South Acton News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
In South Acton and nearby towns, residents report changes in leadership with Carl Pickens named editor of Fitchburg Daily News. Calvin Simonds seeks care at Westboro hospital while Hiram Hapgood and Sophia Haynes visit Newport. The woolen mill faced an accident forcing a brief shutdown and local church events draw crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pickens
Fitchburg Daily News
Calvin Simonds
Westboro Hospital
Hearst
King
George Worster
Frank Willard
New Hampshire
West Acton News Notes From June Events
Local items report births and illnesses in West Acton. Families visit relatives in Somerville, Waltham, Lowell, and Cambridge. Supt. H. EB Richardson sails for Europe, and several weddings and deaths are noted including Mrs Sophia Fletcher Tuttle and Isabella Green Kennedy.
Congregational Notes on Childrens Day Concerts
Children’s day observance last Sunday featured an evening concert at the church. The well filled audience praised the opening chorus processional and the pastor's benediction, with every part well rendered and deserving praise.
WEST ACTON LOCAL Ladies Shoes Sale
Local brief notes a sale of ladies and children's shoes in West Acton. Limited details read as a small ad-like item within a larger page. Sunlit storefront mention suggests a shop event or promotional pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
Acton Centre Auctions Real Estate and Personal Property
Otis H. Forbush of Acton Mass will auction the late Hannah D. Robbins estate in South Acton on Friday June 16 at 430 PM. The J W Walcott house in Concord on Lexington road near the Unitarian church goes under hammer June 22 at 4 PM. On June 29 Forbush sells the personal property of J Lawrence Swain in Wilmington Mass. The notices also mention local school events and family travels in New Jersey and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbride
Greathill
Acton Lodge
Royal Arcanum
N.eb
J. 8. Moore
Christie
Hannah Robbins
Maynard St
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Hannah D. Robbins
South Acton
Concord
Lexington Road
Unitarian Church
J. Lawrence Swain
Wilmington
Beautiful Life Ends at Home of Mrs C S Tuttle
Mrs. C. Sophia Tuttle died last Thursday at her home after a six month illness. She was nearly 49, daughter of John Fletcher and Martha Fletcher, sister of Moses Taylor, and widow of Irving Whitcomb and later Julian Tuttle. Funeral Sunday at the residence featured floral tributes and sermons by Rev. Miles and Rev. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Sophia Tuttle
Tuttle
John Fletcher
Martha Taylor Fletcher
Moses Taylor
Rebekahs
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
T. M. Miles
F. P. Wood
Irving Whitcomb
Local Notices and Movements in Marlboro Area
Marlboro residents and nearby towns note visitors and moves across multiple streets. Individuals like M J Keady, Lester Maddox, and Benjamin Chase are seen visiting friends, while many relocate for work or family reasons. Metropolitan Life staff changes and civic projects, including a new city building roof and cemetery improvements, also appear amid pump work boosting Millham Lake water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Dermay
Broad
Grant St
Mary Lowe
Mechanic
Howland St. Michael Manning
South St
H. 8
Leary
James Briscoe
Knott & Pope
Hudson
John A. O'Connell
Philadelphia
Benjamin Chase
Boston
W Parsons
Newcastle
Windsor
T. P. Hurley
New City
W. M. Warren
California
Millham
Lake Williams
G. A. Stacy
Tuttle Family Notice of Interment at Woodlawn
The scripture reference notes fulfilled blessing for the dead. Mrs. Tuttle leaves her husband and a foster daughter Florence Whitcomb and her only brother Silas Taylor Fletcher. Interment was at Woodlawn beside her first husband Irving Whitcomb.
Advertiged Letters Names Listed
Simon McKay esq B W Blood Miss L K Bumpus Miss Elizabeth Hawkins Miss Hattie Hatch listed in advertisement notices or letters to the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon McKay, Esq
B. W. Blood
L. K. Bumpus
Elizabeth Hawkins
Hattie Hatch
North Sudbury Parents Hire Driver After Bus Dispute
Sudbury parents sign a contract with Jeremy Austin to drive a barge for transporting North Sudbury pupils to high grammar and intermediate schools. They accuse the school board of removing Mr. Austin for 90 cents a week higher bid and claim they have a right to know the reason. The mothers sought reinstatement and threatened private hiring to ensure service, expressing patriotism on Flag Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sudbury
Sudbury Center
House of J
Rice
Jeremy Austin
Sudbury
Austin
Mr. Austin
Sudbury Community Notes Include Births Marriages and Obituaries
Albert M. Hosmer returns from Roshocton Ohio while Ira Moore buys the Parmenter cottage and moves in. Lena Parmenter weds Otis Rogers in Natick. A daughter arrives for Mrs M J Shaw. Mrs Horatio Hunt welcomes her first great grandchild. Irv Seymour weds Helen Dansereau in Marlboro. Hobart Noyes remains critically ill as kin visit. Elizabeth McClaren visits Worcester friends. Joseph C Howe dies at his daughter's home. born 1818. Diplomas awarded at Centre School to numerous pupils across levels list names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Calvin Howe
Newt
Bury
Mary Amerault
Bertha Burnett
Jora E. Lansil
Webster
Lowell
FR Smith
Mamieault
Della Baldwin
John B
Joseph Chisholm
May Clark
Fairbank
Marion French
Lawre Hadley
Walter Nelson
Lorater
Martha Phelps
Marshallson
Eddie Ryan
Alice Stone
Tate Clifford Walker
Grammar
Win F. Booth
Ethel “A. Frank
8. Crawford
Carlton W. E
Gladys E. Gerry
Asenath L. Hadles
Annie L. Haynes
Arvid A. Nelson
Charlie EB. Richardson
Summer + Richardson
Fred R. Stone
Levin Wheeler
Arthur White
Boxboro Card of Thanks for Lizzie H. Cobleigh
The undersigned express heartfelt thanks to the sisters and many friends who assisted with loving deeds and words of sympathy during the illness and death of our dear husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Lizzie H. Cobleigh Mrs. W. F. Burnes and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie H. Cobleigh
W. F. Burnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hirbert Parker
Stoneham
Miss Atwood
Miss Bartlett
Bates College
Carl Davidson
Job
Katherine Feeley
Mike Tobin
Newfoundland
Mrs. Tobin
Winnie*Chandler
Burlington, Vt
Margaret Willis
Miss Fagerstrom
Eliza Fletcher
Harold Littlefield
Harold Norris
Boxboro
Emma L Tenney
Littleton
Pp. m
Supreme Council
Acton Council
Ella Keith
Worcester
Congregational Church
Maynard
Uncle Sam
John Hardy
Agnes Graun
Rev. Peebles
Mrs
Chas. Boyce
Edward Holton
Angie Andrews
Porter
Somerville
Waltham
Clifton Stearns
Baptist Church
Herman Parker
G. B. Parker
Mary Elizabeth Nash
Cambridge
Clara H. Nash
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Winsted
Conn
H. EB. Richardson
New York
Europe
D. H. Hall
EB. H. Hall
F. R. Knowlton
Wellesley
Sophia Fletcher Tuttle
Isabella L. Green
Fred W. Green
Donald Kennedy
Rich
D. C. Cutler
Middletown
Henrietta
Raymond Dodge
Wesleyan University
Frank E. Foley
Dollar Bay
Michigan
Peter Foley
Ella M. Keith
den. Martin Wood
Acton Centre
Otis Forbush
Syracuse
Bernard Copping, Jr
Williams College
Augustine Conant
Joseph Welch
New Jersey
Bernard Copping
Sophia Tuttle
Clarissa Sophia Tuttle
Marlboro
M. J. Keady
Ashland
ER. P. Burns
South St. Grocer
Lester Maddox
Frederick Niles
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Roy Hart
Washington Ct
Paragon Park
John Casey
Parsons’ Machine Shop
William H. Dow
M. P. Rogers
Lincoln
Prospectors
Eagles
A. Closson
Nova Scotia
Joseph Mundy
Penn
The
Michael Corcoran
N. H. Whitaker
Methodist Church
Boston University
John Fitzgerald
Salem
Edward Fitzgerald
Main St
William M. Brigham
Hazelton Block
John H. Hurley
Middlesex
E. B. McLeod
John Mullane
United States Army
Fort Warren
J. A. Pitman
L. F. Ingalls
Rice & Hutchins
George H. Brigham
Rocklawn
Oxfords
UEEN
Ganetene
Queen Quality
Wwe
Creighton's Shoe Emporium
Aynard
S &P
T. F. Parker
Main
Drives
North Sud
Albert M. Hosmer
Roshocton
Ohio
Ira Moore
Jesse Parmenter
Lena F. Parmenter
Otis Rogers
Albert A. Felch
Natick
M. J. Shaw
Janie McLean
Horatio Hunt
Emmeline Barker
Weston
Irving H. Seymour
Helen Dansereau
Sidney K. Smith
Hobart Noyes
Lawrence
Elizabeth McClaren
A. R. Garfield
Dublin
N. H
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