Townsman notes and incidents in Acton snippets
Local items report farm retirements and property trades in Townsend and Acton. A factory shutdown and low mill pond water affect transport. street lamp surprising residents. A bicycle theft leads to swift pursuit, fire losses at Mrs Irene W Taylor’s home cited, and Fire Marshal investigations noted. Community events include races, a ball game, and church notes with service times and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PL Bean
Geo . W. Tuttle
Wm. Handley
School
River Streets
Multiple church services and a cattle auction advertised
The page lists morning and evening services for Unitarian, Protestant Episcopal, and Scandinavian Methodist churches with Sunday schools and prayer meetings. It also promotes a public auction by Otis H. Forbush in Acton Mass for 50 cows, heifers, and bulls on Saturday at 1 p m occupying the Daniel Wetherbee place near the Concord Groton road station, with remarks on stock quality and sale terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Acton
Mass
W. C. Robbins
East Acton
Concord
Groton
Daniel Wetherbee
N. Yi
N. H
Forbush
Charlestown
S. Prentiss Hill & Co
Main Street
C.M. Hosmer
Concord Dance for Misses Linder Bartlett and Howard
A large Monday evening event in the G A R hall hosted by Mrs. Wm Buttrick Howard and Underhill. Miss Helen Karin played piano and set the tempo for a cheerful affair with many pretty gowns until midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linder
Bartlett
Howard
G. A. R. Hall
Wm. Buttrick
Bush
Underhill
Helen Karin
Law change shifts duck season start to September 1
Hudson reports a new hunting season start date of September 1 instead of September 15. Alfred Dakin of Concord visited Hudson Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Mary J. Houghton returned from Brant Rock. Rev. Cutting assisted Rev. Yager at Sunday service. Union meeting of Christian Endeavorers held at Congregational rooms Sunday evening. Leominster baseball club defeated Hudson YMCA on Saturday. John C. Mackin family returned from Rockland vacation and settled back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dakin
Concord
Hudson
Mary J. Houghton
Brant Rock
Mr. Cutting
Mr. Yager
Christian Endeavorers
Congregational Rooms
Notice of refusal to pay bills contracted by spouse
The notice from William A. Parker of Sudbury Massachusetts states a refusal to pay any bills made in his name or by his wife Jesse Parker. The text then mentions the free scholarship prize essays from Burdett College of Business and recommends a postal request to obtain the Burdett College Journal publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Parker
Sudbury
Middlesex County
Mass
Burdett College of
Burdett College Journal
Excellent Remedy for Diarrhoea Advertised in 1894
An 1894 notice from Ranpotpu Mass endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as excellent for diarrhoea. Joseph H. Foster cites two cures from one small bottle and names B F Johnson & Son Maynard, C H Whitney Concord Junction, and H S Richardson Concord Mass as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Chamberlain
Joseph H. Foster
B. F. Johnson & Son
Main Street
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord Junction
H. S. Richardson
Concord
Potatoes Lead Drought-Adjusted New England Crops
Drought dampens crops across New England and nearby states, but potatoes show promise with large yields expected despite scarce rainfall. Vermont Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island report uneven conditions with rot in some counties while corn and cranberries face stress and replanting is needed in parts.
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Vger
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Aroostook
Merrimack Valley
Orange County
Chittenden
Orleans County
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Haven
Fairfield County
Litchfielt
Terrible storm devastates Wichita with fatal lightning
A cloud burst inundated the lower part of the city causing widespread damage. Lightning struck repeatedly, killing a 39 year old man’s son and fatally burning a 9 year old girl, with a house torn to pieces and telephone wires down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Thomas Herman
Boston man jailed for fraud in subscriptions
Charles P. Gallagher of Boston received a two month sentence in Tolland jail for fraudulently obtaining subscriptions to a boys' paper published by Rev. Father Ford of Boston in RocKvIlle Conn on September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville, Conn
Charles P. Gallagher
Boston
Tolland
Father Ford
Acton Centre notes of residents and events in town
Superintendent Dixon visits Acton while locals recount visits from Mrs Abbie Conant and Mr Charles Tuttle. A town Hall musicale, labor day parade scenes, and various visits to and from Hudson residents are logged along with local commerce and pensions updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tuttle
Chelsea
Charles
The
Acton High School
Monument House
Abbie Conant
Acton
Charles Cloud
Boston
H. P. Bean
F. P. Glazier
Good Cheer Society
T. S. Carter
Charles Longnecker
Hudson
General Banks
J. F. Dolan
E. P. Lawrence
James T. Joslin
Lawrence
Joslin
Marvelous Results Reported for Dr King's New Discovery
A Dimondale Michigan pastor cites a letter from Rev Gunderman praising Dr King's New Discovery for his wife in a pneumonia case after La Grippe. He notes hours of coughing and a quick, satisfactory recovery with trial bottles offered free at local drug stores. Regular bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gunderman
Dimondale
Mich
Dr. King
Baptist
Rives Junction
la Grippe
Dr.King
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
H. S. Richardson's
Concord
Chamberlains Colic Remedy Sale Notice
Universal summer remedy by B Johnson & Son and partners for colic cholera and diarrhea. Safe pleasant to take and lifesaving before a physician or medicine can arrive. Available at Main Street Maynard Mass Concord Junction Mass and Concord Mass druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
B. Fohnson
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Townsend
Durkee
Jack
School Street
G. C. ‘Turner
Bowen’s
Mr. Sewell
Littleton
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Taylor
Wheeler
Charley Titus
Charley
Cyrus Fayward
Irene
W. W. ‘Taylor
Edward F. Stone
Whitcomb
Wade
District Police
Sandwich Observer
Ernest Jones
Irving Marshall
Marshall
A. H. Jones
A. C
West Acton
Frank Holt
Clif Allen
Mr. Wood
Westford
Stop Watch
Wood
Sweater
Holt
Allen
L. Willard
C. Holt
Robbins
Daniels
Leonard Willard
Bert Willis
Willard
Willis
Grant Sawyer
Fred Tuttle
Jerry Bradley
Will Merriam
Merriam
Mar ‘B, Pratt
American Powder Co
South Acton
W. R.buxton
Unitarian
Protestant Episcopal Church
Geo.a. Tewksbury
M. E. Church
J. P. Anderson
Leominster
John C. Mackin
Rockland
William A. Parker
Sudbury Mass
A. L. Noyes
Acton Centre
Dixon
Mrs
Luther Conant
Ohio
Geo. Ww. Tuttle
New York
Wm. Tuttle
Minnie (Light) Harvey
Carpenter’s Union
Savings Bank
Charles H. Hill
A. P. Partridge
Holliston
A. P. Powers
Alson Taylor
Boones Pond
Charles Tripp
Pittsburg
Worcester
Las
James Manson
Dickinson
Woodstock
N. B
Miss Dickinson
Charles Regan
Enterpriseforce
William Tullock
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Brockton
Robert Tullock
Irving
John F. Dolan
Post Office
Hibernian Hall
Castle Hall
Brigham
North Factory
Town House
State Armory
Nathaniel P. Banks
Qulsun
Campbell
Lizzie Dap
Good
Fitchburg
Brother W. W. Wheeler
O. B. Sawyer
Graves
Walter
J. Small
Sunda
Mary Watkins
F. W. Trowbridge
Dr. Glazier
Atenement
Charles L. Reed
Warwick
Keene
H. E. Stowe
Centre Harbor
Charles Winship
Fremont, Neb
Providence
Hudson House
T. Hennessey
Hudson High School
Lancaster Hotel
Stephen Pope
Hudson Pensions
TD. D. Rose
Brigham’s
Forbes Lithograph Co
New England
Rhodes Island
Marlboro
Edward Grenier
Eugene L. Hall
J.T. O’brien
Michael Harrington
Margaret Sullivan
Ashburnham
William J. Smith
Ephraim
Smith
Fannie A. Abbott
Medford
J. O. Genest
George Boule
Victoria Poulin
Flora
Joseph Fortin
Mary
Ellen
Thomas O’brien
Westboro
Mary L
Michael G. Curley
Sarah J. Cunningham
Kate
Patrick Collins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
George B. Algeo
Robert Algeo
John O. Algeo
Charles W. Sanford
Cambridge
Concord Enterprise
W.E. Rogers
Asst. Register
Bucklen
H.S. Richardsons
Parker & Morse
Mill
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
N. S. Daniels
Sylvester Ynes
Charles A. Harry
Lowell
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire Esquire
W. E. Rogers
Weerkly Enterprise
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