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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1937
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Marlboro Massachusetts including Liberty Street and Maynard ward with truncated phrases about post office services and postage rates. Key local references include Concord Sudbury Bedford and an noting of Second Class matter.
A fragmented note references Union commander Eames and actions in 1864 relating to emigrants led from a region, noting a cache of details about the Negro emigrants and movements. Related names and places appear in the garbled OCR.
An English report hints at offering a 50 percent debt reduction to the United States in exchange for German war settlement terms. Paris papers suggest such a deal is unlikely and overseas sentiment questions its feasibility. The note signals a cautious, if hopeful, mood amid war talks and new European alliances.
Incomplete text discusses Insurance Week, social security, and a reference to governance and fashion. The readable lines mention life insurance, ownership, and an implied evaluation of officials, with a stray note about best dressed men. No clear event or dates emerge.
The piece notes that youths born after World War I lack memory of the conflict and its lessons. It cites Metz conscripts failing a wartime duties test, warns educators to reflect on responsibility, and contrasts youth views in Russia Germany Italy and America with the era of World War I and its fading memory.
A spacious Stockbridge Lenox estate named Tanglewood is donated by Mrs Gorham Brooks and Miss Mary Aspinwall Tappan to house the Berk shire Symphonic Festival. Fundraising is underway to enclose the site as summer concerts grow into a permanent feature. The property recalls Hawthorne and The House of Seven Gables and Hawthorne tales. The piece notes President Jackson and public opinion on administration.
Federal Writers Project survey highlights Wyoming lore including Lander’s record low wind speed and Sheridan district as second, Banner post office origin, 1878 500 mile Rock Creek to Etchetah mail route, Dayton’s Susan Wissler as early female mayor, historic whisky price, Laramie icing trains, Teapot Dome flush production peak, 28 000 barrel day flow, Fort Laramie toll bridge 40 000 tolls, Wagon Box site dispute across two nearby spots in Johnson and Sheridan counties.
A test run on the London and North Eastern line hauled by the Princess Elizabeth set a new steam era benchmark. The 275 ton special covered 40144 miles in 5 hours 53 minutes at 68.2 mph average, with peaks near 95.75 mph on a measured mile. Returning from London to Glasgow, the run arrived 7 minutes early, cutting nearly two hours from prior timetables using standard express equipment.
In Lancet, Dr. W A Temperley and Professors A E Naisn and G A Clark report a gel from incubated egg white injected at 37 degrees with potassium bromide as a nonpoisonous aid to control hemophilic bleeding. The treatment is not a cure and requires repeated injections to improve the patient's condition.
Brewster, Mass. deed dated July 26 1672 shows John Freeman’s ancestors paid the Saquatukett tribesmen with one cow and other considerations including one calf and an ax for thirty eight acres on Cape Cod. The land’s exact site remains unknown but is likely in Brewster or Harwich.
Harry Logsday of Tiltonville Ohio, after being sentenced to 30 days in jail at Stebbenville, presented his own commitment papers to the sheriff and began serving the sentence immediately.
The article suggests opal warmth affects the body as skin brings out the opal's hidden fire. It notes a tactile link between skin contact and the stone's glow.
Major A W Hosner and his daughter Mrs Marion Allen traveled to New York to attend the arrival of the U S Southern Cross, carrying the body of E J Davis husband of Mrs Blanche Hosmer Davis of New York. The ship runs New York to South American ports and is due late tomorrow. The funeral will be in New York City.
The Bes sie L Marshall Camp U S W V held a meeting in Temple block with May Kent of Northboro presiding. Mrs Margaret Hird Miss Alice Hird and Mrs Helen Sasseville were elected and installed. A March 23 officer section and a March 24 whist and bridge party at Mrs May Kent’s Northboro home were announced to benefit the auxiliary.
The Thrift committee of the West Acton Woman's Club schedules a chicken pie supper and district school play on Thursday March 18 at the Club House. Mrs George Clapp chairs the event with Mrs Pauline Bursaw teaching, Mrs Mae Whitcomb and Mrs Lois Cram as visitors, and Mrs Mary Laffin at the piano. The school cast includes Peg Backman Hilda Bateman Avis Howe Katherine Kinsley Bertha Montague Sue Newport Florence Schwab as the girls and Thelma Blood Caroline Derby Ann Christofferson Ruth MacGregor as the boys. Proceeds support club activities.
The Unitarian Alliance will host a luncheon bridge at the Parish Hall on Wednesday March 17 in observance of Sarah L Chamberlain Birthday Party. All ladies acquainted with Mrs Chamberlain are invited. Lunch will be served at one oclock followed by entertainment. Committee in charge is led by Mrs Fred E Morris.
The Hudson Unit No 100 of the American Legion will be represented at the Middlesex County dance at Bedford Hospital tomorrow night.
In Cambridge on March 10 the Jay Shoe Company led by president Jacob Izenstatt announced closure. Marlboro workers and many other CM plant employees are affected as the firm consolidates and relocates. The move from Marlboro to Cambridge impacts numerous shoe workers and local operations.
A point on the earth with no latitude or longitude is described as where the Greenwich meridian crosses the equator. It lies in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa, far from land, with the nearest land being the British Gold Coast colony. Accra, the capital, is about five degrees one minute north and twelve degrees west.
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