The Weekly Enterprise Masthead Summary
The Weekly Enterprise header lists office at 1 Liberty Street Marlboro Massachusetts with imprint details including Second Class Matter since 1908 and post office publication rights. It mentions subscription rates and various Massachusetts towns Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford and others in the distribution area.
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Liberty Street
Marlboro
Mays, Every
Enterprise “Incorporated
Postoffice Mass
Congress
Humorist and Philanthropist Promotes Relief Shows
A local humorist and charity figure tours drought hit areas with a volunteer company. Shows raise funds for relief, totaling $200, with audiences praising his wartime style of comic relief amid hardship.
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Perim
Prince of Humorists
Pitcken
Bar Beautious Barristers Barred from New York Bar
The piece notes that women are barred from New York Bar Association membership despite pressure from eminent members to admit them. It suggests jealousy within the profession and the image of beauty among barristers as factors in excluding women.
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New York Bar Association
Bread prices stay high despite lower wheat and flour costs
Senate hearing hears heads of two large baking firms attribute high bread costs to labor and profit margins. Public demand for bread with costlier ingredients, plus rising labor costs from bakers and shorter schedules, means even cheaper wheat can yield only a modestly priced loaf. The piece rails at distorted prices and nostalgia for home baking while noting Will Rogers philanthropy funding relief efforts.
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Senate
Bread, safety, and the public in a changing town
The piece discusses the ethics of bread pricing and home baking, urges thrift by reviving home bakeries, and examines safety culture as a public protection economy. It argues that safety instincts are shaped by propaganda and that caution is taught more cheaply through engineering and instruction. It also reflects on business ethics, service to the public, and the social contract between merchants and society.
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Union 611
Bar Beautious Barristers Ban On Fair Membership
In New York a group of eminent sacred precincts has barred the fair membership after obdurate opposition. The exact cause remains unclear with speculation about roads and profession. The piece hints at Portias like figures and a casual avoidance of business disputes.
New Economic Era Sees Business Tackle Unemployment
Colonel Arthur Woods, chairman of the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment, states a new economic era dawns with business taking responsibility for unemployment. He notes both current and earlier developments shaping this shift.
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Arthur Woods
Eiergency “Committee For
Industrial bosses eye unemployment cure through stable work
Colonel Woods notes a new era where business management accepts responsibility to keep producing units employed as they are also customers. He says past corporate relief plans were experimental, but common principles are forming to curb unemployment and foster an industrial consciousness for the future.
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Colonel Woods
Editor clarifies stance on state highway sidewalks
L. A. Blanchard, executive secretary of Massachusetts Civic League, writes from Boston on February 22 1931 to correct misperceptions. He argues sidewalks are needed where appropriate but warns against overbuilding as wasteful and unsafe. He cites Worcester Pike as an example of excessive expenditure and reiterates the committee’s aim to reduce pedestrian fatalities.
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Massachusetts Civic League
Boston
Governor’s Committee On
L. A. Blanchard
Verne Ordway Visits Hudson Parents After Operation
Verne Ordway, a former Hudson Day and well known here, is visiting his parents on Chapin Road Hudson. He is recuperating after an operation performed in a New York hospital and has been working in the city for several months.
Beth Says Take Candy or Cookies to Office
A note urges coworkers to bring sweets for a mid afternoon nibble. The casual prompt suggests sharing treats to help stave off the afternoon slump.
Blizzard paralyzes traffic in Maritime provinces
A heavy blizzard struck Truro and Cape Breton last night, delaying all traffic and halting trains in sections. Communications lines were broken with crews restoring service amid $500,000 in prior storm damage, while freight and passenger rail service faced widespread disruption.
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Truro
N. Y
Maritime
Cape Breton
Berlin Highlights and Town Hall Whist Night Plans
Miss Ruth Howen enjoys a Harvard teaching holiday. Mr and Mrs Donald Ross of Amherst visit relatives in town. Miss Olve Bowen takes a Fitchburg Normal School break. American Legion Post schedules a public whist at Town Hall Monday. Cecil B Wheeler in charge. Ski meet attendance noted. Board of Selectmen set next meeting for Monday at 7 30 in Town Hall. Marlboro Electric cuts street lighting by about 5000 yearly starting March 1.
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Donald BE. Ross of
Amherst
Town
Ocal American Legion
Cecil B. Wheeler
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Town Hall
Marlboro Electric Company
Berlin
Army and Navy Require Twelve Teeth for Admission
Dental officials announced that the army and navy will admit applicants with at least 12 sound teeth, with three cutting teeth and three molars above and below opposite each other. Civil service rules demand 20 sound teeth for policemen or firemen, and Harvard dentist Dr. Paul K. Losch endorses the emphasis on dental hygiene, noting 20 vital teeth may be required.
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United States Army
Ald Navy
Sdical
Army
U. S. Army
Navy
Civil Service
Paul K. Losch
Harvard Dental School
Rector Recalls Wild West Memoirs in Talk
Hudson, Rev. Louis A. Parsons, rector of St Luke's Episcopal Church, spoke to the Rotany Club at Sharon's restaurant. He shared a personal picture of the West from 40 years ago as a cowboy on a Montana ranch, contrasting real days with sensational movie and story magazine depictions.
Two Boys Granted Permission to Pedal Gas Engineering Course
Marlboro Mayor Martel received a notice from Robert O Small of the Division of Vocational Education stating that two boys were granted permission to enroll in the gas engineering course at Worcester Trade School. Names are Norman Bennett 19 of PB Place and Chester Firs 28 Main Street.
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Marlboro
Martel
Robert O. Small
Boa i
Worcester Trade School
Norman Bennett
PB Place
Chester Firs
Main Street
Market Shows Reserve Buying Power in Great Merchants
Editor notes Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward report higher sales in vitua 4Yon than January 1930. He says this proves public ability to buy at real bargains and the efficacy of advertising. The piece argues a market exists for honest goods at sound prices.
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George F. Milton
The
Abnoors
Tenn. News
Sears Roebuck & Company
Montgomery Ward & Company
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Dinant Emerges As Emerald Coast Of Brittany
Dinant in Brittany is praised as a tropical coastal jewel nicknamed the Nice of the North. The article notes winter and summer appeal with Mediterranean flora, Gulf Stream plants, and abundant lodging, golf clubs, casinos, and auto excursions from Cap Frehel to Mont Saint Michel.
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Dinant
France
Cote d’Azur
Brittany
St Malo
St. Cast
Paris
Cap Frehel
Mont St. Michael
Washington’s Birthday Holiday Observed at Concord Reformatory
The 992 inmates of Massachusetts Reformatory Concord were given a Washington’s Birthday holiday from work. Supt Charles T Judge allowed an hour in the yard, showed motion pictures in the chapel, and served a special noon dinner of roast pork mashed potatoes onions apples and pies. Each man received a bag of fruit and cookies for his cell. A prisoner band performed a concert in the guardroom in the afternoon.
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Massachusetts Reformatory
Washington
Charles T Judge
Generallu
Reformatory
Vesper Musicale at Trin Congregational Church
The third Vesper Musicale invites all to a program in the church auditorium featuring organ preludes and postludes, cello solos, and choral readings. Guest organist Victor Harry Upson is joined by cellist Ruth W Master and includes works by Dubois Bach Handel Bonnet Squire and Schubert. The series has drawn the congregation and been widely appreciated.
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Trin Congregational Church
Dubois O
Bach
Oe Eas
Handel
McMaster
Dunkler
Lane Ongan
Bonnet
Squire
Schubert
Victor Harry Upson
Miss Ruth W Master
Rose
Vesper Musicales
Foss First in Skeet Shoot at Concord Club
Percy R. Foss won the Concord Rod and Gun Club skeet shoot Monday posting 28 points to top George Clark and T. J. Smith who each scored 20. Other scores listed include Elmer Rankin 18 Theodore Agnew 17 Clarkson 16 L McPherson 16 Nelson Horne 15 and several others.
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Harry E. Wells
C. Carlson
Mr. Cook
Sam. Gould
Joseph Algo
F. Hodgkins
Dr. Cohan
Mr. Sawyer
Hudson Youth Excels in Multiple Sports at Exeter
Hudson High graduate Hudson Braman Gibbs now at Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter New Hampshire shows marked talent as a shot putter on the track team and a forward on basketball. He played half back in football last fall and is expected to join the baseball squad in the spring taxi
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Hudson
Braman Gibbs
Washington Street
Hudson High
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. H
Entertainer to perform at private whist in Southboro
Miss Julia Fitzgerald hosts a public whist at her Marlboro road home in Southboro Thursday night. The event is conducted under the Madonna Circle auspices.
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Julia Fitzgerald
Marlboro Road
Southboro
Madonna
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