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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1924
Page
6
Dorothy Darnn plans a southern route to California with a Yosemite Valley visit. The trip is set for the spring, returning home in late April.
Doric Lodge A Fr and 4M hold the second seasonal social in Hudson tonight at the Masonic hall with music and dancing. The first social was a success and a minstrel show is planned for February. committee members are George Finney Harry P Nourse and Alpert Gleason.
Mies Beathies Louchran of New York will compete in a skating race in France. She plans to count the UW SB in the event and aims for a strong finish despite garbled details.
John J Shine of Cambridge was warmly greeted by Hudson residents on Monday. He recovered from a harrowing incident last Deer season after plunging into the Sudbury River to save three people. Shine plans to raze the old Jackson Main Street structure and develop Lake Boon property for a large dance pavilion and lake resort.
The public reception for United States Senator Burton K Wheeler in Hudson is postponed due to his duties in Washington. Wheeler must speak in Boston January 14 and 15 and Springfield January 20, returning to the capital the next day. He hopes to visit Hudson later and is spoken of as a native son to be honored soon.
The Unitarian Alliance will host a baked bean and cold meat supper in the parish hall Friday at 6 30 pm. At 4 pm Rev Herbert M Gesner of Marlboro will address the alliance. Committee in charge includes Mrs Wheeler Mrs Walter L Mrs George A ge Mrs Woodbury Parker Mrs Wilcox and Miss Viola Allan.
Local word ties a humorous claim to Mart where only two men are said to still use old fashioned goose quill tooth picks. No further details or names provided.
The piece lists old fashioned candies including Butterscotch Chocolate and Sultana Caramels with step by step instructions. It shifts to a report on the 1924 Citizens Training Camps outlined by General A W Brewster, detailing purpose costs and logistics for youths 17 to 24 to gain military and civic training across New England and beyond.
A fragmented line notes young men striving to fit themselves for citizenship. The garbled text hints at civic preparation or autonomy but offers little clear event or names.
The text portrays three daughters petitioning a father for cash. The oldest asks for money to buy powder, the middle asks for two bits for cigarettes, and the flapper requests four dollars for a quart of gin. The exchange reflects Prohibition era slang and gendered requests.
The V. F. W. team beat Whitman 29 to 17 after a late start and sparse crowd in South Shore league action. Mik Johnson and Dutchie Greather led Hudson with strong defense while Kid Cochrane of Boston varsity fame and Haverty Sheehan Remele Gan Curtin added key plays for the V. F. W. marked by crowd razzing of Johnson and a string of seven standout formations.
A playful poem recalls a young woman named Minny who pranks with bold fashion and carefree vanity. It describes her slim figure and confident pose as she ignores worries while strutting her style.
Maynard Mr and Mrs John Ingham of Shawsheen Village visited their son William Ingham on Brooks Street for New Year. Miss Ruth Smith of Lynn Classical High School resumed duties after holidays with her parents on Nasan Street. Mr and Mrs George Newton to tour the South and Pacific coast ending in New Orleans.
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