Second Legal Ballot Chooses Shaw in Sixth District Convention
The Lowell chaired councilor convention for the Sixth district met in Jackson hall and Huntington hall with 269 of 289 delegates present. After hours of ballots and credential disputes Moses P. Palmer and Elisha H. Shaw led, and Shaw won on a later ballot amid cheers and a near tie with S. Herbert Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Hall
Lowell
Lewis G. Holt
Lawrence
George J. Burns
Ayer
Huntington Hall
Holt
William T. Kimball
Geo. R. Jones
Melrose
W. D. Hooper
Elisha W. Cobb
Malden
C. J. Hammond
Waltham
F. J. Hastings
Acton
Ward One
Everett
A. E. Bliss
Calvin W. Sawyer
Gardner W. King
E. D. Howe
Marlboro
I. L. Weeks
Peter D. Smith
Andover
A.E. Bliss
C. W. Cochran
W. T. Kimball
G. W. Simpson
Lexington
C. F. Josselyn
Townsend
Frank L. Weaver
Fred J. Flemings
Wm. H. Brigham
Hudson
Chas
E. Goss
Methuen
Bruce
George A. Howe
J. Gilman Wait
Medford
Moses P. Palmer
Groton
Elisha H. Shaw
Chelmsford
S. Herbert Howe
Shaw
Howe
Settees
Palmer
W. H. I. Hayes
North Andover
Hayes
Burns
Byron Truell
Barrett
Concord
Committee On
Consolidated Road
Seymour building praised for finish and local church events
Rev. J. M. Wilson preached at Peabody last Sunday. John Underwood was briefly ill. A Christian Endeavor society met at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Rev. A. J. Rackliffe could not preach due to sudden indisposition. Hudson and suburban towns now show about triple the apple quantity from two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wilson
Peabody
John Underwood
Christian Endeavor Society
Baptist Church
A. J. Rackliffe
Hudson
Attendance at Fall Team Event Promises Practical Business Training
A concise report notes a fall team event focused on essential business subjects. The program emphasizes practical training from the start with up-to-date methods and a hands-on approach.
Denial of Rumors on Freight Brakemen and Tramps
New Haven on Oct 7 officials deny reports that freight brakemen extort money from tramps and eject them by force. They say bodies found along Consolidated road tracks were not caused by such acts and urge a full police and coroner inquiry into the rumors and incidents involving tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Consolidated Road
John Chatfield
Edward J. Dean
O’hearn
Dean
Waterbury
Shore Line
Kane
Saybrook
Local Trade Notices on Coal Hay and Chair-Wood Prices
An advertisement announces arrangements to sell chair-wood formerly sold by Loring Bros. Orders will be delivered promptly in Concord or Acton at usual prices. The seller asks if winter coal has been purchased and offers Hay and Feed at extraordinary low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Bros
Concord
Acton
Americans In Trouble Abroad: Castle Family Arrested in London
Walter M Castle a American merchant Ella Castle and Fred Castle a 10 year old American were seized at the Hotel Cecil charged with stealing sable and chinchilla skins valued at 21 pounds from furriers in the city. Police found 38 pounds on Castle and six 100 franc notes on his wife. The pair were remanded for a week with bail refused and the boy was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter M. Castle
Ella Castle
Fred Castle
Cecil
Castle
Whitall Tatum to Hire Non Union Workers in Strike
Whitall Tatum Co winds down pay by 20 percent and face strike after the Flint Glass Blowers committee rejected the concession. Workers’ credit at the company store halted as the firm plans to hire non union labor if the issue stays unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millville
N. J
Flint Glassblowers’ Committee
Whitall, Tatum & Co
A Boy Murderer in Abbeville D C
Willedge Malone, 14, went with a shotgun to a colored woman Mattie Hellman who owed him 25 cents and threatened to shoot her. He fired both barrels into her head and she died. He is in jail. Moore's Bail Reduced in Manchester New Hampshire Supreme Court bail lowered from 30000 to 25000 dollars. counsel expects client can raise funds for liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
D. C
Willedge Malone
Mattie Hellman
West Acton Notes and Local Snapshots
West Acton items cover temperance group meetings at Boxboro and local church events. churchgoing, family notices, a fatal infant death, a rear end rail collision near town, travel to Newark and Boston for social occasions, and local shop notices on hats portraits and Xmas gifts.
Local Acton Notes Include Church Sermons and Meetings
South Acton residents catch social plans as Y M C A holds a meeting at Dr Hosmer s home with emphasis on monthly sociables. Union notes report King s Laughter s annual officers elected and pews free at First Universalist and Congregational churches. Lost pocketbook valued about 23 dollars offered for return to John Mc Grath Boxboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street
King’s Laughters
M. Alma Stowell
Jennie M. Fletcher
Hattie L. Tuttle
Louise Hosmer
Cora A. Clough
Helen L. Bradford
Lizzie Merriam
Belle Rice
Congregational Church
W. R.buxton
First Universalist Church
South Acton
Mass
Wm. F. Dusseault
John McGrath
Boxboro
Maynard Advertises Oysters Millinery and Pedals
Fresh oysters every day at Central market. Miss Deane's Millinery Parlors offers Fall and Winter styles with new ties. D Richards handles harnesses, boots, shoes, and rubber repairs with timely service. Miss Bertha Batley offers piano and organ lessons at Maynard residence Acton Street. Main street Milliners new Fall lines at Miss Naylor's. Millinery opening Oct 8 9 10 invites ladies. For sale horse buggy and harness contact C M Gould blacksmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Deane
D. Richards
Maynard House
Bertha Batley
Acton St. Maynard
Cleary
Williams
Main Street
Miss Naylor
Nason Street
C. M. Gould
Locals Return From Various Trips and Camps
Mrs. Bemis returned to Brooklyn after several weeks here. W. A. Richardson Frank C Brigham and C. A. Holmes came back Sunday from a New York trip. William Duncan returned Saturday from a three week campout on the Assabet River at Wayland with Harry Winde of Winchester as his companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bemis
Brooklyn
W. A. Richardson
Frank .C. Brigham
C. A. Holmes
New York
William Duncan
Wayland
Harry Winde
Winchester
O'Neil Elected to Sudbury District Committee at Marlboro
In Marlboro on Saturday the Fourth district congressional Democrats chose Thomas F. O'Neil as Sudbury district committee member. The day also featured Republican and Democratic senatorial conventions with multiple ballot disputes and nominations including Henry Parsons and William Hyde, with state and district committee members elected in Marlboro and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. O'Neil
Marlboro
Waltham
Henry Parsons
W. F. Dusseault
South Acton
L. P. Bent
C. P. Williams
Wayland
Parsons Bond
Jay Martin Hutch
William V. Hyde
George H. Charon
Frank S. Rock
W. J. Daley
Winchester
James Riley
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S. H. Howe
J. W. Bennett
Marshall
Seymour
Glenwood
Windsor
West Acton, Mass
Cc. A. Conant
New England
Liab Mpoiclh
Click
Younc
Runels Building
Lowell, Mass
GEO
Whitney
Concord Junction, Mass
Worcester
Mary J. Haas
Lake View Grammar School
Haas
Guayaquil
Lima
Ecuador
West Acton
Geo. F. Clark
Carroll Perkins
G. A. Conant
Fred Green
Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union
Emma Hooper
Arthur F. Blanchard
Concord Junction
Pine
Derby Streets
Charlie
Carrie Gilmore
Durkee
Luke Blanchard
Herman Gould
Newark
Benjamin Hale
J. E. Richardson
Marlboros
Souther
Allen
West Actons
Severonia
Louis
Miss Knowlton’s
H. A. Littlefield
Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee
Sibiy
Even Wood
Phoebe Wood
Eben
The
Universalist Church
Y. M.C. Uy
Mr. Easterbrook
Maynard
Maynard Locals
Central Mar
Mullon
Sudbury
Inson
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