Deportation of Belgians in German-Occupied Lands
A lament on German deportations of Belgians to labor and munition works. It cites mass abductions from Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp, and other cities, with thousands sent to Germany, and notes forced labor, imprisonment for refusals, and widespread suffering. It frames the act as barbaric cruelty and a sign of Germany’s military strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Leana
America
Lable
Germany
France
Ghent
Utanarde
Belzeute
Brussels
Antwerp
American Shipping Should Be Made a National Duty
An editorial argues American shipping prospers after the war and urges Congress to enact laws favoring shipping. It notes prewar dominance, postwar decline, and a rush to rebuild fleets to meet both domestic and foreign trade demand, claiming ships will not suffice for future needs. It calls for protection and promotion of ships under the stars and stripes to reestablish global seaborne commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
America
United S Ites
Congress
US Protests German Deportations of Belgians
The United States condemns Germany for deporting Belgians and breaking up families as a violation of international law. Washington plans to raise the issue with Berlin and assist Belgian relief with funds and shiploads of provisions and clothing from the American people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Berlin
Bethmannmee
Corn stalks as pulp for paper revolution in New England
A writer argues corn stalks, plentiful in the corn belt, can replace wood pulp through a patented electrolytic process. He claims pulp from stalks plus a by product of alcohol could fund factory costs, lowering paper and fuel costs and reducing timber use as forests dwindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
New England
Corn Belt
United States
Call to nationalize coal mines and railroads for public good
A reader argues the coal shortage is misleading and cites a 1916 mining increase. They urge government takeover of coal mines and railroads, national operation as a public utility, to curb price gouging and serve the nation’s needs. They call for congressional action against private monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Anthracite Bureau of Information
North
Coal Trust
Democratic Party
Congress
Public Night Schools Extend Citizenship Night Classes
The U S Department of Labor proposes extending public night school access to all citizenship candidates nationwide. It urges superintendents to open schoolhouses at night for aliens and to use volunteers where funds are lacking, ensuring English and civics instruction for adult foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Naturalization
Bureau
United States
America
Pink boll weevil appears in northern Mexico prompt action urged
The pink boll weevil, imported from India, has surfaced in northern Mexico. The U S government acts to prevent pest movement into the United States. Texas agriculture offers cooperation to shield the cotton industry at the border. Norway has lost about one seventh of its shipping since the war began. If neutral ships face such losses, penalties against offenders may follow. Bath Maine plans a Thanksgiving turkey feast. Four destroyers costing 1.5 million dollars each will be built there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mexico
United States
Unitedtates
Texas Department of Agriculture
Norway
Bath
Vote Approves 55000 For New School Building
Residents from Precinct 2 approved a $55,000 appropriation at a special meeting to build a new school on Main Street adjoining the present grounds. The plan uses a unit design and anticipates future additions. The meeting also favored removing a nearby livery stable and noted the town’s pupil population exceeds the Emerson and Peter Bulkeley schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Peter Bulkeley
Concord Center
Main St
Speaker Hon. John J. Rogers At Union Church Club
The Men’s club of the Union church will hear Hon. John Jacob Rogers of Lowell speak on The Workings of Congress this Friday evening. Rogers is well known locally and attendance is expected to be large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Union Church
John Jacob Rogers
Lowell
Congress
Auctions in Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire
Auctioneer Otis H. Forbush will sell for D C Fletcher at the old Fletcher homestead near Concord Junction on Friday December 1 1916 at 10 am cattle horses hogs poultry and other items. Pure Bred Live Stock Co Brattleboro Vermont will sell 125 head of registered Holstein cattle in their new pavilion on December 5 and 6. B W Osborn West Acton Massachusetts will auction farming tools hay fodder cows horses and household goods on November 27 1916 at 9 30 am. Place descriptions include West Acton and Perkins corner historic sites noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis H. Forbush
Concord Junction
Mass
D. C. Fletcher
Littleton
Fletcher
Newtown
Pure Bred Live Stock Co
Brattleboro
Vermont
B. W. Osborn
West Acton
McCarthy
Public notice of estate of William B. Clahane Concord probate
To heirs next of kin creditors and all interested in the estate of William B. Clahane late of Concord in said County de ed to give public notice by publishing once in for successive weeks in the Concordin' published in said County the last location to be one day at least said Court Witness Charles J McIntire Esquire First Judge of said Court this twentieth day of November in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen F M ESTY Register
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Clahane
Concord
Charles J. McIntire
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BHE Enterprise
Main Street
wAirma B. Morns
Ca Treasures B. A
Sudbury
Acton
American Shipping
Telephone
L. P. Goulding
South
F. M. Esty
Touraine
LA Touraine
MS. Quinby Co
Boston
Chicago
Boston Tailoring Co
Maynard
W. J. Murray
Parker Street
P. H. Murphy’s
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