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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
2
The piece likens learning to preserving perishable goods and emphasizes careful, sustained effort. It urges storing valuable knowledge in the brain’s cold storage, learning from master minds, and cultivating seeds into fruitful understanding while staying true to name and standard.
The Department of Registry of Motor Vehicles has begun a campaign against reckless driving along the Weston to Wayland highway. Concerns focus on dangerous curves and frequent speed-related incidents with potential state traffic controls forthcoming. The American Legion grows in activity and hopes to expand driver education, while local chatter ranges from coast-down memories to fashion notes and prosperity signals with new houses and barns.
Washington reports the Eclipse, a 12,000 ton electrically powered cargo ship built by General Electric, will enter service soon. The vessel, first to use electric drive for merchant service, boosts hull space and reduces fuel needs, with Admiral Benson championing the efficiency and potential for global competition.
Wireless message reaches Frederick W. Whitehead in Brooklyn about a newborn aboard the submarine 8 5. The craft sank near Cape Henlopen in September, and salvage efforts aimed to recover the majority of the vessel and story details.
An elderly Indiana highway official Joseph Crowe allegedly ordered a wire cable across a bridge entrance. As he drove his car onto the structure the top gave way and he was killed.
President elect Warren G. Harding and Vice President elect Calvin Coolidge urged Red Cross support and urged a fourth Red Cross roll call from November 11 to 25. Harding praised the organization for aiding humanity in war and peace and expressed sympathy and best wishes for its continued service.
The Red Cross outlines five duties to service members including support for occupation troops, hospital care for Army Navy and Public Health Service personnel, advisory services to discharged servicemen, aid for families and communities, and care for blinded veterans. It urges membership in the Fourth Roll Call from November 11 to 25.
The article urges a $1 annual Red Cross membership with half of the dollar used locally for public health nurse salaries emergency aid home hygiene and sick care. It stresses community responsibility and prevention and notes some funds may support relief work abroad and foreign activities.
An illustration in Popular Science Monthly shows a hairpin based car switch claimed to be burglar proof. A thin fiber strip, two collar buttons, and a hairpin create a socket switch that blocks the coil timer when removed. The method requires drilling two small holes in the dashboard and wiring the switch to the timer for security.
An old car care note explains the usefulness of a button stock for motorists. It warns that valve tweaking starts with a hissing sound in cylinders upon compression opening and suggests neatly covered tires. It advises against carrying two new tires as spares to avoid tire theft temptation.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court issues citation to heirs and next of kin regarding the will of Joshua C. Gray of Concord. George A. Wilder petitions for letters testamentary without bond. Court in Cambridge set for December 13, 1920 at 9:00 a.m. to show cause. Witness George F. Lawton, clerk, November 12, 1920.
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