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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1941
Page
7
Legal notice requests the appointment of an administrator for an estate. It instructs the respondent to file an appearance in the court by a specified date and time. The document names Judge John C. Leggat and Loring P. Jordan and sets age and deadline details for the appearance.
A notice announces a quarterly setting of the Assabet allocations to be held at Rooms Maynard on April 2 1941 at eight p m for any business that may come before the meeting. Per orders President Iard A Wilson Clerk
A damaged notice states a deposit book is lost for Sav y W-S. Smith, assistant treasurer at an institution in Massachusetts. Dates listed are March 22, 1941. March 26. April 2. April 9.
Fragmentary OCR shows a public notice claiming a lost deposit book. It mentions the Idlesex Institution and a payment tied to J W Ballou assistant treasurer with dates in 1941. Content is garbled but indicates a missing financial record.
A notice reports a deposit book is missing and notes an error in payment records. The referenced institution is Middlesex and the individual J W Ballon is listed with dates March 19 and April 2.
Hereby given that Deposit Book No 28597 has been paid by WS Smith Assistant Treasurer Concord Massachusetts March 25 1941 to Middlesex Institution for Savings.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex county to all interested. A petition has been presented to appoint Alfred E. McCleary of Maynard as executor of Annie T Joyce late of Maynard deceased without a surety on his bond. If you object, appear in ward court at Cambridge on April 11 at 10 in the forenoon. Witness Judge John C. Quite, March 18, 1941. Loring P. Jordan Register. Mar 26, Apr 2, 9.
Commonwealth Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court informs all interested parties in the estate of Adelaide Paylor of Apton that a petition has been filed to appoint Fla Ss. Taylor the administratrix without bond. Objections or written appearances must be filed at Cambridge Probate Court by ten o clock in the forenoon on the tenth day of Gration 1941, with the matter overseen by First Judge John C. Legent. Loring P. Jordan, clerk, March 26 to April 2, 1941.
Massachusetts probate court cites Harold W Brown in Cambridge for divorce from Mildred L Brown. Court notes petition for divorce on grounds of abandonment and requests custody and support for minor children. Objections must be filed within 21 days from September 8, 1941.
Public auction to foreclose the mortgage on John A. McWilliams and Annie B. McWilliams to Arthur Blaiichard dated October 1 1920 recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds Book 449r Page 867. Sale at 2 o clock on the fourth day of April 1942 for the premises described in the deed, subject to unpaid taxes and municipal liens.
Fresno report details California long staple Acala cotton development as a WWI era preparedness measure. W.B. Camp cites state growers defending pure Acala stock, seed quality, and dry climate advantages amid 3,000,600 bales normal export cut by war conditions, with emphasis on domestic consumption and defense contracts for 1940.
The state conservation department closed its books on homesteading as it issued Theodore Wigren the title to 80 acres near Hardwood in Dickinson County. Wigren, the state’s historic homesteader, began building a home for his wife and two children in 1935 after receiving a homestead certificate. He then added a barn, well, and a 30 acre fence, cultivating seven fields with alfalfa beans potatoes and an orchard, reporting these efforts to obtain title after five years of work and enduring a lost hand to axe-swinging.
Augusta Maine August 1941 More women live to be 100 than men in Maine according to the Maine Century Club membership figures. The club restricted to those aged at least 100 by the Maine Public Health association awards a gold medal and notes advancing new members with ages 105 and 101. Captain Thomas Newikan of Southwest Harbor is listed as the club’s elder member with 101 years old on January 9 1941 and Captain Colin Justin of Portland is 101.
John Thatcher, 79, stood at a Frankfort gathering recalling the No. 10 Last Club. Nine empty chairs surrounded the table, marking members who died since 1886 when the group began. Thatcher declared the final toast bittersweet as tears rose.
National press report notes that the Civil Service Commission plans a $320,600 appropriation to expand investigators who vet applicants for government defense jobs. The program partners with the FBI, Army, and Navy to check fingerprints and records to prevent saboteurs from entering defense plants and arsenals.
The article outlines a government approach to avert farm labor shortages by enrolling surplus workers through state employment agencies and a 5000-strong reserve program. Defense demands push for agricultural labor, with registration of idle workers as a practical measure for next summer.
Fragmented OCR text notes economic pressure on farmers as national demand rises yields lower returns per unit. Mentions a probe and references to Missouri and industrialized agriculture, with garbled terms suggesting a government bureau and leadership.
A garbled report notes a Marlboro James case with Bukelougt pleading guilty to drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident while Hurley faced charges. A $50 fine is mentioned along with a $20 penalty, and a Maple Street incident involving a Maple Street track owned by Aten eney at Hudson eokeriy is referenced.
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