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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
10
Lawrence A. Rossman argues editors must be practical teachers guiding a community, not mere printers. He notes editors educate all ages, confront national and local issues, and must lead with ability, despite limited pay, warning that many in the field fail to meet its duties.
Box Butte County officials may avoid drafting 58 men in the first draft scheduled for July 21 if exemptions and credits for volunteers National Guard members and other allowances are granted. The county has already contributed a National Guard company and many volunteers, and readers are urged to consider these credits in the draft allocation.
President Wilson urged farmers to back the war effort and the Department of Agriculture reports a strong crop outlook. Farmers nationwide are expected to exceed last year’s yields with more than six billion bushels of key crops, including wheat oats and potatoes, despite unfavorable conditions.
The Serenes report highlights an eleven million bushel increase in sweet potatoes over two years and a record large rise, with tobacco up by 84 million pounds. The surge aims to feed allies and ease prices for home consumers, signaling a national comfort and wartime support.
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were convicted of conspiracy to violate the selective service law. Each fined 10000 and sentenced to two years in federal prison, with deportation afterward. Judge Mayer urged limits of free speech and warned against mocking statutes as the republic remains bound to obey the law.
A fragment condemns efforts to destroy law and curb national war power, deeming such moves dangerous and subject to severe punishment as just. The lines imply a stark critique of undermining authority during a wartime crisis.
The sale of Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg's Texas lands sparks a discussion on the vast foreign ownership of U S land. Syndicates from the Netherlands Germany and Britain hold millions of acres across New Mexico Florida Mississippi Missouri with German American and Dutch interests. Secretary Lane urges Congress to require use of these tracts for crops or grazing rather than speculative holding.
A San Francisco pilot car for a dealer caravan endures a brutal cross country run from Lovelock Nevada to St Louis through mud floods and a Wyoming blizzard. The Series 18 Studebaker arrives in St Louis 24 hours late yet in perfect condition with only one tire changed. The feature credits durability to mechanical perfection and urges a Studebaker demonstration.
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