Democratic Women Launch $50,000 Campaign Fund
The Women’s Division of the Democratic State Committee initiates a state-wide drive to raise $50,000 in small donations for state and national campaigns. Under Mrs Margaret M. O’Riordan Boston vice chairman 3000 women statewide coordinate a carnival at Hotel Statler Boston on March 23 with male Democrat support.
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Democratic State Committee
Margaret M. O'Riordan
Boston
State Committee
Statler
Democratic National
1936 Massachusetts Income Tax Returns Due Now
Taxpayers must file Form 1 for 1935 income including stock and bond dealings, taxable interest, dividends from Massachusetts corporations and AT&T, and National Bank stock. Returns required if income over 2000 dollars. joint returns for married couples. minors may file. Deadline March 1 with $5 daily penalty for delinquency. mail payments to Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts
American Telephone and Teegraph Company
National Bank
Massachusets
New Voters Registered in South Acton Session
South Acton registrars last Wednesday evening added new voters at the Town House. Names listed include Dorothy C Roche Virginia Mae Roche Rhoda Farrar Marjorie Kenna Dorothy N Kenna Annie Caldwell George E Caldwell Charlotte E Hall Doris Soar Dorothy Cress Leonard Cress Flora M Graves Alma P Graves Dorothy M Jones Hazel M Prowse Margaret E Backman and Mag KE Graves.
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South Acton
Town House
Dorothy C. Roche
Virginia Mae Roche
Rhoda Farrar
Marjorie Kenna
Dorothy N. Kenna
Annie Caldwell
George E. Caldwell
Charlotte E. Hall
Doris Soar
Dorothy Cress
Leonard Cress
Flora M. Graves
Alma P. Graves
Dorothy M. Jones
Hazel M. Prowse
Margaret E. Backman
Mag KE. ‘Graves
Language and Tongues and the World of Speech
The article explains language as any mode of conveying ideas from speech to writing to gestures. It notes that the deaf have languages but not tongues and defines tongue as the spoken language of a people. It cites Melllet and Cohn and their index of named tongues and writing systems.
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Melllet and Cohn
Oldest U S Saloon Moves to New Home in New Orleans
America's oldest saloon the Old Absinthe House in the French Quarter has relocated its bar and 19th century fixtures a block away to a new building on Tourbon Street. Though now a night club with jazz, the historic site preserves tales of Andrew Jackson Lafayette Latour, Beaur gard and Twain, linking legends of the Battle of New Orleans to today.
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New Orleans
America
Olubsinthe
Kansas City Star
Tourbon Street
Crescent City
Vieux Carre
Andrew Jackson
Marquis de Lafayette
Jean Latitte
Pierre
Dominick
Jackson
Willian Howard Taft
Jilenry
Sidney Porter
Lafcadio Hearn
Missouri
Mark Twain
Americas
Alexis
Grand Duke of
Russia
Jenny Lind
Thackeray
Aron Burr
Pierre Gustave Toutant
Beauregard
Claiborne
Carbildo
Grand Terra
Pierre Cazebonne
Bowie
Lafitte
Burr
O, Henry
Muskrat Exhibits Unusual Curved Tusks in Ohio Field
Frank Ulrich a young farmer near Muzzy Lake Portage County brought a muskrat to zoologists in Ravenna Ohio with tusks curving from the lower jaw to the skull and two upper teeth grown back into the palate. The creature barely opened its mouth and was thin from starvation after being caught by Ulrich’s dog in a cornfield.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Frank Ulrich
Muzzy Lake
Here
Portage County
Ulrich
Concord Artist Russell T. Smith Displays Three Watercolors
Russell T. Smith shows three watercolors at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington one titled A New England Church depicting a Carlisle meeting house another After the Rain from Vermont and Woodstock The American Federation of Art selected the first two for a traveling exhibit Concord residents attended the Market Gardeners annual banquet entertainment and dance in Lexington Tuesday night with President Alden Wheeler presiding
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Russell T. Smith
Corcoran Gallery
Washington
Carlisle
Vermont
Woodstock
American Federation of Art
Concord
Market Gardeners
Lexington
Alden Wheeler
Concord Ladies Badminton Teams Lead B and C Leagues
The Concord B team won three matches against Cambridge to top the B League with 15 of 18 points, and the C team also won three against Cambridge to lead the C League. Captains Laughlin and Wilson head their squads with coach Dick Wood praised for steady guidance.
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Concord Ladies
Cambridge
Concord
Henry A Laughlin
Harold Cabot
Charles G Edgarton
William Faversham
Samuel Hoar
Walter K Shaw, Jr
William M Shedden
Ben L Wilson
John B Buttrick
Alexander A Cameron
Kenneth Hayes
Stanton Garfield
Dick Wood
Roger Faber High At Whist In Elks Hall
An Elks sponsored whist event in Elks hall had Roger Faber as high and first place winner. Bridie Murphy and Jo seph Mckenna placed second and third with several others listed. A door prize and special prize were awarded. a follow up party is planned in Ellis hall. The Twenty Thirty club met at the Trinitarian parish house with Rev Di Florio giving the Italian view on the Ethiopian situation.
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Elks’ Hall
Charles OR. Miller
Concord Lodge of Elks
Roger Faber
Bridie Murphy
Joseph Mckenna
Reginald Perry
Florence Tibbetts
James Mara
del Meo
Rico Venti
Murray Reed
Stone
John Bartolomeo
Ellis’ Hall
Twenty- Thirty
Trinitarian Congregational Church
di Florio
Talian Congregational Church
Plymouth
Missionary Society Meeting at Union Church
The March meeting of the Ladies Missionary Society at Union church West Concord will be in the chapel Thursday evening March 7 at 7 30. Rev Merritt A Farren Boston Seamen s Friend Society secretary will speak on the society work with slides. He once served in South Acton and hopes Concord and Acton friends attend.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of
Union Church
West Concord
Merritt A. Farren
Boston Seamen's Friend Society
Farren
South Acton
Concord and Acton
Recovery notes and local social updates in South Acton
South Acton residents report Dorothy Roche recovering from a long illness and nearing able to die about. James J. Knight the Tree Warden returns home gradually. James Espie recovers from mumps. Miss Alice Fairbanks vacationing from Hartford duties visits her mother Nellie Fairbanks. Mrs Frank S. Praman returns from four week visit with brother BE Phillip Lowden in North Woodstock NY for winter sports. Universalist church turkey dinner on Washington's Birthday well attended with out of town guests. Mrs Leon Claflin led as vice president of the Ladies' Social Circle.
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Dorothy Roche
James J. Knight
James Espie
Alice Fairbanks
Hartford
BE. Phillip Lowden
North Woodstock
N. T
Universalist Church
Washington
Leon Claflin
Ladies
Strange Toradja Burial Custom Described by Collier's Weekly
A Collier's Weekly excerpt notes Toradja people of Celebes uphold a two year house burial, then inter the body in a mountain tomb guarded by a lifelike effigy. It also states Toradja holy men uniquely wear women's clothing.
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Celebes
Collier's Weekly
Italians in Argentina Population of Italian origin
A high percentage of Argentina's population consists of Italians or those of Italian origin highlighting the strong historical migration links shaping the country's demographics.
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Argentina
Old Folk Ball and whist party draws large crowd
Maynard reports the annual Old Folk Ball and whist event hosted by the White Cross Guild at the High School auditorium. The program featured a grand march with fifty couples in costume, entertainment including solos, piano duet, reading, and a sketch.
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Maynard
White Cross Guild
High Sch
William Smith
Nellie Walcott
Margaret Brennan
Agron
Dionne
Leo Mullin
Joan Johnson
Lana Salminen
Evelyn Sawatz
Irene Lemoine
Dienne
Theresa White Ann Marie Morton
Agnes Finncchi
Kathleen Sawyer
Vai Karet Stuart
Scotty
A. Hilferty
Frank McCary
Alicea Nagle
Agnes Driscoll
John Donohue
John A. Briscol
Joseph PP. Dinesa
Frank C. Sheridan
J. Lynch
Joseph P. Cleary
Albert Sullivan
Herbert W. Marcia George H. Creighton
A. J. Pourke
Frank Riley
James B. Farrel
Arley W. Lawerence
Charles J. Vin
Sudbury locals mingle with travelers and lawmakers
Mrs George J Raymond and others sailed on the New York for a West Indies and Panama cruise. Residents discuss the Manning bill to build the Boston Post Road at the present site. The Sudbury Water District calls a February 28 meeting for water district finances. Local skiers, families, and a Leap Year Party round out a week of community events.
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George J. Raymond
South Sudbury
Frank Fallon
Winchester
Edwin Phipps
Boston
Gertrude M Halloran
New York
West Indies
Panama Canal Zone
Anne Buxton
Jean Buxton
Worcester
Shrewsbury
Manning
Marlboro
Boston Post Road
Board of Water Commissioners
Sudbury Water District
Victor Fillebrowne
Northcote
Woodward
Concord-The Middlesex Institution for Savings Officers Elected
The bank elected officers for 1936 with Samuel Hoar as President Thomas Todd as Vice President Henry F. Smith as Treasurer Julian W Ballou as Assistant Treasurer. The Investment Committee includes Samuel Hoar Horace F Tuttle Burleigh L Pratt and Stedman Buttrick.
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Concord
Middlesex —_Institution for Savings
Samuel Hoar
Thomas Todd
Henry F. Smith
Julian W. Ballou
Horace F. Tuttle
Burleigh L. Pratt
Stedman Buttrick
Mrs Tuttle Moved to Baker Memorial Hospital Boston
Mrs George H. Tuttle was moved to Baker Memorial hospital in Boston last Thursday evening. She has been seriously ill for several weeks and Dr Tuttle hopes she may receive proper care and attention there.
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George H. Tuttle
Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
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New Orleans Hostelry
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Badminton News
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Sudbury
Electrolux
Maseru
Hudson Gas Co
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