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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1936
Page
4
The legislature killed a bill to raise the school age to sixteen. Commissioner Payson Smith argues keeping students in school aligns with modern training and lifelong earning goals. He cites manual arts citizenship courses and family concerns pressuring youths to work.
A fragmented sentence notes that the outcome of a vote left many constituencies inadequately served by the measure. The brief hints at dissatisfaction with representation and the impact of the decision on affected groups.
The passage discusses proposals by Representative Mar cantonio to grant broad federal control over labor and welfare, effectively limiting state powers. It notes attempts to restrict Supreme Court review and critiques these ideas as contrary to the founding generation's vision for a durable national structure.
A writer attributes War is hell to General Phil Sheridan rather than Sherman. Sherman reportedly said war is hell in 1880 at a G A R event in Columbus, but recollections vary. Historians note Shakespeare and Young Clifford as possible prior references and acknowledge the mystery remains unsolved.
Edward Allen of Cambridge is employed there. Charles Visocchi attended a relative's funeral in West Berlin New Jersey Saturday. He visited Charles Buccine in Brooklyn, a former Maynard resident.
George Wahl, 58, died at his son John Wahl's home at 34 Walnut Street Monday morning. A four month resident, he came from Malden. He is survived by his wife and son. The funeral was held this afternoon with burial in a Malden cemetery.
Barcarelle describes a boat song style from Venetian gondoliers and a musical composition evoking the Venetian boat rhythm seen in Tales of Hoffman. The term covers Italian and French lute boat songs used to suggest the boatman cadence and mood.
University of Illinois advice highlights that higher fall and winter egg output boosts annual income. Flocks producing 20 percent or more of yearly eggs in Oct–Dec fetch higher prices and totals. Improve care with clean water from sunrise to sunset, adequate right feed, a well kept laying house, dry litter, and about four square feet per hen. Remove weak or parasite-infested birds.
The article explains how to choose breeding cockerels by early maturity and vigor. It emphasizes comb and wattle development, body size, alertness, and strong posture, with large shanks and pigment. It advises pedigree tracking and selecting birds whose dams laid high egg counts, around 175 to 225 eggs per year, with eggs averaging 24 ounces per dozen.
At Cape Rouge experimental station hens are selected by trap nesting. Poor layers are marketed after the first year, high producers are kept for hatching eggs. Chicks must weigh at least 24 ounces per dozen, strong pullets are kept, while unthrifty or off type birds are eliminated.
The Montreal Hera notes pullets become poor and scrawny due to insufficient feeding caused by being crowded out at feeding time by dominant birds. isolating bossed birds or adding more feed hoppers in pens increases access to feed and helps them eat more.
Authors note hens face a drop in egg production due to the cold weather. Farmers will need to adjust feed and provide warmth. A warm mash mix using milk or water is recommended to help hens resume laying.
A brief item reports camels racing with Arabian dromedaries, noting swift pacing and racing activity. The snippet mentions the camel event and its rapid pace, reflecting a glimpse of traditional desert racing culture.
Letty Snowden endures a sultry night at home after a trying day at the telephone office. She fears Joe will not return as he vanished with a suicide note. He returns with a resigned joke about air and a grim bridge image, revealing strained wages and shared weariness.
The hollow poison ring was common in ancient and later times as an honorable exit from trouble. Notable users include Demosthenes after Athenian defeat, Hannibal, Mithridates, and Marquis de Condorcet who broke the ring on the guillotine for refusing to sanction the king’s death.
The sidereal year is the time for Earth to complete one orbit around the sun, totaling 305 days 6 hours 0 minutes and 0.68 seconds. This period is constant and unvarying.
Sparta, once Greece’s mightiest city, now stands as a beauty spot with few ruins. Its position on the broad Eurotas plain beneath Taygetus remains unsurpassed.
The readable fragments describe a local event involving Masg orm Misite and the City of the Wer. Details are limited but suggest official action or notices affecting the community.
PRANK PUNCH expresses skepticism about the ETIER Taxpayers Association and its leaders. He questions the group’s inclusivity and criticizes a purported debate-free town meeting claiming it betrays open discussion and risks autocracy among organized minorities.
Mr and Mrs Frank C Perkins hosted the Saturday Evening Club at the Abner Wheeler House Framingham with guests including Mr and Mrs John C Hall Mr and Mrs Nathaniel T Loring Mrs William Evans Harold Rogers Mrs Anne Buxton Mr and Mrs Carles H Way and Robert Woodbury The Townsendites of Sudbury anticipate Congressional scrutiny of the Townsend Plan The annual Sudbury Firemen's Association dance drew wide attendance Brigham and his orchestra provided music and out of town fire departments joined locals for the event
Sudbury meeting featured a talk on bills pending in the legislature and how to read, and vote on them. Three candidates Lawrence Tighe Guern Frost and Maxwell Eaton spoke briefly on their intentions for the town. Washington Tea followed served by Mrs. George W. Morse and assistants.
Theodore Jones of Concord Street Maynard is confined to home with a sprained ankle. Miss Elizabeth Mahoney, Regis College freshman, attended a winter carnival in Jeffrey New Hampshire with classmates. The water commission for 1936 is organized with Gavin Taylor chairman James Mahoney secretary and Christopher Wilson.
John Zaporeskie plans to boost Maynard lineup for a big Sunday afternoon game at Pastime Hall. The Fitchburg Five, Central and Western Massachusetts champions, feature standout Johnnie Oliva former Catholic University captain Bill Mackie Armas Fillback Amal Johnson Hallows and Whelan with Maynard facing a strong lineup from West End Big Five.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention domestic sheep and a reference to India and a Roman nese term. No clear event, persons, or organizations are identifiable.
A humor piece by L. L. Stevenson explores modern life and the telephone as a necessary nuisance. It recalls secretaries handling calls, insurance pitches, dynamiters in stock scams, and the persistence of the numbers game amid warnings and odd anecdotes.
Miss Ruth Henry, a first grade teacher at Kensington School in Rocky River, introduced a strip of pasted paper over pupils lips to curb talking in class. The method drew divided opinions from educators and parents about its decorum and effectiveness.
Washington notes detail a shakeup of New Deal farm policy after the Supreme Court struck down the NRA and AAA. The Roosevelt administration seeks a stopgap replacement, with Congress facing partisan clashes, shifting blame, and a push for crop control measures reconsidered under renewed farm relief efforts.
The text explores the name Lan and Luo as Scottish forms and a Hebrew Jo Be cod tat be i suber weana, suggesting meanings tied to divine grace. It notes variations and conjectures on origins, linking names to giftedness and religious symbolism.
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