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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
6
The Hudson and Clinton Rotary Clubs held a joint gathering at Lunt's Inn with over ten Hudson members present. Hamilton, president, and E. W. Dunbar spoke briefly. Six boxing exhibitions followed dinner. A planned visit to Camp Devens was unanimously approved.
Friction matches began with John Walker of Stockton on Tees in England in 1827 the first true device. Earlier ideas note a 1680 sulphur and phosphorus friction concept by Godfrey Haukwits but not applied to matches until a century and a half later.
The piece explains the twenty one gun salute as the universal naval gesture adopted from the British. It traces its uncertain origin from seven gun salutes between warships and notes shore batteries gaining powder and matching land forces. It mentions potassium nitrate improving powder stability and the rise to twenty one guns in naval practice.
London doctors report a new continuous drip blood transfusion technique allowing large volumes from multiple donors to be mixed in a reservoir and delivered at about 40 drops per minute. The system enables a patient to receive up to ten pints safely, with the blood kept fresh by oxygen and a long, movable tubing line. They claim 17 successful large drips have been given.
Beatrice Lee, once a famed diva, now aged seventy two, lives in a modest South Broadway room in Los Angeles. She recalls a debut in 188% and a stint in The Count of Monte Cristo, later performing in London for the queen, once valued at about $200,000 before 1906 losses, now earning from odd jobs. real name Marie Hart.
Kokomo Indiana resident Guy Lawrence parked in the business district and later found two cars identical. After his key failed he had a locksmith remake the lock, broke a windshield when a stone failed to work, and then realized his mistake. He reported to police, paid for a new windshield, and vowed to memorize his license number.
Omaha aims for the title of the upside down town of America. The feature introduces Alyce Jane Mc Henry and Lady Blacki, a four month old girl, as part of the quirky profile. The piece sketches local flair and whimsical fame.
In western York county near Bradshaw, large holes open on fields at Carl Larson and Martin Johnson farms. Some are 5 feet across with 12 by 12 foot rooms beneath, others about 15 feet across with 20 feet deep shafts. Many smaller holes reported and theories vary from March weather to past events.
A fragmented report cites a United States embassy cost exceeding 1,000,000 and references a Secantes Cassette priced at 600,000, but details and context are missing. The text lacks clear dates, locations, or sources to fully verify the figures.
The ceremony was held at 9 o'clock in Flist Parish Church Concord with only close relatives present. The bride daughter of Charles S Goldthwait of Peabody wore crepe with yellow rose corsage. the groom is organist at King's Chapel Boston. After a wedding breakfast at Mill Dam Tea Room and a reception, the couple left for a two week automobile honeymoon. They will keep open house on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Wheeler, born in South Yarmouth on Cape Cod, moved to Concord at age one and has lived there ever since. Mr. Wheeler is described as a well known Concord market gardener.
Concordia Camps committee oversees playgrounds under Edward M. McCarty with assistants Miss Wiehane Goulding Sottriti Megin and volunteers including Miss Root Heyliger Horne Smith Berry Venti. Board of Health staff shifts noted while staff attend vacations and duties in regional hospitals and homes.
Katherine Gardner reports from Rapid City on Col ler's Weekly that discarded gasoline cans are repurposed across Asia and Africa. People use them to carry or store water milk clothes and money and towns are built from flattened tins. Some are made into musical instruments and bird cages while in Tibet sacred animal stamps appear on cans used in temples for incense.
The lizard canary is smaller than the Norwich and shares a leaner build with the latter variety. It has a lighter neck and smaller head. English breeders trace the first lizard canaries to Huguenot arrivals, with early birds likely traveling to America through the British Isles.
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