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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1949
Page
13
Prices have dropped since March 18 with eggs 3 to 4 cents below the onlarge. Dealers report waning consumer interest over the past three weeks as mills and factories reduce output. Meat price declines and cereals replacing eggs curb demand. The industry eyes new reporting forms after anti trust actions targeted long standing market quotations.
The report stresses reporting each transaction separately to avoid conflating results. It notes trades show varied factors affecting buyers and sellers, with two illustrations of size classes moving differently and prices not easily duplicated. Local arrivals totaled 20,008 for the week, compared to 26,869 last year and 22,542 the prior week.
Lost books and savings bond notices appear from Maynard and Assabet Institutions for Savings in 1949. Notices cite deposit book numbers, witness statements, and payment details with dates in February and January.
Emerson hospital administrator Concord Miss Elmina L Snow issues January data. Ward patients total 73 with 126 adults 122 males 40 infants 23 under 14 and 47 S P patients 25 P R patients 40 infants in the ward.
The Shamrock bar in the Sunset District has operated at the same spot for 55 years, maintaining its longtime presence in the area.
An unnamed husband rushes his wife to a hospital after a mid night collapse. In the waiting area he glimpses the injured filing woman being examined, exclaiming in shock and noting the tally reaches fifteen. The scene unfolds with urgency as bystanders react.
A golf instructor advises practicing the movement of driving without the ball to fix a specific swing fault. The student replies that this is exactly the difficulty they face.
Calvin Coolidge and Senator Spencer stroll near the White House in the evening. Spencer jokes about Nobody as the two remark that people come and go, capturing a lighter moment in a presidential past.
A London maternity home scene ends with a nurse telling a new father that his wife has triplets three girls. He asks to keep all three, but the nurse explains the law and says one is for the father and two are for export under current government policy.
The National Association of Purchasing Agents reports January prices mostly down with a buyers' market aside from higher freight costs. Manufacturing remains slow from the prior slump, back orders decline, inventories shrink, and turnover rises at 62 percent. Market sentiment is cautious on Truman's fair deal.
A tense day in their home ends with a smile as the wife asks for her spouse Harold's voice. He complains but she replies with sweetness, claiming she is glad to have found it, signaling reconciliation after strain.
A pair of remarks contrasts perceived intellectual maturity with a jab about what children know today. The dialogue hints at generational differences and social attitudes.
Sergeant grills Rockie about why he joined the army. Rockie replies he joined to serve his country not to eat soup, asserting the need to focus on duty over trivial gripes.
A couple drives along a woodland path in a spell of silence. The woman asks if he can drive with one hand, he agrees, then she jokes that he should wipe his nose as it runs.
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