Lynn Edge Makers Strike Settled After Arbitration Offer
Lynn edge makers clashed with employers over a pay dispute as union leaders urged acceptance of arbitration. An arbitration board was proposed and a tentative 12 percent increase backed by about half the workers. Mayor J. of Lynn weighed in as trucks clogged local roads and the city celebrated a settlement with Farina Shaves firm in the area.
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Lynn Edge
Edge Makers
J. Ing
Lynn
Farina-Shaves
Twin birth counts show gender split and climate pattern
Collier's Weekly reports on 717907 twin births finding per 1000: 307 twin girls, 327 twin boys, and 308 of either gender. The study notes twin birth rates higher in cold countries than in the tropics.
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Tropics
Collier’s Weekly
India and South Africa shaped the diamond supply
The diamond’s origin lies in India for centuries until 1780 and then in South Africa from 1867. Today South Africa furnishes about 90 percent of the world’s diamond supply, reflecting the shift in dominance in the gem trade.
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India
South Africa
Silver miniature train at Gwalior palace runs on meals
A miniature silver train in the royal palace at Gwalior operates by electricity and travels slowly around the maharajah’s dining table during meals. Its cars carry wines condiments and fruit and a removed dish stops and starts the train automatically.
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Gwalior
India
Community Notes From Local Middlesex Area
Mrs John H Moore and daughter Miss Helen Moore of Middlesex Institution for Savings visit Connasit Maine for a two hour trip. Patrons of Husbandry to hold annual corn roast at Past Master Benjamin F Clark farm on Lowell road. Mrs Frank A Pierce of pevalhgene Lakes Transit Corp. Miss Agnes Carruth Rev Harland Savans and Frederick Heyliger plan White Mountain climb this week. Miss Ruth substitutes for sister Thomas Mansfield at Sobargean Drug store. Thomas Mansfield and Mrs Albert Y Cowen visit Concord guests of Willam Buttricks. Edward Johnson A P store Cambridge and Allan Murray Concord A P return from two weeks. trip to Chicago on Greyhound. World’s Fair visit. back via Washington. Lawrence Kenney Virginia Road in hospital Port Dev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Moore
Mise Helen Moore
Middlesex Institution
Connasit
Maine
Benjamin F. Clark
Lowell Road
Frank A Pierce
Pevalhgene Lakes Transit Corpor
Agnes Carruth
Harland Savans
Frederick Heyliger
Ruth
Thomas Mansfield
Sobargean’ Drug Store
iMr
Albert Y. Cowen
Concord
Benjamin L Wilson
Willam. Buttricks
John Buttricke
Edward Johnson
Cambridge
Allan Murray
Concord A. & P
Chicago
Greyhound
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Kenney
Virginia Road
H. 192Nd Infantry
M N G
Port Dev
Sunday at Union Church sermon and local notices
Rev. Andrew J. Torsleff preached at the West Concord Union Church on The Basic Factor of Living. Violin soloist Velina Hinman Howardson and organist Marguerite Leighton provided music. Mr and Mrs Merton Leighton returned from a vacation at New Found Lake New Hampshire and a Maine fishing trip where a huge salmon was the trophy of Mert s prowess.
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Andrew J. Torsleff
West Acton
West Concord Union
Velina Hinman Howardson
Mies Marguerite J Leighton
Merton J. Leighton
New Found Lake
New Hampshire
Maine
Mert
Local notes cover wins and meeting announcements
The Cardinals defeated Junior Holy Nethe twice and Burlington once. Annursnac Grange P of H to meet September 1940 at Mrs Linnie Hodgdon 180 Commonwealth Ave with a public whist party to follow. Mr and Mrs Wiley S. Maciver and family moved into William Rodday's house 27 Pleasant Street, previously Charles Rodday’s residence.
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Cardinals
Holy Nethe
Burlington
Annursnac Grange, P. of H
Linnie L. ‘Hodgdon
Commonwealth Avenue
iMr
Wiley
Maciver
William A ‘Rodday
Pleasant Street
Charles
Miss Pauline Tibbetts Betrothed to Laurence Armstrong
Miss Pauline Tibbetts and Laurence W. Armstrong announce their betrothal at Randall s on the Mill Dam. Tibbetts is a Concord High School graduate of 1937. Armstrong works for Marsh Company in Boston. A likely new home will be in Allston. No wedding plans yet.
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Pauline Tibbetts
Laurence W. Armstrong
Randall’s
Mill Dam
Concord High School
Marsh Company
Boston
Allston
Little Orphan Annie and the Concord Bank Tale
The piece contrasts a fictional girl with a real bank story. It notes how regular monthly deposits would grow from ten dollars to thousands over time, illustrating compound growth and saving lessons tied to the Concord Co operative Bank.
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Solomon
Concord Co-operative Bank
Little Orphan Annie
Daddy Warbucks
Wheeler School Opens Fall Term For Sth
West Concord Harvey Wheeler School will open for the fall term on Wednesday September Sth at 9 o'clock. New pupils age five and a half before September first may enter sub primary, while six-year-olds join grade one. Pupils report to Mrs Philips in room two for sub primary and to Miss McKenna and Miss Thacher in room three for grade one.
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West Concord
Harvey Wheeler School
Dorothea V. Moynihan
Manet
Concord
Frances Johnson
Happie BE. Reynolds
Boston University
H. D. Chittim
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Esther Hempel Snent
Alaska
John B. Hendershot
Camp Sachem
Antrim
New
West Concord Legion Band to Perform August 25
West Concord hosts the Concord Legion Band under leader William Taunton at the Harvey Wheeler West Concord School grounds. The community event offers another chance to hear the grand group on Saturday August 25.
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West Concord
Enuma
Concord Legion Band
William Taunton
Harvey Wheeler-West Concord
Rising Wolf Mountain Legend of Hugh Monroe Exposed
A fragmentary report describes Rising Wolf Mountain and a white explorer named Hugh Monroe said to be the first white man to reach areas now in Glacier National Park. The text references his ascent and a character described as “went native” amid multicolored summits above sacred shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Mountain
Glacier National Park
Hugh Monroe
Lesson Sermon in All Churches of Christ Scientist on Sunday
The lesson for Sunday August 26 centers on the Golden Text from Romans 11 34 and Romans 12 2 3 urging humility and sober thinking, with a Mary Baker Eddy passage from Science and Health urging mortals to gravitate godward and shed mortality.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker ‘Eddy
William Faversham Jr Wins Weekend Golf Tour at Concord
William Faversham Jr topped the weekend golf tournament at Concord Country Club with best gross and net scores. Charles B Johnson was runner up in net, while John B Buttrick tied for third net on the 18 hole event played with one third handicap. Other notable scores included S Hepburn and C L Johnson in mid 30s.
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William Faversham, Jr
Concord Country Club
Charles B. Johnson
John B. Buttrick
See Oaks Oe
William
Versham, Jr
S. H. Hepburn
Charles L
Hubert Foote
M. Wardwell, Jr
Walter E. Borden
Ralph Wickford to pilot Vanderbilt on Africa hunting trip
Ralph Wickford, Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s chosen pilot, plans an Africa expedition this fall. The 1883 RALPH Wickford is linked to Santa Monica and Santa Monica region travels, with a flying speed around 135 to 155 miles per hour.
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Ralph Wickford
Vanderbilt
Africa
Ralph High
Norman C. Spencer
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Wickford
Santa Monica
Carter
Douglas Delphin
Bow Salle
Three Car Collision Reported on Main Street West Concord
A three car collision was reported near Main Street West Concord involving vehicles operated by Clarence Peterson, Rev Harland Evans, and Edward Lélia. The article also notes visits among local residents and guests including Penelope Hutchinson, Barbara Miller, Harold Jud, H Thorn King Jr, Silas Little, Robert L Snyder, Lucy K Snyder, and a Colonial Inn gathering. The sixth of a series of eight.
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Dan
Clarence Peterson
Main Street
West Concord
Rev. Harland
Evans
Cambridge ‘Turnpike
Edward Lélia
Crane Avenue
Couetan
Penelope Hutchinson
Barbara Miller
Harold I. Judpine
Vermont
H. Thorn King, Jr
Tuxedo Park
New York
Silas Little Newbury
Yale
Robert L. Snyder
Mr. Snider
Lucy K. Snyder
Colonial Inn
Concord News Briefs Focus on Summer Trips and Scouts
Mrs Alfred Christian returns from Lake Booneacca summer camp. Mr and Mrs Henry H Hawley back from Fal mouth Cape trip. Mrs James B Maguire visits brother's family the Badgers in Schaghticoke New York. Agnes Warren to accompany her home. Mrs Edith M Bailey and others vacation two weeks in Bristol New Found Land. James F Sexton visits sister Mrs Margaret May. Jean Boyd and Phyllis Holden head to Pour Winds Camp near Plymouth. Margaret Wamon to Wind-in home Nine Acre. Elizabeth Wood of Gardner fixes September 1 for a trip with Rosere to Ferryville Michigan. Mrs Pierce and Concord pair cruise Great Lakes aboard S S Tionesta. Fifth semi weekly Concord Girl Scout Day Camp session noted.
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Alfred Christian
Lake Boonecca
Henry H Hawley
Falmouth
Cape
James 8. Maguire
Commonwealth Avenue
Brother
The
Badgers
Schaghticoke
New York
Agnes Warren
Edith M. Bailey
Edward Foley
Olive Hateh
Laura Olseh
Bristol
New Found Lake
New Leuterianes
James F. Sexton
Orange
Margaret May
Concord Street
Jean Boyd
Phyllis Holden
Plymouth
Margaret Wamnon
Nine Acre
Cor
Elizabeth Wood
Gardner
Ferryville
Michi
Local church services and defense unit recruitment update
Union services at the Trinitarian church led by Rev Pa and Rev George Lor ing Thurlow. morning service at the Methodist Episcopal church resumes with Rev Dr Frank W Clelland sermon. The six enlistments expire and others join the 182nd Infantry M N G under Lt William A Hagerty. Recruitment resumes per Adjutant General. interested men may apply at the State Armory on Monday or Tuesday night.
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George Loring Thurlow
Trinitarian Church
Mr. Saubter
Clearfield
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank W. Clelland
Co Hi
182Nd Infantry
William A. Hagerty
State Armory
Choir Leader Jean Hughes Seeks Suggestions at Vestry Meeting
At a Monday vestry meeting Jean Hughes asked for any suggestions to be written or handed to clerk James P King. The Church Visitors plan a food sale Friday afternoon at Odd Fellows hall.
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James P King
Odd Fellows Hall
Division 44 Ladies to Host Public Whist Party
Monument Hall will host a public whist party Friday September 14 with Miss Gertrude Hagerty in charge. The August meeting of Division 44 A A C Ladies in Monument Hall was led by President Mary A Battles. Firefighters responded to a chimney fire at Thomas McGrath’s Barretts Mill Road home and a small blaze at the Smith and Peterson office on Lexington Road, quickly controlled with no damage.
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Ladies’ Co
Monument Hall
Mises Mary A Battles
Gertrude Hagerty
Robert F. Foster
Peggy
Bobby
Concord
Foster
Plymouth
Ind
Middlesex School
Thomas McGrath
Barrett's Mill Road
Lexington Road
Smith & Peterson Company
Concord Rotary Club Meeting Covers Cellulose Manufacturing
The Concord Rotary Club met at Colonial Inn for a Thursday luncheon led by Arthur Sodenham who explained the manufacture of cellulose. Concord public schools reopen September 5 after the lunch. Firefighters were called to Mary Cook’s Sudbury road residence for a chimney fire last week Tuesday that turned out to be only smoke.
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Concord Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
Arthur Sodenham
Concord Public Schools
Mary Cook
Sudbury Road
Trinity Church Sunday Service and Junior Choir
Trinity Church records a Sunday service led by the rector with the junior choir performing. The fragment notes a morning gathering on a weekend in August with church activities and sermon delivery.
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Eece Junior Choir
Union Services at First Parish in Concord
Morning worship at 10 a m August 26 with sermon by Rev. Charles Lauter of Clearfield Pa. officiant Rev. Edward Minister Congregational church coordinates.
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Union Services First
Concord
Edward
Congregational Church
Charles 4, Lauter
Clearfield, Pa
Sudden Temperature Drop Hits Concord in 15 Hours
A sharp 40 degree fall swept through the Middlesex County district as temperatures plummeted to the freezing point overnight. By yesterday morning scattered exposed low areas reported frost while Concord’s warmest official reading barely reached the mid thirties in a brisk, abrupt change.
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Concord
Middlesex County
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