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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
2
Fire drills in workplaces spread to homes as a safety measure. ER Townsend of Edgewater demonstrates a home drill with a set routine using a chemical extinguisher sand and ladder. His family follows precise duties to ensure rapid alarm activation safe shelter and quick response to a fire emergency.
The piece argues that stormy times may yield a calmer period for evaluating mental and social relations. It notes inflation fears and persistent availability of goods despite rising prices, with supply and demand eventually stabilizing, though not without some hardship. It suggests using the lull to reflect and consider neighbors as well.
The passage argues idleness is deceptive and work is essential for a meaningful life. It reflects on retirees losing purpose, asserts work is not a punishment but a friend, and urges proactive approach to world affairs including Armenia and Turkey. It ends with light notes on a pop song and a proverb about a rolling stone.
The text argues for open air living and natural foods to improve health, noting tuberculosis treatment success from fresh air and nourishment. It mentions Hoover as having limited support in presidential nominations, and notes snow as a burden on railroads but easier to clear than debt.
The Lyons Fair grows from Roman roots to become a major European trading hub, linking rail centers with a modern market on a peninsula. American publishers Terhune and Anderson visit Lyons to study conditions, with 40 U.S. shoemakers represented and a $5 million pavilion planned to showcase global products and boost foreign exchange insights.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites heirs and creditors in Concord for the estate of Katherine Toomey. Mary V. Toomey is petitioning for letters of administration without bond. A hearing is set in Cambridge on March 30, 1920, with three weekly notices in Concord Enterprise. Also Acton petition requests road relocation and repairs on Powder Mills Road. commissioners schedule a viewing and hearing at Acton Station on April 15, 1920, with notices and postings required.
The article cites Josef Hufmuller and German press warnings that war deficits hit doctors, engineers, lawyers, teachers, and officials. It notes mass retrenchment, emigration, and a shift from minds to hands with overcrowded professions and scarce jobs.
Planes will race from Seattle to southeastern Alaska next summer with stops in Juneau Ketchikan and other cities. The Aero Club of the Northwest sponsors the event offering prizes up to 25000. Cirf Durant and Capt Sir Arthur Whitten Brown may enter the race. Alaskans hope the competition supports developing air mail service from Seattle.
John Page, a former Sac City, Indiana, Marine, claims Haitian natives practice savagery and cannibalism, describing widespread voodoo, witchcraft, snake worship, and human sacrifice. He says cannibalism and other South Sea Island rites occur in the interior as part of daily life in the republic.
Several Hungarian princesses and aristocrats, now refugees in Switzerland due to low exchange rates, seek positions as governesses and companions. One princess leaves for Zurich to work as a waitress while others await funds to emigrate to America in hopes of wealth and happiness.
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