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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1936
Page
6
A questionable ad promises fast relief for symptoms like night pain nervous strain and rheumatic discomfort claiming Cystex cures in one week with a money back guarantee if the package is returned. It asserts dramatic results and urges readers to buy at local druggists.
Reading High defeated Maynard High 8 to 1 at Crowe Park as Reading pitchers used wild pitches and outfield errors to build an early lead. Shane hit a triple and a double for Reading while Liverman slugged two triples for Maynard in a lopsided afternoon.
The Irish converted to Christianity largely via St Patrick in the fifth century. For about six centuries Ireland became a center of learning, arts, and industry, earning the title island of saints and scholars as Irish missionaries spread education across the known world while other regions faced threats to civilization and Christianity.
Evening souvenirs and a frolic atmosphere mark a gathering with attendees from Salem and Peabody. The organizing committee includes John Karpiewhik Andrew Kozak and Joseph Minko. Delegates from Manchester Nashua Salem Chelsea Lawrence and Peabody will attend a district meeting at a local club next Sunday to plan the event. Andrew Kozak president attended a national convention in New York City earlier this week. The track team trains daily with most male members vying for spots. Mike Ignachuck former MHS football captain coaches field events while Tony Kavaleski a top local miler trains runners. A penny sale in Salem drew local club members, and another group attended dances in Dorchester and Chelsea.
The junior high nine, under coach Bob Madsen, heads to Hudson for one game against the four school nine as Bedford plans a return at Crowe Park after a previous win. Maynard’s left handed third baseman Peewee Smith stars in the lineup. Captain Billy Columbo homered in a West Concord visit, and Joe Smith pitched well.
Charles Dickens born February 7 1812 published Sketches by Boz in 1836 at age twenty four. He began writing the sketches at twenty one and they appeared periodically after.
The National Coffee bureau in Brazil oversees all aspects of coffee production. It limits tree planting to curb excess output and funds harvest improvements. It also regulates exports to stabilize the market.
An advertisement for Buckley’s Mixture claims rapid relief from ordinary and deep seated bronchial coughs with a few doses, highlights its alkaline formula and “acts like a clash.” Offers 45 and 85 cent prices and lists W. K. Buckley, Inc Rochester, N. Y. as the maker.
Mark Wid and Kilgore Gordon report Blennerhassett Island near Harman on the Ohio River will become a public park. The 140 acre site, linked to Harmon Blennerhassett and the Burr plot, has changed hands through history and lies near Washington and Walkersburg. Gordon recently bought the remaining island acreage and plans to open the park to visitors.
In New Wilmington Pennsylvania the Westminster College test on quoting poetry produced playful misquotes. Notable errors include Shakespeare lines altered to imply stagehands and misrendered phrases such as We come to bury Caesar not to ralge him and Twinkle twinkle little star.
University of Chicago survey shows working students average higher exam grades and intelligence ratings. 115 working sophomores earned a B minus average versus a C for non workers, with employed entrants scoring 20.77 in intelligence versus 20.05 for non workers.
300 pound dealer in strange and rare animals, Joseph Ellis, famed as the only man to captivity duckbill platypus. He presented an Australian city with a large chimpanzee and has traversed Africa collecting animals. Born in Bombay, educated in China, he is an Australian citizen.
A fragment discusses the appeal of a frank companion, praising plain honesty over pretentious show. It emphasizes simplicity as a valued trait in a trusted associate.
Maynard outlasted Milford 7 to 6 at Crowe Park in a 16 inning Midland league duel. Ed Flaherty and Hank Anderson pitched strong for long stretches as Fraser Liverman Creighton and Grillo sparked offense. Johnson earned the win for Milford in a game lasting two hours and thirty minutes with a large midweek crowd watching a record marathon for local schoolboys.
A large gathering attended the funeral at South Acton Universalist Church for Lucius Hosmer born August 1870 in South Acton. Eleanor Packard Jackson and Vincent Walkden performed a memorial program of Hosmer works, praised by Norman L Kellett from Tufts as a minister of creativity.
In September 1502 Christopher Columbus found and named Costa Rica meaning Rich Coast. The nation shows wealth in bananas coffee and pineapples with mountains table land valleys and fast rivers. It also holds mineral and timber resources within its borders.
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