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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
5
Johnny Jones cites the First Law of Nature self preservation and urges local citizens to prioritize town interests. The speaker warns that neglecting local trade, property values, and farm land can drive prosperity down and force individuals to seek work elsewhere.
New York reports three attachments on Morse in a National Bank of North America suit over Charles W. Morse. Mrs Morse claims $50,000 in Morse home furniture belongs to her and threatens suit if attachments aren’t removed. Morse pleads not guilty to a third indictment and is released on $10,000 bail amid ongoing civil threats and market-focused anxieties. Kurdish threats reach Miandab as Prince Firman Fitma's Azerbaijan post faces Turkish pressure and Persian troop desertions.
The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild of London and Tring Park pursues zoological riches as a hobby. His 600 logical museum houses rare animals and insects while a forthcoming Extinct Birds book costs around $100,000 to publish and aims at 800 English copies.
A Los Angeles Times emphasis on steadfast leadership within improvement societies recounts Alhambra’s experience. One driven survivor, Dr. F B Corey, kept a single hardy group afloat as others collapsed, proving persistence and executive grit sustain civic efforts.
Shanghai reports General Tung Fuh Siang, once the noted Boxers commander banished to Kan Su, has died. Born in Central Asia among Mohammedan peoples, he led 10,000 troops to Pekin in spring 1900 and was among the few Chinese generals to win early successes against foreign troops.
Montreal Feb 19 Archbishop Bruchesi denies any Vatican order withdrawing bishops from granting dispensations for mixed marriages. He states the pope trusts bishops to understand local conditions and handle the matter.
Vienna reports cautiously optimistic notes on possible settlement through concessions but Anglo Russian circles say a satisfactory agreement remains distant amid ongoing difficulties over Austrian railroad plans.
The Eighth congressional district executive committee in Jackson voted 11 to 8 to back Foraker for president. In Nashville the Republican state committee called a state convention for March 25 and endorsed President Roosevelt’s administration with Secretary Taft as the next presidential nominee.
Birmingham resolutions back President Roosevelt and Taft with a 30 percent to 2 vote. New York reports the grand jury to hear the American Ice Company probe in about two weeks under Attorney General Jackson. special deputy James W. Osborne will visit Maine and New Jersey seeking promoters of ice companies including the American Ice Company.
Inundation of cowlands along the river forces thousands from their homes in Cincinnati. Officials believe conditions will not grow much more serious.
About 500 delegates from major European nations and other continents gathered in Wipon for the eighth international housing congress. Dr J Stubben of Berlin outlined German town planning aims to curb overcrowding by zoning and bylaw rules, prioritizing traffic layout, health, and beauty in long term city growth.
The state master led a recent conference to train Grange speakers and teachers in fundamentals and concise delivery. The goal is to furnish Pomona and subordinate granges with qualified speakers, sharing costs and boosting quality over entertaining talks. The plan aims to reduce aimless speaking and emphasize useful topics and practical talks.
The New York state grange legislative committee drafts a Fuller-Plank amendment to base aid on road mileage valuation. Towns under 5000 per mile receive 100 percent plus raised funds, with scale up to 18000 per mile. Cap applies at 25 per mile. above 25k valuation limits aid to 0.1 percent of total valuation. This is a grange good roads measure.
The Home Leaguer says the parcels post idea isn t dead and retail mail order houses have formed leagues to push it. Merchants should write their district congressman and both state senators by November to oppose passage in the next national Congress.
Editors of country newspapers support the grange and will publish timely meeting reports and advance programs. They ask for active local press correspondents chosen for fitness in covering grange news and timely updates.
A New Jersey town near New York passes an ordinance banning distribution of patent medicine samples in doorways and public places after a child nearly swallowed contents. Mrs Klincke alerted the city council, and the measure passed unanimously.
The Penobscot Pomona Grange is organized with 200000 capital to deal in groceries grains and feeds and farm supplies and to buy and sell farm produce on commission. A Bangor cold storage plant may follow. The New York state grange committee failed to find good roads and created its own.
The Palos Improvement club in Palos Park hosted a prize vegetation contest to stimulate backyard artistic vegetables and front yard flowers. Prizes were awarded for best flowers and vegetables and the best flower garden by children, aiming to improve town appearance through horticulture.
Marlboro reports include visits from Timothy Breshnihan of North Brookfield and Alphonse Bouley of Brockton, plus relatives from Haverhill and Salem. Local residents face illnesses from pneumonia to rheumatism. several moved or returned from trips, and a new letter box was installed in front of the Temple.
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