South Acton Notes and Local News Roundup
Marjory Peebles visited Helen Wood last Wednesday. Mrs Geo P Morgan vacations at Pigeon Cove. Nellie Deery works at Nicker son’s cigar factory in West Acton. Mrs Augustine Hosmer attended the Shriners parade in Boston. Special town meeting tomorrow night at town hall. Winnie Chandler heads to Randolph Vermont for the summer. Mr and Mrs Geo Keyes visited Bert Young in Woburn. he travels to Vermont for health. Mae B Griswold and daughter to Meriden Connecticut for convalescence. Some villagers discuss withdrawal from town to join Boxboro. Shifter crew reassigned to Ayer with daily runs to Concord. Two sand cars derailed at Murphy’s crossing causing track damage. Actons were beaten by Groton 14 to 2 last Saturday in a comedy of errors. Biblericas to visit next Saturday for a strong ball game. Allen L Newton of South Gardner and family visited F F Newton for four generations. A horse autocar tale ends with it starting in water after a failed repair. Annual Slam Bang Night looms. villagers urged to mindful during noisy fun. Lightning struck near Jones farm. fire limited by quick fire department response. Graduation exercises drew many village attendees. school singing praised. Dr Smith Expansion speech well received. orchestra noted as strong. Ruth Hawkins attended graduation from Fitchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory Peebles
Helen Wood
Geo. P. “Morgan
Pigeon, Cove
Nellie Deery
Nickerson
West Acton
Augustine Hosmer
Boston
Town Hall
Mae B. Griswold
Meriden
Boxboro
Ayer
Concord
Sawyer
Bond
Murphy’s Crossing
Maynardst Crossing
Actons
Groton
Grotons
Biblericas
Allen L. Newton
HB. K. Newton
South Gardner
Mass
F. F. Newton
T. F. Newton
Bertha M. Lowden
Theron A. Lowden
Geo. Daniels
Phitter
E. Jones
Baird
Acton
Lincoln
Ruth Hawkins
Fitchburg
Grange Prize Speaking Contest Proposal for State Plan
A draft plan urges state and Pomona granges to hold prize speaking contests with original essays, limited entrants, and cash or medal prizes. Winners advance from subordinate to Pomona to state levels, with thoughts tied to public reform topics and national potential. The piece praises grange press work and calls for banning barn advertisements on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
Ing
Pomona Granges
Grangea
Pomona
State Grange
Pomona Grange
West Acton News Highlights Local Improvements and Events
Work starts at the coop er shop and the Windsor House is to be opened as a hotel. The Baptist Sunday school picnic is planned for early July and electricity reaches the church and Odd Fellows hall. A lightning series struck local barns, killing cows and destroying buildings over 18 years, with repeated bolts at nearby properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hall
Monson
Chas. Beach of
Worcester
Windsor House
West Acton
Edwin Harris
Hattie Davis
West Somerville
R. Borough’s
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Delaware Grange Work Sees Rising Membership
Delaware reports a 25 percent surge in grange membership as the order presses the Agricultural College trustees to use federal funds for strictly agricultural courses. Pittsford grange plans a floral exhibit in August with forty six prize classes. The fortieth anniversary of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry falls December 4. The piece ends with a quip about optimism and the doughnut hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
The
Agricultural College
Pittsford
Grange
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Bristol Man Fatally Stabbed. Suspect Arrested
John Lash was fatally stabbed and Carlo Canto was arrested on a homicide charge. Report says Canto returned home to find Lash with his wife and sprang the assault. Lash suffered a nine inch abdominal gash injuring the intestines and a cut over the right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Conn
John Lash
Carlo Canto
Canto
Lash
Stricken Dancer Dies After Pop Concert in Plymouth
Charles Bradford, 4 years old, collapsed at the Casino after a waltz with his fiancée Miss Jennie Graves during a weekly pop concert. Death was due to heart failure, heat exhaustion noted as the contributing cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Jennie Graves
Charles BE. Bradford
Edith Ball Case Delayed as Extradition Sails in
Boston police court continues the case of opera singer Edith Ball charged with larceny of an $800 automobile from Rochester North Carolina. Ball remained in custody after failing to post bail as extradition papers from Rochester are awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edith Ball
Rochester
N. C
Chelsea Rag Shop Fire Suspects Arrested in Chelsea
Chelsea police arrested Louis Besterman and Max Washkuffer yesterday on a charge of setting fire to the rag shop at 83 85 Summer street the night of June 19. The rash of rag shop fires in Chelsea has alarmed residents and driven up insurance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Mass
Louis Besterman
Max Washkuffer
Summer Street
Local Social News and Upcoming Grass Sales
Mrs. Knapp hosts friends over Sunday. E P Grates becomes new blacksmith shop proprietor in town. Miss Minnie Gamble and Miss Hattie Smith visit relatives in Manchester and Woburn. Acton Grange grants degrees. Rev T M Miles mentors Boys club outing at Cottage City. Auctions announce sales of grass on A P Hager farm Littleton and Lucy Harrington farm Concord Junction. Lipson personal property sale in Concord July 1. More sales listed with posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Minnie Gamble
Woburn
Acton
Frances Davis
Charlotte Conant
Daniel Lothrop
Concord
Old Concord Society
Lucy Harrington
Westvale
Concord Junction
Mass
Mr. Lipson
Acton High School Class of 1907 Graduates
The Acton high school held its 1907 graduation in the town hall with Principal Pierce guiding a music filled program. Four graduates Ethel M Griswold Harold V Symonds Ethel E Thompson and Ralph W Piper earned classical and English course diplomas. Henry G Smith spoke on expansion and country education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton High School
Pierce
Migs Smiley
Ethel May Griswold
Harold Vernon Symonds
Ethel Elizabeth Thompson
Ralph Waldo Piper
Henry Goodwin Smith
Miller's
Dancing Elses Delight Community Crowd
A brief moment of dancing entertained a local crowd before activities moved on. The playful scene highlighted community mood and carefree social energy during the event.
Mrs Matherine Hyde Conant Dies at 72
Mrs Matherine Hyde Conant wife of Silas Conant died Thursday June 20 at her east town home aged 72. She is survived by Silas Conant 82 two sons George and Carleton six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral held Saturday with burial at Woodlawn. Her devoted wife and mother will be deeply missed in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matherine Hyde Conant
Silas Conant
North Acton Notes Local Orbits And Postal Change
Mrs Alice Coolidge of Hudson visits C I Miller this week. Advertised letters list Thos Drew Josiah Quimby Joseph Turouth. Samuel B Harris visited his father D C Harris in his new car. Edward Anderson reports a late strawberry harvest. Starting July 1 stamp envelope prices rise No 5 from 1 12 to 1 13 per hundred. Town meeting Thursday 27 discusses high school site and transportation with conservative Acton Center option vs South Acton site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew
Josiah Quimby
Joseph Turouth
Samuel B. Harris
D.C. Harris
Edward Anderson
Acton Center
South Acton
Claimants to receive funds from American Legion of Honor case
About 30 claimants total of $100,000 against the supreme council of the American Legion of Honor are entitled to payment from Receiver Wyman's funds. The court decision states the death benefit should be $5000 per claimant rather than the $2000 previously accepted, and the receiver has enough funds to cover the due amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Council
American Legion of Honor
Wyman
Supreme Court
Telegraph operators urge company to discuss grievances
New York June 26 The executive committee of the Commercial Telegraphers union urged General Manager Nally of the Postal Telegraph company to have grievances considered by company representatives. Nally was criticized for remarks alleging the San Francisco strike violated the peace agreement between the telegraph companies and the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Nally
Postal Telegraph Company
San Francisco
American Wine Growers Association opposes tariff concessions
The American Wine Growers Association in Hammondsport New York adopted resolutions protesting tariff concessions. They argued increased competition from foreign wine producers would hurt the industry, following discussions of new German and proposed French concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammondsport
N. Y
American Wine Growers’ Association
Orchard's Denial and Witnesses Testify in Mine War Case
In Boise and other spots on June 26, defense witnesses questioned Orchard's threats against Steunenberg over the Hercules mine. They linked Orchard and Mine Owners' detective Sterling to pre and post Independence explosion activity, while bloodhound details and labor law debates surfaced. Also noted: Irish land commission backs compulsory purchase to resettle evicted tenants, and a fatal drowning in Lawrence canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise, Ida
William D. Haywood
Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Hercules
Orchard
K. C. Sterling
Mine Owners’ Association
Independence
Sterling
Steunenberg
Idaho
I. L. McGee
Coeur d'Alenes
Wallace
Ipple Creek
D. C. Scott
Florence and Crippite Creek
Haeus
Colorado Springs
Drebhard
Steve Adams
Colorado
Dublin
The
Irish Land Commission
Marlboro Social Notes Include Visits and Vacations
A compilation of local social items notes visits from Marlboro residents to friends in Newton Clinton and Revere and reports travelers to Boston Providence and Northboro. It mentions hospital releases and a saw injury at Longley s box mill as well as wedding attendance by Marlboro families.
Lobster Supper for Noel and Lapierre Staffs on Lawn
Employees from Noel and Lapierre stores and friends enjoyed a lobster salad supper Tuesday at the home of Miss Emma Md peau on Lakeside Ave. The lawn was decorated with Japanese lanterns. Guests included Ida Galletpy Lanice Nog Cora Meanor Nelly Kepney Emma Moineau Beat rice Noel Alma Sagseville Alexina Martin Mrs PD Beatlieu Mr and Mrs Joseph Lapierre Mr and Mrs William Hamelin Charles McCarthy Severe McMahon and Edward Gauthier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel & Lapierre
Apierre
Ensa
Emma Md
Peau
Lakeside Ave
Apanese Lanjose
Ida Galletpy
Lanice Nog
Cora Meanor
Nelly Kepney
Emma’ Moineau
Beatrice Noel
Alma Sagseville
Alexina Martin
PD. Beatlieu
Joseph Lapierre
William Hamelin
Charles McCarthy
Severe McMahon
Edward Gauthier
Bears Club Meeting Concludes Season with Picnic Talk
The last Search club meeting of the season convened in the parish room on Tuesday. A goodly number attended as talk focused on parish picnic and options at Bucket Shops as gambling dens. Hosts were J. T. Stuart Fy A. Warner and Herbert Smith who treated members to strawberries cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stuart
A. Warner
Herbert Smith
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Winnie Chandler
Randolph
Pennsylvania Grange News
Marion Brown
Baptist Sunday School
Wachusett Baptist Sunday School Association
Littleton
Geo. G. Wright
Ladies Benevolent Society
Acton Lodge I. O. O. F
J. Lincoln Richardson
Noble
Ed Swift
James Jewett
Chas
Dudley
John Blanchard
Harry Crane
Crane
Amanda Brown
John Thompson
Maynard
the Grange
4.W. Darrow
Chatham, N. Y
New York State
A. T. Haynes & CO
Acton Centre
Hattie E. Smith
Edwin Smith
Manchester, N. H
T. M. Miles
Hayden
Henry. Goodwin Smith
Rose Lavalle
Columbia
Donzetti
A. B. Webber
Heagney
Exer
Cowen
North Acton
Alice Coolidge
Hudson
C. I. Miller
Steu
Nenberg
Mineowners' Associ
Ation and
Cripple Creek
Canal
Marlboro
J.M. Fitageyald
Newton
Alfred Laverduc
Clinton
Emma Billerose
Sandyhill N. Y
Raphael Bouffard
Land and Harbor
Harry J. Skeffington
Revere Ig
Moise Sasseville Sr
Solomon’s Pond
Northboro
Alfred Demers
Arthur Demers
Alderic Moineau
Highlandville
E. P. Longley
A. D. L. Herrick
Chester
A. W Tarbell
Joseph Daoust
Alfred Lemay
Providence
R. I. Fall River
Brockton
Olina Gervais
Azarie Gervais
Paris St
South Terminal
C. E. Hayes
California
West
Hayes
Pacific Coast
Clarissa Proctor
Elm~st
Lake Boon
J. Henry Gleason
Irene Howe
William Wilson
Mass. General Hospital
Hom
Shirley St
Charles
Robin
Hill
Longley
Nicholas
Laura Hsther
Etty
Josephine Gendreau
J. B. Gendreau
Leominster
Joseph Phaneuf
Gendreau
Bears Club
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