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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1927
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR hints at showers early in May with garbled phrases and scattered notes about daily weather. The legible bits mention May’s beauty and a breezy forenoon, leaving a partial, unclear record of local conditions.
Jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney, both top heavyweight contenders, have completed training for their York fight. A cut over Maloney’s eye delayed the weigh in and training camps, with managers reporting both fighters in excellent shape despite the rain and travel delays.
A report describes a fainting episode during a fishing outing involving individuals named Wiltoh and Avant. The event occurred on a date in July and concludes with at least one person found unconscious and later treated. Additional details are unclear due to garbled text.
Two women were injured crossing Beacon Street at midnight. Marjorie Gillis 40 Boston suffered a possible skull fracture and was hospitalized. Her companion Mary Anderson 35 Boston was bruised and released to go home.
Amherst reports sheep raisers in Massachusetts turned wool into blankets last year and sold the product, earning much larger profits than selling raw wool. The successful scheme, led by J Cort, head of the dairy and livestock division, is being considered again this year.
Plan of the wool pool boosts income by 20 to 30 cents a pound. Retail buyers pay 61 cents, wholesale 51 cents for wool. D Richardson of Westfield notes blankets cost 2.90 to produce, yielding about 6.10 profit per 10 to 12 pounds of wool, with high grade blankets selling for about 9 each and wholesale at 8.
New England maple syrup production in 1927 is estimated at 15 863 000 pounds expressed as sugar. Vermont supplies 82 percent of the New England crop. U S milk production in 1924 reached 79 billion pounds, up 12 billion since 1919. Butter on farms totals 642 803 267 pounds in 1924, down from five years earlier. Eggs sold on farms approach two billion dozen. Potato diseases can be controlled by hot formaldehyde per A I Bourne Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst Mass. Massachusetts has 690 190 motor vehicles registered in 1926, 1 659 more than other New England states combined. U S license receipts total 288 282 352 dollars. Massachusetts Agricultural College offers numerous bulletins. publications available from the M A C Mailing Room Amherst Mass.
Milford defeated Hopkinton in a league game played yesterday at Milford. Both teams played hard with Milford taking control and posting a solid team effort to secure the win.
Ford totaled 20 bases while Hopkinton gathered 15 as four home runs were hit. Two baserunners and two triples marked the day with hits common in daily games.
In Indianapolis the barber trade union protests against customers who nap in chairs, calling the practice rude and improper. The union leader denounces sleepers as a breach of professional decorum, urging patrons to stay awake during their shave or cut.
Reports indicate General Knox on the artillery train bound for General Washington’s relief did not pass through Marlboro on his historic journey. The narrative confirms the route was altered as he moved toward the capital, shaping Revolutionary War movement accounts.
Indications point that General Knox's march passed through Northboro and Southboro on the way to Boston from Fort Ticonderoga. Northboro plans a memorial marker along the march line and Southboro will dedicate a marker soon. The Northboro site fronts the Community House lawn with excavation begun for the base. The marker in Southboro and a July 16 dedication tie into the town's 200th anniversary ceremonies.
Southboro on May 18 announces a July 16 dedication of a monument honoring General Knox and his artillery train from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge during the Revolution. The ceremony marks the town 200th anniversary incorporation and ties to the historic march.
At a meeting of the general committee on the anniversary, Raymond H. Oveson was elected chairman in Chas. F. Choate Jr.'s absence. Reports from committees outlined progress and plans for a mammoth fireworks display, parade music, town film footage, and an athletic program led by the American Legion post with Charles McDonald as committee chair.
The L. T. C. Club schedules its annual banquet at the Pine Grove Inn on Wednesday night June 22. At the next meeting on Monday the 6th, Mrs. Ellen Ackley hosts final arrangements and space is being arranged.
Gloucester reports two planes depart to search 200 miles east of Boston for the Whitt Bird wreckage linked to the failed trans Atlantic attempt by Charles Nungesser and Francois. Coast Guard officials monitor signals as planes drop messages and plan a five to six hour sweep near Cape Cod.
Weather over the Atlantic is reported clear by the weather bureau but Byrd and his camp doubt Lindberg will start for Paris. If skies stay clear, Lindberg would be the leading contender to launch the perilous first leg.
Reported sighting of a missing aircraft 100 miles out prompted a search as crews and crafts, including the Bird and the New Yank plane under Captain Charles Nungesset, comb the area near the shore for wreckage and survivors.
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