineclast
Tragic Theatre Fire Kills Many at Boyertown
A fast spreading blaze at the Rhoades Opera House in Boyertown Berks County after a lighting mishap trapped about 425 people. Fire and panic caused a rush to a narrow exit with many deaths and many victims unidentifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Fitile
Berks ‘County
Rhoades Opera House
Secant
X Nations Bink
I. W. Fischer
Adam A. Weber
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Kentucky Senate Deadlock Persists amid Beckham Fight
After yesterday’s ballot for United States senator in Kentucky Governor Beckham’s backers remain confident he will win. Opponents claim five of six additional Democrats will desert Beckham. Republicans say no Republican can win, an anti Beckham Democrat may prevail. The outsider sees a prolonged stalemate.
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Prankfort
Dan
United States
Beckham
Peckham
Alden Dies Here Former U S Consul General at Rome
William L. Alden died last night in Buffalo. Born 1857 in Williamstown Massachusetts he served as United States consul general at Rome under Cleveland I he was knighted by King Humbert for Italy's struggle for independence He authored books and wrote for American and European magazines He was a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden Act of Friendship Toward China Washington senate committee approves authority to reduce Boxer indemnity bond to 11655402 to meet losses and remit balance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
William L. Alden
United States
Rome
Cleveland
King Fimbert
Italy
Tie
Williamstown
Mass
John
Priscilla Alden
China
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuina
Two Drowned in Bois de Boulogne Ice Break
Paris reports a lake ice break in the Bois de Boulogne causing excitement as about thirty youths fell in. Only two were confirmed drowned after the lake was dragged. New York notes board of managers reshuffles at national banks with Charles W Morse retiring from power. Another item: Harry Schauwe, a Russian fugitive, was returned to Ellis Island after escaping to Montreal and allegedly forged two checks for 7560 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
New York
Montreal
Ellis Island
Harry Schauwe
Sghauwe
Moscow
Nevada Legislature Convenes in Special Session
The Nevada legislature met in Carson City for a special session. Only major action was passage of a resolution referring any bills on state rangers constabulary or military to a special joint committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson, Nev
Nevada
No Mercy in a Wages Tale
A brief exchange shows Mistress declaring wages will be docked for an accident after Sarat Jane falls and breaks her neck in the stairs. The dialogue comes from a Sydney bulletin noting the grim humor.
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Sarat Jane
Sorat Jane
Sydney
Bulletin
He Could Not Will in Tempting Moment
A light town vignette features a speaker asking for a five from an old friend who agrees yet doubts his own resolve as will power deserts him in the moment.
Tailless cats and Manx legends stir zoological doubt
A long report by naturalist Gustave Loisel on the Isle of Man details tailless cats with debated origins and variable coats. Speculation covers local emergence versus foreign origins, with occasional references to tailless chickens and climate effects on posterior features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gustate Loisel
Isle of Man
Darwin
M. Gustave Loisel
M. Loisel
Dorsetshire
Hoedda
Pressia
Japan
Malaysia
Crimea
M. G. Lolsel
An Elective Monarch
A London Spectator insight argues Americans must face upheaval as events press on and shape the presidential and cabinet choices, noting cabinet ministers in the United States are legally clerks and changes deepen executive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
America
United States
London Spectator
Linea to Protect Oysters from Starfish Threats
Popular Mechanics reports a method to shield oyster beds from starfish by placing lime in paper bags along the bed boundary. The bags release lime as they descend, creating a barrier that starfish cannot cross. A more effective bottom delivery method is under development.
Norwegian inventor patents life saving clothes
A Norwegian inventor patented a suit of clothes that resists drowning. The nonabsorbent textile, made from specially prepared vegetable fiber, supports a man in water with only twelve ounces. Tested successfully at Christiania, the fabric also saved two people when used in rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Three Kaisers and Their Nicknames in Germany
London Globe notes three German emperors nicknamed der grause kaiser der weise kaiser and der raise kaiser meaning the gray emperor the wise emperor and the traveling emperor. The labels reflect public perception and offer insight into imperial succession and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Globe
Eagle on ton dollar gold pieces provokes playful critique
A Chicago Post comment mocks the eagle on the new ton dollar gold pieces noting jokes about pajamas and pantaloons. It argues ornithologically the bird is nearly perfect despite artistic license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Sibley
Wayne Lawrence
Stow High School
Mr. Willis
Mr. Haley
B. Miles
A. J
Susan
Morocco
Piper
A. Sleep
Tenney
Farren
Mr. Farren
Congregational Society
Lold ‘Yoursday
Deaton
le Prench
S. A. Rowen
H. L. Clough
A. G. Zeigler
L. C. Flagg
S. A. Christie
W. L. French
Fouth Acton
Mr. Lovett
Hudson
Frank Elmes
Hall Bros Shop
J. Alfred Goding
John Davis
James Fish
Elleworth Houghton
Helen Wood
O. D. Wood
K. A. Phalen
Ethel Wayne
Concord
Minnie Gamble
Ida Graham
Woburn
North Acton
Gaylon Spinney
Herbert
Post Office
Express
Vicinity News
W. F. Thayer
Rose Keene
Charles F. Underwood
Estelle A. Dwinnell
San Francisco
ATHOL
Athol Council K. of C
Athol Council
Charlton
Maurice R. Hogan
Canada
Mrs. Hogan
Marlboro
P. J. Colleary
Uder
The
Eagles
W. J. Dudley
Little
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Retirmant & Morse
Toples
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