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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1922
Page
2
Market notes from Boston show mixed activity across foods. Fresh cheese, eggs, poultry and fruits shift with receipts, demand varying. large electrical order to Pittsfield and a bird day proclamation in Maine add regional business and public interest.
Troop 65 members and 350 scouts aided after a Knickerbocker Theater disaster, ferrying food and aiding the temporary morgue. Troop 74 with 20 boys arrived quickly from Petworth. other troops and scoutmasters also contributed as War Department General Bandholtz commends their volunteer service.
Last fall at the capitol steps in Altapy Governor Miller joined as an honorary tenderfoot scout and took the oath. A parade of governors and officials across states such as Cox Massachusetts McRae Arkansas Blaine Wisconsin Parker Louisiana Stephens California Campbell Arizona and many others joined as regular scouts. Also present were state legislatures mayors secretaries of state and in Trenton 100 Kiwanians.
Jamesburg New Jersey Superintendent Lerrick of the State School for Boys registers four new scout troops totaling 128 boys at the national council headquarters. He expresses faith that scouting will reform the wayward youth and notes a holiday season with no escapes from the institution.
Scouts across several cities served as volunteer guards at coasting places. Bradford Pennsylvania used a color code with white for all clear and red for coasters approaching. In Euston Pa a bystander offered to take a patrol duty for a coast or two. The scout replied he was responsible under mayoral orders.
Severe Bennett an Eagle scout of Troop 9 Pittsfield Massachusetts stood guard over a broken trolley wire for an hour on a frigid January night with the temperature 10 below warning cars of the danger. He endured frostbite to an ear before a lineman arrived to take over the post.
A graphic report from Tiflis describes life after Bolshevik occupation with ruined streets, boarded shops, scarce fuel and food, starving vendors, mismatched clothing, and a Red Army presence deemed harsh yet orderly. The piece contrasts past prosperity with present misery.
The piece notes Earl’s Court now handles about 120 trains per hour at peak times, Charing Cross with three underground stations averages three to four trains every four minutes, and Clapham Junction’s old claim is eclipsed. Buses at Charing Cross reach 640 per hour, with 4,000,000 daily transit by bus and underground. Passenger journeys per person have risen 30 to 40 fold since early in the century.
In the Glasgow botanical gardens the city owned beds of specimen plants including bella donna. Children ate purple berries, fell ill and one child died. A father sued for damages. initial judgment favored the city, reversed on appeal, and the House of Lords ruled against the city. The court held that children could access the shrub area and that lack of warning left guardians unable to protect them, making the city fully liable.
A mocked dialogue notes an inventor claiming a car runs thirty miles per gallon. The response questions the claim and hints at a gasoline price rise. The exchange underscores tensions between technical progress and fuel cost pressures.
Narrator laments a downstairs neighbor who plays a fiddle nightly to a tune ending in A minor and A. the music disturbs sleep. He plans to move if peace cannot be found, fearing rent costs and potential conflict with the player and landlord. The piece uses stylized dialect to describe the dispute.
An article on palmistry describes how a long Jupiter finger and a strong fate line reaching Saturn indicate a dominant personality. It notes a forked fate line and Jupiter’s influence suggest dignity, diplomacy via Mercury’s phalanx, and high Mount of Mercury signals eloquence and forceful argument.
Fashion writers note the taillleur and coat dress rivalry as the hip length jacket dominates. Tweed remains common with capes extending mid to knee length. Skirt lengths vary by figure, with nine inches from ground for street wear and subdued colors like black brown beige and gray leading street costumes.
French made neckwear features crisp organdie flutings embroideries and new spider web net. Collars with wider cuffs dominate though tuxedo style is less emphasized many vestees echo the tuxedo with matching cuffs. All white designs with inserts of conventional embroidery and drawn work highlight the line.
Fashion forecasters say cotton dresses will dominate the coming summer as cotton producers push new weaves imitating silk and chiffon. Crepe roumaya and sorbetlike textures lead a surge in fashionable cotton frocks, with embroidered and two tone details designed to mimic silk designs.
Sudbury base James Tulis is on the sick list while Roy Hawen enjoys a vacation. Whe high school rehearses for a play to be staged next month.
A Memorial Church concert last week drew a good attendance and an appreciative audience. Rev. Mr. Miller of St. Mark's Color Church in South Boston and several others offered solos quartets and duets with readings by Miller. The program pleased returning artists and patrons alike.
Gordon Ston was named director of Sudbury under Farm Bureau. He attended a recent meeting held at Waltham and reported on Sudbury's activities across several clubs.
The Junior choir of M. B. church held a farewell party for Mrs Kenrick at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo H Clark. Refreshments included cocoa sandwiches cake and cookies. They gave her an electric flat iron for use in her new home.
The next Woman's club meeting will observe Guest Night on April 5. A pleasing program is expected and club members may bring one guest.
Funeral services for Michael Two Mey were held Friday at St. Bridget’s church after his death the prior Wednesday. Rev. John F. Sweeney led a requiem mass with bearers William Connolley George Lynch John Lyons John Toomey John Shing and William Phair. Interment followed in the family lot at St. Bridget’s cemetery with floral tributes.
Miss Mary Clark of Dorchester visits Mr and Mrs John Doyle. Ronald MacEinchern of Worcester, formerly of the town, spends Sunday with his daughter Mrs Ryder. A new Ford truck for forest fires is purchased for West Concord firehouse. The L France cur is expected soon. Judkins promoted to manager of Wilcox Gibby New York City branch effective April 1. Mr and Mrs J F King motor to Providence RI for the weekend. Mrs John Hughes, recuperating from influenza, visits relatives in Lawrence.
Advertises a West Acton request to buy a house with six or more rooms and up to two acres. Includes instructions to send particulars to Box 124, West Acton, Mass.
Mrs. Harry Ryder was stopped at Walden road near Baker's bridge by a driver who asked her to ride with him. When she refused he brandished a revolver, then fled toward Concord as other cars approached. Acting Chief Hart responded but the suspect was not located.
At a special town meeting in Concord Town Hall on a March Monday, the unexpired term of Benj. 27, to elect a selectman for Derby, out of 1571 votes cast, James Nagle former postmaster at Concord Junction received 933 votes and Frank Walker received 933.
The board of selectmen will meet on the first and third Mondays of each month in their room Cole's block Acton for town business. All bills should be presented on those dates. Warren H. Jones, Chairman. A. W. Davis, clerk. Murray Brown.
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