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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
2
Publication details for Marlboro Mass weekly issue dated August 1903 with management names Walter B. Morsh Walter P. Fry and B A Merriman, subscription rates listed, and service areas Maynard Concord Sudbury Acton Bedford.
An analysis asserts the United States could field a large army quickly using 265,000 organized personnel and a reserve militia of over 20 million, plus insular possessions. It argues industrial vigor, banks flush with money, 30,000 manufacturing establishments, and munition capacity position the nation to wage war better than any time in history. The piece cites past victory over Britain as precedent for resolve and capability.
On the 19th anniversary of the Maine explosion in Havana harbor, reflections on the war’s start note Spanish treachery that cost 258 lives and sparked American enlistments. The piece credits American gunner intelligence for victory and the rise of free peoples under the U S flag and Cabre Libre.
The article warns that forest growth lags behind demand as extensive cutting accelerates depletion. It notes diseases and pests like chestnut blight and pine blister rust worsening timber losses and threatens future supply.
The article warns that German undersea warfare could destroy the world's 48 600 000 ton merchant fleet within four years. It notes Britain and the United States hold millions of tons, Germany may starve England, and claims Turks are less brutal by comparison. It condemns Germany's depredations across Belgium Poland Roumania Serbia and warns of looming famine and desolation Europe wide.
The piece argues farmers drive wartime production surpassing veterans of arms. It notes American agriculture supplies cotton wool leather and feed while expanding grain beef and munitions roles. It highlights a rise in people studying farming and reading farm literature, marking farmers as a major national force.
County Court news lists probate matters and executors in Concord and Acton including the will of Mrs Phebe F Russell of Concord died July 3 1916 with Benjamin F Russell named executor and $2000 bond. Also Ruth Robbins of Acton will filed with Celette Ho cash and Wizzie A Carter as executors, estate valued at 16000.
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