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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
2
Marlboro Massachusetts is entered as second class matter August 25 1903 at the Marlboro post office under the act of Congress dated March 8 1879.
British and French troops push forward seeking spring positions, aiming to avoid mud and cold. Allies report stronger spirit and superior guns, with American forces joining France, while Germany ramps up defenses in Flanders and Ostend targets. Autocracy faces global challenge as calls for freedom and majority rule rise.
The New York Evening Post discusses the Bagdad railway amid World War I, noting German engineers built toward Mosul while British and Russian prisoners suffered as labor, with speculation that retreating German forces may destroy tunnels and roadbed to delay Allied advance.
A wartime editorial urges citizens to back the Liberty Loan program, urging to loan money at a good rate of interest to fund the war. It emphasizes sacrifice, national pride, and the need to support soldiers overseas, describing Liberty Bonds as coffin nails for autocracy and urging bold, united fundraising to end the war.
The piece argues Austria and Germany overextend to hold Italian gains while Russia falters. It claims Allied pressure could push Teutonic forces back, warns of insubordination, and predicts the Kaiser and Prussian system may be sacrificed to end the war.
In a Reichstag address Kuehlmann declares the territory must remain with Germany as a glorious heritage and will not be negotiable. The text notes such rhetoric fades with winter and predicts France will reclaim the provinces. It also mentions German agents buying hides in Argentina while both sides seek peace but not with an outlaw.
Notices show name change petition for Clara B. Hale to Clara B. Howe returnable in East Cambridge. attached for $1000 in a Maynard contract suit. Maynard administrator of Frank Prantula’s estate with $1000 bond. guardian appointment for Julia and Ruth Chenery with $3000 bond. Maynard conservatorship petition for Asa Balcom. attachment for $1000 against Garrell Balcom. Lucinda Carr estate approved with executor Charlotte M. Gair bond $1000. Maynard administrator for Abbie Holt with $8000 bond. estates valued up to $9500 with real and personal property details.
The Board of Selectmen will meet every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Creighton's Block for business. All applications and complaints must be presented at that time or by letter to the secretary of the Board.
The Concord Board of Selectmen warns property owners to destroy gypsy and browt moth eggs caterpillars pupae and nests on their land under Chapter 381 Acts of 1905 amended by Chapter 968 Acts of 1906 with penalties for noncompliance. If owners fail the town must act and lien costs are placed on the land.
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