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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
2
A reformist lament warns that gambling corrupts individuals and families, fuels theft and deceit, drains wages, and entices youths into risky games. It argues gambling erodes will and intellect, endangers the young, and threatens social order as campaigns pro and con rise around the issue.
Yale economist Professor Ellsworth Huntington argues climate shapes student study. He cites Annapolis and West Point data showing mental work peaks in fall and spring with a 64 degree ideal temperature, while sharp cold depresses performance despite outdoor activity.
A Baltimore infant suffered a rat bite leading to a rare rat bite fever case, prompting groundbreaking work at Johns Hopkins. Dr Harper identified the germ and isolated it on August 20 after extensive experiments, marking a pivotal moment in serum development for the fever.
Miss Ida Moyer, a Topeka high school cafeteria cook, claims the title champion pie baker of the world. In six years she baked 87218 pies for the cafeteria, with a peak of 107 pies in a single day. She handles baking and much of the cooking and canning for the school.
The Copper Range company in Houghton announces a wage reduction for its miners under a new scale. The change lowers daily pay and affects workers across the mining operation.
Dr G A Huntley, a medical missionary in Shanghai for 24 years, cites that out of 65 million school aged children in China less than 5 million attend school. He says compulsory education would require 4.5 million teachers, describing the opportunity as a fallow but fertile field awaiting educators.
Biography of Zep Benjamin Loring Young of Weston who is elected Speaker. Born Nov 7 1885 in Weston he graduated Harvard College 1907 and Harvard Law School 1911 cum laude edited Harvard Law Review and played middle distance running. A longtime Weston selectman and legislator he chaired Ways and Means and served on budget committees. Married Mary Coolidge Hall in 1906 with four children.
David Ryan 16 of Natick is named champion pig producer among Middlesex county youths. He bought an $8 pig last spring and raised it to 300 pounds with no grain costs, funding feeding by collecting neighbors and restaurant garbage for nearly $25. Dorothy Thompson 11 of Weston places second for low feeding costs. Ryan earns a week at Massachusetts Agricultural College camp and Thompson a two day trip.
Representative Rad gar A Bowers of Framingham introduces a bill in the Legislature to relieve cities of paying for State armory use for elections primaries and public meetings. The Framingham selectmen urged petitioning the General Court and the Rev Bowers to file the measure. The proposal would aid towns lacking suitable meeting spaces and may benefit rifle clubs and local events.
Probate Court cites all interested parties in the estate of Sebastian Monaco late of Concord Massachusetts for an administrator's account filed by Maurice McWalter. The hearing is set at Cambridge Probate Court on January 9 with notice by publication in the Concord Enterprise for three weeks and mailing to known parties seven days prior. George F Lawton Esquire, First Judge, signs the citation with date January 7 1929.
Jacob Katz age twenty four is arrested in Philadelphia after breaking into Emanuel Lutheran church midnight and stealing $3 from the poor box. He then struck the new organ to play and drew attention with the loud diaphone before the pastor nearby summoned police.
An old Bay State medical claim touts Argo-Phospate as a remedy for indigestion rheumatism nervousness and kidney and liveritis. The note dated August 25th cites long experience in real estate and a single testimonial needs cautious interpretation.
Charles Baker of Browneville Texas extols Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe non opioid cough remedy for children. He cites years of use in his family and recommends it to friends for relief from bad colds croup and whooping cough.
Foley's Honey and Tar in Maynard Massachusetts offers a cough remedy that loosens phlegm coats irritated membranes eases hoarseness stops throat tickling and promotes restful sleep. Dispensed by M B Church on Main Street.
Estate of Harriet A Studley of Concord Middlesex County Massachusetts seeks administration without bond to Harriet L Peterson. Probate Court to convene January twenty first nineteen twenty one at ten oclock in the forenoon to show cause why administration should be granted. Notice published weekly in the Concord Enterprise. Witness George F Lawton, Esq on December thirty first nineteen twenty.
Middlesex Probate Court to hear Mary L. Houston estate in Concord County. Robert B. Rood seeks letters testamentary without bond. Hearing set January 18 1921 at nine in the morning at Cambridge. Credit notice to heirs by publication in Concord Enterprise for three weeks and delivery to known interested parties seven days before court. Witness George F. Laxton First Judge.
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