South Acton Chronicle Local News Roundup
South Acton reports Lewis Willard visiting town and schools closing for a week long break. Residents discuss moves to Tay lor cottage, visits from Harriet of Oxford, and local trades including Gould Blanchard clearing a lumber lot near the powder mills. Whooping cough afflicts children. Valley Farm company hosts entertainment and an overhead bridge project begins May tat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Willard
Richard Fi York
Glassey
Taylor
Gould & Blanchard
American Powder Mills
A. Glassey
A. Merriam Company
Valley Farm Company
Stow
Boxro
Congregational Church Notes Preview Sermons and Easter Plans
In Sunday service Mr Peebles opened a Lenten sermon series on familiar scriptures citing the twenty third Psalm. The Sunday school executive planned an Easter Concert. The third talk on marriage scenes from the ten virgins warned to be ready. The pastor closed with the poem When I Come. Music featured the orchestra and a touching duet by Frank Merriam and his son Come Holy Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peebles
Peeble
Frank Merriam and Son
Holy
Acton Centre Notices and Local Sales Announced
Acton Centre reports visiting residents and town events including Dr C B Saunders of Lowell in town and Mrs C G Dole of Cambridge visiting. A Grange organizing meeting is set for March 16 in the town hall. Auctions are scheduled near Acton including Otis H Forbush selling on March 17 in Stow and large sales in Peabody on March 26 and in South Lincoln on March 30. A sale of estate cattle is planned for April 2 in Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Saunders
Lowell
C. G. Dole
Cambridge
Chas. Miller
Miller
Washington
D. C
Eliza Jenkins
T. M. Miles
Bradford
Old Acre
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Stow
Simpson Farm
Porter Place
West Acton
Stow Road
Herbert F. Nelson
State St
Boston
Peabody
South Lincoln
D. E. Sherman
Jersey
John R. Farnum
Waltham
Marlboro Personal Notes From Local Town Pages
D F O Leary in the Henry A store fish department was home Sunday. Lena Driscoll a clerk in CS Thomson s news store is ill with the grip. Hubert O Neil passing in Harvard was in town Sunday. Winthrop L Lewis owns a Locomobile Co automobile. B W Ray of Stow bought the Parmenter house on Greenwood street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. O'Leary
Henry A Store
Boston
Sun
Mias Lena Driscoll
C. 3S. Thomson
Hubert O'Neil
Harvard
Winthrop L. Lewis
Locomobile ‘Co
B. W. Ray
Stow
West Acton Community Notices and Local Happenings
Miss Hattie Whitcomb visited in South Lancaster last week and Mrs. Carrie Bruce of Shirley was a guest at C. H. Mead's. Mrs. Fritz Hawes has been ill but improving. A baby daughter born to Martin Brown's home. Schools closed for spring vacation March 16 to resume March 26. Charlies Beach takes a drug store job at Harvard 49 Cambridge. Grammar school plans a piano. Various visits and health notes, including Mrs. Teele in Wolfville and Mrs. Teele’s condition. Woman's club met with paper on Political Russia and piano duet. Ladies' Benevolent society entertained with tea, a literary and musical program, and flowers for the Shut ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Whitcomb
South Lancaster
Carrie Bruce
Shirley
C. H. Mead
Gertrude Webster
Northboro
Fritz Hawes
Martin Brown
A. M. Hendley
Littleton
A. A. Hart
Charlies Beach
Harvard 49
Cambridge
Grammar
Plano
Anna Dodge
Chicago
Middletown
Conn
Harry Russell
Baby
Youngstown
Ohio
Julia Mead
Lilla Shepard
Ralph Ot Lowell
Clara B. Holt
Fannie Teele
Wolfville
N. 8
Clarence Porter
Walter Gardner
Violetta Gardner
Lilla Ross
Everest
Estelle Teele
D. H. Hall
Alice M. Hall
West Acton Poultry Notices
G W Burroughs barred Plymouth Rock and White Wyandotte cocks for setting at 50 cents per 13. Good stock hay for sale cheap. Apply to F R Knowlton, West Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Burroughs
Plymouth Rock
F. R. Knowlton
West Acton
Local Social Notes and Upcoming Bachelors Supper
Sudbury residents and visitors are listed including Mrs Barker Miss Eliza McClean of Cambridge and Mrs Herman Puree with daughter visiting Westford. Families moving into former Haynes house and in town over Sunday. Mrs Frances Brown laid to rest at Mt Pleasant cemetery after illness in Westboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Eliza McClean
Cambridge
Herman Puree
Westford
Michael Shea
Ali Haynes
Benjamin Ely
Waltham
Bertha Hadley
West Hanover
James H. Ordway
Hudson
Nathan Derby Place
Goncord
John A. Finnegan
Methodist
Frances Brown
Francis Haynes
Mt. Pleasant
Westboro
Local Snippets Report Daily Movements And Illness
Miss Charlotte Wing confined at home with measles. William Bass moved family from Washington Street to Elm Street. T P Hurley installs new floors at Harding place. Miss Dorothy Arnold of Derry New Hampshire visiting relatives. Ada Brown returns home from Somerville. Dogs owned by several residents put down due to rabies fears. William Lynch of Boston Elevated railroad in town Monday. Charles F Connors of Boston in town Monday. J B Donavan of Danvers visited Monday. Mrs F W Tilson Crescent Street learns her brother William Lamson is seriously ill in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bass
Washington St
Elm St
T. P. Hurley
Harding Place
Dorothy Arnold
Derry
N. H
Ada
James A. Brown
Somerville
B. C. Riley
John T Loughlin
Emily Bartlett
Henry Felton
William Lynch
Boston Elevated Railroad
Charles F. Connors
Boston
Donavan
Danvers
F. W. Tilson
Crescent Sr
Wm. Lamson
Detroit
Serenade mob sparks legal actions in Verryopolis
H J Mossbury in Verryopolis files criminal warrants against about 40 town youths after a wedding serenade turned violent. Siege lasted hours with 350 shots fired, dynamite exploded, windows shattered, and residents frightened. Civil suits to follow against the offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verryopolis
H. J. Mossbury
Mossbury
Mosxbury
Mosebury
Statehood Bill May Be Referred by Speaker Cannon
Washington reports that Speaker Cannon may refer the statehood bill to the territories committee. Supporters fear the move would doom the measure by allowing indefinite delay. Opponents worry insurgent votes in the House could obstruct action, preventing the bill from reaching the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cannon
Committee On Territories
Friends of Statehood For
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Tucker Case In Washington
James H. Vahey, counsel for Charles L. Tucker, under death sentence for Mabel Page murder in Weston Mass, filed a writ of error petition before Associate Justice Holmes of the U S Supreme Court alleging denied constitutional rights. Holmes promised an answer today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James H. Vahey
Charles L.tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Mass
Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Tucker
Tower Court
Vahey
Rathbone Prompted Senate Probe On Cuba Post Funds Claim
The senate adopted a joint resolution urging Congress to investigate G. Rathbone former director of posts in Cuba under the U S pro visi onal government for alleged rights violation during his trial in Cuba over alleged disappropriation of postal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Senate
Congress
G. Rathbone
Cuba
United States Prosisional
Vatican Keen on French Cabinet Crisis Portends Catholic Setback
Rome March 14 The Vatican watches the French cabinet crisis with relief turning to alarm as a leading prelate laments that Catholics in France have fallen from the frying pan into the fire and the pope warns of worse days ahead for French Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
France
Maniel
Jamestown Exposition builds two large exhibit halls
The Jamestown Exposition company awarded contracts for erecting its two main exhibit buildings. Each hall will exceed 600 feet in length and 200 feet in width, with preparatory work projected to finish six months before the April 26, 2007 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Daylight Robber Suspect Arrested in Boston
March 14 Harry Graham of New York was arrested by police inspectors on a burglary charge. He allegedly robbed a Wellington street house in broad daylight last Saturday, taking property valued at more than $1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harry Graham
New York
Wellington Street
Panic on high sea as steamship faces terror during storm
French liner Andson en route to New York endures a brutal Atlantic gale. G36 steerage passengers become panic stricken as barometer drops and massive seas rise. Officers lose control. revolvers and knives are shown amid threats before the storm eases. Captain Broham calls it the most severe he has seen in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasengers
New York
and Son
Atlantic
Nelsting
Minor
Cers
Cach
Asebetenes
Julai
Thio
Droham
Von
Volcano Destroys Three Villages on Savail Island
The Serra reports from Sydney via Samoa that Savail in Samoa is erupting on a large scale. Three villages, including Maleola home to a premier cocoa plantation, are destroyed. Lava streams a mile wide and 76 feet deep move toward the sea at 20 feet per hour. A molten lava wall five miles long stretches into the ocean as boiling waves crash over the lava. The government has chartered the steamer Mureri to evacuate women and children from the danger zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Marca
Serra
Sydney
Nos. W
Samoa
Savail
Maleola
Catneer
Actor commits suicide during Wonderland play at Columbia Theatre
William Thomas, 22, a chorus member in the Wonderland company, killed himself with carbolic acid in the Columbia theatre property room during the performance. He a admired Idra Gordon, 10 year old, also not a company member, whose rejection allegedly triggered the act. Thomas drank from a goblet while a bottle in his other hand, saying goodbye as the play continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mareh
William Thomas
Wonderland” Company
Columbia Theatre
Thomas
Idra Gorden
Ulelde
Coney gas well fire ends after hood failure
In Coney Kansas on March 14 the great gas well six miles from town, burned for 17 days consuming millions of feet of gas, was capped with a massive iron hood. After 12 hours of confinement the hood failed as sand and flame perforated it, leaving the structure a heap of scrap iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney
Kan
Xeon
Process Server Keeps New York Vigil Over Witness
The New York American reports Louis Fitzgerald former chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance society returned to New York. He was at his home last night and a process server kept vigil in the street nearby as the Armstrong investigating committee sought his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York American
Louis Fitzgerald
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Armstrong
Senate passes child Inherbil to curb underage work
Des Moines march 14 the senate has passed the child Inherbil prohibiting employment of children under 18 in any gainful occupation that would injure health the law also targets department stores forbidding jobs that require long hours of standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Concouron residents resist church inventory under separation law
In Privas France on March 14 a crowd plans active defiance of a church inventory order. About a hundred men armed with rifles occupy the church building, prepared for a prolonged siege as townsfolk oppose the state church separation mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privas
France
Concouron
Lincoln Tablet Bill Passed for Hodgenville Memory
In Memory of Lincoln Frankfort, Ky., March 14. The state senate concurred in a house bill appropriating 200 for a tablet at Hodgenville to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Hodgenville is the county seat of the county in which Lincoln was born and was the scene of his boyhood days. The governor will approve the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
State Senate
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Harvey N Collison dies in Boston aged 46
Harvey N. Collison a Houston Democrat figure dies at home in Boston after a long illness of anemia. He was 46, Harvard and Boston University Law School alumnus. John D Rockefeller Jr. and FE Drentice, his brother in law, attend his wake.
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Harvey N. Collison
Boston
Harvard College
Boston University Law School
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
FE. P. Drentice
Missouri Pacific Railway
J. H. Smith
D. Warfield
Carolus Duran
Pius X
Titian
Paul 111
Alessandro Farnese
Andrew Carnegie
Marlboro Election Sparks Unease Over Licenses
Marlboro faces unease after Maynard Monday’s town election ended in a license defeat. Rumors of an influx of mill-town activity reach Hudson as residents fear the “barbarian” elements may arrive once Maynard rivulets dry up. Marlboro liquor dealers insist they will welcome none but will ensure proper conduct in town. Meanwhile Miss I M Yorke plans to take her dog Don to the Pasteur Institute in New York for treatment after a dog bite, hoping for medical care and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Hudson
Rome
I. M. Yorke
Don
Pasteur Institute
New York City
Obituary: George F. O'Donnell Dies at 26 in Marlboro Hospital
George Francis O'Donnell died Saturday at Marlboro City hospital at 5 15 after an illness since Monday He was 26 years nine months and 15 days old He survived by six brothers including twins John Stephen and Michael and a sister Mrs Mary Ripley Also a member of Court Marlboro Foresters of America His funeral from 47 John St to Immaculate Conception Church was held with six brothers as bearers and a Foresters of America delegation attending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. O'Donnell
George Francis O'Donnell
Marlboro City Hospital
Job. T
Michael O'Donnell
John Sr
John Stephen
Michael
Joseph
City
James
Kenry
Maynard
Mary Ripley
Cumberland
Court Marlboro Foresters
America
George Franely O'Donnell
Immaculate Conception
James O'Donnell
John St
Court Marlboro, Foresters of America
Fr.Lowney
Harry
Stephen
John
Joseph O'Donnell
Rebekahs Entertain Star of Hope Lodge Anniversary
Rebekah lodge Star of Hope in Hazelton block marked its 16th anniversary with a gathering of about 200 including district officers from Hudson, Roxbury, Somerville, Lynn, and visiting members from Troy, Binghamton, Manchester, Worcester, and Westboro. The hall was pink and green, three candidates were initiated, speeches by visiting officers, vocal numbers by Miss Doane, and a turkey supper completed the festive event with notable energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Hope
Rebekah Lodge
Hazelton Block
Nellie Balcom
Hudson
The
Massachusetts Assembly
Harriet Moody
Lynn
Florence Hurn
Somerville
Annie L. Stanley
F. B. Blodgett
Elsie L. Robinson
Roxbury
Troy
Binghamton
N. Y
Manchester
N. H
Worcester
Westboro
Boston Aldermen Postpone McSweeney Nomination
The Boston board of aldermen postponed the nomination of Hon. E. F. McSweeney for trustee of the new consumptives home for a five year term. Alderman Curley objected that McSweeney had been a resident only two years, deeming it insufficient for such an important post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
McSweeney
Alderman Curley
Board of Aldermen
City of
E. F. McSweeney
McSweeny
First Annual Convention of Franco-American Foresters
The Franco-American Foresters held their first annual convention at Court Lafontaine hall in Woonsocket Rhode Island. Seven lodges from Springfield Lowell Gardner Manchester Concord Providence and Woonsocket sent delegates to conduct general business and elect officers.
Thelma Russell’s Ninth Birthday Party At Home
Thelma Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifton B Russell entertained eight little friends at 49 Norwood Street Tuesday afternoon for her ninth birthday. Games and a supper at six marked the celebration and guests left with souvenirs of friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma
Clifton B. Russell
Norwood St
Miss Russell
Autos Draw Crowds at Boston Show
Tremendous crowds frequent automobile shows in Boston with many Marlboro visitors at the Mechanics Building daily. Marlboro attendees listed include John B. Hayes A F Barnard B F ex Alderman C E Hayes De C Duhamel Joseph Bouvier O DPD Wheeler H E Bradford WL Lewis Frank Billings F G Dewey Miss Wheeler Miss Brigham J E Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Marlboro
Mechanics
John B. Hayes
A. F. Barnard
C. E. Hayes
de. C
Duhamel
Joseph Bouvier
O. Dpd
Wheeler
H. E. Bradford
WL. Lewis Frank Billings
F. G. Dewey
Miss Wheeler
Miss Brigham
J. E. Mitchell
Supper For Mizpah Chapter O E S Meeting
Mixpah Chapter O E S held a Monday night meeting after a banquet hall supper. The supper, prepared by Lori en Arnold George Brigham E H Ellis Geo Houghton EB Evans H Barnard and Bessie Freeman, was thoroughly enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mixpah
Lorren Arnold
George Brigham
E. H. Ellis
Geo. Houghton
EB. A. Evans
H. A. Barnard
Bessie Freeman
Marlboro Hospital Receives Contributed Lendables
Hudson Tuesday club members contributed to Marlboro City Hospital including three dozen night gowns seven surgeon gowns and three dozen towels. The items were organized by the group and delivered to support patient care and staff needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro City Hospital
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Charlotte Wing
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Standard Oil Company
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Missouri
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Maynard Lips
Miss I. M. Yorke
Rebekahs
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