SOUTH ACTON
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| Isaac Ford is at home from his work in Portsmouth, N. H. |
| S. L. Richardson has been spending the past week at Saxton's River, Vt. |
| Miss Florence Tuttle is at home from Wellesley college for the holidays. |
| Miss Smith of West Acton is stopping as the guest of Mrs. Albert Moulton. |
| Rev. E. G. Smith is entertaining his son during the holidays, he being a student at Dartmouth College. |
| Carl Willis who was so unfortunate as to break his arm recently, is improving rapidly. Dr. Tasker attends. |
| It is rumored that wedding bells are soon to ring in this immediate vicinity. Conclusions can soon be reached from Maple st. |
| L. W. Jennings of Springfield, Vt., is the new barber who is installed in C. A. Hunter's former place of business. |
| There will be a Christmas tree at the Congregational and Universalist churches this Wednesday evening, each extending an invitation to the public. |
| There will be a Christmas concert at the Congregational church on next Sunday evening at 5.30. Special music with Miss Carrie Wheeler of Boston, soloist. |
| The Christian Endeavor society is planning for a musical to be held in the Congregational church on New Years' night. A very fine program is under preparation. |
| Some very handsome calendars have appeared as the compliments of our local business people, noticeable among them being those of J. S. Moore, G. W. Worster and Tuttle & Newton. |
| All schools are closed for the week. Miss Gould of the primary and Miss Bridges of the grammar are spending their vacation at their homes in Maine, consequently their schools will not open until Tuesday, Dec. 30. |
| A narrow escape from a serious railroad accident occurred on Wednesday night at about 6 o'clock. An east bound freight threw a defective brake beam in front of the west bound express. As a result two coaches were put out of commission and the train delayed an hour. |
| The remains of Warren W. Wade were brought here from Waltham Sunday and placed in the receiving tomb at West Acton. Mr. Wade for a number of years past has lived in Michigan until a year ago when he moved to Waltham. He was 66 years of age, veteran of the civil war, having served in the 49th and 61st Mass. regiments. Mr. Wade was a step-father to Mrs. J. S. Moore and S. F. Townsend of this village. |
WEST ACTON
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| Mrs. W. B. Holt visited in Marlboro last Saturday. |
| Will Beach is working at Harriman Bros. laundry, Maynard. |
| H. A. Littlefield is now taking the X Ray treatment in Boston. |
| Miss Lillian Wallace of Fitchburg spent Sunday with Miss Fanny Telle [sic]. |
| Miss Mary Devane is at home from her studies for a two weeks' vacation. |
| Dr. Tasker has been confined to his house the past week with a severe cold. |
| S. B. McDonald is going to move into the brick house from Hillsboro N. H. |
| Ernest Teele is so much improved from his recent illness as to be able to sit up. |
| H. T. Clark and family will spend Christmas at his son's Emery, at Newton Highlands. |
| Basketball is being introduced here by Church Morse of Maynard, playing in Littlefield's hall. |
| Misses Alice Hall and Jessie Knowlton of Wellesley college are at home for a three weeks vacation. |
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| One candidate received the initiatory degree last Monday night, in Acton lodge, I. O. O. F. |
| Roscoe H. Knowlton and Field Tenny of Harvard college are at home on vacation until after New Years. |
| Miss Fanny Teele expects to return to Cushing academy Jan. 5, where she will graduate in June, 1903. |
| W. F. Stevens expects to remain in Leominster for the present, being engaged in the express business there. |
| Mrs. Fannie Parker is to act as installing officer for W. R. C. 49, Ayer. The installation is to take place Jan. 1. |
| Rev. Mr. Easterbrook of the Baptist church preached a very interesting and impressive sermon Sunday morning on the birth of Jesus. The choir, augmented by several voices, rendered appropriate Christmas music. |
| Will Hayward while cutting wood the first of the week tried to shake hands with one of the sticks making miscalculation the stick sticking him over the eye, making a deep wound, which required the services of E. T. Swift. |
| At the last meeting of Winona Rebekah lodge 132 the following officers were elected: Noble Grand, Mrs. Lidian Whitcomb; vice grand, Ida L. Durkee; rec. secy., Sara R. Richardson; fin. secy., Ethel V. Handley; treas., Emma Tenney. |
| Miss Alberta Littlefield, who for the past 12 years has been employed at the cigar factory, finished her labors there last Saturday, soon to be married. In behalf of her employes [sic] she was presented with a mahogany table and a parlor lamp, Chas. Dwinnell making the presentation. |
ACTON CENTER
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| The grammar, intermediate and primary schools have closed for the annual Christmas vacation. |
| Misses Sophia Taylor and Flora Reed, of Mt. Holyoke College, are at home for Christmas vacation. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Taylor have gone to live for the winter with the former's father, Moses Taylor. |
| John Edwards was at home Sunday from Magnolia, where he has a permanent position as station agent. |
Foils a Deadly Attack. |
| “My wife was so ill that good physicians were unable to help her,” writes M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., “but was completely cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills.” They work wonders in stomach and liver troubles. Cure constipation, sick headaches. 25c at Burdett & Barnard, Marlboro; J. C. Friend, Concord; C. T. Shattuck, Northboro; Johnson's Pharmacy, Maynard; E. B. Lucia, Hudson drug store. |
LINCOLN
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| Miss Sarah Tarbell and George G. Tarbell are spending their Christmas vacation with their grandmother Mrs. Tarbell. |
| Many of the Lincoln members of the Concord High school attended the vacation party given by “The Happy Go Lucky Ten” club held at Concord Junction. They all had a swell time. |
| William Blodgett's herd of 60 cattle was killed Monday afternoon per order of the state cattle commission. Many fine cows were killed, also several pretty, young heifers which it seemed a shame to have killed as they seemed perfectly healthy. Several cows needed four or five shots to be put out of misery. |
| The lecture given in Bemis hall on Wednesday evening by Louis Favour whose subject was “Science Popularized,” was a great success. Mr. Favour told about the importance of electricity in the meantime showing a few experiments on the electric chime bells, fired off a cannon by means of electricity, blowing up a battleship by means of an electric spark sent by the wireless telegraphy apparatus to a torpedo. He also sent a message by wireless telegraphy, first sending the letter S in the form of three dots which were received by the receiver at the other side of the stage. |
CONCORD JUNCTION
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| The public schools closed for two weeks. |
| Wm. A. Gardner, T. and James P. Hart are home from Providence and Fall River for Christmas. |
| The Ladies Union held a clearance sale at the residence of Mrs. Anna F. Converse Monday afternoon. |
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