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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
10
A dated menu item list shows options including chicken noodle soup toasted cheese sandwiches raw carrot sticks baked apple milk and regular or caffeine free coffee. It also mentions lamb pot pie biscuit crust tossed salad bowl tapioca Indian pudding and milk varieties with coffee choices.
Belhaven North Carolina native Jacklyn H Lucas, youngest service member to earn the Medal of Honor, enlisted at 14 with his mother's consent and served in Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima episodes. He saved comrades at Iwo Jima, was captured as a deserter for a period, later discharged due to disability and now attends Duke University.
The National Safety Council reports 1949 all accident deaths at 61.2 per 100000, the lowest rate on record.
USDA notes for March forecast plenty of pork eggs apples and dairy along with vegetables and canned goods. Yields of carrots cabbage beets lettuce and corn lima beans dry beans peaches and prunes are expected plentiful nationwide. Metropolitan New York may see extra roasting chickens turkeys and kaife alongside the usual items.
The New England Shoe and Leather Association issued bulletins stressing marketing research to boost sales. Maxwell Field notes research scope spans consumer analysis to gathering all useful data for planning, pricing, and competition. Firms should balance simple market reading with dedicated research, building a department if needed. The piece highlights eight key functions and underscores information as vital for strategy and sales expansion. The article ends noting the world’s first electric railway system was built and operated in Montgomery, Alabama.
Massachusetts deaths in 1949 totaled 50 392 with heart disease at 21 198 and cancer combined high. Cronin reports Bay State death rate 10.8 per 1000, noting decreases in pneumonia tuberculosis and diabetes but rises in cerebral hemorrhage and automobile fatalities.
In Augusta Maine Governor Frederick Gi Payne receives the title reverend without attending ceremony. The terse notice notes the designation linked to his position and public service.
An article outlines creating a synthetic limed oak look using new wood treated with bleaching, a white filler paste, and shellac or varnish. It adds practical DIY tips to repurpose doors, blinds, and drawers into functional, improved home features.
The Poultry Association of Southern Middlesex County in cooperation with the Extension Service will hold a meeting on Monday March 6 at Sherborn Literary Hall. Harold Rottel of the New England Poultry and Egg Institute will speak.
An eighty year old Crawford House in Boston's Sédllay Square is being pared back. The fragmentary notes recall Daniel Webster, a regular patron of its oyster bar, and his use of a water fountain nearby.
Local Concord reflections cover town meetings actors, sports, and plans. Harvard graduate Malcolm Thompson is praised for a civic post as the Bay State tribute joins youth programs and the reform school project. Community events include a town meeting, high school prom, Bowdoin glee club, and Middlesex School opera ahead of spring.
National Safety Council analysis shows workers under 18 suffer more frequent injuries in manufacturing plants than older workers doing the same jobs. Disabling injury rates are higher for teens, indicating greater risk for this age group in industrial settings.
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