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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
5
Mrs. Dora McDonald, on trial since January in Chicago, was acquitted of murdering artist Webster S. Guerin. The trial revealed a decade of intimate relations, a will favoring her defense, and Guerin’s alleged blackmail, with a large public turnout and tense courtroom moments.
An 1875 ascent reached about 28 000 feet in a large balloon Zenith. Meronauts Sivel Croce Spinnelli and Tissandier endured a rapid descent after ballast release. Sivel and Croce Spinnelli died. Tissandier survived, recalling the peril and oxygen use during the fall.
William H. Zinser, a 64 year old longtime Drexel & Co. employee and former teller, committed suicide at his Philadelphia home by swallowing carbolic acid. Ill health and financial troubles a year earlier contributed to his melancholia and the end of his career with the bank.
The British press praises novelist George Meredith on his 80th birthday celebrated quietly at Box Hill. A deputation handed him a bound address signed by over a hundred UK leaders in art and scholarship. Meredith remains in good health. Moscow verdict expels Feodorovich Kokoshkine for signing the Viborg manifesto. he is a Moscow University professor and Constitutional Democrat leader.
Washington February 12 The house committee on military affairs decided to include in the army appropriation bill a provision to raise pay for enlisted men. The panel has not yet decided on officer pay increases.
A Vienna dispatch reports Count Alexander Hadik, via his legal adviser, firmly denies the rumored engagement to Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York. The denial comes after previous reports of a liaison between the two social figures.
Portrait of A E Dodge of Fredonia New York who led the first Grange organized in New York state nearly forty years ago. The piece revisits the 1868 origins with Kelley Jones and several organizers and notes the April 1893 silver jubilee of Fredonia Grange No 1. It outlines early membership fees growth and the national Grange secretaryship.
The New Jersey State Grange helped enact a uniform milk measuring law requiring dealers to buy and sell by the liquid measure, effective July 1, with a $50 penalty per violation. The New Jersey pure food law follows, set to take effect next October. Burlington county Granges report cooperative sales totaling $16,900 in three months, and Moorestown Grange helped add a fast freight to New York via the Pennsylvania railroad to aid farmers seeking earlier markets.
A majority of state masters approve the national Grange plan for a weekly. The paper will be published in Philadelphia with the first issue around Oct 1. Governor Hughes of New York backs a direct nominations law as Grange advocates for farmer empowerment.
Special correspondence discusses cutting idle resolutions at New York state grange meetings noting the high cost per day and slow officer elections. A Palmora plan proposes a special committee to screen resolutions, balancing power and fairness while weighing potential bias.
The Michigan Patron urges forming a bright, enthusiastic degree team to render the initiation ceremony impressively. Members should occupy roles similar to grange officers, practice regularly, and deliver parts with natural fluency to preserve originality and avoid a rote, sing song reading.
W N Giles of the New York state grange proclaims a forty year record of upward progress and a broader scope for 1907. He urges sensible, conservative action and urges subordinate granges to back legislative propositions with well argued, community oriented work.
State Master Derthick of Ohio warns that no subordinate grange can become flamboyant in a county with an active Pomona grange. He urges granges to incorporate if they own or expect to own their hall and stresses action to avoid stagnation.
Marlboro residents report visitors and departures across nearby towns. John Mannion and John Galvin travel to Townsend and Boston while Phil, Mrs. Leonard, Miss Brigham, and many others are cited for illnesses visits or recoveries. Local businesses reopen and social events occur as residents move between Marlboro and neighboring communities.
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