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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1916
Page
2
The notice from The Enterprise Company lists subscription price at 91.00 per year with filing details under the 1879 act. It notes second class matter status dated August 25 1902 at Marlboro Massachusetts.
Atlantic observers await word on the Bremen sister ship to the Deutschland amid fears of loss while noting submarines as practical for commerce and war. The piece compares old naval heroism with modern steam propulsion and honors early inventors Fitch and Fulton for applying steam to navigation.
The article recalls Fulton’s steamboat on the Hudson and Fitch’s invention, noting rapid progress in steam navigation over a century and the broader surge in industrial and scientific achievement bringing national fame to civilized nations.
An article urges housewives to keep homes clean to prevent illness from unfamiliar diseases. It stresses germproof kitchen surfaces, enameled ware for sickrooms, thorough boiling of utensils, sterilizing leftovers, fly control, and careful washing or peeling of fruits and vegetables, with reassurance to avoid excessive worry.
With a new federal appropriation of 30000 for eradication the U S Department of Agriculture will target White Pine Blister Rust across Massachusetts where the epidemic is worst. The Massachusetts Forestry Association urges public cooperation to inspect pines currants and gooseberries and report suspected cases to state officials.
A reader criticizes past Maine timber land sales as a scandal, arguing ground floor purchases would have funded state needs, noting enormous profits lost to timber barons and praising recent Maine acquisitions for potential long term gains despite upfront costs. The letter ends with a nautical note about a whale sighting near Nauset Cape Cod.
Court records show inventories filed for the estates of Moses Chandler Maynard Joseph J Coughlan Concord Ruths G Clark Concord Emmatline A Clark Concord Jeannette P Hunt Sudbury Frederick W Sims Maynard M Walker Sudbury Lacy P Hartwell Bedford and others. Administrators appointed for Alice J Johnson Concord and Nathan Shubael Daniels Cord for executrix Clara Josephine Harding Dorchester. adoptions and desertion petitions also noted.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Probate Court to heirs and interested persons in the estate of Carldwick late of Concord shown in an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament. Raynor M. Gbr petitions letters testamentary without surety. Court requires cause by next court date with three weekly publications. Witness Judge Charles J. Melnttte First Judge. A9-16-23 F. Mi BSTW Register Notice appoints administratrix of Mehitable estate.
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