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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
2
The notice records the Marlboro Massachusetts post office's status as second class matter, entered August 25 1903, under the act of Congress dated March 8 1879, indicating postal handling or mailing designation.
A wartime address defends American democracy and moral leadership while urging decisive action against German militarism. It laments autocracy, extols peace and human rights, and calls for Allied victory and postwar restitution to end brutalities in Armenia and Europe.
Investigation finds the Mare Island blast last July was a premeditated act by an unknown individual, not an accident. The report cautions enemy aliens and sympathizers to beware, pledging government action against offenders and surveillance of those opposing the nation.
The War Insurance Bill would replace the pension system with government guaranteed insurances for soldiers and dependents. It promises immediate indemnities for injuries or death and ends pension delays, fraud, and political manipulation by old systems.
The piece argues Germany faces doom either way as autocracy collapses after war. It predicts peace concessions will fail to satisfy demands for democracy and that victory or defeat will spark upheavals toward universal suffrage and equal rights, ending hereditary rule.
The piece argues the Kaiser’s claim of slander is false citing German crimes in Belgium and elsewhere. It contends exposing these horrors is not slander but truth, noting German tactics in Mexico and other regions. It also reports Italian gains from Gorizia to the sea and siege risks around Trieste.
Joseph Keyes recounts a nearby ammunition depot attack during which shells struck near his position as a German bomber dropped on a French depot. He describes shells, fire, and a vanished house, the depot’s destruction, and the French artillery response before resting in Paris and awaiting a 21 day leave to overhaul vehicles.
A Friday evening program at the town hall featured Camp Thomas boys with a camp orchestra led by Herbert Rein hart, plus a double quartet and a talk by R W Hatch on Abraham Lincoln. Proceeds funded camp expenses and dancing followed the program.
Sale in Concord conveys property at 52 Main Street including a large house a stable a bachelor’s cottage and five acres of land from Cora Belle Barrett to Winthrop T Hodges. The property is assessed at 25800 dollars with Mere dith and Grew listed as brokers.
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