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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1935
Page
5
The extract shows the Weekly Enterprise masthead from Marlboro Massachusetts with publication details. It lists Liberty Street and Marlboro as places, indicates second class mail status, and notes subscription and delivery routing to Concord Acton Bedford and other towns, reflecting 1903 postal regulation language.
H E Barnard of the Farm Council urged exploiting farm products as raw materials to spur New England industries. He cited wood, cotton textiles, and agricultural byproducts like beans and skim milk as bases for new products, including fuels, textiles, and other goods, with potential factory repurposing and river power to aid development.
The speaker urged researchers to unlock hidden values in wood and agricultural byproducts. He argued savings in pulp, cellulose, and films can boost New England industry and farming within 50 years, if labs invest money and brains to convert lumber into advanced materials. He challenged locals to see opportunity instead of just the trees.
South Acton reports the annual Fair and Harvest Supper held last Thursday at the Congrestional Church. Tables featured fancy work aprons candy and plants with Mrs George Capelle as supper committee chair. Five short comedies and accordion music by Alvin McDevitt drew diners who helped raise a goodly sum.
The Lezion Drum Corps will host a weekly bingo event in the GAR Block Friday night. Over $200 in cash prizes and a chance to win a new Chevrolet at a December party draw are offered to attendees. Sw sweeps and related notes appear garbled in the text.
A fragmented item suggests a quirky note about eating bread crusts and hair curling. The readable lines hint at playful kitchen or grooming tips without clear context or complete details.
Miss Florence Bowditch, 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bowditch, died in Concord from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen. Police and medical examiner investigated. she died en route to Emerson hospital. Private funeral services were planned at the Bowditch home with burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
Concord obituary notes the death of Mrs Anna M Bishop Tower wife of former Postmaster Fred O Tower at 103 Main Street after a long illness She leaves a sister Mrs Charles Denison of Cambridge Funeral services were held in Concord with Rev Gaarlon Russell Peck and Rev Smith Owen Dexter officiating Burial followed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery The Winona Past Noble Grands club met at Mrs Winnifred Wells home Monday afternoon.
The department moved from France’s tavern to Philip Livingston’s house on Broadway near the Battery New York then to the opposite side of the same street. It later resided on Market, Arch and Sixth, North alley, and Fifth and Chestnut in Philadelphia before a move to Washington. An interval of three months in 1798 placed it in Trenton New Jersey due to yellow fever.
Each noon the Rothenburg drinking hall features two clockwork figures reenacting the master drink. A general watches while an old burgomaster drains a three quart goblet, a feat that once saved the city councilors from Tilly in 1631 after he spared them when the goblet was drained.
William 4 Davis of Hannibal Missouri originated and established the railway mail service. Born September 1809 in Barren County Kentucky he moved as a boy to Charlottesville Virginia to help the postmaster. After turning twenty one he joined the postal service and devoted his life to it. In 1955 he settled in St Joseph Missouri. On July 26 1862 he originated and established
W. E. Aubuchon C O advertises nails and cement including 1 ply 36 lbs 3 ply 46 lbs 55 lbs slate surface 90 lb rolls for sale at 16 Nason Street. The listing emphasizes materials for construction with various weights and slate surface options.
Mr and Mrs Howard Davis of South Street rented the Connors house on North Road. The town extends sympathy to Mrs A Adams of Old Billerica Road on the death of her mother who died suddenly Sunday while visiting. Bedford Woman's Club met Monday night at Mrs W J Backes home on Old Billerica Road. F A Woodhead spoke on The Romance of Early Illumination. Halloween night was very quiet at the Academy.
Members of the Parent-Teacher Association organized a Hallowed en themed costume party for sixth grade students. A grand march was held as part of the festivities and celebrated in a school setting.
Prizes went to Helen Welcome for the prettiest girl costume Frances Powderly for the best boys costume and G Pecot for the funniest boys act Games were played and refreshments were served The report notes a lively community gathering with awards and social time.
The Biological survey notes dogs that bite toads may taste a bitter astringent mouth feel from milky secretions. It adds that inexperienced dogs suffer this effect, while skunks may rub off poison by rolling toads, unlike snakes and birds of prey.
A fragment notes the term Jayhawker arising in Kansas amid slavery era struggles and anti slavery warfare, indicating historical origins tied to local conflict and regional identity. The readable portion suggests a focus on naming and historical context within Kansas.
The tlachtli game in Mayan tradition granted the scoring player the right to strip all garments from a spectator, a distinctive ritual linked to the sport once played by Mayan tribes.
Bernard Buddy Dion of Springfield Mass was arrested yesterday on a charge of having explosives with intent to destroy property. Dion refused to name his employer or implicate others saying I ll take the rap myself to detectives.
Charles Chink Sherman, Boston and New York hoodlum and murder suspect, was slain by a gang and found buried in quick lime near Monticello New York yesterday. Police pursued leads in the Boston case and the broadside violence ties Sherman to organized crime networks in the area.
A local dispatch reports a declared revolt in the South over President Roosevelt amid tensions and growing political confrontation. The brief notes the event as a developing political disturbance with regional implications.
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