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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
2
Public notice dated August 26, 1908 at Marlboro Massachusetts under Congress act of March 8, 1879. Advance payment of $2.00 required. Other details see.
An editorial outlines U S claims in Greenland from exploration history. It notes several thousand square miles along the west coast as American discovery rights and responsibility for the Etah Eskimos. It contrasts American exploration with British and Danish efforts and suggests Denmark should oversee the Etah natives.
Article argues meat and dairy exports in the year ending June 1916 rose sharply, boosting corporate wealth while workers’ wages lag behind. It questions who gains from prosperity, contrasting swollen corporate bank accounts with the laborer’s inability to buy a home or pay for rising living costs during Europe’s war-driven demand.
The article claims two years of war have improved Russia economically and socially by abolishing vodka, boosting peasant welfare, increasing savings, and expanding industries. It cites 800 million rubles kept at home, 500 million rubles in soldier family pensions, higher wages, and better living standards across peasants and workers, arguing Russia has gained economic independence regardless of war outcome.
The German authorities fined the Belgian municipal art exhibit committee two thousand five hundred dollars after a bust of the Emperor drew a hostile reaction and was removed. The note contrasts U S aid to Belgians and other war sufferers with Germany’s seizure of food and resources.
The piece argues that small nations suffer when empires seek to force alliances. It notes Turkey’s losses after joining the war, Arab revolts backed by Britain, Bulgarians aligned with Germany and Austria, and Serbian resistance with Allied aid. It warns that war lessons should yield lasting, beneficial knowledge.
The article reflects on Jules Verne and the Deutschland voyage as proof that undersea travel and merchant submarines have moved from fiction to fact. It credits Germany with demonstrating advances in naval engineering, showing the feasibility of peaceful cargo transport and the need for coastal defenses against such vessels.
After two years of conflict the allies are stronger, better organized, and fighting as a united front. Peace rumors arise but true peace awaits decisive victories and exhaustion of the warring powers. A genuine lasting peace requires complete defeat of the opponents. The new Finnish Diet will include 24 women, making up one twelfth of the deputies.
County court news reports multiple probate actions and lawsuits. Administratrix appointments include Mrs Josephine H Maker for Lewis A Maker and Mrs Ellen M Long as executrix for Joanna Sullivan. estates valued from 900 to 45 000 with bonds from 600 to 10 000. Suits filed include John N Frost and William Golite with creditors listed.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites heirs and interested parties regarding the estate of Carl Chadwick late of Concord. Raynor M. Gardiner seeks letters testamentary without bond. Hearing set Sept 11, 1916 at 9 AM in Cambridge.
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