Local notes from Acton Centre and nearby towns
Arthur Wayne remains on sick list while Mrs Maria J Locke suffers a serious mumpa attack. Thanksgiving visits include Mrs Harriet Brown with sister in Charlestown and Mr Mrs Brown of Somerville at daughter Mrs Shaw’s home. Mr and Mrs Orpheus Parent of Springfield visited Mr and Mrs A L Noyes. Mrs Penack plans a minstrel show this season. Simon D Taylor installs a new engine and potential new road record runs. Elsworth Houghton out with a severe cold under Dr Allen care. Mrs De Loss Bond of Somerville visits her father and mother. Helen B Wood from Newton returns home to see her parents. Mrs Williams, sister of Daniel Farrar, dies at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wayne
Maria J. Locke
Harriet Brown
Charlestown
Sunshine Club
BE. C. Hayes
Nat Brown
Elsworth Houghton
J. F. Duren
Mrs. Brown
Somerville
Shaw
Mrs. Orpheus Parent
Springfield
A. L. Noyes
de Loss Bond of
Robert Wayne
Thomas Devane
Allston
Louise Perkins
Fitchburg Norma School
L. W. Perkins
Josie Fletcher
Josie Newhall
Stow
Mary Fletcher
Lowell
Mary J. Sewall
A. L. Brown Suniday
South Framingham
John Grant
Jamaica Plain
Interment and cattle sale notes from local sale yard
Interment held at Woodlawn on Monday for a springer noted in the report. The sales listed include 10 heifers calving in winter and spring sold from 51 to 85 dollars each, bulls at 42 dollars and a price of 55 dollars for one animal. Mr. For bush announced the sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbush
Otis Hoorbush
Acton
Mass
Rutland
L. H. Lawrence
Littleton
Grange meeting features pantomime and local sale notices
A well attended Grange gathering in the town hall enjoyed a program of recitation, music and a pantomime Wanted A Wife. The cast included J B Tuttle and Mrs Williams among others. Auction and estate sales in Acton and Rutland advertised including household goods cattle and crops. Thanksgiving in West Acton Maynard and surrounding towns described with local visits and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
J. B. Tuttle
William Livermore
Helen Wood
Dusseault
Minnie Gamble
Negress
Chester Robbins
Boston Male Quartet Performs Under Royal Arcanum Direction
The Boston male quartet will perform under the Royal Arcanum. 8S. P. Morgan, longtime Ayer resident, collapsed and died near Harvard after a deer hunt, his heart condition blamed on the excitement. The Ladies Benevolent Society announces a supper and sale at the Baptist church vestry on Thursday December 8 with music and readings by Miss Jean Fowler. Miss Laura Brown’s sister Jennie Willard’s Still River house and barn burned, reportedly destroying Brown’s paintings and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
the Baptist Church
Jennie Willard
Still River
Miss Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maynard Anise
Santa Claus
Welles
Wizzard
Reg. Our
Lyon’s
Hoyt’'s Rubifoam
Santo Violet
Colgate Ribbon
Menen
Pear’s
Main Street
Maynard
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
John Edwards
Gloucester
Charles Edwards
Allen
Helen B. Wood
Newton
Mrs
K. «. Wood
Williams
Daniel Farrar
Ter
Woodlawn
the Grange
West Acton
Christie’s
Walter Mead
Alonzo Joy
Mrs. Willcutt of
Revere
Otis Mott
A. ‘Lee Brown
Dorchester
Hall Bros
Boston
Harvey Broadbent
Ford Cars
Evelyn Knowlton
Bradford Academy
Universalist Church
South Acton
Royal Arcanum
P. Morgan
Ayer
Harvard
Jean Fowler
Emerson College of Oratory
Laura Brown
A. T. Haynes & Co
Maynard, Massi
S. H. Green
Finney Ghost
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