pneumonia confines Ford in South Acton as cold bites town
South Acton reports J. S. Ford ill with pneumonia confined to his house. Temperatures ranged from 10 to 28 below zero Tuesday morning. Mrs. Eleanor Tuttle visits her daughter Mrs. W. Randall acts as host during Ford’s illness. An elderly former resident of the area, Ian Wheen, died in Groton last week. Mrs. Geo Hart underwent a successful operation removing three tumors. A church supper is set for Thursday in the Universalist vestry, Jan. 21, hosted by church men. The Y P S C E will be aided by two Stoneham men at their meeting next Sunday evening. A cordial salutation to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Mercury
Eleanor Tuttle
Robert Randall
Ian Wheen
Groton
Red Acre Farm Sanatorium Hosts Thanksgiving Horse Party
From an exchange mass at Red Acre Farm Stow Massachusetts guests arrived for a Thanksgiving event. Old Duke the first horse greeted visitors while Ray Nell spoke with attendees and Old Duke nibbled in the grain room. The horses wore new winter blankets and a host hoped Miss Bird would expand Red Acre farm into many Massachusetts relief farms for horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Acre Farm
Stow
Mass
Old Black Duke
Ray Nell
Old Duke
Red Acre
Massachusetts
Surprise party for Mr and Mrs Worster in South Acton
Friends held a weekend gathering for Mr and Mrs Geo Worster with light remarks and thanks. The event included a humorous nod to future politics and a gift presentation reflecting local civic humor.
Harness boot and shoe repair at reasonable prices
South Acton local ad notes harness boot and shoe repairing services offered by C H Clark at reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Acton
OCAL
C. H Clark
West Acton Social Notices and Local Visits
Miss Annie Herne visited Miss Alice Rice in West Acton. Miss Alice Stone of Waltham spent Sunday with her uncle C. B. Stone. Durkee of Carnestown visited C. G. A Loyal on Sunday. A Loyal is to be formed Friday January 22 at 4 o'clock. Mrs. B. C. Foss of Somerville stayed with her sister Mrs. Clifton Stearns last week. Mrs. Hattie Holman visiting sister Mrs. Chas Woodward. Mrs. Holman has been in California since January 14. Officers for the year were Mrs. Sara R. Kent, Mrs. Nellie Richardson, H. Knowlton vice president, Hattie A. Davis secretary, Mrs. Harriet P. Hart treasurer. A sewing period followed by a vocal and musical program by five girls, including Helen Hall and Helen Ston Hawes with B. H. Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Herne
Alice Rice
Alice Stone
Waltham
C. B. Stone
Durkee
Carnestown
C. G
B. C. Foss
Somerville
Clifton Stearns
Hattie Holman
Chas. Woodward
Holman
California
Sara R. Kent
Nellie Richardson
H. Knowlton
Hattie A. Davis
Harriet P. Hart
Evelyn Knowlton
Dia
Helen Hall
Helen Ston
Hawes
B. H. Hall
Co F 24 West Acton A C 9 in close militia game
Co F defeated West Acton A C 24 to 9 in a tightly contested Friday militia game. Devine Bennett Desmaris Morse and Reno led scoring with floor baskets by Reno Bennett Gauthier Desmaria Beach and Morse. Fouls favored Co F 3 to 1 with referee Chas Warren. Time three 15 minute periods.
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Co. F
West Acton A. C
Devine
Anvek Aie
Morse
West Acton
West Acton A
R. T. Norris Gauthier
R. T. Norris Gauthier R. B. 1. £. Beace White cc
Bennett Co
Littlefield
Desmaris R. F
Reno R. F
Reno
Bennett
Gauthier
Desmaria
Beach Norris
Chas. Warren
Mer
Baker
G A R Officers Installed in Fraternal Ceremony
G A R Post 138 Isaac Davis held a Wednesday evening installation on January 13 with Frank Stevens as installing officer. Officers installed included H T Clark, O E B Preston, J V C, G B Parker, F R Knowlton, D H Hall, Fred Norris, Calvin Holbrook, L A Hesserton. Relief Corps officers were installed by Mrs Alice M Goddard with Kate W Sawyer presiding and others named. A collation and social followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Davis
Auxiliary Relief Corps
Frank Stevens
H. T. Clark
O. E B. Preston
G. B. Parker
F. R. Knowlton
D. H. Hall
Fred Norris
O. D
Calvin Holbrook
O. G
L.A. Hesserton
Relief Corps
Alice M. Goddard
Brockton
Kate W. Sawyer
Olive B. Howe
Josephine M. Fletcher
Mary J. Lawrence
Mary L. Richardson
Marietta Holton
Nellie A. Holbrook
Julie A. Baldwin
Nellie H. Knowlton
N Ee Richardson
Sara Richardson
Struck by Train Kills Littleton Man in East Somerville
John Sullivan of Littleton was struck and killed by a train on the Boston and Maine eastern division near East Somerville last Thursday evening. Identification was confirmed by Charles Durkee and notified to relatives. The funeral was held in Ayer after services at the church and burial in Catholic Cemetery there.
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John Sullivan
Littleton
Boston and
Maine Road
East Somerville
Chas. Durkee
Ayer
Nellie
Sarah Sullivan
Boston youth Bates held on three counts of book larceny
Frederck H. Bates twenty years old formerly associated with Hyde Park and known as a literary critic was arrested at his father's house with about ten stolen books. Police found a 1906 library collection worth 1706.75 in his rooms linking to several institutions and multiple libraries in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Public Library
Frederck H. Bates
Henry A. Bates
Hyde Park
Sullivan
Bates
Superior Court
Brown University
Boston College
Boston University
Slyde Park
Abington
Whitman
Dunham
Brockton
Andover
Inmeelit
Baptist Shurch
Narragansett Pier
R.1
Thanks for sympathy after loss of son and brother
The Sullivan family of West Acton thanks all who offered sympathy or kindness after the sudden death of their son and brother. They also acknowledge contributions of flowers and especially remember Charles Durkee for his thoughtful help. Jan. 19, 1904.
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Charles Durkee
Timothy Sullivan
West Acton
Jan
Malaga grapés 8c per Ib
Free cup and saucers with 1 Ib. Reliance coffee at Littlefield's West Acton. Malaga grapés priced 8c per pound with promotional offer attached. Local shop advertises sale and brand name for reader attention.
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West Acton
Malaga
Reliance Coffee
Littlefield’s
Acton Centre News Briefs Highlight Local Visitors
Acton Centre reports Mr and Mrs Herman Parker of Stoneham in town Sunday. Mr and Mrs Cyrus G Dole of Cambridge visited for a few days. Miss Lillian Conant of Lowell was in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Parker
Stoneham
Cyrus G. Dole
Cambridge
Lillian Conant
Lowell
Sunday Social and Local Notices Include Outing and Auction
The column notes Miss Abbie Conant hosting a guest and Miss Helen Wood recovering from a grip attack and able to be out. Rev Mr Peter delivers sermon on Snowflakes. Otis H. Forbush schedules an auction in Wayland Mass on January 21 1904 at 945 am. A separate item recounts Mr Sheldon shot in both legs while rabbit hunting. the rabbit reportedly ran toward Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Conant
Helen Wood
Pee
Otis H. Forbush
Wayland
Mass
Sheldon
Canada
Unitarian church fair and local social notes in Stow
Stow townsfolk plan the Unitarian church fair for Wednesday evening January 27. Mrs. William H. Brown marked her 934th birthday on Tuesday January 12. The Guild meets January 24 at 7 PM in the church vestry. Mrs. E. Peck visits Albany last week while her son J. G. Peck remains away. Mrs. Alben Whitcomb helps her mother observe her 82d birthday in West Acton. Recent visitors include Miss Jennie Day Comaéteon Mrs. Lucy Jackson and Ivory Wheeler's family Concore Charles Whitcomb of Westford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Brown
Louise Wood
Somerville
Mabel Crandall
B. C. Shirley
Arlington Heights
Guild
Unitarian Church
Marlboro Woman Nellie Brown Dies at 58 Huntingdon Ave
Mrs Nellie Brown wife of Thomas H Brown died at her home 58 Huntingdon Ave Friday afternoon from accidental poisoning after the birth of a child on December 20 She was born in Marlboro daughter of the late John Quirk and was a former Pleasant Street school teacher She was a Unity Circle member and highly regarded Funeral held at Immaculate Conception Church last Monday at 9 am with a large attendance.
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Huntington Ave
Nellie
Thomas H. Brown
John Quirk
Chestnut St
Marlboro
Pleasant St
Unity Circle
Brown
Immaculate Conception Church
Stolen Hawthorne volume recovered in New York auction room
In Boston January 20 authorities report valuable volumes stolen from the Boston Public Library linked to Frederick Bates. A copy of Hawthorne's Fanshawe valued at $400 and other books were brought to Boston from New York by W. H. Lee. Most missing volumes have been recovered. one small volume valued at $400 remains unaccounted for. Police say Bates claimed the fire at the Gleasondale house destroyed the books, but investigators allege the volumes are intact among Bates’ 1600 volumes at his father’s Hyde Park home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hawthorne
Bates
Gleasondale House
Hyde Park
Trial set for Rev. R. A. Elwood over lynching sermon
The New Castle Treabytery will try Rev. R. A. Elwood of Wilmington on charges linked to a June sermon titled Should the murderer of Helen Bishop be lynched. Prosecutors say the sermon stirred mobs that night to storm the workhouse, abduct George White and burn him at the stake after his confession of assaulting Helen Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
New Castile Treabytery
R. A. Elwood
Wilmington
Helen Bishop
Elwood
George White
Meeting of Company F Sixth Massachusetts Officers in Boston
Capt. F. E. Cutter Lieut. Eldon Holt and Lieut. B E A Howe attended a meeting at the South Armory Boston Saturday. William Pay Doak entertained friends at his Lincoln Street home Friday evening with ice cutting stopped at Lake Williams due to weather and a shed roof collapse. W A Walker repairing the shed. C F McCarthy named as finance committee president with Jeremiah O George A Stanley Moise Recent. Miss Alices Harri who is on ing with the compan ae bee Boston to the only American born person in the combina tion. All others English born and brought to this country by Ben Greet.
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F. E. Cutter
Eldon Holt
BE. A. Howe
Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment
South Armory
Boston
William Pay Doak
Lincoln St
Lake Williams
W. A. Walker
Pres. C. F. McCarthy
Common Council
Pres
Meen
Jeremiah O
George A. Stanley
Moise
Alices Harri
Compan Ae Bee
Ben Greet
Hudson News Briefs Include Local Events And Ice Harvest
Local notices report Clifford Morse starting work at Apsley rubber factory and Jeremiah Sullivan's return from illness. Posts cover high school sleigh ride to Way Side Inn, church circle meeting, and a 6 30 supper. A new hydrant at Apsley and Pond streets, more electric lights for the Opera House, possible Hudson basketball team, and visitors in town. Ice harvesting begins at White Pond with large crews, and late-night train power changes reduce Marlboro runs. Shaw syndicate plans line improvements after a fatal accident, aiming faster Marlboro Hudson travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Morse
Central St
Apsley
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
Duiss Alice Duffy
Boston
Ee & Sane
Grammar
Marlboro
B. D. Jewett
Mies Maude Jenny
Auburn
N. Y
Hudson
St. Louis
Apsley and Pond Sts
Opera House
Hudson Basket Ball Association
Fred H. Sawyer
Jack Evers
John H. O'Neil
Evers
Natick
Joseph Ray
Frazier Leary
Ware
Boston Herald
Leary
Enterprise
Independent Ice Co
White Pond
Marlboro and
Boston & Worcester
Robert Jacobs
William Shepard
Lorrie Zanni
William Rogers
Shaw Syndicate
Marlboro & Hudson Street Railway
John Harris
Shaws
Tuesday Club Postpones Social Due to Illness
Owing to sickness in Mrs Frank Beede family the annual social of the club was not held at her home Tuesday afternoon. If hindered the social will be held next Tuesday at Mrs Beedes residence. The regular meeting occurred at Mrs Joseph Bradleys Pleasant street home. Mrs Bradley shared a travel paper describing a foreign trip with notes and snapshots. Dainty refreshments were served including honey. Attendance was strong despite cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Beede
Bradley
Brad- Seeres
Athens
Senate read Panama treaty in executive session amid party rifts
Democratic leaders press for inquires before ratification while Sen Morgan and allies push to insist on fair treatment and thorough sifting of recent newspaper charges. Republicans defend administration, arguing only individuals may dissent as long government hands remain clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Ratifica Democrats
Gorman
Hoar
Crats
Morgan
Ratley
Pettus
Estate of Charles Hall distributed with heirs in Boston
In Los Angeles on January 20 the court distributed the Charles Hall estate valued at 144.00. More than a dozen widows filed claims but Salem D. Charles and seven relatives received the estate. The state collected inheritance tax exceeding 5000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Hall
Boston
Salem D. Charles
King Christian Returns to Copenhagen Amid Enthusiastic Welcome
Copenhagen residents hailed King Christian as he returned from Austria amid a burst of widespread enthusiasm. The king appeared well overall but walked with some difficulty during the public reception.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Austria
Snowed-in Rail Line Between Corry and Dunkirk Abandoned
Officials in Oil City Pa report snow on the abandoned Pennsylvania railroad line between Corry and Dunkirk is so deep it piles as high as coach roofs making tracks impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Corry
Dunkirk
Postal Dept Signals Preference in Wire Trade
Melbourne reports the federal postal department showed sympathy for preferential trade in wire, with the tender amount four percent higher than the American bid. The note reflects government support for favored suppliers in a cross border context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Federal Postal Department
Insurgent Band Defeated Near Persepe By Turkish Troops
In the Persepe region Turkish forces defeated an insurgent band. Seventeen insurgents and five Turkish soldiers were killed in the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonica
Persepe
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Walter
Des Petits Pole
New York Times
Geo. Worster
Worster
J. S. Moore
Acton Centre
New York
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