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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
2
An ardent plea condemns drunken driving as the cause of nightly wrecks and fatalities. It urges jail sentences for drivers, and assigns blame to the liquor and fuel sellers who finance alcohol for motorists and worsen road dangers.
Marlboro reports include Miss Mary Sullivan of Dorchester visiting friends in Worcester to see the Holy Cross Boston College game with John Bill Chestnut Street’s witness. Arthur King of Short Street owns a Chevrolet touring car. The Post Office suspended deliveries but reopened for box holders. Senior and junior St Ann's Academy plan an exhibition and sale this evening.
Memorial Day services in Maynard were led by Frank J. Demars Post with four remaining GAR veterans Jamen Carney Abner D Holt Henry Clark and Thomas Campbell. The parade formed from Roosevelt school to honor rolls at Congregational church and Glenwood cemetery with wreaths prayers and two addresses. Local Legion officials and auxiliary decorated graves of 41 GAR and 16 World War veterans.
A fragmented column mix of jokes, wry observations, and casual musings. It riffs on church seating, fashion, movies, infrastructure, and everyday life with humorous asides and nostalgic tone. Names and clearer facts are sparse within the garbled text.
The article lists Cornelius Moynihan and Ernest Rasmursen among World War veterans connected to Bancroft Street School and the High School area with Commander Leonard Smith and William Baron named. Automobiles for veterans were provided by Steerman David Sharpe and others. A firing squad included John Gallagher and Cornelius Moynihan under Sergeant William Moynihan. William Coightin is noted as a butcher.
Sparks Creus presented a circus in a barge tent to fall capacity crowds on Wednesday afternoon and evening. An estimated 1 000 spectators attended as the show reportedly drew strong praise and excitement from residents of Vaynard, the town hosting the event.
Readers praise Dr Tite of Concord for forty years of selfless service, answering calls day and night without thought of reward. A recent poem, The Country Doctor by Charles H Chealny, extols his steadfast care, gentle kindness, and readiness to aid the sick from dawn to night, rain or snow, hoping for Paradise in the skies for such deeds.
Plains AL OC won 3 to 2 over Maynard Town at Milford on Memorial Day afternoon. Eddie Boyce and Phillips pitched for Plains while Morrill and Putroff played for Maynard. Maynard misplayed in the field and at bat.
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