Education and Politics in Massachusetts a Spoiled Ledger
The piece argues Massachusetts education has been kept free of partisan spoils with merit-based hiring and long tenure. It laments recent removals of respected officials not protected by Civil Service and suggests educational leaders have been moved aside as political aims intrude.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
State Education Board
Civil Service
AAA
House
Senate
Bootlegger on Way Approved by Tariff Shifts
The text notes bootlegger decline after the reciprocity treaty with Canada reduced tariffs on liquor. It argues lower duties hurt bootleggers by cutting profits, prompting producers to cut prices to stay competitive. It contrasts Sen Norris with a grocer in jail and hints at political consequences.
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Canada
Washington
Coast Guard
Norris
Senate
Mystery Springs in Queensland Linked to Aboriginal Tale
Reports describe two mystery springs near Boulia in far western Queensland. Elizabeth Spring is a circular hole with tepid water that bubbles up and pushes bodies without sinking. Labra Bm Me water is icy cold and reportedly makes the body feel heavy like stone. Aboriginal informants recall a legend about ages ago when a lubra disappeared after entering the waters.
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Mystery Springs
Queensland
Boulia Township
Queens
Market Center of the World's Sponge Market at Tarpon Springs
Tarpon Springs hosts a bustling sponge market with vendors selling sea sponge products from local and regional suppliers. The event highlights maritime trades and the city’s historic sponge industry.
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Tarpon. Springs
Name Heritage of Wilson Family Traced Through Generations
The article traces surname Wilson from its meaning son of William through early settlers in New England. It notes Rev John Wilken in Boston as a descendant line, James Wilson editor of the Aurora, and Woodrow Wilson’s ancestry including Janet Woodrow and her Scotch roots.
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John Wilken
Boston
Mass
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Concord
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County Down
Ireland
Philadelphia
Aurora
Franklin Bache
Benjamin
Franklin
Anne Adams
Ohio
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Steubenville
Janet Woodrow
Virginia
Southland
Staunton
North Carolina
Scotland
Doctor Woodrow
Glasgow University
Carlisle
Kingland
Uhile Ledger, Inc
WNU
Maynard Substitutes Teacher Amid Absence and Funeral Notices
Maynard reports Miss Mary Howe filled in at the local school during Miss Margaret Kane’s absence this week. Several Maynard residents attended Mrs. Catherine Ryan’s funeral in Beverly on Wednesday. she was the mother of Dr. Earl F. Ryan of Maynard and his acquaintances extend sympathy. William FP. Geebeck of Summer Street attended a relative’s funeral in New Jersey last weekend.
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Margaret Kane
Maynard
Catherine Ryan
Beverly
Household Tips From a 20th Century Column
A compendium of kitchen and home advice notes safe practices, including beef and lamb dishes, decorative flower pots, furniture polish for floors, stain removal with ammonium and turpentine, and seasoning with salt and pepper. It also cites a chemist on keeping opened canned foods in the can for freshness.
Sudbury Notes on Local Politics and Winter Socials
Community updates cover Rev. George H. Clarke’s Florida visit, town meeting warrant rules, and the status of selectman nominations. Reported events include skiing parties at Junia Taylor’s, a dance move to Upper Town hall, and a Farm Extension talk on Mexico, with club meetings and social cards at the Sudbury Men’s Club and local households.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Myer
Florida
Junia Taylor
Ruth Fillebrowne
Taylor
Gordon ‘Taylor
Victor Fillebrowne
Young Peoples Dancing Assembly
Upper Town Hall
Ralph W. Stone
Boston Post Road
Webster Cutting
Board of Assessors
Cutting
Board of
Assessors
Sudbury
Middlesex
Legrat
Harvard Trust Company
Cambridge
Jonaathan Maynard Parmenter
Parmenter
Wayland
Sudbury’s Men's Club
Herbert A. Brown
Concord
Farm Extension Bureau
Mexico
Flynn
Edmund Gleason
Joseph Doyle
Kentucky
Edmund
Henry L. Gleason
Maynard Road
William Evans
Framingham
Doris Way
William Wood
Frank Gerry
Gerry
Roy Hawes
Until Then We Were Best Friends in Summer Cottage
A quoted reminiscence contrasts friendship with family frictions during a shared summer cottage stay. Tensions arose as two households tried living together for a month. The text hints at strained relations and the impact on longtime bonds.
Lombard Street London Named For Financial District
Lombard Street in London gave its name to the financial section of the city. From the 13th century until banished by Queen Elizabeth I foreign merchants from Lombardy operated there as merchants moneylenders and bankers.
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Lombard Street
London
Lombardy
Ancient Rowans Invent Arrow Loosed Machine Gun
A folkloric account claims the Rowans developed a device that fired arrows at high speed like a machine gun. The tale describes rapid volleys and battlefield impact attributed to this legendary weapon.
Hauptmann gets 30 day reprieve in Lindbergh case
Governor Hoffman of New Jersey grants a thirty day reprieve to Bruno Richard Hauptmann the Lindbergh baby kidnap slay er delaying execution for at least sixty days awaiting possible new evidence for a retrial or clemency. The stay follows the US Supreme Court ruling against filing a habeas corpus petition.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hoffman
New Jersey
Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Paint Thickness Measured Three Hundred Coats
A report notes that applying three hundred coats of paint results in a coat about one inch thick. The measure highlights extreme finishing practices and the durability implications for surfaces.
World War Front Reports Dramatic Ethiopian Retreat
Dispatches describe a large Ethiopian withdrawal on the southern front as Italian forces push forward. A Red Cross unit led by Maj. Gerald Burgoyne of England was bombed near Waldia, with civilians killed and town burned, prompting warnings from the Ethiopian government. Mussolini enlarges forces, with a hinted oil embargo looming and possible league action.
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Haile Selasale
Dolo
Red Cross
Gerald Burgoyne
England
Waldia
Dessye
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Grand Council
League of Nations Council
Italy
League Council
United States Congress
Marcel Junod
International
Addis Ababa
OVIET
Russia
Journal de Moscou
Germany
Japan
Wesr
Poland
Ukraine
Sins of Omission and Commission Defined
A brief note explains sins of omission as failing to act when action is due and sins of commission as wrongful acts carried out by individuals or groups.
Maynard Republican caucus names winners in multi race
Maynard voters chose Howard L. King for school committee 76 to 74 over Oliver Trees with G Raymond Jones at 30. Jones may run as independent. William V. Hanson won the other contest 111 to 72 and, as a Democrat nominee, faces no opposition. Numerous town offices elected or unopposed, with caucus officials listed.
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Maynard
Howard L. King
King
Oliver Trees
G. Raymond Jones
Jones
William v. Hanson
Milton Whitney
Hanson
Frank E. Sanderson
Benjamin C. Brown
Donald A. Lent
Roy E. Marsden
Frank J. Murphy
G. H. Gutteridge
George F Thane
Ralph P. Fletcher
Alton W. Sims
Board of Public Welfare
Uavin Taylor
Henry&. Price
Board of ‘Health
John K. Hannon
Young Peoples Sunday at First Parish Concord
Rev Edward P Daniels leads a Young Peoples Sunday with Emerson Society officers conducting the service and delivering the address. Choir offers Praise God in His Holiness and God Be in My Head. Emerson Society meets 5 30 PM with WPA supper. Women's Parish Association attends Alliance Branches in Boston February 3 with Rev Frank C Holmes speaking. Discussion Group meets February 3 at 8 PM to discuss Is Human Happiness the Chief Concern of Religion.
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Concord
Edward P Daniels
Young Peoples
Unitarian
Young People’s
Our Church
Emerson Society
Henry Wheeler
Ralph Verrill
Virginia Joslin
Geoffrey Shaw
Walford Davies
WPA
Women's Parish Association
Alliance
Edward Everett Hale
First Church
Boston
Frank C. Holmes
Jamaica Plain
Victoria Falls Height and Width Surpass Niagara in Rhodesia
The Victoria Falls on the Zambezi in Rhodesia rise more than twice Niagara’s height and are wider at many points. Discovered by David Livingstone on November 17, 1885, the falls form a cascade into a narrow gorge then a grand canyon after crossing the Cape to Cairo railway.
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Zambezi
Africa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Niagara
Boaruka
Livingstone Island
Grand Canyon
David Livingstone
Cape-to-Cairo
Gibraltar British Possession Since 1704
Gibraltar has been a British possession since 1704 when the British won it from Spain.
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Gibraltar
Spain
New England Apple Campaign Expands Marketing Effort
A regional advertising initiative for New England apples moves forward with a New England Council led plan. A New York-New England Institute campaign will extend to major New England centers and newspapers to analyze apple growing and distribution for a permanent program.
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New England
England
New
New England Council
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Englana
New York
new York-New = England Institute
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Phi Heald
Wilton
John Ler
Sterling Junction
Howard P. Gilmore
W Mass
J. ¥. Sullivan
Ayer
W. R. Cole
Amherst
George H. Drew
Westford
J. Fiske
Lunenburg
Howard W. . Hathawaymouth
P. Storrs
Conn
E. J. Graham
Wich
Harold
M. Wallingford
Ortega
New York-New England Institute
Maynard Golf Club Meeting At Grace Merrick Home
Tuesday afternoon the Maynard Golf Club met at Grace Merrick home Pomesticut or Mrs Charlotte Stockbridge associate hostess. Bridges were made to Mrs Violet and others. Next meeting will be at Columbus Rainville home Monday afternoon. A whist social for Jesuit Missions was Tuesday evening at Miss Edith Foster school with Miss Mary Doyle committee member. Awards were made to several named residents including Annie gan, Margaret Dineen, Susie Kan, Ruth Moynihan, Florence Wilder, Anne Eleanor Martin, Ida Brooks, and a special award to Mrs Madge Whalen.
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Grace Merrick
Pomesticut
Charlotte Stockbridge
Violet
William Bra
P H Murphy
Columbus Rainville
King
Clifton Downey
Jesuit Missions
Edith Foster
Mary Doyle
Annie Gan
Margaret Dineen
Susie Kan
Ruth Moynihan
Playa Mt. Helen Cleary
Tucker
Alice Smith
Ann Fry
Florence Wilder
Anne Eleanor Martin
Ida Brooks
Sie McGarry
May Playartha White
Madge Whalen
Acadians Flee Acadia After 1713 British Award
A troit News writer notes Acadians fled Acadia after the 1713 British award to Great Britain. Thousands, including women and children, left their homes for Louisiana and other states while others remained. The article also mentions Loyalists arriving in Nova Scotia between 1776 and 1778 to settle near Shelbourne.
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Acadia
Trea Utrecht
Great Britain
Troit News
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Louisiana
Tomantic
England
France
Newland
New York
Shelbourne
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