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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
8
Miss Edith Brown returns for summer in Acton. Residents visit Boston Lynn Newport Foxboro Watertown and elsewhere for the week or Memorial Day. School committee reelects teachers. Births weddings and anniversaries noted. Memorials parades and church events described with local names and places.
Large attendance of parents enjoyed the program with Comrades George Ames and F R Knowlton representing the G A R post.
Austen McNally of East Boston died suddenly in Boston City Hospital on Monday May 25 after a brief illness. Sister Nellie of Rout Acton cared for the body. He leaves two sisters in Plymouth England and relatives in Charlestown Malden and Plymouth. Funeral Mass was held at St Frances De Sales Charlestown followed by burial at Holy Cross cemetery Malden. Pallbearers included cousins John James Edward McNeally and James Austen and Michael Needham.
A modern house with 3 to 8 acres of land is up for sale in South Acton near popular amenities. The ad lists a desirable location and flexible room count, inviting interested buyers to contact Box 67.
Acton Centre residents recall visits and family gatherings while plans announce multiple auctions by Otis H. Forbush. Upcoming sales include estates in Acton Centre Carlisle Groton Westwood Everett and Winthrop with household goods tools wagons and farm equipment highlighted.
Sebastian Gayla a liquor house clerk and Mrs Anna Kares a deserted wife were found dead from gunshots in a room at Kares home. Both wore holiday attire with boutonnières and left letters saying they loved each other but could not marry, pledging death.
Lizette and Dupuis announce removal of their millinery parlors from Cleary's block to Coughlin's Block a short distance up Main Street. In a few days a sale will commence, to be announced later, of great interest to all.
Balloon owned by Charles A. Coy and flown by Captain Bumbaugh and Charles Leichliter left Quincy Illinois and landed near Clear Lake Iowa covering over 100 miles in eleven hours. It achieved the world speed record with an average of seventy five miles an hour though rain prevented breaking the Lahm cup.
Cleveland on June 3 reports a 4 per ton cut on bar steel based on the Pittsburg rate of 1.60 per hundred pounds. The new price becomes 1.40 per hundred.
In Portland Maine on June 3 Commander Peary said he would persist until he succeeds or dies in polar exploration. He aims to plant the Stars and Stripes at the farthest south if the North Pole trip succeeds, and calls for a Yankee-invaded southland.
Memorial Day activities in Acton included a morning march from G A R hall to Mt Hope cemetery with school programs and grave decorations, then ceremonies at Memorial hall, Woodlawn and Glenwood St Bridget’s cemeteries. Veterans from Isaac Davis Post 138 reported lively school performances, flag ceremonies, and a closing benediction. The day ended with a village dinner in Maynard and a vendor listing follows.
Miss Lucy Parker of Boston visited Miss Hmma J Hart. A. M. Durkee of Charlestown stayed in town for Memorial Day. Mrs. Lottie Simmons of Springfield visited Mrs. Sarah A Hutchins. W R C No 62 to observe Flag Day June 15 in G A R hall at 7 pm. Eugene Hall and family vacationed at Five Islands Maine. W R C ladies attended Leominster work exemplification. Mrs Lidian Whitcomb of Oxford suffered a paralytic shock. Mr and Mrs Geo W Richardson visited from West Swanzey New Hampshire to see J B Richardson. trip took about four hours. Universalist ladies to hold annual strawberry festival with Florence Salisbury Maynard singing and local talents.
Miss Mollie Quigg of Boston and Miss Florence McKenzie of Lynn are among visitors listed. Memorial Day activities mention W. H. Brigham's orchestra at Rocky Point and various locals hosting relatives and friends from Boston, Lynn, Hopkinton, and beyond. The report notes engagements, moves, and church announcements including the O'Brien McMahon marriage at Immaculate Conception.
The store proclaims it can supply golf balls tennis balls base balls footballs and croquet balls and invites customers to visit now to outfit themselves. It urges shoppers to stop in today so they can be ready to play tomorrow.
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