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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1926
Page
4
Fashion notes reveal a shift from lax English influence to trim American lines. Suits feature graceful contours, shapely trousers, and bold patterns with wide peaked lapels, two and three button styles, and longer coats approaching the knee. Double breasted coats decline as single breasted dominates.
A breezy fashion note describes spring and midsummer departures with tropical outfits in hand, echoing earlier prescriptions for warmer wardrobes. The item highlights Palm Beach as a destination and notes steps toward lighter, gayer garb for the season.
A noisy fragment from the Marlboro Mass weekly office section lists addresses and names including Payne Burns Smith York Boylston and Park Avenue. It appears to be a boilerplate notice about advertising errors and reprints with scattered local town references Maynard Concord Sudbury Nor ton Bedford.
Journal of Education summarizes Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut as industrial leaders. It contrasts New England cities against western states and notes high factory density per square mile. The piece cites manufacturing output, patent totals, and regional influence on goods such as brass, hardware, and cotton products.
A spaniel named Count Julian in a Cincinnati suburb earned a hero medal for shielding and warming his young master Francis, who was lost in the snow. The dog kept the boy close until a rescue team found them exhausted and near freezing, prompting praise for dogs’ unselfish natures.
Church calendar lists Good Friday and Easter services led by Rev Dr Cleland with choir music and sermons on Calvary and The Eternal Christ. Also midweek class, Easter programs, dances, and clubs. local civic speakers include Frank J Harwood. Several veterans and lodge activities noted with dates in April and May.
Howard H Amidon of Worcester spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Marlboro describing radio’s early history and pioneers. He revisited Marconi and Hertz, traced wireless development from 1838 to modern radiotelephony, and predicted future visual communications across oceans and continents.
West Acton notes Colonel James P. Clare, famed Civil War veteran and Windsor Avenue resident, marked eight decades with an open house. The event honored by the House of Representatives, featured guests including Captain John Boardman and wife, gifts, and a three-war tribute centerpiece.
Large congregations attend Lenten services at St. Bridget’s church Maynard as Holy Week events proceed. Palm Sunday blessing of palms opens Holy Week followed by multiple Masses, processions, Holy Hour, and Easter water blessing with special Masses on Master Sunday. Reverend Ernest J. Dennen of Boston preached at Trinity Church.
A speaker described radio as a boon lowering costs and expanding business in Keself and predicted radio will transform modern warfare and daily life. He also envisioned ships navigated by oil bearing radio stations with direction finders to determine a ship’s position via multiple bearings.
A doe was spotted yesterday between Maple Street and the Boston and Worcester line near the Robertson home. It moved calmly despite passing vehicles then ran onto the road tracks and disappeared toward the old trotting grounds.
O'Connor sets the league high with the longest string in the game while Lyneh posts the top scoring total. Both performances highlight a competitive night as teams vie for standings.
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