Attempt on President Faure in France Sparks Turmoil
An armed assailant fired twice at President Faure during a Bastille Day review in Long Champs. The shots failed to wound him as crowds and officials reacted with shock and police quickly detained the shooter, Eugene Francois, and an accomplice, while celebratory cheers followed the safe passage to the tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faure Yester
Long Champa
Eugene ‘Mari ‘Francois
Natal
Faure
Francois
Presidential Tribune
Bastile
Boulant
Long Champs
Ancois
Chamber of Deputies
Felix I
Faureta
Acton Local Notices and Community Happenings
South Acton residents engage in rest and visits as Charles Titus returns home from a two week vacation. Mrs. Nelson Cole is ill under Dr Barker care. The Y P C U plans a lawn party on July 22 with the Acton band. A stone watering trough is funded from Reform club treasury. Church services and local events fill the town program with entertainments and sales notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Buxton
Dundee
James Brown
O. W.titus
Nelson Cole
Barker
James
W. F. Dusseault
Luke xii
Acton Band
Bert Willis
West Concord
Sand Pit
Wilbur Jones
Frank Jones
Mr. Jones
South Acton
Harvest of death in Cuba linked to vaccination resistance
Reports from Dr Caminero in Santiago de Cuba describe a severe smallpox surge interior to Cuba while yellow fever declines. Non vaccinated colored residents show eightieth of smallpox cases, prompting compulsory vaccination and house to house campaigns as quarantine rules tighten to protect U.S. ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Hospital Bureau
Cuba
Caminero
United States
Santiago de Cuba
Key West
Egypt
Constantinople
Dantzig
Germany
Wyman
Kay
Berlin
Penfield
Cairo
Canton
Japan
Formosa
West Acton Notes and Baptist Golden Anniversary
West Acton residents enjoy summer outings and visits to relatives amid a busy social scene. The piece highlights the Baptist church 50th anniversary with a banquet, reunions, and historical addresses, noting the church’s 1846 organization, a later fire, and a current membership around 160. Local notices include rentals, jobs, and shop ads from Windsor cash store and Littlefield’s, plus travel to Bangor and Nagog outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Gorham Easterbrook
C. H. Spaulding
D. D
Boston
C. L. Rhodes
Stamford
Armstrong
Grace Richardson
Aaron Powers
Bolton
E. C. Parker
Mary Watson Damon
D. H. Hall
Edwin Parker
Geo. Stockwell
Edgar Hall
Geo. W. Davis
Sally Davis
George
Susan
G. C. Wright
First Baptist Church of
West Acton
Murderer Charles Stark Captured After Allege Self Defense Claim
Charles Stark, the murderer, was captured in a box car at Durbin and brought to Springfield. He stated he accidentally shot his wife and shot Louis Lauterman the bar keeper in self defense. Mrs. Stark is alive but not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles Stark
Durbin
Louis Lauterman
Little Early Risers Pills Promise Quick Digestive Relief
Small in size but great in results these de Witts pills claim to cure indigestion dyspepsia and constipation. The advertisement cites B F Johnson Co Maynard C H Whitney Concord H A Littlefield West Acton as local sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Monetary standards sparks among political factions
A metal bag resembling gold is worn by some single standard advocates, while bimetal lists wear a white and yellow button marked 16 to 1, signaling support for silver and gold as the double standard.
Local notes on town people and events
Dana Foogate suffers malarial fever while a bicycle parade features Uncle Sam lookalikes. Hudson Democrats split on Bryan and McKinley, Prohibitionists quarrel over currency, and a window display shows a bicyclist in a short skirt. Train times shift, a ship voyage includes seasickness and a crew member in Boston, and a carriage accident injures Mrs Powers while a girl escapes serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iever
A. J. Rackliffe
Flossie Burbank
Concord Junction
Burbank
Jeremiah O'Neil
Lincoln Street
Charles J. Sawyer
Bert Riley
Marlboro
Walter S. Wheeler
Maine State College
Bangor
Democrats
Hudson
Bryan
Silver
Brown
Wm. J. Bryan
Enterprise
Fitchburg
Boston
McKinley
W. L. Jennison
Herbert
Massachusetts Nautical Training
Southampton
Horta
Fayal
Herbert Jennison
Addie Powers
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Madman
Charles Titus Fent
Frank Hapgood
Congregational Church
W. R.buxton
First Universalist Church
Mass
Wm. F. Dusseault
ER. Bradish
Philadelphia
Acton Centre
Jennie Pike
Mrs. Henry Brown
Watertown
Miss Bartlett
Lyman Tuttle
Robertson
Waltham
E. F. Conant
Town Hall
Post Office
Frank P. Winslow
Doctress Fletcher
Bowles
Delson Dupree Medical Co
A. L. Noyes P. M
Monument House
Colorado
Acton
M. Littlereep
W. A. GouLp
H. Kingsley
Road Commissioners of
Arthur H. Cowdrey
Stoneham
Boston Custom House
Warren
Treasury Department
A. B. Brown
Winthrop Beach
Dr. Hutchins
Hall
Nagog
Marion Hapgood
A. W. Armstrong
Hyde Park
Fanny Teele
Wm. Teele
Dr. Tasker
Maria Patch
Malden
O. W. Mead
Blodgett
Framingham
Vera Knowlton
Lowell
H. S. Clark
Onset
Clark
Miss Clark
G. A. Conant
Wildwood Stock Farm
C. W. Martin
Amos Borden
Mason
P.O
Windsor
Miss Knowlton's
Littlefield’s
Miss Knowlton
W. B. Holt
Windsor Cash
Miss Knowlton’s
Glencairn
New York
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
el Heirie
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Club
Boston Bay
Boston Harbor
Long Island
Christian Endeavorers
Convention of the Union
N. H
Boston and Maine
Burnside
Yale
London
Henley
Cara
Quincy
William Card
Brockton
Charles L. Henderson
Braintree
Williams & Carleton CO
MFRS
Hartford, Conn
Merly
J. E. Durkee
Tention
New England
School At the
Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
Dana Foogate
Nathan Russell
Uncle Sam
Glick & Young
Runell Building
Lowell, Mass
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