Marlboro Weekly Enterprise notices and local listings
The Marlboro based Weekly Enterprise announces publication details and postage rates. It lists surrounding towns Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford and notes office at 16 Liberty Street Marlboro Massachusetts with weekly Wednesday issues and year pricing.
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Liberty Street
Marlboro
Mass
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Enterprise Press, Incorporated
Bingle
Maynard
Concord
Sudbury
Acton
Bedford
Peace Preparations Stir Global Powers and Pacifist Debate
A reflective commentary argues that nations rush to arm while preaching peace. It notes France Britain Italy Belgium Poland Czechoslovakia Switzerland and Russia rebuilding arms alongside US ship bills. It questions whether armament prevents war and recalls Washington Naval Treaty and postwar disarmament efforts amid suspicions of duplicity.
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France
Britain
Italy
Belgum
Poland
Mars
Switzerland
League of Nations
Germany
Russia
Japan
United States
Pacific
Washington
Indignation Over Foreign Gifts and Domestic Graft Critique
The Bridgeport Telegram cites Senate probes into munitions and comparisons with foreign gift customs, noting concerns over corruption, relatives on payrolls, and alleged pre-election manipulation. It argues for harsher graft labeling and questions pacifist disarmament priorities amid talk of child labor and aluminum trusts.
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Senate
Rome
Jae
Dirigibles Again Urge Two More LTA Airships
The President's aviation commission urges building two additional lighter-than-air craft for trans oceanic service despite past setbacks. The Graf Zeppelin demonstrates long aloft capability in all conditions, suggesting future airship success with skilled command and improved safety.
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President's Aviation Commission
Aii
Christmas Services In Concord Churches
Christmas services across Concord churches featured varied musical programs and sermons. St Bernard’s offered a midnight mass with Cecilia Gounod tunes, while Our Lady Help of Christians held masses and a children’s Christmas tree concert. The West Concord Union Church presented a Christmas sermon with a Miss Nina Ruble organ and a festive choir. Community caroling around the tree gathered residents to sing carols and visit local homes and facilities.
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Malcolm H Holnes
Bach
Holt
Praetorius
Alfred Uhler
Henry Vaughan
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal Church
K. Orlando Lee
Isome
Evangelical Free Church
iMusic
Olaf M Johnson
West Concord Union Church
George Durgin
Helen Pringle
Church School
Richard MccCabe
Wir
Doris Gerow
Edith Fenton
George Hopkins
Carl Anderson
Velma Banker
Charles Gibbs
St. Cecilia Gounod
Our Lady Help of Christians
Christies
William F Shaughnessy
Julia Dee
Church Onganfet
Charles Newton
Chor
St. Cecelia
Margaret Hearn
Hubel Gallagher
John J Mullaney
Joseph McGann
P Daniel Kelley
Platro A Yon
Law
Colonial Inn
Concord
Emerson Hospital
Deaconess Home For
George A Parsons
Maries A Barker
Thomas Whitney ‘Surette
Leon F Foss
Family thanks friends for kind support after bereavement
The family of Joph Plecewler expresses gratitude to friends for kindness during their recent bereavement.
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Joph Plecewler
Sudbury Holiday Events Include School Play and Carol Service
Mrs Johnson hosted a party and Christmas tree for her school pupils and friends. Children performed Dicky goes to Sleep to the joy of attendees. Carol singing at Christ Parish Church featured members from Congregational and Methodist churches. Coffee and doughnuts followed. Sudbury Men's Club enjoyed a supper at Town Hall served by Mrs Stephen Gray. John Boggs of Boston spoke on a proposed town send BIN, estimating 24 billions in cost and a 40 percent sales tax rise.
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Townsend
Wines Sensitive to Metals Affecting Clarity and Flavor
The article notes that wines react to trace metals, with small amounts altering clarity color and taste. It highlights metal interactions as a factor in wine quality and presentation.
Sudbury Man Becomes Third Master of Welch Lodge
The Sudbury-born leaders Theodoric A. Jones and Harry H. Whitney previously served as masters of Charles A Welch Lodge, A F & A M, with Harvey N. Fairbanks now elected Worshipful Master. Fairbanks, chair of the Town Hall building committee and Selectmen, continues a 61 year Sudbury lineage in the lodge office.
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Sudbury
Charles A Welch
Theodoric
A. Jones
P 'W
Dad) Jones
Harry H Whitney
Harvey N. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Concord Faculty Holiday Visits and Neighborhood News
Robert L. Snyder of the Yale Forestry school spent Christmas with his mother Mrs. Lucy K. Snyder on Centre Street. Misses Mary and Rosa Bowker were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Lane on Central Street. Mr. Irving T. Felch will remain with the railroad at West Concord after a hoped transfer south of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Irving S. Ring of Nashua were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Fought on Highland Street during the holiday.
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Robert L. Snyder
Yale Forestry School
Chriatmas Holliday
Lucy K. Snyder
Sireet
Mary
Rosa Bowker
Henry M. Lane
Central Street
Irving T. Felch
Felch
West Concord
Boston
Irving S. Ring
Nashua
N. H
William O Fought
Highland Street
Holliday
Christmas Events At First Parish Church
Emerson Society hosts a holiday party and dance on Friday December 28 at 7 30. Church school Christmas Party in vestry Saturday December 29 at 1 pm with Marionettes Santa Claus tree and refreshments. Sunday December 30 church school 9 45 and morning service 11 pastor preaches These Things Impend. Wednesday January 2 all day sewing for Emerson hospital by Women's Parish Association.
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Edward P. Daniels
Emerson Society
Church School
Emerson Hospital
Women’s Parish Association
W Concord Union Church Schedule in West Concord
Rev Alfred W Stone oversees services and activities at W Concord Union Church in Massachusetts. December 30 offers morning worship and a church school at noon, with YPSCE at 6 pm. January events include Ladies Missionary Society and a church school time change with an annual meeting on January 8.
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W. Concord Union Church
West Concord
Massachusectts
Alfred W Stone
Ladies' Missionary Society
Susie Wood
Laws Brook Road
West Concord Woman's Club Guest Night Held January 4
The West Concord Woman's Club will host its annual Guest Night at Odd Fellows hall on Friday evening January 4. The Copley Male Quartet will perform and Miss Betty Cooper will read as well as play cello. Mrs Harold E. Gibbs serves as hostess for the event.
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W. Concord Woman's Club
West Concord Woman's Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Copley
Betty Cooper
Harold E. Gibbs
Christmas Day Services At Evangelical Free Church
Rev Olaf M Johnson preached on The Son of Uaild at the six morning service with a mixed quartet and a duet by Mrs Swen and Mrs Cahill. Sunday school program Wednesday evening featured recitations and songs led by Miss Annie Olsen.
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Evangelical Free Church
Olaf M. Johnson
Uaild
Kindness of Giving Play at Methodist Church Event
Tino Chrisanas party of the Methodist Episcopal church featured songs and recitations by children and a playlet titled The Kindness of Giving. Mrs. Frank J. Maurer led the program with recitations by Ray and Arlene Eisenhauer Doris Phyllis and Frederick Carlson and Vivian John Edgar and Lawrence Kuos. Lois Eisenhauer Esther Taylor Phyllis Carlson Arlene Eisenhauer and Lloyd Svatt acted in the play.
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Tino Chrisanas
Methodist Episcopial Church
Frank J. Maurer
Ray
Arlene Eisenhauer
Doris Phyllis
Frederick Carlson
Vivian
John
Edgar
Lawrence Kuos
Lois Eisenhauer
Esther Taylor
Phyllis Carlson
Lloyd Svatt
Christmas program and services at Trinitarian Congregational Church
The Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord lists a Christmas music program and a series of services led by Rev George L Thurlow. Events include morning worship, a Young People's Club, open house at the Manse, midweek service, and a talk by Arthur Merritt on the Gaspe Peninsula.
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Trinitarian Congregational Concord
Massachusetts
George L Thurlow
Church
Jesus
Young People’s Club
Nev
Arthur Merritt
Gaspe Peninsula
Veterans Building
Church Used as Barracks in Richmond in 1771
Old St. John’s Church in Richmond Virginia founded over a century ago served as British soldiers barracks in 1771 according to historic notes.
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St. John's
Richmond
Big Increase Seen in Mental Cases
New York reports a 100 percent rise in mentally ill patients under hospital care over 25 years, from 159,008 in 1910 to higher figures, due mainly to expanded treatment facilities and public acceptance. The National Committee for Mental Hygiene credits reforms and increased hospital capacity for the growth.
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New York
United States
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
State Hospital
National Committee
Clifford Beer
Lfe
Ohio mother bears twins and triplets in one family
Mrs Edith Stewart of Monroeville Ohio has nine children in a single family including triplets Fleeta Forrest Lee and Faybelle three, first twins Aliene and Eugene five, second twins Louis James and Lois May one, plus four others Dennis sixteen Vivien thirteen Virginia ten Donna seven.
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Monroeville
Ohio
Edith Stewart
Fleeta
Forest Lee
Faybelle
Aliene
Eugene
Louis James
Lois May
Dennis
Vivien
Virginia
Donna
Drouth Destroys Major Desert Mirage Near Dragoon
A severe drought in Dragoon Arizona has erased a famed desert mirage four miles east of town. The giant illusion, seen for generations along a transcontinental highway, vanished at the start of July. It was once a ten mile long sheet of water drawing thousands of tourists.
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Dragoon
Ariz
Drouth
Cops and Crooks Cartoon Quip Highlights Speed and Smarts
Uncle Eben quips about a policeman on a motorcycle outrunning a crook but notes speed does not guarantee cleverness. The cartoon caption reflects a lighthearted take on chase dynamics and street smarts.
Poultry Men Plan Boston Show Attendance From Hudson
Hudson District Poultry Association members plan to attend the 86th annual Boston poultry breeders show at the Mechanic Building opening New Year’s Day for five days. Harriman A. Reardon heads plans with three local breeders entering multiple black breasted red Old English bantams.
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Hudson
Hudson District Poultry Association
Boston
Mechanica
Harriman A. Reardon
Hudson Association
William H. Kenney
Central Street
Louis V. Rowe
Fosgate Road
Berlin
Red Pine Ridge
New England
Reardon
Rowe
Hudson Group
Wood Square
Christmas carolers canvas Memorial Church
Among the young people at home for the holidays are Marion Beckwith Iron Oberlin College Robert Hunter from Waterford Vermont and Richard Hammond Bettie Harrington Loraine Perkins Waldo and Isobel Stone The Christmas carolers are out Monday evenings carrying their message of cheer to the sick and shutting The house to house canvass of Memorial Church will take place next Sunday
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Marion Beckwith
Iron Oberlin College
Robert Hunter
Waterford
Richard Hammond
Bettie Harrington
Loraine Perkins
Waldo
Isobel Stone
Memorial Church
Christmas Travel and Local Cottages Incident Report
Mr and Mrs Paul W Rhoades drove to Cleveland Ohio for Christmas with relatives. Seneca Hall Chief of Police seeks the owners of seven Pink Lake cottages broken into and damaged recently. Christmas tree party for employers and families held at Wayside Inn with Mrs Spicer hosting. Guests enjoyed refreshments. Dr Buell leaves town for a new position after well wishes from friends.
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Paul W. Rhoades
Cleveland
Seneca Hall
Pink Lake
Wayside ‘Inn
Spicer
Doctor Buell
Dinner Party At Hall Home Hosts 20 Students
Twenty Framingham State Teachers College students enjoyed a vacation dinner at Miss Dorothy Hall’s East Lincoln Street home in Marlboro. Grace Smith was guest of honor and Christine Lavelle and Helen Kunen attended as guests. Helen Kunen and Marjorie Munsil performed musical selections.
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Marlboro
Framingham State Teachers College
Dorothy Hall
East Lincolntreet
Grace Smith
Christine Lavelle
Helen Kunen
Marjorie Munsil
Newton
Joint Marlboro Hudson Rotary Club Meeting at Wildwood Inn
Members of the Rotary Club of Marlboro and Hudson meet jointly at Wildwood Inn at noon. Marlboro president Dr. R. Laurence Smith will host the visitors for a round table discussion on general Rotarian matters.
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Marlboro
Rotary Club of
Marlboro and Hudson
Wildwood Inn
Marlboro Club
R. Laurence Smith
No Time to Sleep in Hi Ho’s Chinatown Tale
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown warns that dozing on a doorstep may invite creditors to seize the house behind him. The cautionary note reflects street wisdom about thrift and risk in a busy urban quarter.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Snail Shells and Purple Dyes in Roman Times
In ancient Rome the Tyrian purple came from snails, reserved for nobility, while some snails used ink as a smoke screen when threatened. Other species bore poison glands that eject venom, and ornate shells were repurposed as umbrella handles.
Elements known before Christ and later discoveries
The text notes nine elements known in ancient times copper gold iron lead mercury aluminum tin carbon sulfur. It states no new elements were added until 1250 with arsenic and 1450 with antimony.
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Christ
Sudbury Officials Push Plan to Complete Boston Post Road
Sudbury officials join Marlboro and Wayland in pressing to finish the Boston Post Road segment by 1935. Mayor Lyons may convene a joint meeting with Charlies A. Lyons and other town leaders to map a public campaign, with support from Governor-elect Curley and local figures seeking funding and road improvements.
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Wayland
Ipaign
Sudbury
Boston Post Road
Aubrey W. Borden
Charlies A. Lyons
Marlboro
Lyons
Budbury
Harry C. Cole
Frank E. Lyman
Joseph B. Ely
Jo Curley
Indy
Dwarvey N. Fairbank
Leroy Hawes
President Calls Aides in Economy Plan Meeting
Washington reports the President summoned aides to discuss the economy program and the budget. The discussions focus on social security reforms and who to appoint in key advisory roles.
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Washington
Council expected to confirm Ly man and Huw Bocton
Executive Council meets to end wrangling over police chief and resignations. Governor, Mayor and councilors anticipate Ly man as Commissioner of Public Works and Hurley on the tax appeals board amid a tense political week. Nine Christmas personal crisis reports were filed with police in Vienna yesterday.
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Bocton
Frank E. Ly
Public Works
Fr Hurley
Tax Appeals Board
Wi Executive Council
Ihe
Eugene C. Hultman
Ten Plead Guilty Of Insurance Frauds In Federal Court
Ten men accused of defrauding the Modern Woodmen of America of 47000 by insurance claims pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday. The judge set January 70 for sentencing the men for using the to defraud.
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Muskogee
Mich
Woodmen of America
War department forms centralized army air force
Washington December 27 1940 The War Department organized a centralized army air force of fighting planes able to be deployed as a unit for attack or defense. Lt General Henry H. Arnold was named commander and the force was to operate under unified command with rapid response capability.
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Washington
War Department Yester
Army Air Force
YUU
Lirrank M. Andrews
Ee Rese
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