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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1937
Page
4
Rates listed for Concord Enterprise advertise by the inch with first insertion at one dollar, subsequent insertions at fifty cents, scaled to length. Classified and display pricing details appear on the page dated 1908 with second class matter designation at Marlboro Post Office under federal acts.
An essay like narration describes calm rural scenes with fields of corn alfalfa and grazing livestock. It contrasts everyday farm life with underlying economic concerns while noting rain, harvests, and ordinary chores in a peaceful landscape.
The debate centers on billboard regulation in Massachusetts and other states. Courts have upheld that states may control or tax billboards as a quasi nuisance, with regulation sometimes deemed necessary to protect rural scenery and prevent visual blight.
A political letter argues pedestrians have clear rights at crosswalks even when signals favor motorists. It notes pedestrians may cross on green, but must finish quickly if light changes, and calls out widespread ignorance of crosswalk law.
A fragmentary speech by Otis L. Graham before the Texarkanary Club quotes about emotionally unbalanced homes and immature individuals. The speaker discusses marriage between a beautiful but dumb wife and a hoped for intelligent offspring, critiques misplaced imagination, and notes forgotten vital factors of women's rights.
A clipping discusses tax loopholes and calls for congressional inquiry while criticizing executive framing of the issue. It argues prosecutors are few and a wider probe would inflame public opinion against both rich noncompliers and law abiders who avoid due taxes. It also notes Rochester youths face a crackdown on street toys under new city rules.
Fragmentary notes mention Harriet Sawyer Home and a Tuesday event related to a railroad party. Details are unclear but reference local site and timing.
Readers lament Acton Town spending on Memorial Day ceremonies deeming the decoration of graves and monuments inadequate. They contrast Acton with a nearby town praised for reverent wreath layings and proper salute. The letter urges better funding and organization to honor veterans including those from the Civil War and Revolutionary era. Also a call for junior baseball league signups to benefit local boys.
Maynard Bible and 180 potted plants were presented to the children at the annual Children’s Day Program of the Union Congregational Church last Sunday. A program by the school featured Miss Anna Swanson and recitations by Anina Thom Barbara Carlson Arlene Sickaon Gertrude Petit Betty Hoteh.
The report lists graduates and performers from a local school program. Names include Dorreen Saunders, John Vance, Marjorie Crowe, Janet Kenrola, Marilyn Bain, and others among primary and junior department graduates. A gold cross was awarded for attendance to H Ethelf, Gladys Davis, and Helen.
An old moneyed clan from Maine to Florida controls matchmaking through marriage within a secret network named the Family. Peter Farnsman seeks to block his son Clarence from marrying Ethel Crawford, whose family wealth contrasts with the Crawfords' rigid social code. Crawford deflects, citing pride in ancestral political ideals and propriety. The scene unfolds in an upper crust office with sharp dialogue and social tension.
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