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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
8
Acton notes include many residents traveling to Worcester and Nova Scotia, teachers and assistants arriving at the high school, and patients recovering. The town also discusses street rail and bridge work, freight accommodations, and upcoming local sports between Acton and Lincoln.
Dominik Arzenio, described as an Italian from Gleason or Gleasondale, fought with locals after a hops extract incident. He was lightly wounded by a knife cut on his right calf, taken to Maynard and later discharged in Concord with no formal complaint filed. He offered no clear account of the assailant.
A snappy crowd watched Acton edge Clinton as errors aided Clinton's lone tally. Cotting limited Acton to a bunt for the game’s only hit as Bixby, Bird and Buckley starred. Hart fractured a finger and Ramsey hurt a digit for Clinton while Burke pitched well for Acton.
Ned A. Hunt leaves for Belchertown to spend vacation among friends. Miss Carlina Cushing visits after a year in California. Harry L. Parmenter buys a runabout in Waltham. A 12 pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. G Parker Oviatt. Clifford and Howard Barr on vacation with their mother. Mr. and Mrs. H L Newton return from wedding tour and settle in married life. Mrs. H G Burr builds a bath room and installs windmill for water. George Stephens takes a state stone crushing job in Lawrence. R E H Hall moves household goods there. his son stays in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. A J Bacon host Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blatchford of Rockport, former Boston Museum Co treasurer. The Blatchfords’ California visit prompts recurring trips between families.
Local brief notes a case related to Dr Ontos at a block on Nason Street in Sudbury. No further details provided in the fragment.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor visited friends in Lowell this week. John White can walk but remains lame. Horace of Nashua made his annual Acton visit. Moses Taylor and family hosted. Mrs Geo Greenough and her sons spent several days in Haverhill area last week.
Miss Katie Stanley and others listed as uncalled for at the post office include Nellie Andrews Mrs. Wm Brown Mrs. Katherine Bates and Mrs. Brags. The notice records remaining letters awaiting collection and care of Mrs. Herbert S. Johnson.
West Acton reports a new baby son born to Mr. and Mrs. John McNiff. The Baptist Sunday school picnic is set for Wednesday July 25 at Nagog. Local residents Dr. Coles and Miss Lucy Grant attend the ill, with social visits from the Blanchards and Townsend. An Acton BS meeting installed officers in Concord Junction. A music recital by Miss Marian M. Brown’s pupils featured numerous solos and duets, with Miss Coe praised for teaching the young. The Henry F. Miller piano loaned by C. H. Persons supported the recital.
Fritz Aelschlegel offers upholstery harness and shoe repairs at Rice's tin shop West Acton. Dr Cochran, dentist, Case's block Nason Street Maynard.
A dealer discusses prices for various exotic woods with terms like malacca snakewood ebony and Ceslon noting malacca joints affect value and Singapore origin alters the price. Prices cited range from 20 to 500 dollars depending on material and origin.
A Delaware Fruitland style lecture method assigns a subject to a chair, subdivides it into key questions, and appoints members to lead discussions. The recent meeting on fertilizers covered complete fertilizer elements cost, nitrogen forms, phosphorus forms, soil acidity remedies, potash types for orchards and general use, and home versus factory fertilizer mixing with crop formulas.
Naturalists note insects rival birds in speed. A common house fly beats its wings 800 times a second and travels 25 feet in the same interval, accelerating to 160 feet per second when alarmed. If flying a mile straight, it would take about 33 seconds. A dragonfly in pursuit of a swallow demonstrates remarkable speed, outpacing the bird in a dramatic chase.
Grange of Hunterdon County J has a store in its hall with annual gate receipts totaling 8517.42. It reports 175 members. Riverside Grange with 118 members and Spring Mills Grange have made cooperative farm supply purchases of 1050 and 1200 respectively.
The New York state grange and the Delaware state grange have formed special committees to study grange life insurance with findings due at the next annual session. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania already have associations of this kind, while New York fire insurers hold substantial policies on farmers.
A historical note on the flageolet or love flute used by Apache youths to court from a distance. Describes cedar construction, air chamber, two side holes, a wooden cap, lead lip, binding thong, and sis finger holes, noting white contact influence and early double flute variants.
A mysterious leatherlike tail attached to the bowsprit of a sailing vessel is said by sailors to be a shark tail. The charm is placed at the extreme end of the bowsprit to bring good fortune, with tales of favorable winds and smooth voyages tied to its presence.
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