Hi Dennis, The "U.S. Bunting Club" (or similar name) still exists in Lowell - or at least their building still exists. It's located where Lowell, Billerica, and Tewksbury meet ! I think I mentioned it on one of the Lists last year ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:18 PM Subject: Concord Enterprise, 4 September 1901 > From The Concord Enterprise, 4 September 1901 - > > South Acton: Parker Gates had his wheel [bicycle] stolen; Alec Nagle > returned home from Mass. General after having his leg amputated at the > hip; 4-year-old Homer G. Stone drowned in the shoddy mill pond, his aunt, > Miss Lillis McGuire, drowned attempting rescue; > > West Acton: Israel Charlton and son returned from Nova Scotia; visitors > from Stoneham include Irving Childs and wife, Miss Irma Childs and Walter > Keene, Mrs. Geo. W. Hunt and Miss Grace Richardson, Arthur, Ralph and > Ernest Patch; C. H. Mead's store has on display eight 20-ounce apples > grown by Walter O. Holden. > > Maynard: Misses Celia Moynihan, May Thompson and Jeremiah Moynihan of > Cambridge were recent guests of Miss Mary J. Munroe; August Koske, Andrew > Anderson and John Murphy were fined $8 apiece by Judge Keyes for > disturbing the peace; the Maynard cricket team was defeated by an all star > team picked from the North Billerica and U. S. Bunting teams. > > Concord Junction: Hon. John F. Fitzgerald and family, and Mrs. Mary Harmon > returned last week from Old Orchard; Mrs. Mary Marrion has removed to > Concord; Miss Blanche Thayer, of Boston, who was a passenger on the wreck > of the Halifax off Minot Light, is visiting friends on the Barrett Mill > road. > > Concord: E. J. Bartlett and William Bartlett took a trip to the Isle of > Shoals and York Beach; Miss Susie Emmott is at home; Miss Angie Tarbell > has gone to Wellfleet as a teacher; Italians are blamed for the prevalence > of malaria in Concord in '98 and '99. > > See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1901/SEP.html#4 for details of these > and other stories. > > The complete run of The Concord Enterprise is available on microfilm at > the Acton Memorial Library. See http://actonmemoriallibrary.org > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper > Abstracts > Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > ______________________________

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Betty wrote: > The "U.S. Bunting Club" (or similar name) still exists in Lowell - or at > least their building still exists. It's located where Lowell, Billerica, > and Tewksbury meet ! I just couldn't resist reporting that they were playing cricket in Maynard in 1901 at a time when base ball was still two words. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -