Time and Temptation Redeems a Drunk Wyant
In a police court Hector Wyant accepts a five year pledge to reform after a judge asks if he will sign and stay on track. He battles alcohol, finds a draftsman job, and grows toward selfless work after aiding a lost child and meeting settlement worker Miss Webster, daughter of Judge Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
John Webster
Alma
Wyant
Plance
Wyatt
Grimdy
Aelf
Gar
Wyaat
Wyndham’s Corners
Jamie
Immanett
Kentle
War prompts broad new dress reform for men
A reader urges postwar fashion change to a uniform influenced male silhouette. Proposes corsets for men, knee pants, mail tone coats, shorter shirts, colonial style shoes, and white accessories to reduce fabric use and boost comfort. Encourages women to push the movement publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Concord Red Cross completes June gar ment allotment letters
The Concord Mass Chapter of the American Red Cross has sent its June allotment to New England headquarters with hospital garments, civilian clothing, and surgical dressings. Local production in Concord includes gowns shirts skirts layettes sweaters and socks. The group reports a brief pause but plans open workdays Friday July 19 and following days as staffing returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Red Cross
Concord Mass
American Red Cross
New England
Medow & Silverman
Mary B
Hoar
Women’s Work Committee
Short kerosene supply warned for coming winter
United States Fuel administration warns kerosene shortages this winter. Citizens urged to conserve. use lamps, stoves and heaters efficiently. Storrow calls for lifting ashes daily and avoiding unnecessary burning. Aimed at households and offices with 100 000 Turn Off the Fan cards to be distributed near fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fuel Administration
James J. Storrow
New England
Oil Conservation
Philadelphia Fuel Administration
Race & Watts
Drafting Women and the Boston View on War Work
A Boston paper quotes Miss Mabel Gillies pie arguing against forced female draft but endorsing useful employment for women. She says self-respecting women should work and that all physically fit people should contribute to winning the war activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mabel Gilliespie
Red Cross Sale Benefit Nets 70 Dollars in Concord
A small charity sale organized by local children raised seventy dollars for the Red Cross. Proceeds delighted members and families of the Nature Club. Remaining items are on sale at Miss Houghton’s store on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Concord
Nature Club
Advertised Letters Listed for Geo Glascoe and Others
A postal notice lists advertised letters for Geo Glascoe John Shepard Col Weaver Mrs Robert C Cobb Miss Katherine Osgood Miss Gertrude B Smith Miss Anna Upham among others awaiting pickup at the town post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Glascoe John Shepard
Col. Weaver
Robert C. Cobb
Katherine Osgood
Gertrude B. Smith
Anna Upham
Turnberry Castle Birthplace of Robert Bruce
The ruined Turnberry castle on Ayrshire coast is noted as the birthplace and early home of Robert Bruce. It describes Bruce’s early campaigns to retake Turnberry from an English force and his later rise to power culminating in Bannockburn. The article reflects on the castle’s once formidable status and its now faded remains.
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Turnberry Castle
Ayrshire
Scotland
Robert Bruce
Annandale
Carrick
United Kingdom
Bruce
Turnberry
Stirlingshire
Bannockburn
Local Notes Show Residents Entering Service and Travel
William Mulcahey joins the navy while Mrs. George Jones spends a week in Allston. Ernest Clough becomes a Boston jeweler. Elizabeth Hansen spends summer at Nahant. William Connolly joins U S Army tank division. Mrs. Cora Banks visits son Luther in Beverly. Many residents travel, work, or visit relatives in towns like Concord Junction Exeter Nantasket Shirley and Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mulcahey
Navy
George Jones
Allston
Ernest Clough
Boston
Elizabeth Hansen
Nahant
William Connolly
Tank
U. S. Army
Cora Banks
Luther
Beverly
Lydia Clements
Farmington
Frank Gerrity
Edward ‘Thorpe
Stamford
Thomas Healey
Patrick Myrick
Hudson
BE. BK. Gray’s
Philip Reed
Ayer
Concord
Second Week At Concord Junction Playground Opens Week
The Concord and Concord Junction playgrounds begin week two with a fuller schedule. Grounds open daily except weekends from 9 to 12 morning and 1 30 to 5 afternoon. In addition to swimming sewing handicraft games and folk dancing there is extra focus on war work for children.
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Concord
Concord’ Junction
Mining Firms Create Forestry Department in Reforestation Drive
Large mining companies establish a forestry department to address timber shortages for mine pillars and equipment. Bear Creek watershed receives 5,000 white pine and 5,000 Norway spruce seedlings, with 30,000 more trees under cultivation in Hauto PA. Reforestation aims to cut waits and long hauls, reduce floods, boost water supply and drought resilience, and increase anthracite production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestry Department
Bear Creek
Hauto
Panther Creek
Fragmented speech about giving a coin and a food book
A garbled dialogue shows a speaker offering a nickel and noting a book about food. The text includes misread words and unusual spellings, making the exact meaning unclear but indicating a simple exchange about giving a coin.
Primitive Ways in Arabia Described by Travelers
The article surveys Arabian desert life noting primitive customs such as camel blood rites and endless bargaining. It describes names in use Yusuf Musa and Skandar, divorce chants Ent telek, and beliefs about the evil eye. It contrasts literacy with wit and allegory in Arab speech and behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabian Desert
Abraham
Joseph
Moses
Alexander
Yusuf
Musa
Opprobrious Epithets and Language Abroad
A correspondent notes a woman defendant fined in police court for calling another woman an old tunk. The piece contrasts offensive phrases with censored insults, citing examples like art aux Vaches and slandering the Pope. It mentions an aggressive campaign to Americanize Poebirth women launched by Buffalo's Civic Education Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia
Brittany
O'Connell
London Globe
Scout News Of Troop No 1 Elects Gordon B Macdonald
Gordon B. Macdonald of Scout Troop No 1 was elected a member on July 8, passed tests and enrolled as a Tenderfoot on July 13. He hiked to Walden Woods with Scouts Lord and Barker on Saturday practicing tomahawk javelin and lasso before a lake swim. Scouts Magoon of Troop 2 and Shaw of Troop 1 completed a 14 mile hike on Sunday the 14th. Barker passed tests for second class and will receive his badge soon.
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Gordon B. Macdonald
Lord
Barker
Macdonald
Walden Woods
Magoon
Shaw
Concord State Guard Battalion Drill Held in Westford
Members of the Concord State Guard conducted a battalion drill in Westford Sunday under Major Samuel H. Tuttle. The Westford and Groton units joined the Concord force, departing at 8 AM and returning by 12:30 PM. Local residents witnessed an exceptionally well done exercise. A similar drill occurred in Concord last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord State Guard
Westford
Samuel H. Tuttle
Westford and
Groton State Guard
Concord
Sunday services and notices from Trinity Chapel
The Trinity Church pastor will lead morning service next Sunday and the following Sunday before an August vacation. Evening talk on Helping Men to Pray starts at 7.45. Also lost leather tool bag and a lost Book No. 25350 with payment stopped. Rentals and sales listed for Concord Massachusetts.
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Middlesex Institution For Savings
Charles E. Brown
Tréas
Concord
Hay Standing for Sale at Fenelon Farm Concord
Sale notice lists hay standing at Fenelon Farm Old Bedford road Concord Massachusetts. Details are incomplete in the fragment.
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Fenelon Farm
Old Bedford Wad
Concord
Mass
Ady
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Evelyn Bell
Western Newspaper Union
Albert Vanderhooe
Association Hall Oncord
King Baggot
Marguerite Snow
Persie
Arabia
Te ‘Mart
Scout News OF Troop NO
Trinitarian Church
A.D. MacRae
Main St
J. C. Brown
Lexington, Rd
Henry F. Miller
Percales
Wheeler Dry Goods Store
Concord, Mass
John W Raymond
Hubbard Street
Goncord
He Colonial Inn
Old Concord, Mass
Austin Macrae
Tel
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