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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
2
The Marlboro Enterprise lists editorial staff and officers including Walter B Morse president Walter P Fry treasurer and B A Merriman manager. Subscription terms are 1.50 per year in advance two dollars otherwise and single copies four cents including postage. Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford are noted.
A reflections on justice and history arguing that nations and individuals fail when ignoring moral law. Past relations with Native Americans, Penn, slavery, and Chinese treatment are cited to stress a universal square deal and long term consequences of policy over immediate gains.
The Westfield Printing Co. releases Volume 1 Issue 1 on April 11 a seven column twelve page paper led by John H Lawton Frank M Lawton and John J Speaks. The Journal pledges thorough fearless home-field coverage and aims to win public confidence and esteem.
The piece notes 144 colleges and schools adopting simplified spelling led by John Jacob Rogers who argues for practical ease while joking about adding a letter. It urges clean streets and well painted homes as evidence a town is a prosperous business center and desirable to reside in.
A speaker extols the value of a chamber of commerce in coordinating civic effort. He urges public cooperation, backing of community campaigns, and protection against unscrupulous solicitors. He stresses buy at home to keep wealth, wages, and churches strong, and to attract new business.
The Hudson chamber urged pay taxes protect life and property and support town planning. It highlighted parks, playgrounds streets beauty spots and home recreation. Speakers included Sidney Robinson George E. Osgood and F P Glazier. many new memberships were requested.
Selectmen held a special meeting to hear protests against granting a wholesale liquor license to Frank H. Seckles & Co in the Maynard house annex. Judge H A Wilson defended legality, Proponent Wollerschied urged approval, and the board granted the license while planning Friday discussions on remaining licenses. George C. Brien received a retail license for Wal tham street. The west end quota remained unsettled.
A 1915 and 1916 rundown covers marriages births and deaths from January through March. The record shows counts for 1015 and 1916 with figures for each category and includes a note that The Boston Clothing Co has added a new clothes cabinet to its equipment.
Grange launches five clubs Maynard Potato Sweet Corn Tomato Canning and Needlework to engage fourth through high school students in garden projects. Students receive order blanks at schools, buy seeds at cost, and show yields and stories at a September exhibit. Cash prizes are awarded for best work and entries, with plots provided on donated land and Grange supervision.
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