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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1932
Page
4
The piece urges restraint during campaigns to protect friendships and civility. It notes voters decide their party and rights earned by past sacrifices, stressing that disagreements should not break neighborly ties. It praises bipartisan respect and urges focusing on issues while Park the temper in cold storage.
The piece explains how electors now generally align with their party, rendering presidential elections effectively direct yet state bound. It cites historical examples like Jackson, Tilden, and Cleveland where popular plurality did not win, and discusses arguments for and against abolishing the college and preserving regional balance.
Rev John Rex Shepler preached on The Future of Prop hction at the Methodist church service on Sunday. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs William Strouts Concord street home. A six night Church Training series begins tonight with How Shall I Teach Religion as the first topic followed by devotions and a social. A church family supper and entertainment for the pastor and wife is planned for next Friday at 5 45 PM.
Concord High School and Maynard High School meet in a Middlesex League football game at Alumni Field next Saturday at 2 15 pm. The article notes a strong rivalry with past ties and mentions key players and tentative lineups for both teams, highlighting Coach Al Lerer and players such as Tripoli DeCiccio and Eddie Loughlin.
Under the Ladies' Aid Society, Maynard Epworth League won the attendance cup at the Hudson Circuit meeting held last week. The League plans a Halloween party at the church next Monday evening and observes Temperance Sunday with special Sunday school programs at the church next Sunday.
New Paris fashions showcase a short dainty dress for tiny figures in tea rose crepe de chine with gathered skirt and shoulder frills. Featuring a swooping hem line and velvet rib bands, the design suits gingham challis or printed cotton. Size 4 uses yard material and ribbon. pattern No 5077 fits ages 1 to 5 years.
An advertised pattern booklet offers Paris styles for home dress makers with dressmaking hints and an article on wedding etiquette. Priced at 15 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for a copy, it touts authoritative guidance and fashionable instruction.
The piece argues that an economy focused patriotism harms buying power and overall national prosperity. It warns wage cuts defense reductions and veterans' benefits cuts depress spending, production, employment, and incomes, contributing to economic depression.
The Middlesex Laundry begins a new Enterprise series titled Nooks and Corners of the World. Henry Tolmai, proprietor, inaugurates the feature with authoritative information and photos from distant regions and life abroad.
Lists all nominated candidates and ballot questions for the November 8 1932 election in Massachusetts Fifth Middlesex District including President and Vice President party slates and state and county offices with hopefuls from Democratic Republican Socialist Labor Communist Prohibition and Independent lines.
Thomas J. Brenton of Somerville and George C. McMenimen of Cambridge join Walter C. Wardwell of Cambridge as sheriff candidates. Middlesex County voters select one. John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge and Stephen C. Garrity of Lowell also appear on related ballot materials.
The document outlines a proposed state law to define and regulate chiropractic practice including board creation, licensing, examination subjects, and penalties. It also covers party primary reforms, delegate election rules, notice timelines, and conventions procedures for the two major parties.
The law would add a method for nominating candidates at state primaries in September by political party members. State conventions would be held before primaries, no later than June 15, with party primaries on the last Tuesday in April to choose delegates. Conventions may endorse candidates for offices to be decided at the state election.
The document outlines when presidential and congressional terms end and begin, the start date for congressional sessions, and succession rules if the president elect dies or is unqualified. It specifies noon start times on January 20 for presidents and January 3 for Senators and Representatives, with Congress meeting yearly on January 3 unless changed by law.
Fragment reads a legislative ballot prompt asking if the Thirteenth Middlesex representative should vote in Congress as they deem fit. The text shows YES or NO options and references General Court procedure.
The Northeastern deluge lasting from Monday night to Thursday produced 5.35 inches of rain in Concord by 7 pm. The observer notes this total exceeds October’s usual rainfall and well surpasses last October’s 2.18 inches, far above the monthly average of 3.12 inches.
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