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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Newton
Middlesex
Levi W. Noch
Acton
Mary C. Stevens
Cambridge
Poduame
Acton Enterprise
Sa’ Art
Charles J. McIntire
H. Fousom
Register
Acton Community News and Local Notices
Acton notes no school this week and a vacation visit by Mise Ida Hapgood. Maynard broder fixing J P Fletcher’s house. Parker ill. Luther Billings builds carriage house. Dusseault sermon on Thanksgiving. Ford to lease Warren Jones house for five years with boarders. DVaran moves into Ryan house. works for J H Bowen. Congregational church to hold Christmas sale and entertainment December 16. Lester Fletcher and Alma Fountain wed at Waltham. Fletcher to live with father at Fletcher Corner. Henry Randall sentenced to four years. Albert to reform school, sentence mitigated due to condition, lacks hands. Rev Buxton preaches expanding kingdom. Evening service at 7. Friday informal biology task with MIT plates loaned by Prof Sedgwick. open to interested readers.
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Mise Ida Hapgood
Broder of
Maynard
J. P. Fletcher
Elbridge Parker
H. J. Hapgood
Mr. Hapgood
Luther Billings
Waltham
Mr Hudson
Lester Fletcher
Alma Fountain
Acton
Fletcher
John Fletcher
Fletcher Corner
Henry Randall
Albert
Reformatory
W. R. Buxton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sedgwick
Church Services In South Acton Area This Week
Congregational church led by Rev. W R Buxton holds worship at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 11 45 a m P S C E services at 6 15 p m and a praise and preaching service at 7 p m Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m First Universalist church of South Acton Mass led by Rev Wm F Dusseault offers morning service at 10 30 a m Sunday school at 11 45 a m and Y P C U meeting at 7 p m Pews are free to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
W. R. Buxton
C. E
First Universalist Church
South Acton
Mass
Wm. F. Dusseault
Birds on hats spark satire as fashion menace grows
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece laments the craze for bird ornaments on women’s hats and fur, warning of cruelty to birds and cultural decline. It cites owls as a symbol of wisdom and questions whether fashion will ruin wildlife, while a London fashion letter describes skirt trimming trends and fabric details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird of Freedom
America
Kingdom of Birds
New Orleans Times-Democrat
West Acton Community Notes Include Meetings and Improvements
Eugene Stevens family rents former Knowlton house. Halls build a water tower for fire safety. Miss C Gertrude Stone of Watertown NY visits. Schools to close for a week and grammar school reorganization planned. Ladies Benevolent society marks 50th anniversary with program. Woman's club discusses French composers with local performances. Next meeting set for Dec 5 with Mrs Belle Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Stevens
Amasa Knowlton
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
C. H. Nash
Laura A. Brown
A. F. Blanchard
Hattie Davis
F. C. Nash
Peabody
Boxboro
Littlefield's store offers mixed goods and new prices
West Acton locals are invited to shop at Littlefield's for new goods and prices. The ad lists brands Swans Down Pillsbury Urban’s Washburn Crosby and Schumacher's Patent, along with ladies furnishings. Daily items include mittens nuts figs dates candy coffee rice popcorn tea butter lard pork and more with specific bulk pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury Best
Urban’s Best
Washburn & Crosby
Schumacher
Littlefield’s
H. A. Littlefield
New Store Opens in Lowell by N W Krowlton
N W Krowlton thanks Acton and nearby patrons for support and invites them to visit his new shop at 88 Merrimack Street Lowell at any time. Dated Nov 17 1897.
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Acton
Lowell
Merrimack St
N. W. Krowlton
What Squirrels Eat and How They Forage
Squirrels eat fruit and nuts but also raid orchards in fall and steal partridge eggs, poultry eggs when parent birds are away, and split pine cones for seeds. They especially love fungus, devouring yellow poisonous toadstools in damp woods, though they avoid known poisonous varieties.
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Detroit Free Press
Bouffant Front Gowns Feature Bouquets of Braid
The description outlines cloth tailor gowns with a bouffant front, tall gowns of invisible checks, braid trim around the bodice and sleeves, and loops and buttons at braid crossings. Belts match the dress material, pouched fronts, and a V shaped neck showing a Windsor four in hand scarf.
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New York Times
Sudbury Notes On Homes Roads And School Plans
Sudbury reports Georgie Goodnow leaving for Summerland California to join relatives as a new postmaster appears at North Sudbury. The Marlboro Sudbury road progresses toward opening this winter under the state highway commission. Real estate changes include Fred Thayer purchasing the Sanderson estate on Pendleton hill for occupancy. Wayside Inn guests C Peter Clark and Josiah Quincy are noted. A special town meeting will consider grammar school expansion and moving the Pratt district building to the center lot.
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Marlboro-Sudbury
State Road
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Sudbury
Sanderson
Pendleton Hill
Fred Thayer
Weston
Boston
Thayer
Stanford
Mon
Wayside Inn
Peter Clark
Clark
New England Railroad
Lemons
Wayaide Inn
Josiah Quincey
Lemon
Pratt Or
No 6
Centre District
Columbia Calendar 1398 Issue Promises Daily Wit and Art
The Thirteenth Columbia Calendar, issue 1398, features bright exterior and interior illustrations and thoughtful verses from Columbia riders worldwide. It serves as a handy desk pad and diary, with seasonally themed art, and can be mailed to any address for five 2 cent stamps to Pope Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Columbia
Columbia
Calendar Department
The
Pope Mfg Co
Hartford
Conn
Bad Roads Prizes Offered by League of American Wheelmen
The League of American Wheelmen offers 125 dollars in cash prizes for photographs of bad country roads. Open to all, competition runs until June 1, 1898. Submissions to Otto Dorner, chairman, national committee for highway improvement, L A W, P O Box 153 Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of American Wheelmen
Otto Dorner
National Committee For Highway Improvement
Milwaukee
Wis
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South ‘Acton
W. F. Dusseault
C. L. Ford
Warren Jones
Dvaran
Hudson
Ryan House
J. H. Bowen
I. F. Duran
Ladies of the Congregational Church
Atd
London
West Acton
C. Gertrude Stone
Watertown
N. Y
Alice Stone
Winona Rebekah Lodge
Mizpah Lodge
Isabella M. Meader
Watertown, N. Y
N. Rogers
Los Angeles
Chas B. Stone
Eneral
B. J. Richardson
Thos. F. Parker
Main Street
Mill, Maynard, Mass
West Acton, Mass
C.d.holmes
Wayward, Lass
Booth & Lord
Pork Butchers
Melton
Hattie * Farrell
Semmer and
Glendae Streets
M. J. Kennedy
Grant Street
Concord
Thanksgiving Croceries
C. H. Mead & CO
Hamilton
Riverside Block
Mass. P. S
Georgie A. Goodnow
Hag
Summerland
Cal
North Suduury
Alfred Woods
South Framingham
W. G. Seaman
Chelmsford
Delaware and Hudson All Rail
Lackawana Coal
Concord Junction, Mass
Depot
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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