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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1926
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage discusses demand for topcoats for hoya, an appeal, and a movement. It mentions parents seeking good clothing, retailers unclear on future stock, and no answer yet about outcomes or dates. The fragment offers no clear人物 or event.
Consumers favor clothing resembling dad's attire with two trouser options including longies and knickers. Light colored fabrics and separate pieces like blazers and striped coats appear, while fabrics such as cheviots tweeds and worsteds remain standard.
The regular meeting of Concord Jct Rangers featured degree work with seven candidates, tracing third and fourth degrees led by officers and guests. A hen supper followed attendance by local members and visitors, including Mrs Comeau and Misses Jacobs, Connell, Kelley, and Wierell, among others.
West Concord Parent-Teacher Association met at Harvey Wheeler School. Only one delegate spoke. James Chalmers, president of the State Normal School Framingham, was to be the speaker but could not attend. Dr John A. Wells, professor at the university, spoke on School Life. Wells A Hall gave an account of Washington and school supervision. Mrs Wells and Mrs Frederick Wurts contributed talks, music, and sketches, with refreshments served afterward.
Concord pupils presented a fine entertainment for the benefit of the West Concord Teachers. The program, arranged by Mr. Helen with assistance from Miss Mabel Sargent, featured vocal solos and piano pieces. Tableaux were also performed by the students and Miss Sargent accompanied.
Pupils presented a year end entertainment with dramatizations of Landing of Columbus Landing of the Pilgrim Robert of Sicily The Emperor's Bird Nest The Courtship of Miles Standish The Brown Dwarf of Ruci and Liberty The second part showcased The Prince and The Pauper staged by sixth graders with violin solos by Olga Gstberx and Dorothy Kenna directed.
Morning program features Dudley, Young, and anthem The Lord of Life with offertory Easter March organ postlude. Sermon series titled Christianity In the Light of Experience continues with a talk by the pastor on Christian immorality. Reception for new members planned. Evening program at seven titled Comes the Christian Church with organist Arnold Lavery.
In Marlboro on March 31 Miss Parker of the Preservation of Wild Flowers spoke to 6th and 7th graders in the morning and high school pupils in the afternoon. She showed hundreds of species and warned that many beauties are endangered by gathering. White daisies were noted as scarce. conservation urged. Superintendent Carr presided. Boy Scout and civic speakers followed.
In the afternoon session Mr Whitman and Mr Wilcox urged Junior High pupils to register with new troops. Last winter over 20 men attended Scout Masters training here and many will become leaders. Cards circulated as boys indicated plans to join the TRL AAs.
Smoke filled the Herman Laundry on Main Street after a sprinkler system clamped the blaze just before firefighters arrived. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion caused the fire, with estimated losses around 1000 dollars. Philip Riley, a night worker at Marlboro Garage, spotted the alarm bell and notified authorities. Customers escaped injury as no damage to garments occurred inside.
Daniel J. Ditton 66 died at home on Lincoln Street after a long illness. Born in Newark New Jersey he worked over 30 years as a shoe maker in Marlboro and at Curtis and Rice Hutchins. Surviving wife Elizabeth McCarthy and son Charles L of St Louis. Funeral plans pending with Immaculate Conception church services at parish cemetery burial.
Attorney John E. Rice addressed a sizable audience at the Unitarian Church under the Tuesday club. He described Jamaica with pictures of fruit and plantation life and discussed the Panama Canal and the famous Locks, sharing insights into South America and American city growth.
The club held a meeting where Goeth presented views of public places mountain scenery and rivers and received warm applause. Mrs John B Rice vice president presided and announced the first business meeting to be at Mrs Frank Gurney's home on Warren Avenue Thursday April 18.
A movement to organize a U S Junior Naval Reserve unit in Marlboro is reported from Boston headquarters as part of a regional expansion. The local post will honor a Marlboro veteran who sacrificed in the World War, with a representative from district headquarters expected at the school committee meeting Tuesday to discuss the proposal.
Wilbur Waite of Northboro road has left Worcester City hospital after injuries from a swinging door at a Worcester business. Though still affected, he is much improved and expects a full recovery soon. Initial fears included a broken neck.
March 11 features Easter music at Scandiari Unitarian Church with the Godendorf Trio of Boston and Victor Wren tenor soloist, Irma Godendorf violin Marjorie Curtis cello. April 11 chorus resumes under Mrs. Jean Wood Lynch soloist and Miss Grace Fuller organist.
A man connected to a treaty by a small block was found guilty of illegal liquor and fined $100 before Judge J. W. McDonald in District Court yesterday. Ex-Mayor James M. Hurley appealed through his attorney and was held on bail for appearance in Superior Court. Fred Moses of Northboro received a drunkenness sentence to the State Farm at Bridgewater, with execution suspended for a year.
Shubert presents Ada May in Captain Jinks the only musical comedy in town and season best. Plymouth shows America’s incomparable star William Hodge in his laughing success the Judge’s Husband. Majestic screens Laurence Stallings The Big Parade with John Gilbert and Renee Adoree. Wilbur Boston Bon’s dramatic hit of the South stirs crowd.
Readers learn that summer fashion centers on sport frocks and jumper dresses suited for golf tennis swimming and riding. The article notes longer sport blouses hand Hemstitching full skirts box plaits and front pleats with new fabrics such as crepe de chine shantung and pongee and highlights sweaters as a returning trend with pastel colors and versatile overblouse styling.
A cryptic note hints at a phrase about change and perception. The line suggests an observation on causality and aesthetics influencing mood or outcome, possibly a witticism or translation artifact from a historical text. No clear event or named entities are identifiable.
Marlboro March 31 Framingham degree team will exemplify degree work on close of candidate at Marlboro R. K. in the afternoon Sunday Apen fk. Guests include presidents and officers from in the vicinity and District Kelly of Framingham. Joseph A. Gallagher will be master of ceremonies.
In Marlboro on March 3, Joseph Perry of Primingivan was injured when struck by a truck during the April 19 marathon entry. Leonard Morse of Natick is hospitalized with injuries from the same incident. Police investigate cause and extent of the crash.
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