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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
4
The fragment outlines advertising rates for Marlboro enterprise pages with per inch costs and insertion details. It mentions scaled rates and reference to a line layout for Thursday issue planning. The source is unreadable beyond these pricing notes.
A wartime era safety appeal reminds motorists to heed signals and drive carefully as spring increases travel. It stresses speed limits, headlight use at night, and the greater risk of fatalities when darkness falls.
The National Council will elect officers and set policies as more than 1800 scouts from across American life attend the meeting. The event highlights annual reports, programs for advancing troop work, and an exchange of ideas with speakers outlining trends in Scouting.
The article surveys attempts to harness solar energy as a practical power source. It notes past sun engines were inefficient and costly, highlights a Washington report on a new sun engine design, and warns that fuel sources like coal and oil face limits while wind and sun remain underutilized.
A 1937 National Safety Council report cited by George Currier in the Illinois Journal of Commerce notes total deaths reached an all time high while per mile travel deaths dropped. The piece credits stricter laws driver licensing and public education for a notable mid year decline, with a 10 percent drop in deaths from January to February.
Regis ter of Motor Vehicles Frank A. Goodwin reports a downward trend in Massachusetts fatal accidents attributing it to strict enforcement of motor vehicle laws. National Safety Council notes five straight months of declines with a March drop of 22 percent. Industry groups and government laboratories join the effort under a cooperative program led by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and the National Conservation Bureau.
The Christian Science Monitor edition discusses patience as discipline tied to understanding God and man. It cites Romans and James, emphasizes calm perseverance, and describes forbearance as substantiating right thinking, divine love, and spiritual reality.
Advice lists herbs and vegetables for the home garden noting crops such as celeriac Savoy cabbage broccoli green curds and beans. It mentions planting timing and culinary uses including flavoring stews and summer dishes and highlights limited market availability for certain varieties.
A Sunday excursion by a six member group braved poor weather to visit Kata Brook Road and nearby woodlands. They cataloged twenty wildflower varieties and noted several uncommon plants including a rare specimen they resolved to watch quietly.
The notice announces the engagement between Margaret M. Orterear and Mr Joke Bedford Street. The couple plans a future together, signaling a new chapter in their families. Gifts or dates are not specified in the readable text.
Six families organize to operate the freshly completed tennis courts on Coolidge road. Maynard L Harris serves as president with Mrs. Christopher C Gifford as secretary treasurer. Membership opens to Coolidge and Oak reads residents. Charter members include Mr and Mrs Winthrop L Brown Mr and Mrs Gifford Mr and Mrs Harris Mr and Mrs Putnam King Mr and Mrs Clifford Pinkham and Mr and Mrs Sidney Coolidge Jr.
G Winthrop Lee presents Thoreau as an independent idealist with a poetic nature and keen outdoors observation. He notes the influence of Bible quotations on life and religion, but Thoreau remains not a regular churchgoer. His classical education shaped reverence for the ancients while careful natural observation fed scientific insight.
The churches hold their annual service honoring deceased members with a program including Church School, Union service to Willow, Concord. evening Christian Endeavor events for all ages and a choir rehearsal. The schedule notes morning worship at 0:40 and 1:00, then services and activities at 6:30 p.m. and later.
The notice lists Trinity Church Elm Street with Rev. s R. Peck preaching on May 1 at 11 a.m. Holy Communion and United Thank Offering Service, morning prayer or sermon, and an 8 p.m. vestry meeting.
The First Church of Christ Scientist Concord holds Sunday services at 10 45 with a Wednesday 7 45 reading room in the church edifice. The lesson sermon, read in churches worldwide, centers on Soul and Body with texts from Psalms Corinthians and Eddy's Science and Health. Trinitarian Congregational Church led by Rev Benjane illmott offers church school at 9 30 and morning service at 10 45 with the pastoral message The Undefeated Purpose of God.
The First Parish in Concord reports Sunday services on May 2 with sermon Loss of Faith by Rev. Edward P. Daniels. The King's Daughters plan their year end May 24 at Mrs Daniels home. Stitch and Bat Club of West Concord held its final meeting May 17 at Abner Wheeler House.
Maynard-Lester Cowles reports 31 youths aged 18 to 26 are assigned to a New York Aide landscape project on Great Road town land. They will build trails clear brush and make fire places for family outings. Foreman Dennis White leads the crew as 100 youths have applied for NYA positions locally.
A fragmented OCR show list of books and authors across fiction and non fiction. Items include The Brothers Rawling The Yearling and America Goes to War with various author surnames and partial titles. Reading is hindered by garbled text and mis-spellings.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court Middlesex cites interest in Edward F Pratt of Acton. Petition filed for probate of instrument claimed as last will and for Herbert Pratt to be appointed administrator with will annexed without bond. Objections must appear in Cambridge by June 6, 1938. Witness John C Leggat Esquire First Judge. Loring P Jordan Register May 18 25 June 1
The fragment references onion sets and a reported retail value of onions at fifty dollars. It mentions covering products and justice language but lacks a clear event or action. No identifiable people or organizations are present in readable text.
Hudson firemen undergo a civil service examination for permanent status. The event is planned for Saturday in Boston, with word indicating the process continues today.
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