Acton Notes Record Local Moves and Events
South Acton updates include Dewey visiting G R Key and H C Youngs family, Miss Ula Skelton becomes Oxford teacher, and four new members joined Acton lodge. Local residents change jobs, harvest concert announced, and several townsfolk visit relatives. Road condition complaints arise as Acton Center road remains rough after macadamising.
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Ula Skelton
Oxford
Acton Lodge
D. Gaites
Sudbury
Robbins
Maple St
Edith Brown
Faulkner Mills
Harnesses and Shoe Repair by C H Clark South Acton
South Acton locals learn of harnesses, boot and shoe repair offered by C H Clark at reasonable prices with prompt service and neighborhood trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Clark
Local Notes From South Sudbury and Nearby Towns
South Sudbury scene includes F B Tules posting guideposts and Oliver Ames taking on local work this fall. Visits span Wilfred Jones from Waltham and Mrs Nahum Goodnow heading to New York City for a week. Percy Watts returned from California while hundreds of cords of wood are cut for shipment to Boston. George Adams of Jaffrey and Edith Walker rejoin school. O F Nelson freshens his shop sign. Memorial church moves services to the chapel due to coal heat. Mrs Noyes improves to walk to the center. Oyster supper by Methodist ladies draws many youths. Hudson church conference hosts many from local church in a newly dedicated Congregational church. Village Improvement talks fix sidewalks and add street lamps from Nelson’s shop to the depot. several new members join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Improvement Association
Nelson
Local Notes on Visitors and Visits in New England
North Sudbury Mrs Susie Courtney visits Boston friends while Mrs P M Sanderson calls on Wal tham friends last week. Harry Hodgkins of Boston visits here the past week. W H Barnett of Boston spends Sunday with his father. Chas Ryan joins parents in Vermont for a hunting week and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Sanderson
Waltham
Harry Hodgkins
Boston
W. ©. Barnett
Wm. H. Barnett
Chas. Ryan
Vermont
West Acton Notes and Social Roundup
West Acton notes report local visits from Berlin and Amesbury and list guests and host families. Events include church harvest concert October 26, new teachers Miss Clough and Miss Sewall, a Whirlwind glass display in Maynard, and an Edison phonograph interest. Also reported are a harvest auction, funeral attendance, and a San day guest exchange with Boxboro.
Marlboro Notes From Monday Local Scene
Marlboro notes show Miss Jennie Tilson visiting the Mechanics fair and several town residents on Monday. The Enterprise manager H F Wilder ill with typhoid. Dr E H Ellis to begin a two week vacation. a Marlboro car wreck repaired in Worcester. city seats removed by authorities. fancy diamond facsimiles exhibited in Hudson’s window. a Marlboro Odd Fellows coon hunt at Boone pond. and city officials in Lowell for the Carr case Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Wilder
Daisy McBurnie
Hedding
N. H
Jas. B. Moore
Jerome
Marlboro
Boone Pond
Pope
Connors and
Callahan
Lowell
Thos. B. Carr
Carr
Timothy Galvin
Local auctions and sales announced in West Acton
West Acton notices advertise an auction at the Den on James M. Brown farm in Littleton Tuesday Oct 25 at 1 PM. The ad also promotes gloves for men and boys from Littlefield at low closing prices on Mason fruit jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield’s
West Acton
Littlefield
James M. Brown
Littleton
Acton Center Church and Community Notices
Rev Mr Rice preached at the Congregational church in Acton Center in morning and evening services. A Ladies Church Aid meeting is planned for Friday afternoon in the ladies parlor. Miss Flora Wright and Mr Nichols were guests of Mrs Joseph Reed Sunday. Rev Bernard Copping and family moved to Concord Junction to reside. Y P S C E members attended the Tremont Temple Christian Endeavor convention in Boston last week. Otis H Forbush auctione er, Acton Mass, lists sales for Friday Oct 24 at 10 30 am for Carr and Cotton in Carlisle Mass including 13 cattle 8 heifers 6 heifer calves 1 baling tool etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Wright
Westford
Nichols
Chelmsford
Joseph Reed
Bernard Copping
Concord Junction
Christian Endeavor
Tremont Temple
Boston
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
Carr &Tton
Carlisle
Multiple Upcoming Auctions and Sales Notices
Saturday sale in F A Tall Boxee Mass lists cattle hens corn and farm items starting 9 a m. October 27 sale in Concord Mass for C A Conant household goods. October 30 sale in Mass for John Cull furniture crane and wooden ware begins 1 p m. November 1 sale in Acton Morris Lane estate real estate at 2 p m. October 6 sale in Carlisle W P Clark cattle and horses at 1 p m. October 17 Winslow & Co Vermont cows sold at Fred Whitcomb farm in Stow. Further sales to appear. posters available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Tall Boxee
Boone
Concord
Mass
C. A. Conant
John Cull
Acton
Morris Lane
Carlisle
W P. Clark
Mr. Forbush
Winslow & Co
Vermont
Fred Whitcomb
Fowler Co Announces Five Percent Green Stamp Reduction
L. N. Fowler and Company offer green trading stamps to cash purchasers equal to a five percent reduction on purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Fowler & Co
Rifles Secretly Supplied to Somalis Amid Calico Talks
An official tied to Red Sea ports says Mullahs and other Somali chiefs have received rifles from Americans and Germans in disguise as cotton goods. The claim ties to consular reports on the Somalis loving calico and shirtings, masking rifles inside calico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Sea
The
Star
Apple Crop of 1902 Shows Big National Harvest
The New England Homestead estimates 43 million barrels of apples will be produced nationwide in 1902, up from 27 million in 1901. Quality varies by region with strong gains in New York and New England, while the southwest remains deficient. A walking wager of 24,000 dollars drives Joseph Girard through Europe to America within three years. The National WCTU reelects its Portland officers led by President L M N Stevens. A house fire in Quincy kills Florence Hanrahan, two, as the mother cannot reenter.
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Boston
New England
Middle
Central West
Fall River
Mass
Joseph Girard
New York
Brussels
Europe
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Coast
South America
Ocean
Australia
Hartford Clerk Wadham Dies by Suicide Over Embezzlement Claim
Hartford Oct 22 John H Wadham 65 a clerk in the comptroller office died by hanging in a capitol washroom. A note found in his coat pocket called him an embezzier though he was not known to be a defaulter. In Quincy Judge Avery jailed H Finch six months for obtaining money under false pretences. Finch appealed and the case involved ads for electrical workers on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
John H. Wadham
Capitol
Wadham
Quincy
Mass
Avery
H. Finch
Finch
Walsh files new trial motion in Hughes murder case
Cambridge action by John J Walsh counsel for George W. Hughes following verdict in the killing of Everett officer Thomas Keefe. Judge Harris extends deadline for filing exceptions to Oct. 25 while other items describe accidents and other court matters.
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Cambridge, Maass
John J Walsh
George W. Hughes
Thomas Keefe
Everett
Harris
Steamer Rosa Towed to Gar diner Basin Likely Abandoned
Atlantic City N J Oct 22 The steamer Rosa from New York to Jacksonville towed into Gardiner basin and will probably abandon voyage. The crew refuse to sail and a board of survey issued a discouraging report.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rosa
New York
Jacksonville
Gardiner Basin
Board of Survey
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South Acton
Dewey
G. R. Key
H. C. Young and Family
St.ore
Maine
Frank Jones
Tuttl & Newton
Harvest
Wm. Hesselton
Worcester
Mies Hattie Gout of
Cavendish, Vt
L.A. Hesserton
Mra
Albert Eaton
L. A. Hesselton
Acton Council
Royal Arcanum
Mra. Brooks
Reading
Geo. Keys
Amos Leavy
Tuttle & Newton
Blanchard & Gould
Samuel Jones
F. Z. Taylor
Herbert Hale
New Slaughter Establishment
Congregational Church
E. Brewster
Waltham Watch Factory
Tyre
Hoo
Hanna Robbins
Nch
Acton Center
South
F. B. Tules
Oliver Ames
Ames Fos
Wilfred Jones
Percy Watts
California
George Adams
Jaffrey, N. H
Edith Walker
O. F. Nelson
Daniel Noyes
South Sudbury
Methodist Church
Our Church
Conference of Churches
Hudson
New Congregational Church
North Sudbury
Susie Courtney
Ins Cave
Heare
Merete Noth
J. A. Withington
John McNiff
Berlin Sanday
Sheldon Littlefield
A. Littlefield
Dennis Shea and Son
Cambridge
Nellie Sullivan
Grace Trefethen
Amesbury
Sarah Hutchins
Chas. L. Decoster of
Hopedale
Baptist Church
Woman's Relief Corps
F. A. Patch
Boxboro
Lucie Hager
Mias Sewall
Ernest Teele’s
George H. Gutteridge
Maynard
Alfred Downie
William Crouch
South Pronance
Gorham Easterbrook
Baptist State Convention
Josephine M. Fletcher
Edgar Hall
Shattuck
Fitchburg Lodge
Knight's Malta
Portland
Harry Russell
Virginia
G. A. R. Hall
William Murphy
Thomas Downie
New England Y. P. 8. C. E
Mary Armstrong
Chas. Armttrong
East Jaffrey, N. H
Alfred Richardson
Amasa Knowlton
Monrovia
Mr. Knowlton
Ralph
Mrs. Knowlton
Celette Hall
Jennie Tilson
Chas. Martelle
Nashua
Grant St
Frank Favreau
Chas. Favreau
Incoln
Dr. E. H. Ellis
Ilehon
Pia Eorval
Jas. Carney
Devens St
Union Church
A. M. Parmenter
Miss Parmenter
Eee Ae
Washington, D
Israel Guaiorute
Quebec
Main St
Consolidated
Edwina Arnold
Firemen‘s
Fand Insurance Co
Mason Building
Hudson's Window
the Great White Diamond" Co
Mr. Rice
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
Randy HI
N.Y
Josslyn
Pfoudson Valley Hailway Company
James M. Sheehan
Sheehan
Josselyn
Chicago
Glucose Sukar
Helght
Dt Steries
Pekin
Kung-Shou
Regation
Ho-Nan Province
Temperance Union
Stevens
L. M. N. Stevens
M. J. Fry
Evanston
Ill
C. C. Hoffman
Kansas City
F. E. Beauchamp
Lexington
H. M. Barker
Lils
Little
William Hanrahan
Houghs Neck
Florence Hanrahan
Hughes
New Bedford
Lewis E. Shurtleff
C. P. Brooks
Porto Rico
Bancroft
San Juan
BP. R
Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Washington
Adam Dennis
Croker
Toto
Sturgis
P. W. White
P. O
Gove
Nason and
Summer Streets
DeLee’s Pharmacy
Nason Street
Maynard, Mass
Frank E. Harris
Bedford ST
T. J. McCann
David Hayes
B. W. Brown
Concord, Mass
John W. Raymond
Whitney’s Pharmacy
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