Acton Centre Auctioneers Schedule Week of July Sales
Otis H. Forbush, acting as auctioneer, lists auctions at Acton Centre and Concord Junction with sales of cattle cows heifers calves brood sows farming tools household goods wagons and personal property. Multiple dates are set from July 22 to July 29 with locations in Derby Gage Concord Junction Stow and Acton Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Derby & Gage
Concord Junction
Horace Fay
Wilmington
Mass
Catherine Golding
Stow
Commonwealth Ave
Winthrop St
Concord
John J. Skahan
Acton Centre
Reading and Thinking Gives the Mind Material for Knowledge
A fragment discusses how reading furnishes the mind with knowledge and prompts thinking, posing questions about the role of thought in learning and comprehension. It reflects on curiosity and the process of forming ideas from texts.
Milk Sale Permits Required Under New Chapter 744 Act
The act requires milk producers and dealers to obtain permits from local boards of health before selling milk in any city or town. Boards may issue permits after inspection. Violations incur fines up to 100 dollars. State and local health authorities coordinate permit revocation notices and enforce section two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Board of Health
Towm
Sai Boards of Health
Ma Otek Raele
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
State Board’ of Health
BE. C
Read These Warning Signals Of Kidney Distress
Marlboro article highlights signs of kidney distress such as dark urine sediment frequent scanty painful passages backache headaches and dizziness. It promotes Doans Kidney Pills as a remedy with testimonials from Mrs Ernest Guilbert of Marlboro noting relief after six boxes and renewed need for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ernest Guilbert
Marlboro
Doan
Executor named for Sophia L. Watley estate in Middlesex
Notice declares Henry H. Hawley appointed executor of Sophia L. Watley late of Middlesex county deceased testate. Creditors must present demands and debtors pay to Hawley at Concord Junction. Dated July 12 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia L. Watley
Middlesex
Henry H. Hawley
Concord Jct
Local Notes and Visits From Across Town
Gould Bros of Worcester paint the Wheeler house in Cambridge camping at Fort Pond. Lo Cram begins weights and measures work. Fire house gets district water. Buick praise draws crowds. Alonzo Joy attends regiment reunion at Revere Beach. Verne Hawes on 25 day U S R I furlough camping at Webster. Tyler Everett Sanborn and Bristol report crop damage from heavy spains. Esther Wheeler of Concord with group caning at Mrs Andrews cottage D H Hall and sons. Eugene Hall and Fred McDonald sail from Quincy to Five Islands Me. Mrs Holt and two children of Manchester and Mrs Evans of Lowell visit Mrs A H Knowlton. BE Carey moves to Littleton for milk car work. Edward Garrity of Fitchburg visits J T McNitt. Maud Priest substitutes at W E B Whitcombe. Nellie Scanlon on heel vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould Bros
Worcester
Martin Bert Wheeler
Cambridge
Fort Pond
Lo Cram
C. H. Mead
Alonzo Joy
Revere Beach
Webster C. Tyler
Everett Sanborn
Bristol
Esther Wheeler
Concord
Fred Holt
Manchester
N. H
Emma Evans
Ethel Evans
Lowell
A. H. Knowlton
Carey
Littleton
Edward Garrity
Fitchburg
J. T. McNitt
Maud Priest
W. E B. Whitcombe
Nellie Scanlon
Fire hose trial run to Hall Bros mill delight crowd
Hose 1 and Hose 2 ran from the fire house to Hall Bros mill for a timed test last night. Hose 1 covered 150 feet to the mill top while Hose 2 stretched 400 feet to the mill yard and water turned on in about four minutes. Engineers James P. Brown and W. H. Kinsley arrived on whistle, spectators cheered the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Bros. Mill
Mill Yard
H. Hall
James P. Brown
South Acton
W. H. Kinsley
Acton Centre
Hay rake accident injures Stow worker
Last week Mr Ball employed by Amon Wetherbee at Stow was thrown from a hay rake when the horse ran away. He suffered a bad scalp wound and a deep cut from a rake tooth. He was brought to Dr. T’s office for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.Ball
Amon Wetherbee
Stow
Horse Runs Away During Haying Incident
Geo Weaver was haying last week when a hose ran away. James Kinsley was driving the wagon but no injuries occurred. The horse tangled with an electric pole, freeing the man from the rake. The horse was stopped near the village and the wrecked hay rake was later sold to M B Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Weaver
James Kinsley
M. 8. Dixon
Hay-yard accident injures man in Tewksbury
Henry Hassard, a laborer for H. W. Osborn, fell from a hayload in a barn Thursday and sustained a serious hip injury. Dr Staples treated him on site and then took him home before transporting him to Tewksbury for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. Hassard
H. W. Osborn
Dr. Staples
Tewkabury
Chapman
Sweet Cream Bottling Across Concord Junction
A garbled note mentions Sweet Cream products for several days and a bottle being obtained for Sacuay in Concord Junction, Mage. The readable fragments imply a dairy or beverage dispatch or request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacuay’ of
Pean
Concord Junction
Mage
East Boston Visitor Calls On Mrs Wall In Weat Rindge
Miss Elizabeth Regan of East Boston spent a brief visit with Mrs. William Wall during the past week in Weat Rindge New Hampshire. Also noted was Miss Nelite Boyatén vacationing nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Regan
East Boston
William Wall
Mies Nelite Boyatén. Fm
Weat Rindge
Narrow escape as motorcyclists plunged guardside near Shawsheen
Robert Wilson and Thomas Heaney of Arlington were admitted to Deaconess hospital after a tan demo motorcycle left its path and plunged through a heavy guard rail east of the Shawsheen river. Wilson was unconscious but both men are hoped to recover. A prior accident near the same point warned drivers to slow for the dangerous curve. The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway runs extra cars for summer while jitney talk circulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Thomas Heaney
Arlington
Shawsheen
Deaconess Hospital
Concord
Wilson
Francis P. Belknap
South Billerica
Middlesex & Boston St. By. Co
Jitney Auto Company
Tax assessors report for 1916 valuation and rate
The board of assessors announces the 1916 tax rate of 19.60 per M and total valuation of 1 956 828. Real estate 1 628 741 and personal property 827 087. Valuation gain from 1915 is 96 861. Total tax to be raised 28 042.64 with distributions shown. The town plans macadam roads funded by state and county, aiming for lower future taxes when completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Assessors
Cesar Neer
Bedford Anti Suffrage Branch Meeting Notes
The Bedford Anti-Suffrage branch held two meetings at Mrs. Willis and Mrs. Piper homes. Mrs. Norton of Arlington spoke and Miss Jenks read a New York Times article. Edith Melvin of Concord attended with others, new members spoke, and the branch reports 110 women members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Willis
Norton
Arlington
Citation for Probate of Will in Concord County
Public notice announces Katharine M. figton petitions for letters testamentary in the will of a deceased. The court requires showing cause within three weeks and directs publication in Concord Enterprise weekly for three weeks and mailing to interested parties by July 12. The citation is issued by the court with dates noted as July 4 21 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine M. Figton
Korney
Ntala
Concord Enterprise
Antes
B. Rogers
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