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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
4
The 1900 census shows 22 312 establishments in publishing with a total invested capital of 202 517 072 and 347 055 060 in annual product value. Salaries and wages total about 136 000 000, with 1 250 000 000 pounds of paper used, 78 percent for newspapers, and newspaper circulation covering one paper per five people. Ownership: 63 percent individuals, 20 percent partnerships, 17 percent corporations.
United States Consul Harris reports to Washington on Mannheim Germany’s sixteenth annual agricultural fair. American harvesting machinery dominates displays with 10 to 20 machines per manufacturer, plus strong exhibits by Toronto and German firms. German implements appear heavier while Americans win attention for efficiency and durability.
A local dispute over Thasos involving Egyptian administration and a goat tax has drawn international interest. Britain under Lord Cromer signals support for the khedive, while German papers warn against losing the strategic island. The matter arises amid King Edward's illness handing the prince of Wales a larger role.
In Wilkes Barre and Shamokin area crowds, often 1000 to 3000 strong, hurled stones at nonunion workers sought to resume duties at washery and mines. Police and burgesses intervened, with threats of troops if violence continues as President Mitchell plans further meetings and relief funds aid the strike effort.
Washington July 30 Commissioner General of Immigration has sent photos of archists expelled from Turkey to officials nationwide. Instructions accompany the photos directing investigators to verify charges against the anarchists and return them to their places of origin if the accusations are confirmed.
It is announced that President Roosevelt has no present intention of visiting Newport Rhode Island or Richfield Springs. Yesterday no official callers visited Sagamore Hill, but Civil Service Commissioner Garfield of Washington and James R. Sheffield of New York City were dinner guests last evening.
Mrs Elizabeth Thompson of Boston arrived in Omaha and caused the arrest of Thomas W Walton of Revere Massachusetts. She says Walton defrauded her of nearly $3000 from proceeds of selling a farm belonging to her. Both are prominent in Boston.
Rome July 80 Cardinal Gotti prefect of the sacred congregation of bishops and regulars is favored to succeed the late Cardinal Ledochowski as prefect of the propaganda. The post signals the pope’s views on his future successor, with Gotti long viewed as the likeliest papal next.
The Times prints Senator Teller's letter to W. H. Griffith stating he will not urge action on his candidacy to succeed himself. He says he has carefully considered the question and will leave it to Colorado Democrats in the state convention to decide.
London dispatch says Rockefeller Rothschild and Nobel form a working agreement without publicity. The Daily Mail claims the so named greatest trust has formed quietly, prompting Russia to invite nations to an anti trust conference.
The schooner Nettle M. G. arrived from the Tiber wreck with machinery iron and other metals. A diver saw no bodies though the ship split and the halves collapsed. Some bodies may be trapped beneath decks.
Pastor Rev W H Leatherman of Degraff drowned while attempting to save 13 year old Earl Nodham during a church picnic at Belfontaine Ohio. About thirty boys were present. Nodham was seized by cramps and Leatherman perished in the effort. London July 30 Rowland Barron Liberal won North Leeds seat with 7539 votes over 751 for Arthur Lawson Conservative.
Luis Romero killed Alejandro Seba after finding him with Romero's wife. He and relatives dragged the body 300 yards through wire fences and over stones to Seba's home before surrendering.
More rain drenches central and southern Texas causing rail disruption. Flooded lines hamper movement while property damage rises as crews assess losses across Pallas and surrounding areas.
Reports from Larimore North Dakota describe a devastating hailstorm in the district. About 40 000 acres of wheat are nearly a total loss with substantial additional damage ranging from one quarter to one half destroyed. The update comes via a special dispatch to St Paul Minnesota.
All traffic on the Berkshire division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad delayed after a washout at Cornwall bridge derailed an express train. The locomotive and three passenger cars were damaged but no injuries were reported.
San Juan Puerto Rico July 30 The interior department has set up a free telegraph school under the insular telegraph service for 25 female pupils. Liang Chen Tung, successor of Minister Wu Ting Fang, attended New Haven University and may become a Yale fellow like Wu.
A collage of quirky lines from Philadelphia Record and Chicago Record-Herald. Cinder Charley recalls a safety pin given by a cautious woman. A modern Neo Argument quips on unrest as a new father complains of sleepless nights.
A speaker dismisses fiscal advice saying money is already too distant to matter. The Philadelphia North American records his insistence that funding savings or extended budgets are not worth pursuing.
Indianapolis News notes a humorous exchange about Bills lacking business affairs. The quip suggests concern over his finances or ventures, and the punchline emphasizes there are none. The item reads as a light, local newspaper aside.
Quote from Philadelphia Press about perseverance as the act of finding a hole in a wire screen, spoken by a wise old insect to a young mosquito.
Quote notes a remark about a person unable to hold his glass steadily. The line hints at humor or a brief aside in a social setting.
London reports confirm King Edward will be crowned August ninth with doctors saying he can bear the ceremony. He has begun light walking aided by a stick and diet restrictions have eased. Plans include travel from Cowes to Buckingham Palace and a later naval review before Balmoral. A London luncheon and royal procession are anticipated in October. Rochester notes Charles Radtke hanged himself in his cell after an attempted assault charge.
A brief humor snippet from Yonkers Statesman features Bill and Jill trading a pun about a circus clown avoiding blame. Jill asks what clown might get off easy and Bill quips that even his ring clothes would amuse.
An elderly woman contemplates how marriage ruins romance while a younger woman answers she would like to have a romance spoiled. The exchange appears as a quoted witticism from the Chicago Post.
A humorous exchange from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports a boarder denying discarding coffee at a hotel. He says he used the remaining brew in his fountain pen, a detail that highlights quirky, everyday observations in city life.
A brief newspaper quotation records a minister boasting of marrying four couples in fifteen minutes while a captain counters with a faster sailing pace. The exchange showcases rapid ceremony claims and nautical banter in a single panel.
A humorous fragment features a speaker bragging about a gun's range of sixteen miles while noting his mother in law lives thirty miles away, illustrating a comic exchange from the New York Press.
A compact collection of quips from earlier newspapers. Uncle Eben notes contentment’s value yet warns laziness invites trouble. The Chicago and Washington papers pose a grim visual on danger and feeling “all run down” when cars pass by, reflecting era tones.
A Chicago News quip notes a spring faith cure for rheumatism and asks if it worked. The exchange shows skeptics and believers debating the method's effect.
Washington dispatch reports Prince Chen with the coronation special embassy has postponed his planned August 1 arrival, informing Acting Secretary Hill via Minister Wu. The delay alters the schedule for the coronation mission.
Report discusses plans to establish a Paris college to teach the science of serial navigation. The proposal envisions a higher education institution offering advanced study in this field.
A poem noting public endurance as meat prices rise and fall. It contrasts grim profits with quiet thrift and gratitude, implying stoic behavior in facing economic swings without visible complaint. The Indianapolis Sun is cited.
Berlin dispatch reports the Vatican has not protested France's closure of unauthorized congregational schools. Paris allegedly warned the Vatican that President Loubet would visit King Victor Emmanuel of Italy if the pope intervenes.
Mrs Rose Pabro 50 was killed by a train while walking on the Fall River tracks. Harrison Hilton longtime Wiscasset Me treasurer and tax collector died suddenly of heart trouble. Howard Melnniss age five drowned in a Chelsea Mass reservoir. Lightning damaged four tenement houses in North Attleboro Mass with no major fires. Andrew Thomas recovered after a shock left him unconscious. Captain E G Weymouth Royal Artillery and Miss Fisie L Bleeker wed in Jamestown R I. Paul Van der Voort former Grand Army of the Republic chief died at Puerto Principe Cuba.
Frank Bernstein 28 was arraigned in municipal court on larceny charges for stealing 500 five dollar gold pieces and four fifty dollar bills valued at 270 from Bernard Bennett of Bennett & Cohen. Bennett testified he invested 2500 in a scheme to multiply gold and received a plaster cast object containing 997 pennies, not his coins.
W Wayne Belvin, a lineal descendant of Mad Anthony Wayne, is in Charles Street jail. The 43 year old financier, once a multi millionaire, faces a financial trouble around 150 dollars tied to a stock sale commission dispute with a State Street mining man. Belvin had claimed he sold stock but the principal refused to take it up when delivered for payment.
In Boston on July 29 two young women, Sarah Hiambro and Virginia Averney, aged 18 and unknown, were feloniously assaulted by a man about 20, who fled before police could capture him. Each attack occurred near witnesses who arrived after cries.
Worcester Mass July 30 Gustaf A Bengtson 22 Fred Bengtson 24 and Carl Bengtson 19 drowned in Lake Quinsigamond. Cause unknown though cramps may have struck one brother and the other tried to help. The cousin is believed to have swam to assist them and also perished.
Jerome C. Chase was arrested in Swansea on a charge of assaulting Miss Charlotte M. Smith in a field a half mile from her home. He allegedly struck her on the head and shoulders with a club, leaving her unconscious for about three hours.
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