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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1935
Page
3
Mrs William Pitegarald is spending a few days on the Cape with a brief stay noted. She is seen visiting local spots and enjoying the seaside area during her visit.
Residents attend a joint event at the First Parish Meeting House and Union Church services. The programs feature Rev P Daniels and Rev George L Thurlow with soloists Mrs Alpha Manter and Miss Marguerite Leighton. A union service on Sunday September 1 and Tercentenary observance on September 8 conclude the series.
San Diego was discovered in 1542 by a Portuguese navigator under Spanish flag though named later. It incorporated in 1850 and moved three miles to its current site in 1867, fueling phenomenal growth to become California’s fourth largest city. The business district expanded into a metropolitan center after World War II.
First class condition apartment with light range and hardwood floors in central location. Low rent in West Acton. Contact J. H. Littlefield at 30 Irving St. W. Medford, Mys. 1783.
Miss Maude French who serves as Art Librarian at Dartmouth College and is with her father Allen French and Mia French resumes her duties on September 3. Mrs Camilla Moses High School faculty friends Miss Margaret Loughlin and Miss Catherine Feury enjoy a vacation from duties in Chestertown Maryland. Mr and Mrs Philip A Davis return from a summer trip abroad arriving on the 8 with Columbus report calm oceans and an enjoyable crossing.
Sunday service at 10 45 with Sunday school and a testimonial meeting every Wednesday at 7 45. Reading room in the church edifice. Hours 2 to 5 pm on weekdays holidays excepted. The Lesson Sermon topics include Christ Jesus and supporting Bible passages from Luke 17 and John 3 17.
Miss Emma Nelson and Edwin F Carlson were married August 8 by Rev Alfred W Stone at the Union Church parsonage. Miss Marie Nelson served as bridesmaid and Edward Johnson as best man. The couple will live on Virginia road after a wedding trip through Maine New Hampshire and part of Canada.
Richard J. Loughlin of Concord High School has passed College Board exams and earned admission to Harvard College. He achieved honor grades in French and History and played on the Concord High baseball team. He is cousin of Edward F. Loughlin Jr. and nephew of Edward F. Loughlin, Clerk of Court in Concord and former Harvard baseball captain.
Mrs Luke McCarthy advertises board and room for elderly or convalescent women in her house at Church Street West Acton with post office box 67 for contact.
The article notes that in the East, gray hair and beards symbolize liveliness and respect, while a mustache enhances status. A beardless chin is seen as lacking respect, and losing facial hair is tied to losing face in society and honor.
The text notes a male vocalization described as bugling and a female vocalization as a braylike cry, referring to a large species. Details are sparse, but the description contrasts sexes in calls.
The piece notes that rats aboard ships threaten crews with bubonic plague, prompting rat-proofing of liners and measures to keep rodents from docking ships. It traces the plague as a history making scourge, citing medieval Europe and a 1604 London outbreak with massive fatalities.
A snippet from Tit-Bits Magazine describes the electricity tree of Central India whose leaves glow with electric charge and lose power in rain, and the Saymal or Cotton tree of Nepal that eats other trees. Seeds travel by birds to germinate roots that strangulate the victim tree, eventually producing a cotton tree around the main trunk.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer critique describes Toledo’s charter as a fanciful scheme that could do no harm and would greatly please certain citizens. The quote reflects mixed local reactions and the debate over proposed governance changes in Toledo.
A fragment mentions a time phrase stating three o'clock in the after noon with unclear context and no discernible event or participants.
In the night Prescott warns regulars are coming. Minute Men rush to the North Bridge as Smith stirs trouble while Pitcairn is depicted as dull. Officers issue orders amid distant clashes, ending with a Reverend Emerson led prayer and a cast list of figures including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
At the Concord Rotary Club weekly luncheon at the Colonial Inn Thursday noon RE Payson True presiding former president Eliot Howard spoke on Rotary in General delivering an interesting and stimulating address to the audience.
A vessel left harbor with lemons in its cargo and fed the crew. None showed scurvy, demonstrating the fruit's protective effect aboard.
The article discusses a rule restricting horse names to seventeen letters, highlighting a case where a trainer seeks a compliant moniker for a new contender named Horace. Officials weigh naming flexibility versus cataloging standards in the racing program.
Denton went ten hits in seven innings with two doubles and a home run to lead Junior Holy Name of Concord to eight runs. The Cardinals managed four on seven innings as both teams fielded poorly with nine errors. Cullinane held the Cardinals to seven hits and struck out four while contributing two hits.
Watertown attorney Wycliffe C. Marshall urged State Treasurer Charles F. Hurley to cancel bonds of 125 corporations and individuals operating collection agencies in Massachusetts. He argued the practice is unauthorized and only lawyers may handle debt collection. he also asked Tax Commissioner Henry Long to sue 12 agencies in Hyannis Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Lowell New Stratford Pittsfield Salem Springfield and Worcester to halt operations.
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