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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
4
A fragment outlines advertising rates with per inch charges and second class matter notice. Mentions Marlboro Massachusetts post office filing date August 25 1903 and legal framework under Congress March 8. Contains broken phrases about weekly Thursday work and rate scales per length.
Fragmented OCR notes recount three historic milestones: a 1933 three plane crossing of Mount Everest, Henry Hudson’s early exploration voyage, and other dates mentioning explorers and places. The text is garbled but hints at significant explorations and maritime ventures across centuries.
A historical notice argues drunk driving endangers all on public roads and calls for strict enforcement and permanent license revocation for offenders. It notes high repeat violations and seeks firmer legal authority to curb alcohol related driving.
Disjointed notes describe officers hoping for revived fraternal and civic organization activity. Discussions touch on healthier social calendars, recruitment drives, and restoring club vitality. The text also mentions mining communities, labor unrest, and stray references to local issues, with unclear fragments about dogs and puzzles.
The Massachusetts delegation urges that residents harmed by the Merrimack and Connecticut river floods share in a proposed $20 million loan for flood victims nationwide. They argue New England has received less aid than other regions and that places like Leominster and Fitchburg deserve consideration when funds are apportioned.
The United States Treasury figures show average monthly federal expenditures from July 1 to March 3 rising to 593 million dollars, up from 533 million in 1933-34. Agencies like CCC TVA AAA and Social Security are now classified as permanent budget items, and while the President hopes no new taxes will be imposed this year Congress may still burden the public.
Police quell a Providence boxing match riot sparked by a foul blow accusation and referee dispute. An elderly man was hospitalized with a head injury as fans vented anger. the chaotic scene left many feeling fight fans take matches too seriously.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, revered as the children’s poet, hailed from Portland Maine. He studied at Bowdoin and Harvard, befriended Hawthorne, and gained fame for popular works like The Village Blacksmith and Evangeline. A chestnut chair presented by youths marked the 75th birth anniversary, honoring his verse.
The House backed a bill by Rep William Schulte Indiana to forbid aliens from entering the U S each day to work and return home at night. Figures on cross border commuters between Canada and Mexico are disputed and the measure is considered not worth possible resentment as friendly ties with neighbors improve.
The text notes that among the Zulus distinctions between men and women permeate daily life with precise rules. Men and women are bound by custom to sit and wash in different ways, illustrating deep social separation.
A Concord letter gallery discusses unexpected town growth with families of eight to twelve, concerns about property values and cultural heritage, and a plea to preserve the town’s historic literary ties. The writer contrasts new residents with tradition and cites a reader's note on language use and clarity.
A fragmentary column by Edwin Finch discusses beliefs surrounding bad luck for the number seven. It mentions legends about saving a drowning man, avoiding certain actions to escape pursuit, and rituals such as marking a cross, placing a shoe, turning a coat inside out, or putting a cap in the mouth to avert danger.
The aardvark, the first animal named in the dictionary, is a distinctive earth pig with a piglike snout. It is native to southern and eastern Africa south of the equator and feeds almost exclusively on termites. Individual aardvarks reach about 150 pounds and appear fat and well conditioned.
Graphite is the black substance that makes marks when we write and is a form of carbon. There are various kinds with differing hardness. Pencils are not a single wood core. they are two wooden pieces glued together.
The article notes fashion in 1847 changed slowly with good silk dresses lasting three to five years when well cared for. Home sewing in the 1840s aimed for durability and enhancing natural beauty. Children wore adult styles, and there were no children specific outfits.
The emblem of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine is a crescent formed of tiger claws. It symbolizes strength and fury and has served as a religious emblem in the East and a political ensign in some lands. The crescent’s two horns point downward to show the setting moon of the old faith and the rising sun of the new faith in brotherhood.
Lake Itasca in North Central Minnesota features three long arms with the Mississippi emerging from the northern arm. The surrounding area covers about 35,000 acres and has been designated a state park. The lake hosts numerous fish species.
The stag relies on dew and tender herbage for moisture in winter or spring. In summer it frequents brooks and springs and baths in deeper water when available.
Spiders webs have commercial value and are used by instrument makers. The strongest threads come from Eperira Drademata on gorse bushes. Thread thickness ranges from 0.00015 to 0.000075 inches, with thicker threads often split. The spinner is identified by a cross on its back and wheel type webs.
The piece notes Benjamin Franklin may have first stated that only death and taxes are certain in a 1789 letter to M Leroy of the French Academy. It contrasts this with the then new Constitution’s uncertainties and cites Dickens 60 years later referencing the taxes proverb.
The piece defines a natural born citizen as someone who is American at birth either by soil or parentage. It notes that presidents Andrew Jackson Woodrow Wilson and Chester A Arthur would not have qualified if parental citizenship at birth were required.
The text claims Chinese people are outgoing and expressive, noting public gestures chatter laughter and anger. It uses sweeping generalizations about behavior across a race, framing cultural traits as visible in public life.
Sergeant Witherell will speak Tuesday April 6 at 6 30 on Modern Methods of Criminal Identification and Detection. He will outline ballistics microphotography fingerprints blood analysis and related chemistry with colored stereopticon slides to illustrate points and engage members.
Weston town meeting passes a zoning rule forcing each new residence to sit on at least 40000 square feet, mirroring a plan in Lincoln and drawing mixed views in Concord. Citizens urge debate as letters to the Concord Enterprise welcome reader opinions.
A 1900s style advice piece urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to ease monthly discomforts and functional disorders during womanhood motherhood and middle age. It notes husbands’ understanding and suggests “smiling through” as a married strategy.
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