West Acton Notes and Local Notices
West Acton items report visitors, marriages, land improvements, and shop ads. Anne Blanchard visits friends. Hoar builds a house at Concord Junction. local farming, fruit trees, and strawberry setbacks noted. Edna Knowlton and Charles Brown wed at Knowltons. future home in Lowell. Advertisements for sales, mills, groceries, and services fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Brown
Lowell
Edna A. Knowlton
West Acton
G. T. Knowlton
Massachusetts Avenue
Mr. Easterbrook
the Baptist Church
Japanese competition feared as wages and machinery grow
A congressional report warns that Japan rapid westernization and cheap labor threaten U S manufacturing. It notes Japanese workers earn a few dozen cents daily, and a watch factory with American machinery is established by Americans but in Japanese names. The panel urges duties on competing goods and argues silver standard Brazil with gold standard nations shifts prices and trade dynamics while England and Europe would feel the impact first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
Germany
Dingley
Mexico
Europe
England
Local items from Mullon era residents and trades
Notes report R B Lewis residence repainted in eight shades Michael Collins starting cellar work at Baptist parsonage Clarence G Vinal boarding with Joseph P Balcom W G Brigham surveying Green Harbor for Mrs Willard Houghton F H Merrill former Y M C A secretary to Nashua well as headquarters Mrs F A Morse and child at Wellfleet for six weeks A woodworker hurt with two broken ribs in shop incident Rain halted Hudson cycle club run Breed florist and C L Woodbury Sons laid out flower beds for Hon L D Apsley and Jos S Bradley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Lewis
Michael Collins
Baptist Parsonage
Clarence G. Vinal
Joseph P. Balcom
F. H. Merrill
Nashua
F. A. Morse
Wm. H. Moulton
Hudson Cycle Club
Star Ladies Club
Breed
Clinton Florist
C. L. Woodbury Sons
Hon. L. D. Apsley
Jos. S. Bradley
Milwaukee Passes 4-Cent Fare Ordinance With Dissent
Milwaukee city council approves a 4 cent fare ordinance by a narrow vote of four against. The company has 30 days to print commutation tickets and arrange to fulfill the ordinance terms before likely court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Grocers Ad Lists Canned Goods and Prices
A garbled advertisement lists assorted canned foods with prices, including beans, sardines, soups, peaches, pineapples, and pickles. Items feature brand names and unit prices, suggesting a general sale page from a mid century grocery catalog.
Sudbury News Highlights Medical and Civic Events
Sudbury reports Millie Rice with measles causing school closures this week and Whitman Rice falling ill. Juror Adoniram Bacon and Eliza McLean recoveries noted. High school picnic planned at Gates pond on Monday June 15. Local measures include tax-rate forecast and meadow improvements. Monument dedication activities outlined with speakers and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Pond
Gene Belcher
Fred Fosgate
Surprise party for Hemingway couple at Lincoln Street home
Last week Thursday Mr and Mrs Eugene Hemingway hosted a family gathering and supper on Lincoln street. Neighbors planned a surprise party with gifts and socializing. The ad then shifts to health advice praising DeWitts Little Early Risers for constipation and citing local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Hemingway
Lincoln Street
Notice to Submit News and Ads by Tuesday Deadline
All material must reach the publication office by Tuesday to ensure insertion in the current week. Earlier receipts safeguard against delays. News, ads, and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Newton
Local Church Sermons And Community Events In South Acton
Rev Mr Merriam preached two sermons at the Congregational church. Col Parsons of the Sixth regiment rides a Worster horse at camp this week. Grammar and primary schools held a Whitney grove picnic. Miss Mary Millman wed Alfred Treble at Marlboro. Pastors and classes planned sermons and entertainments. South Acton notes list church schedules and a local sale of tanks by Edward Tabell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Merriam of
Lowell
Congregational Church
Colonel Parsons
Regioas
George Worster
Whitney's Grove
Mary Millman
Marlboro
Alfred Treble
Abram Jones
Wm. F. Dusseault
Camp Framingham
Jerry Bradley
George Clapp
Hovey & Co
Boston
Elliott Clapp
Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee
Philadelphia
Universalist Church
N.E.O.P
Hattie Jones
Acton and Sudbury News Roundup of Local Events
Arthur Lane of Boston formerly Acton spends Sunday in town. Dedication of the Westford library last week. Rev. Bernard Copping and Rev. Mr. Peabody of Boxboro exchanged pulpits last Sunday. F P Wood and wife attended his class 25th anniversary at Andover. E A Phalen returned from the provinces to see his ailing father. Graduation exercises of the class of 1896 in town hall tonight with Brigham's orchestra. Auction of William Eggleston estate in Sudbury Thursday at 1 pm by Otis H. Forbush Auctioneer. Also Acton high school tenth graduation Thursday evening with program and reception. To rent: Acton Centre ten-room house with stable and half-acre, $12.50 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Kenneth Parmenter
South Sudbury
Harvard Medical College
Lillian
Evie Parmenter
Edwin A. Powers
Worcester Buckeye
Richardson Manufacturing Co
Brooklyn
Sudbury
Methodist Society
Wayside Inn
Wadsworth School
Centre
Wolcott
Concord
Canal Bridge
Commonwealth
Rev. E. C. Smith
Framingham Centre
John H. Parsons
Framingham High School
John M. Merriam
South Framingham
Marion Smith
Fannie Parmenter
Eliza McLean
E. Whitman Rice
Samuel F. Hadley
Walter Brackett
Milton Perry
Charles F. Gerry
V. A. S. Association
New Hampshire Conference
Tilton
Gerry
Martha A. Clough
Arthur Lane
Boston
Acton
Westford
Bernard Copping
Mr. Peabody
Boxboro
F. P. Wood
Mr. Wood
Andover
E. A. Phalen
Town Hall
Brigham
Otis H. Forbush
William Eggleston
Sudbury Mass
Shermans Bridge
Sudbury Centre
Acton High School
Henry T. Bailey
Anna Belle Banks
Jennie Etta Stowell
Harry Fletcher Tuttle
Florence Ethel Wayne
David Adelbert Cutler
Helen Pierson Emery
Robert Chickering Maines
Arthur Henry Parsons
Moses Taylor
Wilmot Emery Taylor
Albert Ezra Willis
Arthur H. Cowdrey
Stoneham
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anne Blanchard
Lawrence
John S. Hoar
Elmer Shattuck
Concord Junction
Barteaux
E. C. Parker
W. F
Charlie Wood
Linwood Richardson
Fort Pond
B. Stone
Wright’s Hill
Mary Bowers
Luke Blanchard
Edna Knowlton
Charles Brown
East Acton
Brown—Knowlton
J. Carter
Dana
Danaa
H. A. Littlefield
G. A. Conant
E. Z
Littlefield’s
G. B. Parker
Wildwood Stock Farm
W. Martin
Windsor
Amos Borden
P.O
Mulson
Little Ted
New England
Crosse & Backwell
Gherkins
van Camp
P. & C. Sardines
Lod Co.’s
Oie
Millie Rice
Adoniram Bacon
Whitman Rice
Arlington, Boat Club
C. E. Roe
Reuben Smith
Suffolk County
Lorinda B. Smith
Luke Brooks
George Bent
Maynard
Smith
Sudbury High School
U.S. Geological Survey
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Hawaii
Newfoundland and Labrador
George H. Barton
Institute of Technology
Greenland
Peary
Whale Sound
Barton
Sydney
Cape Breton
Massachusetts
Homer Rogers
John L. Bates
L. D. Apsley
M. C
George A. Reed
Sudbury Brass Band
Lettie Felch
Natick
Unitarian Church
Billings, King & Co.’s
Market Street
Lowell, Mass
Coane
WAL
Glick & Young
Runels Building
Iners i
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
C. H. Whitney
H. Littlefield
South Acton
W. F. Dusseault
C. L. Shapley
W. R.buxton
First Universalist Church
Edward Tabell
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