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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
2
The document from GGNEORD ENTERPRISE Postoffice area outlines advertising rates under the act and publication schedule. It specifies 18¢ per line and 25¢ per inch for first insertion with 5¢ for subsequent insertions. Editor Currier located at Walden Street Concord Massachusetts.
The piece reflects on epoch making inventions from gunpowder to the printing press and predicts future leaps like wireless communication. It warns of the cost of obsession with progress, praises printing when well executed, and notes early thoughts of travel and global connections sparked by technology.
Framingham pilots host a Sunday air meet at the town airport featuring landing contests treasure hunts bomb drops and novelty races. Gordon Gould and Charles Spaulding join others like Joseph Fahey John Rainer and Waldo Jones amid refresher courses and instruction notes.
Fragmentary text discusses speed versus accuracy and the value of timing as a forward step for progress. It mentions printing and a necessary pace but lacks concrete details or proper nouns. The readable portions imply a general reflection on method and urgency without specifics.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Stowe Vermont visitors and several readable names and titles but lacks coherent events or outcomes. The legible items include Samuel Chur Stewart Tomes Fahey William Toomey and Mrs Arnold among others, with scattered phrases about holidays and attendance.
Mr and Mrs Russell Johnson of Eal Street Fach regeine ait Pos hore have been caughten alae he. Mare Rae.
Hilton Denine son of Mr and Mrs John J Dinine of 254 Church Street will enter the New England Conservatory of Music next week as the school begins its seventy fifth year He earned the NEC scholarship through his trumpet playing and concert participation at Marlboro High School He plans to study in a four year Bachelor of Music program with options in applied music music research composition or school music The Conservatory also introduces a three year Diploma course in multiple instruments and new classes including a Composition Class Conducted by Quincy Porter Dean of the Faculty Organ Classes led by Gerie McKinley and a Master Class for Pianists by Beveridge Webster with opportunities for criticism and study of classical and modern literature.
John E B Howard former Medford city solicitor, files for Middlesex County treasurer but endorses incumbent Charles P Howard for reelection. In a signed statement he urges voters to keep the public service stable, praising the treasurer’s experience and competence while arguing opponents lack necessary experience.
Cambridge rallies feature Clarence A. Barnes claiming the current Attorney General is ineffective and pledging to fight for honest government. He recalls past campaigns, praises Saltonstall Cahill and Wood, touts his legal experience, and seeks support to join the 1938 ticket and back Wendell Willkie for president.
A rambling scene features BeMase the vegetable man and MacTavish as they clash with a nervous horse Marmaduke and a shouting crowd. Fiddle-foot, a cap, and a box of plums figure amid barks and a few thrown items, ending with Bismark angry and the scene cooling under the influence of the Wester newspaper Union.
Marlboro residents Mr and Mrs Elmer Holden and family returned home on Church Street after a week on the Cape. The Holdens noted many cottage guests left Saturday and Sunday due to hurricane warnings. Their bluffside cottage 25 feet above sea level faced spray as winds reached about 50 miles per hour. It was mid Sunday morning before residents ventured out.
Marlboro resident Elizabeth Dunn of 68 Emmett Street fractured her right hip in a fall at home Saturday. She was admitted to Marlboro Hospital and attended by Dr. Wi ore and Dr. Charles ayers at Worcester.
A December 15 opening will air the Music Bay program led by Edwin Franko Goldman and his band across the Mutual network. The 30 minute show from 4 to 4 30 will originate at Station WSPR Springfield with a live pickup from the Coliseum. The Eastern States Exposition runs September 15 to 21 featuring livestock machinery and a broad lineup including races and a stage show with circus acts and fireworks.
Gene O Bey of Worcester captured the Marlboro Labor Day sweepstakes at Marlboro Country Club with rounds of 71 and 67. John G. Allen finished runner up at 76-72, followed by a field of scores from Bonnafe to Williams in the high 80s and 90s.
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