Local notes and listings from West Acton area
Community updates from West Acton include visits by Douglass Gardner to his grandparents, Mrs. Gardner traveling to Maine, and social events at I O O F and W.R.C. Carded notices advertise sales, tenements for rent, and local shopping deals. Warnings of illness and church delegations are also mentioned alongside classroom activities and small business advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Gardner
Lowell
Violetta Gardner
Alonzo Tuttle
Maine
Hattie Tuttle
Understanding the 16 to 1 silver to gold ratio explained
The piece explains that 16 to 1 is silver to gold value, contrasts with the 30 to 1 market rate, and notes gold as standard. It discusses silver as a universal medium, potential effects on dollar size, and cites banking and company signatures including The Peoples National Bank Marlborough and John L. Stone, Cashier, with scattered ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Twin mine disaster toll and rescue efforts update
59 men are trapped in the Twin mine with ongoing efforts to reach them. Rescuers report progress as debris is loaded and a second collapse endangers the slope. A mass meeting in Pittston aided relief planning for victims’ families amid renewed hopes and fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Richards
Peter Lohr
Dave Connell
James Mahon
James O’brien
James Lynott
Pittston Opera House
Government spending excess narrowed to small surplus
Washington reports the fiscal year ending yesterday shows a surplus of about 25.5 million dollars versus a 43.9 million deficit in 1895. Receipts for the month are expected to exceed expenditures by roughly 1.4 million dollars. Halifax case ends with murder conviction and death sentence.
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Washington
Harriet Beecher Stowe Nearing Death in Hartford Home
The famed author of Uncle Tom's Cabin is reported dying at her Hartford residence from brain congestion and paralysis. The end is expected within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Harriet. Beecher Stowe
Notice for timely newspaper submissions and ads
All matter must reach the office of publication not later than Tuesday night in order to secure insertion in the issue of the same week. An earlier receipt will insure against condensation or delay of articles. News advertising mail and subscriptions may be left with A. L. Noyes at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Noyes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Charles E. Watson
Maynard
Edwin J. Watson
Cambridge
Maynard Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Fousom
Register
Acton Centre Road Dumping Ban Enforced
Acton Centre enacts a ban on dumping debris stones wood and lumber within town highways under penalties for noncompliance. Road Commissioners N Livtserie P W A Goutp Wm H Kinestey announce enforcement on June 30 1896. Also notices advertise rental at Acton Centre and a cough remedy ad from One Minute Cough Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Road Commissioners of
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A Littlefield
West Acton
Local Nods and Notes from Town Life
Hudson reports E R Stratton completed engagement at Framingham and returned to Winthrop Bailey spent weekend at Nantasket and Boston. A new wire fence lines Main street front of Marshall Woodland east of Caleb Haskell place. Old Lady Toombs birthday party age listed as 63, correction says 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Stratton
Framingham
Hudson
Winthrop Bailey
Nantasket Beach
Boston
Marshall Woodland
Caleb Haskell
Toombs
Weather crop bulletin reports promising grain and fruit outlook
The June 29 week brought cloudy and showery conditions in southern New England with drier periods in central regions. Crops are generally flourishing. grain and potatoes look good, apples and berries show mixed results from May frosts and dry spells. Pastures need rain. haying and hoeing progress, with regional variations across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island.
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Boston
United States Agricultural Bureau
New England
J. Warren Smith
Maine
Oxford County
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
Sullivan County
Belknap County
Vermont
Addison County
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Winsted
Milford
Fairfield County
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Willie Hayward
F. R. Knowlton
H. H. Gardner
Hattie Whitcomb
New York
Acton Lodge I. O
W. R.C
Isaac Davis Post
Hutchins
Dr. Hartwell
Wachuset
H. A. Littlefield
G. A. Conant
Littlefield’s
P.O
the Peoples National Bank
Marlborough
John L. Stone
Jacob
DeWitt
C. H.whitney
H.A. Little Eld
Twin Shaft
Providence
Elizabeth Taylor
River Avenue
Baltimore
Superior Court
Ritchie
Hooper
Noble H. Creager
Creager
Brooklyn
George W. Piper
Long Island
BE. C. Smith
Ritchie, Brown & McDonald's Iron Works
Posts, and McCord’s Iron Works
Braun & Bainbrick
Halifax
Peter Wheeler
Kentville
Bear River
Annie Kempton
Townsend
Wheeler
Acton Centre
N. Livtserie.p
W. A. Goutp
Wmn
H. Kinestey
Arthur H. Cowdrey, M. D
Stoneham
Mass
Eee B. Bartlett
Kaward J. Bartlett
Concord Enterprise
Hanule
S. H. Folsom
Prescott Keyes
Nathan Derby
Benjamin Derby
Count of Middlesex
County of
Walden Street
Town of
Oreau Street
Frank EK. Fons
Middlesexnstitution
Joseph Derby
William F.litchfield
Maynard, Mass
B. Coburn
Billings, King & Co
Market Street
Lowell, Mass
England
School At the
United States
Glick & Oung, Rops
Runels Building
WM. *. Hale
Maynard Jr
Acton, Mass
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Hay
J. E. Durkee
Concord Junction
Tention
Hudson National Bank
Caleb L. Brigham
Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R. R
Old Colony System
Marlboro
Northboro
A. m
Ager
Berlin
Sun
Baie Wham
M. Clinton
A.m
Fitchburg
Netnamingham
Hanes
Ieon
Steve
Heaion Pon
RAINS
Sudbury
A.C. All
Pas
Monumental
Darling’s Bik, Cor
Nason Sts
Quincy
Ss. Fowler
H. 8
Hapgood
Stow
Anterprise
Horace
Tuttle
W. A.cunningham
Enterprise Office
Hudson, Mass
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