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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1937
Page
8
A home gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs referenced as the new successful bridge party occurred on a fay night to honor the Eastern Star firings. The event followed by news of a hospital stay for a young son after an operation at Arlington hospital.
An advertisement urges wives to endure monthly discomforts and marital strain with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promotes the product as toning the system to ease life stages from womanhood to motherhood and middle age, claiming it helps women "smile through" life.
Mrs. Elma Verille of Havre de Grace Maryland says she shed 20 pounds and finished with clothes fitting better after using Kruschen Salts daily in hot water. The ad touts small changes and warns against gossip and drastic methods.
The Woman’s Church Aid held a large, profitable Silver Tea in the parlors of the Congregational Church on Tuesday afternoon. Local school children performed, Olivia Wood and Priscilla Bean sang, and Grace Holden shared her Pacific Coast trip. The event was both financially successful and social. The Extension Service Sewing group gathered at Mrs. George S. Braman’s home Monday evening with Miss Miller leading a profitable session on spring colors and styles.
The carrion flower Aristolochia grandiflora is a tropical plant about eight feet tall. It bears one large petal nearly a foot wide and fourteen inches long with a slender tail, shaped like a goose with spread wings to lure certain pollinating insects.
The text explains that every living tree cell constantly consumes food and breathes, emitting waste. It describes how trees store summer food in stems and roots, absorb oxygen, release carbon dioxide, and generate heat. In spring, trees use reserve food to open buds and grow new leaves where food is again manufactured.
In Britain engraved inscriptions on marriage rings were common before jeweled rings became market favorites. Typical mottos included May you live long or I bring good fortune to the wearer, reflecting shared cultural sentiments of the era.
An old advertisement touts Ackley’s Mixture as a triple acting cough remedy superior to ordinary syrups. It claims rapid action against bronchitis coughs colds and lingering chest infections with a single sip stopping distress and clearing symptoms quickly. Buckley’s Mixture is advertised as pure free from harmful drugs and available at stores with a guarantee.
The Sudbury high school presents top junior essays read to the school on Friday February 12 with selections including Olympics Bargan Automobiles and more. The Candy Sale yielded eight dollars to support the Junior Prom on April sixteenth. Lincoln Day exercises were led by Miss Alice May in the assembly room Friday morning. The Athletic Association plans its February 18 meeting. Mary Bartlett and Helen Borden won the girls ping pong championship 6 4 6 3 over Marie Nelson and Nancy Fairbank.
A cargile membrane is a sterile membrane from the peritoneum of the ox used to interpose between raw surfaces to prevent adhesions and to envelop freshly sutured nerves or tendons and protect wounds.
The term antimacassar derives from Macassar the capital of Celebes and the macassar oil once used by dandies to slick their hair.
The Peoples Theatre Ushers defeated the Aces 46 31 at Pas time Hall on Saturday. Jim Creighton led with 22 points and Rusty Jordan added 16 as the Ushers built and held the lead. Peterson Kauppi led the Aces with 12 points, while Hannon Hinde Kauppi Sullivan contributed for the losers.
Acton Grange hosts Pinehurst Grange visitors from Billerica in a lively regular meeting with a notable kitchen orchestra. The Home and Community Welfare chair George Gilman announces wintry fundraisers to buy shoes and clothing for town residents. Next meet Feb 23 features Attorney John E Rice showing California motion pictures.
The three major pearl producing regions Paumotus Torres Straits and Persian gulf supply nine tenths of the world pearls. Paumotus yield large black lipped pearls in deep water while Torres Strait shells yield many fine luster pearls. Persian gulf seed pearls accompany occasional large blacks. Storks aid agriculture by eating locusts and pests but large numbers may threaten game birds and hares.
The city of Boston traces its name to Boston England, itself a corruption of Botolphs Town after St Botolph founded an abbey there.
The steam shovel was invented in 1838 by William S. Otis of Massachusetts. It was first used on the Western Railroad in Massachusetts.
A Washington Post cited study traces leprosy to Egypt by 4000 B C and links it to the Israelites as a moral affliction. Classical writers Pliny and Herodotus tie its spread to Pompey and Persia, while pottery in the Americas suggests pre-Columbian presence. the disease’s reach spans multiple continents.
The anecdote notes that when Venetian glass-blowers found a flaw in a bulb they were blowing they repurposed the flawed piece into a common flask or fiasco. This practice led to the idiom meaning failure being adopted in language.
Mrs B O Stone and sister Mrs Marshall Richardson travel from Wal tham to New Haven for aunt Mrs William Hunter's funeral. Report on Mrs Calvin Eaton's injury and pneumonia after a fall in Watertown. Rummage Sale set for February 17 in Town Hall to aid Community Nursing Fund. Walter Harding and Richard Cutler led Lincoln night at Memorial Church. Henry Smith spoke on The Church Yesterday and Today. Mr and Mrs Earl Stone and grandchildren visited friends in West Bridgewater. Formosa’s fence story notes a 360 mile Aiyu Sen line in China’s former territory, with 100000 wild tribes, head hunting, salt currency, rain priests, and rainmaking beliefs cited from Washington Post.
A joint meeting of Girl Scout Troops 1 and 2 is set for Tuesday night February 23 at 7 o clock in the Junior High School. Troop 1 will invest new members in a ceremony marking weeks of Tenderfoot work. All parents and friends are invited to attend.
A flawless 19 carat pink diamond praised as a charm against illness was bought by a group of Britons for 72000 dollars. The stone is described as exceptional in quality and value.
A historical remark about General Anthony Wayne reverberates in Ohio lore as a fearless fighter reputed to inspire troops with a dinner horn signaling order before battle. The tale frames him as a formidable figure in frontier history.
The Reading Club gathered Thursday morning at the Penlan home of Mrs Charles H Way. Friends of John C Hall circulate nomination papers for Moderator noting his four year service as town moderator and claiming his rulings were fair and nonpartisan.
The First School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York was established as the first practical engineering school in any English speaking country.
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