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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1952
Page
12
The report notes industry operating above 20 percent capacity with room to expand as demand rises. Non durables show no scarcity in tobacco beverages gasoline or other items. Durable goods appear well stocked with adequate prospective supply.
Many garden plants need staking to stay neat. Delphiniums and lilies require support before bloom to prevent wind and rain damage. Use strong unobtrusive stakes like green painted bamboo or heavy wire, and tie stems after blooming begins for tidy upright growth.
The International City Planners Association reports a wave of annexations by large cities. Birmingham added 13.6 square miles, Seattle adjacent area approved, Indianapolis proposes about 25 square miles over ten years, Norfolk eyes 15.76 square miles, Independence considers 24.9 square miles, and Kansas City expanded by 25.02. Last year 382 cities with populations over 5,000 annexed outlying territory.
A rooster owned by Charlie Ducksworth evicted a setting hen from her nest at Summerland. It then hatched 12 chicks and began scratching for the offspring.
A reader describes a clever solution to using the living room for multiple purposes. The porch screened in creates a separate television room that can be closed off, freeing the main area for other activities.
Registrar King announces a new series of vehicle registration plates using the letter P for pleasure vehicles. All 26 letters except I O Q U are in use with numbers. A B cover commercial vehicles. D followed by a number marks automobile dealers. E and after mark pleasure vehicles. V for veterans. M for municipal. MIDC for Metropolitan District Commission. MTA for Metropolitan Transit Authority. G S for state owned. R denotes airmen plates. XR for repairers. Z for motorcycle dealers. Ff for former plates. f for trailers. OC for foreign and diplomatic corps. Transporters carry the label Transporter on plates and an antique plate with the words Antique Auto is being prepared for old exhibition cars.
This column explains TB as a leading killer among ages 15 to 39, its discovery by Robert Koch in 1882, and how transmission occurs through air droplets and contaminated items. It urges chest x-rays in routine exams for early detection and prompt treatment, sponsored by local health authorities.
A couple in late life commissions a brick two story home with many windows a two car garage a breezeway and spacious kitchen The wife loves flowers and bay windows while the husband wants space for talks of daily life The ad offers blueprints and portfolios from Penney's Small Homes Berkley Michigan with delivery in two weeks.
British electricity authorities report adopting helicopter assisted construction after a Marshall Plan era U S visit. A 1 280 ft 66 000 volt span was laid across a Malvern Hills valley in under two minutes, avoiding a 30 ft clearance from woods. The plan originated with Roger Mallet Midlands Electric Board deputy chief engineer.
A garden screen idea uses blue flowering plants to conceal trash cans. Heavenly Blue morning glory and centaurea cyanus create a sky blue backdrop while blue bachelor buttons and a compact ageratum fill the display. The article also notes Cleome pink queen as a tall screen option with pink spider flowers.
An ice cube tray partition is used to mass produce biscuit cutters cutting multiple biscuits at speed. The compact tool adapts to high volume baking tasks and streamlines prep.
Librarians in Cleveland discover two live frogs in a paper bag returned with Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi. A librarian freed the amphibians in a damp nook. The day also uncovers false eyelashes and odd page markers among returned books alongside occasional money and a savings bond.
Fireflies rely on energy stored as larvae and feed rarely when they glow in short summer spells. They consume snails worms and cutworms as part of their diet while in the ground or on soil.
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