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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1927
Page
8
In Boston the post mortem controversy over Sacco and Vanzetti surfaces as supporters push to honor the executed shoemaker and fish peddler and hold funeral rites. Official rules force a four day burial window, delaying Sunday services amid regulation.
In Boston a heavy downpour helped firemen halt a West End manufacturing fire causing about $100000 in damage. Four alarms drew crews from Charles, East Boston, South Boston and Roxbury as hot air explosions hampered efforts. District Chief Avery Howard fainted from smoke. In Paris unofficial riots put losses at $500000 with up to 1000 people involved and 100 policemen among the injured.
West Groton beat Maynard T. T. 4 to 3 in 12 innings to claim second place in the Middlesex County League. Lefty Shea started for Groton, Stuckert pitched for Maynard, and Gilmore drove home the winning run with a squeeze play as Groton pulled ahead in extra frames before about 3000 fans.
Troop 1 Boy Scouts of Southboro return from a camping trip. The unit was encamped at Petersham near the Choate farm. Rev Robert F Cheney and Charles Quigley led the group with Rev J Mace Crardall assisting.
Southboro August 23 St Mark s school and St Mark s church were principal beneficiaries in the will of the late Harry Burnett filed for probate in Worcester. The estate valued well over 1 000 000 includes 12 000 for the Burnett scholarship fund and 25 000 for the St Paul s Cathedral Boston fund along with 10 000 for parish house upkeep and 5 000 for a parish house fund. Other bequests include 2 500 to Church Home Society Boston 10 000 to Protestant Episcopal church upkeep 500 each to several Southboro servants and 1 000 to many Burnett employees plus smaller legacies and stock to relatives and friends.
The Acton Agricultural Fair plans all day events September 16 and the morning of September 17 for Dynamometer contests. W. Sonart Allen, committee chair, notes increased state participation and strong popular support as four divisions rank based on team weight. Entries must be sent to W. Stout Allen before September 10, 1927.
Local residents and visitors travel to Troy Augusta and Harmony Me, with trips to Wellfleet and Birch Point. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. C Heath and Miss Bernice Cobb visiting on School street, and tax rate for 1927 set at 30.50 per thousand, up from 1926. Mothers and siblings, camps in Maine, and visits to Shenandoah Pa and Brookline noted.
Sudbury Chief Seneca Hall of the Sudbury Police Department is confined at home with illness, the recurrence of an old complaint, though improving with treatment. Gertrude M Halloran is enroute home from Europe having sailed August 22 from Cherbourg aboard the Republic of the United States Lines and is due in Boston Wednesday. Mrs Roland Cutler of Sudbury hosted friends from Ohio last week while Mary Walker of Malden and Chas H Way at Pen were noted. Lawton’s Bridge club met for an afternoon tea with guests.
Vincent Lopez, director, argues jazz is vital to America and life itself. He recalls backing its rise with an augmented orchestra and asserts syncopation now appeals, enriching operatic programs and public taste. He claims rhythm soothes, with dancing and singing filling a void in everyone.
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