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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1928
Page
7
A uncertain report notes Queen of the Vieyarda at a coasted ridge event. Details are fragmentary. the outcome remains unclear as spectators recall a 7 to 4 score sequence and lingering questions about route and contender standings.
Local items include minor injuries at the Mill and a Boston to Troy railroad conductor laid up with a painful foot. Community updates mention school rallies, club openings, fairs, and visits to relatives in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
A column questions whether Charley Gould, Yale football end famed in 1900 01, rates as the era’s top end. It notes Walter Camp praised him as a great defensive end while arguing the enduring immortality of "All American" peers faded with time.
Rev Ralph A. leads morning service Sunday October 14 at 10 30 with Rev J Torg occupying the pulpit in exchange Sunday School and Bible class at 11 4B and Christian Endeavor at 6315 Prayer Meeting Friday evening October 12 at 7 in the vestry followed by a choir session Topic Christian Fraternity
Figures from 1900 to 1914 show a steady drop in spirits and beer consumption in Great Britain and Scotland. The shift is blamed on new habits, radio and cinema, and social changes. Brewers eye a joint ad campaign claiming beer as the healthiest drink.
Washington authorities confront disposal hazards of used auto crankcase oil. Oil mixed with gasoline in garages creates fire and explosion risks when dumped into sewers. Officials survey other cities and consider traps, collection, and disposal plans to curb this contraband.
Circle City Alaska reports the annual March to Pastures begins with an estimated seven million caribou moving south across Eagle Summit and the tundra. Steamers on the Yukon face delays up to thirty hours as the dense herds cross rivers in view of far horizons.
A listing offering a low rent second floor suite with modern amenities including a heated garage set tubs range bath for teens and a cottage house. Located 20 minutes to stores railroad schools and a bus line near West Medford Acton. Contact J Be Littlefield at 1416 Circuit Street West Medford Ari 2039 or Acton 57-3.
Notice states that Deed Book No. 29188 has been lost and officially stopped. Henry F. Smith Jr of Concord, Massachusetts appears as the claimant in the Middlesex Institution records dated October 9, 2928.
T F Joyce assistant vice president of the Boston and Maine railroad notes that New England railroads posted a smaller decline in revenue car loadings than the national average in the first half of 1928. National loadings fell 1,000,000 or 4.2 percent while New England dropped 25,000 or 2.8 percent. Boston and Maine declined 6,500 or 14 percent.
Massachusetts sheriff sale notice announces ex eredition sale of Eino and Hilma Manninen rights in Maynard parcels on Bluff Avenue and Pumping Station Road. Property includes lots 17 and 18 in Great Road Park with deeded restrictions and prior conveyances to McNamara et al. Sale set for November 10, 1928 at 3 p.m. in Maynard office of John J. Donohue.
The Probate Court at Cambridge cites all interested parties in the estate of Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts late of Concord to appear on October 26 1928 at ten in the forenoon to show cause why the executor Frederic H. Chase may have his first account approved. The citation requires service by delivery of copies to interested parties fourteen days prior or by three weekly notices in the Concord Enterprise and mailing to known parties seven days prior. Witness John C Leggat Esquire Judge. Loring P. Jordan Register October 4 1928.
The famous divine Teor Krennta returned today after fourteen weeks in the Arctic. He rescued seven marooned crew of the ill fated Italia. The Kronstadt Fortress watched as the ship passed and officials welcomed Capt. Samoylovitch and aviator Chuehnovaky. Thousands lined the docks while factory sirens joined river craft whistles in cheers.
Mortgagee Carrie A. Wheeler will sell at public auction at Boxborough Town Hall on October 27 1928 at 2 PM three described tracts of land in Boxborough Middlesex County Massachusetts due to breach of a mortgage deed dated July 25 1925 recorded in Middlesex Deeds book 4880 page 242. The tracts include a southeast Boxborough parcel of about 41 rods by 84 rods with various heirs and deed references, a northwest Boxborough parcel of about 4 acres, and a southern Boxborough parcel of about 10 acres. The sale is subject to unpaid terms and requires one fourth of the bid to be paid at the sale with the deed within September 28 1928. Edgar Weeks attorney for mortgagee.
Lost book notice cites Deposit No. 20205 as lost. Frisina stopped. Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord MA, treasury official H W Hoamen. Dates September 28 1928 October 3 10 171. Public notice appears under classified adv.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to an 800000 loss or missing funds tied to a deposit at the Middlesex Institution. Mentions Henry F. Smith Jr and dates September 29, 1928 and October 3, 10, 47 with unclear context and amounts.
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