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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
2
Readable fragments show a small monetary figure and a numeric label 756 linked to Reese and a yearly rate of 50 per year. The text presents unclear OCR chunks without full context or names to anchor a precise event or outcome.
The piece compares learning to perishable goods that must be stored in the brain with care. It warns that knowledge not actively cultivated or memorized fades, urging students to plant seeds, nurture true to name, and build lasting, usable understanding for the future.
The Department of Registry of Motor Vehicles launches a crackdown on reckless driving on the Weston to Wayland state highway. Officers stationed along the road monitor speed and behavior, signaling possible future state control of more highway sections. The piece reflects on civic efforts, veterans groups, fashion, prosperity signs like barns, and a remark from the Baltimore Sun about turning swords into plowshares.
Washington reports the Eclipse will be the first electrically propelled merchant vessel under the American flag, built for trans Atlantic trade by the United States Shipping Board and International Mercantile Marine. The 12 000 deadweight ton ship uses General Electric electrical propulsion and will slash oil use and crew size. Admiral Benson endorses electric drive as the economical future of merchant shipping.
Frederick W. Whitehead, chief machinist’s mate aboard the submarine S-5, heard wireless congratulations from Brooklyn while five fathoms beneath the sea off Cape Henlopen. The message arrived via a diving suit telephone during salvage of the ill fated craft.
Joseph Crowe Valparaiso highway superintendent ordered a wire cable across a bridge entrance to aid repairs. When he drove onto the bridge the cable struck the top of the car and was torn off, Crowe sustaining probably fatal injuries.
President elect Warren G. Harding and Vice President elect Calvin Coolidge praise the Red Cross and urge support for the Fourth Red Cross Roll Call on November 11. They stress the organization serves humanity in peace as in war and wish success to its mission.
A reader explains a quick carpentry based burglar deterrent for automobiles. The design uses a small fiber bar, two brass buttons as binding pegs, a socket, and a hairpin plus two collar buttons to block a dash mounted coil. Cutting wires and inserting parts yields a simple mechanism to hinder theft, requiring only minutes to assemble.
The American Red Cross dedicates itself to five obligations for Army and Navy personnel. It remains with occupation troops, supports hospital care for over 26,000 service members, advises discharged personnel, assists families and communities, and cares for blinded veterans. The fourth annual roll call runs November 11 to 25 inviting membership.
The article explains that a $1 annual Red Cross member joins in a fourteenth roll call from November 11 to 25. Half stays local to fund a nurse, home hygiene education, or other community relief efforts, while the other half supports national and foreign relief, notably aid for suffering children in Europe.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court cites heirs and interested parties in Middlesex to appear December 13 1920 in Cambridge to show cause why George A Wilder should be granted letters testamentary for Joshua C Gray estate. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in Concord Enterprise and mailed to known heirs seven days prior.
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