Marlboro Enterprise notices and rates from 1908
Classified notice segment from Marlboro Massachusetts printed August 25 1908 under federal act. Publisher Enterprise Press Inc announces no liability for typographical errors and reprints erroneous ad portions. Eastern representatives Julius Mathews Special Agency listed in Boston and New York with subscription rates two dollars per year.
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Marlboro
Massachusetts
Enterprise Press Inc
Mass
Julius Mathews
Newbury Street
Boston
Madison Avenue
New York
Interstate highway plans face long timeline and rising costs
Washington projects no dirt moving on interstate routes for two years with $29 million initial funding. Turnpikes may become toll roads within the system, and tax increases are likely. Traffic deaths exceed 40,000 yearly, prompting Senator Margaret Chase Smith to call for a federal study on reducing fatalities.
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Washington
Treasury
Dufficulties
Nis
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Smith
Public parks in high demand amid holiday crowds in Massachusetts
Commissioner Arthur Lyman said Fourth of July attendance at Massachusetts state forests and parks surpassed expectations with crowds filling most areas by 10 a.m. He urged doubling state recreation land from 187000 acres of 5 million for better access, noting new parks and acquisitions near New Bedford, North Adams, and Clarksburg as examples of growing outdoor recreation.
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Massachusetts
Arthur T. Lyman
Ligiffan
Cape Cod
New Hampshire Line
Worcester
Cogonry
Lyman
Commonwealth
Natural Resources Department
Berkshires
Clarksburg
Sudbury Fire Chief's Report July incidents
Sudbury fire report details a brush fire on Center street started by children with matches on July 12. A July 16 cellar smoke traced to a defective oil burner at Albert Deane's Concord road residence. July 17 a 8 a.m. call led to damping with 72,000 gallons pumped from a pond for four hours using a smoke ejector.
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Sudbury
Center Street
Albert Deane
Concord Road
Safecrackers Learn Crime Fails After Burglary
In Los Angeles workers who broke into the Coberly Car Co. workshop lugged a heavy safe down stairs and burned it with acetylene. They discovered the contents totaled $52 before police captured them.
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Los Angeles
Coberly Car Co
Debunker says clipping a dog’s hair in heat is harmful
John Harvey Furrey reports dog expert James R Kinney warns against cutting a dog's hair to beat heat. Kinney says shedding is natural and the remaining hair protects the dog from insects and skin irritation from prickly cut ends.
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James R. Kinney
Simon & Shuster
New York
Plastics predicted to aid farmers across many practices
The article reports experiments showing plastics may weed fields, extend growing seasons, mulch crops, and preserve silos and water using polyethylene sheets. Costs run about 180 dollars per acre for weed control and cheaper for mulching, with wide adoption expected after the 1950s National Plastics Exposition.
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Science Today
Delos Smith
United Press
New York
Spontsorship
Bakeline Company
C. E
Bakelite Company
California
Remember by the Oldtimers
Mrs Charles H Clark Sr of Murfreesboro Tennessee recalls a bright spring morning seventy four years ago as a granddaughter listens to her grandfather speaking from a bed with blue eyes and a vow not to cut cedar trees while reminiscing about a long telephone line from Nashville to Murfreesboro and a girl dreaming of talking over it.
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Charles H. Clark
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
John
McGuffy
Nashville
Vitus M. Magee
Erie Street
San Diego
California
Mexico
Higher standards seen solving teacher shortage in Wyoming
Wyoming officials say raising teacher certification standards attracts more applicants. State Superintendent Verma Linford notes higher standards improve professionalism and retention, citing states with tougher certification as having more people entering teaching.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Linford
Caily
Eniary
Doctors' Doctor honored in Hartford milestone
Twelve doctors gathered in Hartford to honor Dr. Morris Tuch as he marks his 50th anniversary as an obstetrician, the physician who delivered all twelve.
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Hartford, Conn
Morris Tuch
Bangor Detective Denies Forger On The Loose
Bangor police deny a man named Hodson is a Bangor forger. Detective Sgt Clifton Sloane says Hodson was arrested in Framingham for vagrancy and not wanted in Bangor. Authorities note prior Bangor conviction for forging a $59 check and probation. The FBI and state police had inquired about Hodson, which Bangor officials say they’ve discouraged. The rest contains unrelated biology and cooking notes.
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Bangor
Maine
Clifton Sloane
Benjamin F. Hodsdot
Framingham
Mass
Hodson
Sloane
Haason
Hudson
FBI
Boston
Massachusetts
Perle Mesta at Hollywood
United Press correspondent notes Perle Mesta the hostess with the mostess visited Hollywood for a week. She contrasts Washington and Hollywood parties with fewer foreigners, less food and hats in Hollywood. She praises movie people and offers hostess tips: guest list warmth music and attentive hosting.
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Alinz Mosby
United Press
Hollywood
Perle Mesta
Washington
Miss Mesta
Luxembourg
Colony
Europe
Romanoff
Hayes
James MacArthur
Wejdo
Hong Kong
Mocambo
Marlon Brando
Stymie the Birds: London to Gate Big Ben from Pigeons
Government officials ordered 200 meshed bronze grills to cover the clock tower openings at Parliament. The installation, costing 5600 dollars, aims to protect the world famous clock from flocks of starlings and pigeons within six weeks.
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London
Parliament Tower
National ten point safety checks boost urban roads
A nationwide voluntary safety check program uses lanes staffed by police and auto dealers to inspect ten items brakes lights steering tires exhaust glass windshield wipers mirrors and horn. Since 1953 cities like New Castle Indiana and Dothan Alabama achieved major safety gains with millions of vehicles checked and hundreds of cities participating in a broad promotional effort led by local officials and police chiefs.
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Ev Aucuumls Gluiuthld
New Castle
Ind
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Ill
Ike Flynn
Flynn
Police Log From Sudbury July Disturbance and Drunkness Incidents
Police log covers July incidents in Sudbury from July 9 to 14. Chief McGovern begins a week off at the cape. Disturbance at Pine Lakes ends peacefully. A dog killed by a truck on Post Ad. A man arrested after napping drunk on Maynard Rd and fined $10. A bar patron caused a disturbance and received 6 months probation. Various speeding fines of $13.00 and a stolen car chase. Dog hit by car treated by vets in Marlboro. New York motorists fined for speeding. Drunk walking on Maynard Rd checked with no result. Life guards report profanity at pool. arrest threatened. Connecticut residents locked up in Framingham for drunkenness.
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Pine Lakes
Maynard
New York
Marlboro
Sat. A
Dutton Rd
Maynard Rd
Post Rd
Connecticut
Sunday Picnic Crowd Faces Police Action Amid Reports
A July Sunday gathering drew hundreds as police responded to drunkenness and endangerment concerns. Officers pursued two men after a speeding incident near Concord. charges include drunkenness and influence.
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