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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
2
Entry indicates a second class matter filing dated August 25, 1908, at the Oro Mississippi post office under the 1879 act. Details reference a Marlboro Massachusetts address and postal processing designation.
Strikes sweep Austria as the ministry resigns and unrest grows amid food shortages. Socialists demand assurances on Brest-Litovsk talks, reform of provisioning, and direct suffrage, while Germany and Austria-Hungary falter under war weariness and looming revolt.
The article argues that women entering fields once reserved for men, including engineering, demonstrate capability and efficiency as war drafts threaten male labor. It cites Kansas State and Kansas Agricultural College, with 150 women studying electrical engineering, and quotes Clarence Reid on women as power plant operators in Europe.
Government reports show large increases in cold storage cheese and eggs since last year with 57 million pounds of cheese and 12 million pounds of frozen eggs on hand. Apples fell slightly in quantity while prices stay high, butter output rises, and critics urge Hoover to use cold storage to stabilize costs for common people.
The piece argues coal shortages should warn against repetition and urges using tides and waves to provide light, heat, and power. It notes tide mills and dammed bays as beginnings, claims waves offer endless supply, asks why waste this power, and calls inventors to develop practical sea power systems.
The article warns of white pine blister introduced by Germans threatening pine forests and a new pollen-based pest intended to destroy U S wheat fields. It states government awareness and measures to prevent the spread and arrest German agents involved in harming the wheat crop.
In a commentary the author argues Bolshevik refusal to cede Baltic provinces could trigger renewed hostilities by Germany. The piece warns that theory of peace contrasts with practice as a lion and lamb analogy suggests Russia, though large, would face a brutal German stance at the conference.
A historical critique tracing the causes of the war through economic rivalry and imperial ambitions. It argues Germany's aggression, the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and the ensuing conflict threaten global trade, nations' rights, and democratic law. The piece condemns Kaiser Wilhelm II and predicts Germany's decline as Allied powers insist on negotiated peace with representatives of the German people.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee is examining railroad over-capitalization and the bloated funding practices that burden actual investment. The piece calls for reduced capitalization to match assets, less top heavy structures, and laws to end windfall profits for stockholders and promoters.
Wartime kitchen guidance promotes None Such Mince Meat as an economical way to make balanced meals. The ad touts condensed moisture rich packs reducing waste, costing only a few cents, and yielding three times package weight in bakeable pies and desserts. It urges savings aligned with U S Food Administration orders.
Probate Court of Middlesex directs heirs and interested parties to appear February 8 1918 in Cambridge to review Emily C Taplin executrix plan to obtain letters testamentary without bond. Public notice to run weekly for three weeks in Acton Enterprise with copies mailed to known interested parties seven days before court.
Middlesex Probate Court orders Horace F. Tuttle administrator to determine the amount for a monument to Charles H. Wheeler buried on the lot. The citation requires publication in Acton Enterprise for three weeks and notice to interested parties at least fourteen days before the February 8 1918 hearing. Charles J. McIntire, Esquire, witnesses. F M Esty, Register.
Heirs and creditors of Richard Murphy late of Maynard are notified that Mae M. Riley seeks letters of administration without bond. A Cambridge Middlesex Probate Court session is set for February 1, 1918 at 9:00 am to show cause. Public notice runs in the Maynard Enterprise.
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