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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1914
Page
11
Urban planning emphasizes streets and civic embellishment including boulevards esplanades plazas water gates and monuments. Trees and proper street equipment like trolley poles and kiosks should harmonize utility and aesthetics to improve appearance climate and safety.
The Norwalk Civic League promotes a children's market on Norwalk's streets to showcase and sell gardens grown by local youths. Miss D. B. Pinneo notes prizes for the best six gardens, seeds supplied free to encourage juvenile effort, with inspectors ensuring work is done by the children. The market aims to beautify the town and has spurred increased trade since opening.
Public park officials nationwide push toward child friendly statuary in playgrounds following the English model. Chicago already honors Hans Christian Andersen in Lincoln Park, inviting kids to explore the writer's biography and tales.
Consul George N Wish reports Kobe and other Japanese cities lag in sewage, lighting, and paving. He notes Tokyo controls large projects and taxation is high with low wealth. Kobe pushes harbor and waterworks while private firms experiment with asphalt and granite paving amid limited urban progress.
A report by the Playground and Recreation Association of America highlights rapid expansion of municipal recreation systems linking with schools. It notes numerous cities adding year round play programs and 24 million children lacking year round playground access.
At the Maryland state Grange summer meeting marketing farm products and cooperation were the main topics. I B Flohr of USDA discussed parcel post and cost of living while H J Patterson urged phased cooperation and profit sharing. Augustus Stabler outlined a co operative producers association with equal votes and patronage based profits.
Michigan state grange leaders praise legislative influence and push for reforms in mortgage taxation, fence galvanizing, and fencing tax text. They seek annual mortgage taxes, expanded insurance to endowment policies, and fencing regulations in the upcoming legislature.
Ohio state lecturer L. J. Taber spoke at a summer Grange meeting, urging cooperative farming, community building, and obedience to God. He cited the Grange’s moral stance over the last quarter century, supporting woman suffrage and statewide prohibition.
Oliver Wilson marks forty years active in the Grange, having led the Minnesota state Grange for sixteen years, served as lecturer for the National Grange two years, and now begins a second term as national master. No officers are elected this year, but a third term may be sought next year.
A Massachusetts Grange chapter in Middlefield outlines a town project to improve sidewalks and enhance community service. The Grange emphasizes dairy work and local involvement as its guiding aims.
The piece argues John McGraw mishandled Arthur Shafer, preventing a stellar third baseman from boosting the Giants as they seek the pennant. It notes Shafer’s past success, critiques McGraw’s ruling style, and contrasts with the Braves trio of Dick Rudolph James Tyler, a young pitching group with a combined 73 years of experience.
The article extols Johnny Maranville of the Boston Braves as a remarkable shortstop known for dazzling fielding. It notes his unique fly catch with hands clasped at the waist, sure grounders, and heavy bat with power to drive doubles or triples. Fans flock to see his speed and accuracy in action.
Chicago Nationals plan a big salary increase for pitcher Jim Vaughn to deter offers from Federal league clubs and keep him with the Cubs. Vaughn, once perceived as lazy with New York Americans, revived his form after a minor league stint and rose among the top National League pitchers with strong play for O'Day and Ix.
GoM Sproult the Australian Rhodes scholar and member of the Oxford four mile relay team at the University of Pennsylvania last April is named president of the Oxford University Athletic Association succeeding A N Jackson. Jackson had won the race beating Wallace McCurdy the Virginia captain by a foot in the mile.
Public address by F W Howe highlights the rise of rural clubs such as corn and fruit growing, poultry and live stock, domestic art, and village improvement clubs. He argues these clubs educate individuals in observation and problem solving, foster cooperative action, and influence community-wide improvement through organized effort and cultural advancement.
The legislative committee of the Pennsylvania state grange outlines plans including tax equalization, charity appropriations, repeal of township road law, highway department reforms, school appropriations, local self government, expense accounts, and a state funded minimum salary for teachers. It calls for state aid at 100 percent and road tax up to 25 dollars per mile, with referendum and recall features.
The Washington state grange endorsed a rule limiting the national session to one week. Based on observed sessions, the stance aligns with expectations that shorter meetings foster goodwill and cooperative success through focused, practical deliberation.
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