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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1928
Page
7
An excerpt discusses Navy parachute testing led by James T. Clark, explaining risks and techniques for skydiving from planes. It covers common beliefs about air and breath, methods like side slipping to steer, and cautions about ripcord timing and body positioning during descent.
A rough transcribed report describes a parachute line deployment near the ground causing a rapid stop. The jumper typically lands with a shock, but favorable conditions may yield a softer fall reaching six to ten feet height during the ground approach.
Life is short and time flees yet we should accept our lot with complacency while fighting the enemy with our best effort. Afterward, contentment may follow though affliction can strike. Our experiences include bittersweet memories and we should live within their ecstatic imagery when possible.
A newly delivered Bedford Towns Fown-reports volume presents a tall financial report of the war years. It includes pictorial sketches of boys and nurses who served, highlighting the community’s wartime efforts and labor at home. The book aims to memorialize the work done by servicemen and home workers.
Tonopah reports a spring fever as miners flood toward Wahmonie on the old highway. Tent cities rise quickly near the new gold field with government-like order forming. ore samples reach 1272.20 per ton while daily yields pour in. Wahmonie lies 17 miles east of Forty Mile Canyon and 22 miles by road from Tonopah on the Utah Salt Lake route.
Winter Haven Florida reports that Augie Walsh, once sidelined by a shoulder problem and even running a grocery business, has revived his pitching and impressed the Philadelphia Phillies in camp. Walsh, who previously led the Eastern League in win percentage at Pittsfield, is now viewed as a potential winner for the club as spring training continues.
A discussion of coal sales by weight and the impact of proposed changes in ton and bushel standards. English long ton and American short ton coexist. a shift toward metric units is debated, with concerns about consumer protection and legal uniformity across states and Congress.
Fragmentary text critiques ideological rigidity and how it might influence American weight and measurement standards. The note suggests curiosity about new ideas but emphasizes practical footing in U S standards and applications.
Town of Maynard Board of Selectmen set weekly meetings on Wednesday evenings at 7 in Creig Block rooms. Applications for permits should be presented at that time or to the secretary of the board. Frank S. Binks chairs with Buwin Carlton and Wm O Trout as secretary and members.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss February 15 1928 Taken on execution and to be sold at public auction April 4 1928 at 1 PM at 20 Second Street Cambridge Middlesex County by Sheriff . Julia Gittzus of Bedford Middlesex had land and buildings in Bedford shown as Lots 94 39h 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 and 403 on plan of Billerca Terrace dated September 1918 Plan Book 225 bounded by Green Street High Street and the Boston and Maine Railroad. Parcel contains about 25610 square feet. Auction marks the time of attachment as February 15 1928 at 2:10 PM.
A short notice describes Hillview Poultry Farm at Central Street West Acton, highlighting modest pricing and a practical approach to poultry sales. The item names the farm and street location as readable details.
Public auction of 126 acre estate spanning Acton Boxborough Middlesex County described along Town lines and Hayward Carlisle Reid and Wright properties. Sale set for March with a $500 deposit and balance due within ten days. subject to unpaid taxes and other liens. mortgagee attorney F L Sherstein.
The Middlesex Probate Court invites heirs and creditors to respond to a petition seeking letter of administration for Albert J. Smith, deceased. Emma L. Smith is named as proposed administrator without surety, with notice published weekly in the Maynard Enterprise. The hearing will be at Cambridge Probate Court on the twenty third of May, in the year 1928.
Notice of appointment of Andrew Biggs estate executor at Carlisle Middlesex with bond taken. Creditors to present claims and debtors to pay. Arthur L. Woodman Roxton and executor Frank J. Bigli announce duties dated February 21 1928.
Middlesex County Commissioners hear a petition from Acton residents seeking relocation and repairs to Nagog Hill Road from the Li line to its junction with 4 Road. The request requests a direct, specific alignment and repairs to improve access and safety.
The court cites heirs to appear March 23 1928 in Middlesex County Cambridge to show cause why George E Webster of Acton should not be granted administration of Evarett Webster late of Acton intestate. Public notice to be published weekly in Acton Enterprise for three weeks.
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