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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1907
Page
14
The community recalls Frank Conant as a longtime public figure and respected citizen. He built a prosperous business, maintained neat properties, supported town affairs, and stood by friends, leaving a lasting impact on South Acton while his widow receives communal sympathy.
J L Ladd of Dorchester visited Monday. Miss Anna Law visited Newton friends last Sunday. Mrs Calvin Symonds stayed in town several days. Fred Gimnes traveled from Tewksbury to vote on election day. Mrs Thomas Owens suffers quinsy. Georgie Griswold visited Trude Brigham at Fitchburg last week. Mrs F B Glines returned from a two week visit to Franconia New Hampshire. Mrs B Tarbell went to Lowell for a couple of weeks. Carrie Lucas of Kennebunkport Maine visits uncle Luther Billings. Some local teachers plan a summer trip abroad. Mrs W Warren attended Colburn Institute reunion in Boston. Sunday school concert at Universalist church next Sunday at 6 pm. Mrs G P Morgan and Mrs S A Christie heard Jacob Rees lecture in Tremont Temple Boston. Bob Christie and George Cavanaugh toured the Hub on Friday. Mrs Brooks and Mr and Mrs Dewey of Reading visited friends of Mrs Geo Keyes last week. Dramatic Co. drew full house in Stow and travels to Endicott Hall next Monday. Thursday night the Ladies Social Circle concert at Congregational church features readings vocal and instrumental music Miss Anna Brown Cambridge reader Miss Nina Johnson Boston xylophone soloist Mrs Ethel Furlong Boston pianist trio Mrs Fitzgerald Miss Ruby Warren Dr Daniels. Town meeting voted to buy ground for a playground for South Acton schools. Babster to be observed next Sunday at Universalist church Rev Mr Willis of Tufts College to preach with special music by choir. Solos by Miss Genie Fletcher and Fitzgerald, violin by LizA Fletcher. Haster concert by School to be held.
To friends who helped us and those who sent flowers we express heartfelt thanks. J.8. Moore and Family. G. F. Townsend and Wife.
A Merriam Company offers for sale at their office a number of chairs stools scarfs and other items they have discontinued making at cost price. Included are silk remnants and velour suitable for chairs sofas and decorative work. Call and examine.
West Acton items list residents traveling and moving, a church project for electric lights, illness and health visits, and an Easter service. Meetings include Middlesex County association W R C in Wakefield on March 29 with officer elections.
East Acton relatives and neighbors gathered March 22 at C. L. Davis home to celebrate Charles B. Davis turning 21. Mrs. F. F. Robbins of Worcester presented him with a freedom suit of clothes while remarks and well wishes followed. Refreshments concluded a pleasant evening.
West Acton area offers shirt waists and shirt waist suits for women and children’s shoes at Miss Armstrongs with spring millinery to follow. Mrs G B Parker lists east er hats for the season, farm for sale or to let in West Acton and inquiries directed to A S Hudson of Ayer and White. Wyandotte and Barred Rock eggs for hatching at reasonable prices by George W Burroughs Boxboro Mass. Stock hay for sale 8 to 14 dollars per ton by F R Knowlton West Acton.
Acton residents approve a liquor license 106 to 14 after using Australian ballots for the first time. Anson Piper wins the hot race for road commissioner 162 to 123 over Davis. Town adopts 5 percent tax on overdue bills and plans playground land purchases plus 100 electric street lights.
Irish children play bunching eggs a pan of sand or sawdust on a table with eggs of each color. Players aim to place upright eggs to form five in a row touching each other and take turns pulling down eggs to complete a line or block opponents. The winner shouts The raver chough and crow Lay five in a row.
Monaco staged an Easter passion mystery featuring a Pontius Pilate armed colonel in general epaulets with a long rapier and helmet. Judas crossed to his master in affectionate embraces while Adam and Eve appeared as Louis XV era children in powdered wigs eating oranges.
Sunday visits feature Harold Phalen in Leominster and Mrs Dusseault to play church organ. Chelmsford Grange attendance, Acton Grange dinner, and town meetings noted. Easter service planned with morning sermon and evening celebration. Boys club to host April 4 program Inventors and Inventions with recitals and music. Auctioneer recounts long career in Massachusetts towns.
Acton's auctioneer Otis H. Forbush announces multiple sales in Sudbury Stow Topsfield and nearby towns from March 29 to April 26 including cattle cows horses hogs poultry and farm tools plus real estate and personal property. Posters will be mailed on request and more sales are planned in Concord South Acton Peabody and Salem.
Free offer promises a permanent cure for catarrh by mail. The ad urges readers to write for a free, no cost evaluation and claims catarrh is a forerunner of consumption and deadly if neglected.
The notice asks about symptoms such as foul breath a blocked nose and frequent clear or discolored discharge. It lists questions on cold sensitivity, head dullness, throat tickling, and mucus drainage with a placeholder NAME ADDRESS for contact details.
Notices under Chapter 100 Revised Laws announce applications for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in Maynard mass. Cornelius Murphy Catherine Murphy James A Coughlan William Campbell William Casey James Wall Mary Wall and others seek first and fourth class licenses and innholder permits for properties on Summer Street Parker Street Harriman Court Windsor House Maple House and Maynard House with associated bottling shop and whole building licenses.
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