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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1911
Page
7
Popular Mechanics outlines several tempering methods for springs used in guns and novelty items. Methods include heating to light red then quenching in lard or tallow and water, hanging springs on copper wire, or warming to cherry red and brine quench for hard steel. A bright red to raw linseed oil bath provides proper temper without drawing.
A Marlboro man recounts his kidney illness progression from backache to urinary troubles and sleeplessness. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills from Burke Drug, he reports rapid relief and renewed health. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells the remedy for 60 cents nationwide.
Deposits earn interest on the third Wednesday of January April July and October. Dividends payable on the third Wednesday of January and July. Banking hours are 9 to 3 daily, Saturday 9 to 12:30. William D. Burdett serves as president and Charles F. Holyoke as treasurer.
Wanted live fowls and chicks with special price on broilers. Also apples and pears on the trees. For sale laying and breeding stock plus 60 young pigs. Telephone 213 4 Marlboro Masse.
A New York state grange master argues for a central bureau under state executive direction to promote cooperative trade among farmers. He contends a qualified manager could run a profitable office, align with granges statewide, and forge trade ties with manufacturers to move farm products to better markets.
The piece argues cooperatives should aid farmers without pursuing mere profit. It criticizes individual purchasing and sales as wasteful, urges a bureau for farm labor and wholesale dealings, and envisions a Grange backed by efficient centralized purchasing to reduce middleman costs and strengthen cooperative value.
The speaker proposes an agricultural office to handle dairy and grain products, supply farmers with labor during busy seasons, and market producer goods for the state. He urges a small, well paid staff, annual reporting, and prompt price data, aimed at benefiting producers and fair foreign labor distribution.
In a speech to the New York State Grange the speaker urges creating a cooperative trade distributing station and farm labor bureau linking subordinate granges with wholesale trade. He cites a $3000 treasury and proposes placing at least $10 in a state grange corporation to fund the effort.
Grange notes report NH and IN state meetings set for December in Concord and Columbia City with degree work highlighted. A Maine state leader announces a farm produce exhibit for the next Augusta gathering.
A reflective piece by Frances Ingersoll explores daily worries over money and clothes, contrasting harsh realities with the quiet value of home life. It recalls twilight moments with children as proof that ordinary labor yields rich, hopeful rewards.
This guide offers sewing ideas for babies and children. It suggests adding a 10 by 6 inch back band to a plain dress for baby comfort, using a continuous placket for vent wear, and crafting mitten patterns from scraps to keep hands warm in winter.
A playful board game for children uses a twenty inch square board with an eighteen inch circle divided into twelve sections like a clock. A top spun from half a spool lands in a numbered sector to determine score. Scores from 50 to 200 are used, and the player who reaches the target first wins.
A clever mother keeps a mischievous toddler entertained by chalk on brown paper taped to the wall. Three smooth sheets fill a wide space for the child to draw while she remains free to enjoy quiet time, balancing fun with the cost of new paper.
The guide describes small pies for children using split milk crackers as crusts, filling with apple sauce or other fillings, and optional meringue or whipped cream. For custard pie spread crust with blancmange and brown. Cut into quarters with a sharp knife.
Advice favors giving children plain cold water over constant milk or anade. A small tumblerful of pure water will not hurt a child at any time.
Corrected timetable listing service from Concord with connections to Boston and multiple towns. Notes half hour Saturday cars 2 PM to 8 PM, special theatre car for Maynard departs Concord Depot at 11 20 PM Saturdays, and through connections to Hudson, Lexington, Framingham, Worcester lines.
Time table listing schedule for Lowell Acton and Maynard Street Railway with related persons and supplementary details.
An elderly narrator recalls a young romance shaped by mischief and honor. She describes two suitors Fitz Hugh and Stevenson, a duel, a fatal shot, and a lifelong consequence, ending with the warning that mischief can ruin lives and loves.
Poetic note expressing a desire for a heavenly service. The speaker longs for a ceremony without the misgivings or exclusions of traditional rites, seeking a purer spiritual experience. The text reads like a fragment from a devotional or lyrical column.
A playful line from Kansas City Journal ponders hiring a fairy godmother to manage the author’s touring duties and endless schedule. The remark highlights humorous backstage life and theatrical demands.
A Yonkers Statesman inquiry mocks charity and hobbie skirts while a Queen etiquette column offers a witty dining tip. The piece contrasts modest concealment of impropriety with discreet table manners and a humorous beetle in the soup gag.
A Trinidad designer created a postage stamp machine now improved in London and placed in a London post office. The device feeds stamps from a roll, cuts, and fixes them with precision at 4,000 per hour. It holds 50,000 stamps and checks each stamp for correct size and shape, claiming to prevent fraudulent disks.
A deaf man regained hearing after a treated ulcer, a result that surprised him as he heard the street noises for the first time. Doctors report similar successful outcomes in other deafness cases, attributing revival to nerves in the ear re-sensitizing to sound waves after disease or shock.
A motor ice harvester powered by an eight horsepower engine drives a four bladed cutter spinning at 1800 revolutions per minute. It travels 9000 feet while traction wheels move at 10.5 rpm, advancing only 2.5 feet per run. The report appears with additional comic snippets about salaries and a chanticleer.
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