MAYNARD
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John Glynn is reported on the sick list.
Thomas Story of Andover spent Sunday with friends in town.
Martin Brown expects to move to West Acton next Monday.
Harry Morse of Leominster is visiting his brother, George Morse.
Thomas Sheehan of Keene, N. H. spent Sunday with relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Starr King of Boston, were guests of Mrs. George Flood on Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Sullivan of Lawrence visited her mother, Mrs. John Sullivan. last week.
Sidney B. Shattuck has withdrawn his name from the list of candidates for selectmen and board of health.
Timothy Sheehan of Moosup, Conn. visited his mother, Mrs. Dennis Sheehan on Glendale st., last Saturday. |
SOUTH ACTON
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Miss Louise M. Foss is visiting Hyde Park.
Rev. W. R. Buxton was in town on Wednesday morning.
L. V. Clough is again able to resume his duties at the post office.
Misses Charlotte and Adeline Allen are out of town on a three week's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Titus spent Monday and Tuesday with friends in Leominster.
Rev. W. F. Dusseault preached a very able sermon Sunday morning from Hebrews X, 35 and 36,
Miss Edith Kallock, teacher of the intermediate school, is visiting at her home in Rockland, Me.
The schools in this village are having three weeks' vacation with the exception of the high which has but one.
Mrs. M. K. Richardson's condition does not improve very rapidly. She has been in very poor health all winter.
Miss Nellie Jones was entertained by Boston friends on Tuesday.
Dr. W. B. Currier of Maynard has returned home and can now be found at his office daily.
Fourteen from this village attended the basket ball game at Maynard Saturday evening and participated in the roller skating at the close of the game.
The program which has been prepared for the minstrel show to be given in Exchange hall Wednesday evening Mar. 13 under the auspices of the fire department promises to eclipse anything heretofore presented in this village.
A man looking for a sheltered place broke into the flag shanty at Parker crossing Monday night. He was traced to the depot Tuesday morning and there placed under arrest. He appeared to be about 35 years of age and claimed to be a telegraph operator from Fitchburg.
A large petition was sent to Washington quite [a] long time ago to have the post office moved from its now dangerous location to the north side of the railroad. The paper has returned from Washington but there has been no move yet. Now the people in this village are very much in earnest in this matter and desire and expect this move to be made at once. |
HOUSE BURNED. |
About 10 o'clock Saturday evening, G. W. Daniels started a fire in the stove at his home which had been burning but a few minutes when he discovered that the upper part of the building had caught fire from the funnel. He tried to put out the blaze but was quite badly burned about the head in his efforts to do so. Neighbors soon reached the place and aided him in saving considerable of his property.
The engine reached the place about 15 minutes after the alarm was rung at 10.30 and worked in good shape. The building was not insured. Loss estimated at $250. |
SOUTH ACTON LOCALS. |
Harnesses, boot and shoe repairing at reasonable prices by C. H. Clark.
Anyone wishing the services of an experienced nurse should address Mrs. M. Fickett at O. W. Titus'. |
ACTON CENTER
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Carlton Taylor, of Fitchburg, was in town last week.
Robert Wayne has been visiting relatives in Worcester.
Julian Tuttle has been drawn juryman for this year.
Cyrus Dole and daughter of Cambridge were in town last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Conant went to Washington to attend the inauguration of the president.
Edward W. Quimby, a former resident of this town and South Acton, but now a resident of Meriden, Ct., is a winner in the February contest for the Morning Record's 10 free trips to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. Mr. Quimby is foreman of the piano stool department at the Chas. Parker Co.'s factory. He is a member of several societies of Wallingford, Conn., and has held the highest offices in all these organizations. |
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WEST ACTON
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Mrs. A. I. Goding is quite ill with grip.
A. F. Blanchard is on the sick list. Dr. Hartwell attends him.
Miss Fannie Wetherbee has been quite ill with a severe cold.
The W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. John Vose, Tuesday afternoon.
A. I. Goding is to occupy the tenement vacated by Rob Smith's family.
George Parker is quite sick with pneumonia. Dr. Hartwell attends him.
Mr. Downing of Ayer spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ellis Harlow.
Israel Charlton remains about the same. Drs. Hartwell and Rich met in consultation Sunday and made several incisions about the afflicted limb.
The Woman's club met at the home of Miss Emma J. Hart, Monday evening, Feb., 25. The papers were “Union of the Crowns” by Albertie M. Mead; “The Solemn League and Covenant,” Lillian Harlow. Current Events were conducted by Miss Annie Blanchard. The next meeting Mar. 11 at the home of Mrs. Dodge.
W. R. C. was represented at the reception tendered the Dept., Pres. Mrs. Maria W. Going by Corps 39, Charlestown, last Friday evening by the president, Miss Nellie Hall ; Mrs. Josephine Dupee, Mrs. Sara R. Richardson, Mrs. Clara Holt, Mrs. Minnie Charlton, Mrs. Marietta Holton, Miss Josephine Fletcher. Commander Dupee was the only member of Post 138 in attendance. |
OBITUARY. |
| Mrs. Helen I. Burroughs, wife of Geo. W. Burroughs, died at their home in Boxboro Tuesday night, Feb. 26, aged 33 years, 3 months. She was the adopted daughter of the late Mrs. Eliza Cole. After their marriage in June, 1893, Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs went to Atlanta, Ga., where they resided about a year and a half. Mrs. Burroughs was possessed of a singularly beautiful and sunny temperament and an affectionate disposition which drew to her many warm friends who mourn with the family a personal loss. Besides the husband she leaves three young children, the oldest five years, the youngest a babe of a few days. When but a child she united with the Baptist church here and maintained an active interest in the church and Sunday school, always in her place when health permitted. Funeral services were held at the church Friday afternoon, Rev. Gorham Easterbrook, the pastor, officiating. The church was filled with relatives and friends who came to pay a last tribute of love to her whose sweet voice will no more be heard in songs of praise of words of endearment, but whose presence will sadly be missed in the days to come. |
CONCORD
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J. P. Watson is to install the new lights in the church. Concord men are getting a number of the minor contracts.
Mrs. George Tolman is ill with pneumonia.
Peter B. Bycroft, the motorman who ran into Mr. Butcher in Lexington, last week, was held for trial, Monday, on a charge of manslaughter. He was declared guiltless and discharged.
Melendy¹
of forgery fame was let off with a sentence to the Worcester insane asylum. The doctors adjudged him insane and it is reported that it is not the first time he has been sent there.
Frank Ireland has severed his connection with the Concord telephone exchange and accepted a position with the telephone company in Boston. Francis Byron succeeds him as night operator in the local exchange.
The concert announced to be held in the town hall on Wednesday evening, March 6, by the Boston University College Glee club, was postponed until April 10. A large number of persons who wished to attend did not feel they could do so during the Lenten season, and to accommodate all such the concert was postponed until after Easter.
The Old North Bridge society, Children of the American Revolution, met at the home of Miss Marion Barker, Thursday. The principal feature of the program was a debate between Percy and Allen Brown on the subject “Resolved that McKinley should have been elected president at the last election, and not Bryan.” Percy Brown took the affirmative. The judges decided in the negative. Nevertheless McKinley was inaugurated on Monday.
Miss Rosamond Meigs, daughter of Pevereil Meigs, for many years a resident of Concord, where he owned and occupied the Punkatasset farm, was married in Santa Barbara, Feb. 20, to Herman Hall Eddy, of Santa Barbara. Her brother, Martin Meigs, acted as best man, and a sister, Miss Helen Meigs was maid of honor. Mr. Eddy is assistant cashier in the Santa Barbara County National bank and also interested in extensive banking business in Alaska, where he spends part of each year. They will continue to make Santa Barbara their home. Mr. Meigs resides in La Mesa, Cal. |
CONCORD LOCALS |
Eastman Kodaks and supplies, also the best confectionery at Whitcomb's.
For sale or to let, a small cottage on Lexington Road, one mile from the centre. Apply to Erastus H. Smith. |
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