South Acton Notes and Local Sports Roundup
South Acton district news lists retirements medical cases social visits and community events. It covers church roll calls school staff changes a peanut social a food sale and local sporting notes highlighting Cotting Norris and the team’s successful season with few errors and calls for fundraising to secure new grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle
Sandalin
Collier
Beach
Bigby
Buckley
Salmon
Norris
Bixby
Bird
Pepperell A. C
Acton
A Successful Season For Acton B B C Baseball Club
Praise floods the Acton B B C after a high quality season. Manager Tolman is lauded for tireless effort and dedication. Harmony characterized the year despite some necessary changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton B. B. C
Tolman
Stow Area Notes and Local Traces of Travel and Events
STOW residents report small journeys to New York and Wales with George Bradley returning from New York and George Gates visiting Wales. Local business includes James T Parker’s buildings at Lake Boon being painted by Frank Hapgood. Henry C Moore visits Waldo Flint in North Chelmsford, while William Keane spends time with Charles Keane in the Lower Village. Mrs. F D Faxon, 85, rides in a car driven by Roy Harriman. Charles C Keane sells his French bulldog Dewey to A W Smith of Allston, a dog with prize records. Henry C Nye narrowly escapes injury to horse and rider after a passing auto and electric lines spook the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Moore
North Chelmsford
Waldo Flint
William Keane
Boston
Charles
F. D. Faxon
Roy Harriman
Charles C. Keane
Dewey
A. W. Smith
Allston
Agents Earning 83 to 4 Per Day Handling Our Fas
Job notice from Eastern Mfg Co Marlboro seeking agents of either sex to handle fas sellers earning 83 to 4 dollars daily. Tuicente delivers sample and particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuicente
Eastern Mfg. Co
Marlboro
The Old Acton Elm
An enormous elm near West Acton village on O. A. Knowlton’s farm spreads wide branches over a circular canopy. The massive trunk measures 14 feet in circumference four feet above ground and the tree, possibly 100 years old, stands robust with a lasting lesson that nature and truth remain youthful.
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Massachusetts
O. A. Knowlton
West Acton
West Acton Notes and Local Weddings
West Acton items list visitors and travel by residents including Mrs Hiram E Gates visiting Readfield Maine Harold Young of Boston weekend guest at C B Stones Mr and Mrs Oliver Mead to West Rindge NH Mrs H H Gardner with Mrs F H Nash Weston and R G Reed joined Albany and New York trip Marion Lucian and Varnum Mea of Somerville with grandmother Mrs G C Wright Clara Hamilton Lewiston and Mrs Myra Willard visited Mrs Florence Littlefield Miss Bessie Patterson to Aylesford Nova Scotia to be with ill mother Hobart Mead and daughter Pauline visited Watertown Hattie A Davis and Edwin N Harris of Somerville quietly married Oct 1 Lovey Parker Wright body brought for burial Oct 5 widow of Joel E Wright died Roxbury aged 87 David C Cutler and family to Passaic New Jersey Miss Eliza Coburn tending their home during absence Miss Ora J Whitney Boxboro and Samuel Myers Brooklyn married Oct 4 wedding journey to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Lucian
Varnum Meaé
Somerville
G. C. Wright
Clara Hamilton
Lewiston
Myra Willard
Florence Littlefield
Bessie Patterson
Aylesford
N. S
Hobart E. Mead
Pauline
Sumner Wright
Watertown
Hattie A. Davis
Edwin N. Harris
David C. Cutler
Passaic
N. J
Adelbert
Middletown
Boxboro
H. E. Colbeish
Tenth Anniversary Celebration at Stoneham Home
Mr. and Mrs. Herman W. Parker were honored at their Stoneham residence on Friday Oct 5 marking ten years of marriage. About 30 relatives and friends attended including Geo B Parker Mabel Parker and Ancie H Knowlton with Charlotte Conant and Luther Conant. A silver ladle was gifted by the Friday afternoon club along with a Haviland china dinner set and other tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman W. Parker
Stoneham
Geo. B. Parker
Mabel Parker
John 8. Hoar
Ancie H. Knowlton
Emma Hart
Charlotte Conant
Acton Center
Luther Conant
Washington
Parker
West Acton milliner offers latest trimmed hats
Mrs George B Parker announces she has secured a first class milliner and now has hats of the latest trimmed and untrimmed styles on hand for ladies in West Acton and vicinity. She is prepared to fill all orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
George B. Parker
Wanted: Small shorthand class for evening work
Local notice from Dr. Cochran of Case's block Nason street Maynard seeking A. E. Harris recruits a small class of pupils for evening shorthand lessons.
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Town Week
ACTON CENTRE reports Rev Bernard Copping of Strafford VT in town last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Fred Flemming of Cambridge were in town Sunday. Mrs Larrabee of Waverly guests of her mother Mrs J C Keyes. John Downey lost his dog Joe this week. Death caused by lockjaw. Hon Geo Penniman Froston presented Mass Anti Saloon league work at Congregational church. Next Sunday annual offerings to Congregational missions.
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Bernard Copping
Strafford
Fred Flemming
Cambridge
Larrabee
Waverly
J. C. Keyes
John Downey
Joe
Geo. Penniman
Froston
Mass. Anti Saloon League
Congregational Missions
Auctions advertised by Otis H Forbush sale notices
A series of auction items announced by Otis H Forbush Acton includes a sale of 75 Holstein cattle for J H Whitcomb at the Worcester Fair Grounds October 11 at 10 a m and real estate in Carlisle October 15 at 2 p m on Billerica road. Reeves Hill property in Wayland October 15 at 9 a m with household tools, later notices. Howard sale at Boxboro October 22 at 1 p m including farm implements and 40 tons hay. McDonald farm Bridgewater Mars October 25 at 1 p m for A G Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Fair Grounds
Worcester
Mass
D. Whitcomb
Littleton Depot
Carlisle
Billerica Road
Carl Petersen
Wayland
Walter EB. Reeves
Reeves’ Hill
Reeves
C. B. Howard
Boxboro
Moss
Frank Patch
D. G. McDonalds
Bridgewater
Mars
A. G. Sheldon
Some men won’t advertise when times are dull
A terse saying from American Machinist notes that some men avoid advertising during economic downturns, implying confidence in business resilience even as market conditions falter.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Combination Cash Store Company
The
Big Store
FOR Ladies
Maynard’s
Maynard, Mass
South Acton
Sherry West
Bh. & M. Force
Dorothy McCarthy
Earl Randall
George Gale
Abby Saunders
Concord
Esteane Symonds
Chadwick
Fairbanks
Cochituate
Roy Center
York State
Howard Tuttle
Tufts Medical School
Chester Sawyer
A. Merriam
L. Fulltonton
Wallie Tuttle
J. 8
S. Moore
Lowell Rendering Co
Exchange Hall
Robert Randall
Tuttl & Newton
I. Ford
A. Merriam Co
Congregational Chapel
Christian Endeavor Society
Congregational Church
Otis J. Reed
Actonst
A. Glassey
Lizzie Bumpus
Dryden
Mabel Inez Farrington
Herbert Bradley
H. 8. Ryder
Abr
Attlefield Ib
Salmon P
Bird i
Norris c
Bixby Ss
Sandalin Rf
Buckley Tb
Collier Ib
Tuttle Cf
Otting
Fielding Po
Tattlefield
Tuttle al
Opponents
STOW
George Bradley
New York
George Gates
Wales
Frank W. Hapgood
James T. Parker
Lake Boon
New England
Hiram E. Gates
Readfield, Me
Harold Young
C. B. Stone's
R. G. Reed
Albany
New York City
Acton Centre
E. A. Phalen
Brockton Fair
Institute
Amerton
United States
Holdi Vait
Ator
Boston Telegraph Institute
Wa Gage S
Mato
Worcester Tt
Raminga
H. J. Dwinell & Co
Maynard
T. F. Parker
Leopold, Morse & Co
Finney & Hoitt
Paroid
South Acton Coal & Lumber CO
J. P. Fletcher
Assabet Institution For Savings
C. J. Bodfish
Board OF Investment
C. H. Persons
A. G. Haynes
S. R. Kitchin
J. W Ogden
Tee Ie
Paace
Ip, W. White
Main
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