Who's News This Week Inspires Army Reorganization
The piece outlines Gen. Malin Craig leading a broad Army reorganization, drawing parallels to modern football tactics. It recalls Craig's West Point exploits, a pivotal 1897 field goal, and notes his dual prowess as a football and baseball talent from St. Joseph Missouri.
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Craig
College
West
Mig
Trinity
Ron Frank
Merriwe
Pop Anson
Chicago National
St. Joseph
West Point
Thievery at Lake Walden Continues
Concord reports state police arrested a gang of marauders operating on the Walden Pond reservation. Trooper Michael Shea issued summonses as a police crackdown follows a series of thefts. A trailer home off the reservation was entered with valuables stolen, and Russell F. Parsons found his sedan damaged after an attempted robbery while parked for a swim.
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Concord
Walden Pond
Michael Shea
Robert C.queen
Fred Hart
Russell F. Parsons
Parsons
Concord People and Their Friends Update Notices
Local notices recap residents and visitors trampling vacations to Nantasket Cape Cod and Maine. Names include Mary Sheehan Leon Foss Thomas Finna Eliod Howard Sally Bartlett Freda Morrison Evelyn Morrison and others with travels to Nantasket Weekapaug Hull Plymouth Newbury New Hampshire and Camp Curtiz. Community events mention anniversaries and medical updates.
William Searle Improves After Transfusions at St Elizabeths
Concord reports improvement in William L. Searle, wounded guard, following four blood transfusions after a brutal assault at the Massachusetts Reformatory in West Concord. Surgeons performed operations earlier, saving his life, as he remains at St Elizabeths Hospital in Brighton under care.
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Concord
William L. Searle
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Brighton
Massacuretts
West Concord
Commonwealth Avenue
St. Elizabeth’'s
Murdoc.Margeson
Melrose
Samuel P. Jackson
Hemenway Street
Boston
Robert de Laurier
Austin Street
Worter
Concord Flood Leaves Odor and Crop Losses
Concord residents cope with lingering flood byproducts as waters recede. Weeds rot in lowland fields along the Concord Sudbury and Assabet rivers, causing sour air and strong odors. Farmers report thousands of dollars in crop damage including raspberries hay potatoes and corn. Mosquitoes surge as decaying matter pollutes water and breeds pests while roads and bridges show resilience.
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Concord
Sudbury
Assabet
Purling
Mimer L. Joslin
Allister MacDougal
Middlesex County Extension Service
Herronville and Hubbardville Clash in Cup Tie Tonight
The Herronville nine champions of last season face rival Hubbardville in a hard fought Concord Twi game at Emerson Playground at 6 30. Jim Tompkins will start for Herronville with Jume Tolman set for relief while Hubbardville plans to use Richie Loughlin or Stevie Flannery if available.
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Concord
Herronville
Hubbardville
Jim” Tompkins
East Quarter 14 Hubbardville 1 in pennant clash
Tom Burke led East Quarter to a 14 to 1 victory over Hubbardville on Friday night. Richie Loughlin started for Hubbardville, with John Mullen, Johnny Goulding, and Dud Robinson also playing. Harry Cook pitched for East Quarter, then Man Dee allowed one run in the fifth. Also, John Driscoll spoke at Bouavia Club and Marlboro events supporting Democratic candidates.
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Hubbardville
Goncord
Tom Burke
Richie Loughlin
McCarthy
John Mullen
Johnny “Goulding
Robinson
Harry Cook
Dee
John Driscoll
10Th Middlesex
Bouavia Club
Hudson
Mr. Driscoll
Marlboro
Joseph “C "White
Jamaica Plain
Forge Village Team Selected for Wichita Trip
Massachusetts Commissioner Arthur B Corey named Rudy Currier to lead Forge Village Arrows as the semi pro squad travels to Wichita Kansas. Health issues limit Corey. Treas. Hugh F Leith underwrites up to nine hundred dollars for travel and expenses.
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Arthur B Corey
Massachusetts
Nonth
Greyhound
Rudy Currier
Iater- Brisé Sports
Corey
Forge Village
Arrows
Windsor
Vermont
Wingfoots
New England
Reading
Narcus
Worcester
Jorge Village
Lowell
Kimball
Hurley
Wichita
Hugh F. Leith
Nashawtuc Road
Concord
Abbot Worsted Mills
Funeral services for Carrie L Crowell in Concord
Miss Carrie L Crowell 83 died Monday at the Home for Aged Methodist Women. Funeral was held Wednesday conducted by Rev. Edward P. Daniels. Burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. She long served as a member of the Concord Musical Club.
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Concord
Edward P. Daniels
Carrie L Crowell
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Crowell
Concord Musical
Clb
Trinity Church Service at Elm Street August 14
Rev Charles Russell Peck leads morning prayer and meditation at Trinity Church Elm Street at 9 30 a m Sunday August 14.
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Trinity Church
Elm Street
Charles Russell Peck
Birth announcement for a son in Stetson Maine
Word received from Stetson Maine reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ernest Eugene Gross on August 1. The infant weighed six and a half pounds and was named Junior. He is the couple’s second child.
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Stetson
Maine
Ernest Eugene Gross
Cynthia Roberts
Junior
Vacationing Families Return From Maine and New Jersey
Horace R. Metcher on vacation from the Massachusetts Reformatory with his wife and two children in Maine, planning to return home on Riverside avenue West Concord in two weeks. Mr and Mrs Allyn C Beardsell came back to East Orange New Jersey with their young son and daughter after ten days with Mrs Beardsells parents Mr and Mrs Albert W Lee.
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Eliod R. Howard
Comcord
Christmas Cove
Maine
Horace R. Metcher
The
Massachusetts Reformatory
Riverside Avenue
West
Concord
Allyn C. Beardsell
East Orange
New Jersey
Acton Welcomes Dr Gates to West Acton Office
Dr Paul P Gates son of Mr and Mrs E P Gates opens a medical and surgical office in his home on Central Street West Acton in Waldo E Whitcomb's former house He trained at Harvard Tufts Memorial Hospital Worcester and Fairlawn Hospital Worcester He practiced in Peterboro NH last eleven months and is a Massachusetts Medical Society member Their baby daughter accompanies them and the community wishes them happiness in Acton
Requiem Mass Held for Mrs. Catherine Varley
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Varley widow of Edward Varley were held Saturday morning at Our Lady Help of Christians. Services from the home of her sister Mrs. Mary Burke at 425 Main Street West Concord preceded the Mass.
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Concord
Mary Burke
Main Street
West Concord
Catherine Varley
Edward DD. Varley
Dea
Our Lady
West Concord Coat and Dress Co opens new factory store
The Enterprise reports 12 000 double page flyers announce the opening a week from Saturday of the West Concord Coat and Dress company. The new factory store will operate from the old Blaine Manufacturing building on Commonwealth Avenue offering women's and misses coats and dresses.
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Enterprise
West ‘Cord Coat and. Dress Company
Oyste
Blaine Manufacturing Company
Commonwealth Avernue
West Concord
Coate
Sudbury Man Eady Stiles Dies at 73
Sudbury tribute to Eady Jr Stiles 73 a longtime New Haven depot station agent who died at Peakham road home after a ten day illness. Born Hopewell Fort New Brunswick he lived in Sudbury 30 years leaving wife two daughters and a son. Funeral at home this afternoon at 2 30 with burial in Mt Pleasant cemetery this town
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Sudbury
Eady Jr. Stiles
New Haven
Peakham Road
Hopewell
Albert
County
New Brunswick
Leonard D. Stiles
Harvey N. Fairbank
Selectman Fairbank
Eugene
Eroy Kellum
Richmond
Virginia
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Trucker Claims Move After Child Fell From Ice
Hudson Hudson-Thomas Toner of 62 High Street, father of Florence Toner aged 4, asserts a moving truck caused injuries when she fell from an ice made surface. A physician reports cerebral contusion, multiple contusions and an abrasion.
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Hudson
Thomas Toner
High Street
Florence Toner
Republicans Hold Meeting for Fundraising and Outing Plans
A joint meeting was held at the home of Representative Os M Whitney with the Executive Committee of the Concord Young Republican Club and the Concord Republican Finance committee. They outlined preliminary fundraising plans for upcoming elections and discussed tentative plans for an outing later this month at the Musketaquid Sportsman's Club in West Concord.
Legion Band To Play In Norwood Norwood Concord Concert Exchange
The Concord Legion Band visits Norwood for a public concert at the Percy A Rideout playground in West Concord as part of a reciprocal exchange with the Norwood Legion Post. The summer concert series may include two more in West Concord and two or three more in Concord. Mr and Mrs Philip Davis are at Annisquam for August.
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Concord
Norwood Legion
Concord Legion Band
Percy A. Rideout Playground
West Concord
Norwood
Concord Legion
West’ Concord
Philip Davis
Annisquam
Campaign to Complete Historic Post Road Via Local Clubs
A regional drive aims to finish reconstruction of the eight and a half mile Route 20 segment through Sudbury and Wayland. Kiwanis Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce organize a joint meeting at Wildwood Inn on August 16 to press state officials for action.
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State Department of Public Works
Boston
Wildwood Inn
Kranis Club
Kes
I R ‘Club
Chain of Commerce
Sudbury
Wayland
Post Road “Associates
Ite
Kiwanix and
Rotary Clubs
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Town meeting to discuss twelve warrant articles
On Monday August 16 at 7 30 p m Parker Street Hall a town meeting will consider twelve warrant articles. The Finance Committee recommends appropriations including 20000 for Local Public Welfare 5000 for Soldiers Relief 500 to build a band stand at Crowe Park 160 to purchase a motor electric grass mower for Glenwood cemetery and 6000 to finance WPA projects with a sewer line on How Done Street. It also proposes extending a water train 780 feet on Acton Street and installing a fire hydrant as a WPA project while opposing 3 for the retn O Moore and Sheridan avenues highway work if funds exist.
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Maynard
Parker Street
Town Finance Committee
Crowe Park
NYA
Glenwood Cemetery
Acton Street
O’moore
Sheridan Avenues
Highway Department
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France
Richardauss
Stefan Is Zweig
Herr Strauss
Reich Chamber
Tation
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Munich
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Ork
Berlin
Bavaria
Jas
Obers of Commerce Com
Brie
U Service
Ries Oe
Posteke
Lake Walden
Concord People
Mary Sheehan
Nantasket
Mrs
Leon Foss
West Falmouth
Thomas V. Finna
Thomas M. Crapo
Canada
Michigan
Walter BE. Borden
Plymouth
Henry Coolidge
Fort Ethan Allen
Sally Bartlett
Hatchville
Cape Cod
Caleb Wheeler
Norman Albree
Newbury, New Hampshire
Mrs. Davenport Wallace
Weekapaug
Rhode Island
Freda Morrison
Cranberry Island
Evelyn Morrison
Hollis C. Beattie
Mainstreet
Massachusetts State Police
United States Services of New England
Camp Curtiz
Geraldine Hannon
Central Street
Thomas Mansfield
Frances Keese Ig
Camp Wind
Mrs. Edward McClellan
Buzzards Bay
Robert Cousins
Provincetown
John W Clarkson
Pigeon ‘Ove
Sophie Chamberlain
Vale Edical School
Boro Road
Old Fe Ballou
Lowell Road
Garretenkirk
Leslie Keese, Jr
Mary Shaugh- Messy
Henry Pessy
Boston University
Miss Margaret Hail
Elizabeth van Dusen
Charles Jannery
Richard B Greenman
Jer W Holt
Margaret Lamson
Oncord ‘Grange
Chaford Joseph
A. Mascode
Leonard Benson
Duxbury
Benson
Weat
Marianne Smith
Patrick A. Smith
Lexington Road
Washington, D.C
W.L. Searle
Death
Searle
Ernest Pringle
Pringle
Reformatory
Convicta
Fearle
Wichita, Kan
MSS
Carrie L. Crowell
W. Acton
Paul P. Gates
Eady P. Stiles
Legion
Service Clubs
Kiwanis
Rotary
Chamber of Comm
Plan United Effort
Wayland Selectmen
Acton
Backes Cae
Boxboro
Aton
Paul M. Beardsell
Commonwealth Ave
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