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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
4
A fragmented OCR list notes key events: Garfield assassination 1881, a state becoming and Independence Day references, a 1943 major coal strike ending, the 1944 Boston Circus fire with 167 deaths, and the 1898 Hawaii annexation.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee faced heavy opposition as Wagner Taft and Barkley criticized the gutted OPA bill. Br kley backed reporting the measure with harsh critique of OPA destruction. Secretary Schwellenbach, frustrated by White House pressure, clashed over efforts to break the maritime strike. Truman urged settlement and avoiding government interference.
The House begins action to reduce the U S debt limit from 300 billion to 275 billion dollars. Senate support pending. officials stress need for genuine spending cuts and new revenue, warning against relying on high debt and unsafe budgets. A Harvard student tale closes the piece with a casual career note.
The text surveys long history of senate defeats over cabinet posts led by treasury appointments. It notes Andrew Jackson with Roger B. Taney, John Tyler with Caleb Cushing Henshaw Porter, Andrew Johnson with Henry Stanbery, Calvin Coolidge with Charles Warren, and Dawes absent during Warren’s vote. It also mentions Jim Folsom planning a governorship move and studying Ellis Arnall’s administration while Alfred Henry Wallace is cited.
A hillbilly refused a traveling buyer’s offer for his market hogs and drove them into town seeking a better price. The buyer later taunts him, but the hillbilly notes the journey with the hogs in tow as his unintended profit.
In a tense breakfast moment Howson laments being away from the horse races as his wife coolly notes his money remains with the book. The exchange hints at a domestic squabble over gambling and finances.
Readers ask about gratuity pay taxable status and VA pensions. Answers clarify gifts not taxed, dependency and eligibility rules, and hospital care under Veterans Administration, with contact details for offices in Boston Newark Wall Street and Mass headquarters.
A rough-spirited man named Kirk dies and, at his funeral, his widow expresses a grim, dialect riddled remark about the afterlife. A neighbor offers solace but she insists he will be punished in hell, echoing her blunt style.
Composer Edward MacDowell overheard an adoring mother praising her child’s performance of his piece To a Wild Rose. The young artist struggles, the mother exults in teaching, MacDowell quips that she should not have taught it to be pulled up by the roots.
In a photo studio a young woman asks for an enlarged print and the clerk suggests mounting it. The woman eagerly agrees saying it will look nice on a horse, indicating a desired display scene.
A physician explains choosing dermatology citing patients rarely woke him at night, never died, and never fully recovered, contrasting with other medical fields. The remark reveals a clinician’s preference for a field offering steady, low-dramatic outcomes despite ongoing care.
Readable fragments reveal a husband’s harsh attitude and a wife’s two months of trouble, with muttered hints of public pressure and domestic strain. The tone implies ongoing conflict and social scrutiny in a domestic setting.
A man resists warnings as he confronts a suitor about taking his daughter, insisting there will be no rash action and demanding direct information if there is any matter concerning her.
Unclear dialogue references exercise needs and inspection, noting tongue and soles as focal points. The fragment implies a casual exchange without concrete details or events.
The article explains two main strategies for abundant sweet corn: stagger plantings of an early variety or plant four varieties at once to stagger maturity. Hybrid varieties mature more evenly, extending harvest, while late varieties suit fall crops. It covers pest concerns from the European corn borer, timing, spacing, soil depth, and pollination practices for maximizing yield.
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