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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
17
Annie recalls a ten year old photo and reveals she will marry Bert only if he stays true to farming life. Bert plans to move into town to run a farm machinery franchise, while Annie admits she longs to be a farmer's wife and embraces her farmer heritage as a potential queen.
Blanford resident Frank Cook cites a diary kept by Capt William Sizer noting an 1780 payment to Major Starr the tailor for facing a coat amounting to 100 Continental dollars as two months pay, illustrating high costs in ancient prices.
U P staff correspondent reports Poland is moving away from Stalinist rule with cabinet dismissals and prosecutions. Five MPs challenged a government abortion bill, while the Catholic delegation seeks an independent youth group. The amnesty frees 30,000 political prisoners and reduces 70,000 more, with wartime Home Army members restored to good standing.
Excavations at Nippur in Babylon uncover a library dating to about 3000 BC. The clay tablets with inscriptions show early forms of writing and storage for knowledge. The text notes Alexandria as the greatest ancient library, with parchment rolls and scholars from many lands.
Leon Weise recalls growing up on a Jackson County farm in West Virginia near Ripley. He describes a simple rail line to Evans, Sunday shoes, revival meetings, a preacher staying at home, and lanterns guiding travelers to services with news shared after. Contributions requested for The Old Timer column in Frankfort Kentucky.
Editors of Changing Times Kiplinger Magazine say executives are in demand across big companies with many management openings. In steel, openings are up 60 percent from last year but the climb is hard, requiring ambition, stamina, sacrifice, and willingness to take risks. Potential pitfalls include poor delegation, weak analysis, and poor personnel skills.
Dr Robert A Davison of the University of Tennessee medical college foresees longer life driven by diet exercise and peace of mind. He notes heredity remains uncontrollable and future medicine centers on preventing frustration related illnesses through lifelong wellness strategies.
New Kensington plans for a new 2 five hundred dollar high school include provisions for a reversible indoor outdoor stage. The stage will face an inside auditorium and an outdoor hillside amphitheater via bi parting doors.
Massachusetts Registrar Rudolph King defended Bay State motorists amid Connecticut fatal accident concerns. He noted Massachusetts has more licensed operators and vehicles than neighboring states and that many Massachusetts cars travel through Connecticut en route to New York or Florida. He urged cross state cooperation and highlighted Massachusetts safety programs.
A Kodiak woman called the Bank of Kodiak seeking Series E savings bond details. Bank president A D Torgerson asked if she meant conversion or redemption and she replied confusion between the Bank of Kodiak and the Community Baptist Church.
The article surveys various proposals to replace or modify the current system of primaries conventions and the electoral college. It notes direct national vote and proportional allocation as options and traces how electors evolved from state appointments to pledged slates and occasional faithless votes, citing Maryland as an example.
Mrs. Ralph Kludy of Center Texas recalls youth in Bachelor Michigan with dairy life from stone churns to rye coffee and home canning. She notes family farms salt pork root cellars and old country dances, and says juvenile delinquency was never heard.
Fragmentary notes describe a local feast with community action and discussion of school juice and a button mentioned in passing. No clear dates, people, or places are readable.
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