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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
9
Baraboo weekly news details subscription options with three months six months and one year terms. The note lists prices and terms for ongoing readership but the exact figures are unreadable in the provided text.
A call to consume surplus potatoes to save wheat for soldiers. The article urges a national campaign led by the Sauk County Horticultural Society to promote growing more potatoes and fruit, with hotels and homes adopting the watchword to support troops and keep grain for war needs. The piece also notes the will of Mrs. C. B. Alexander and recommends bequests to local churches, hospitals, parks, and community groups to honor family memory.
Washington Committee on Public Information issues a pamphlet arguing Germany seeks conquest and world dominance. It catalogs German aims from a mission to expansion and subjugation, urging readers to request a copy for awareness.
The article laments the loss of Bruges carillons after 700 years, noting the silencing of Iseghem and Roulers bells and linking the event to Belgium’s troubled alliance with Hungary. It warns that Belgium’s historic bells might spark broader catastrophe for Flemish history and cathedrals.
Dr David Starr Jordan once urged crushing militant Germany, per Dr James MacDonald. An interview cites a 400 German Americans meeting in San Francisco where Gen Bernhardt outlined militarist aims. Jordan warned Europe would crush Germany if Bernhardt’s program spread, a view he later seemed to revise.
Dr James F E Kelly argues in The ______ that aging men can extend life expectancy and regain vigor through activity. He notes average lifespans and remaining years after age milestones, warning sedentary habits diminish endurance even with strength, and cites curable diseases except cancer.
Dr. Kelly emphasizes six principles for health including air water exercise diet sleep and perseverance. He notes breathlessness signals need for more air and lung capacity and urges open windows deep breathing and slow intake of water. He advocates self massage and modest diet to maximize health.
Carl N. Ackerman outlines American indictments against the German government, citing Lusitania and Ancona sinkings, Sussex pledge failures, anti American propaganda, arming Russia and Romania, stirring Mexico and Japan, targeting U.S. factories, food politics, and German influence inside the United States. The piece portrays broad German anti American activities and wartime deception.
The piece accuses Germany of banning American news dissemination in Germany, blacklisting U S firms, blocking dispatches from Berlin during submarine crises, insulting American women, threatening a multi-nation alliance against England and the U S, and insulting U S military observers. It declares Germany outlawed among nations.
A New York Washington Heights girl accompanies her father to a St Nicholas Avenue bank to pay 18 percent of a liberty bond. The clerk offers a button to the child explaining the exemption, and a bystander asks why she received it. She replies that she owns a liberty bond.
In addition to those previously mentioned, the following received straps at Fort Sheridan on Tuesday, November 27: Carlyle B. Wurster Mazomanie second lieutenant. Charles H. Call Portage second lieutenant. Arthur J. Rabbuck Reedsburg first. Harold J. Swan Mazomanie second lieutenant.
A black woman challenges a Georgia produce store owner of color about the freshness of produce. The owner responds with a defiant line denying the question but acknowledging the issue, highlighting tensions and coded language characteristic of the era.
Mr and Mrs E J Battles receive a card from son Lloyd E Battles in the marine corps saying he arrived in France aboard the Von Steuben on November 13 Thanksgiving Day. He reports a long voyage with few thrills and no seasickness and notes a month without word while suggesting the ship may have been near attacks reported in papers.
Major General C. G. Treat, former Camp Sheridan commander, will hand over to Major General Smith next month after his return from France where he is studying war methods. Smith is related to Mrs. A. P. Burnham of Janesville and to Mrs. A. L. Burnham and daughter from Baraboo now in Hendersonville North Carolina.
Baraboo residents learn Lieutenant Clausen Stekl, serving with the A E F in France, personally censors his mail. He details coin collections, costs of gear, and daily routines in a seaport town, noting high prices and his mail forwarding method via New York to Paris.
Grandson First Sergeant C E Hackett writes from Camp MacArthur Waco Texas about hauling hay and oats for 189 horses and 12 mules with three four mule teams. He notes drill and a twelve mile infantry hike, mentions the Cotton Palace exposition aiding troops, and says no rain hurt local crops.
A narrator recalls spending 69 francs 40 centimes on outfits and gloves totaling $1.75 per suit and $1.23 for gloves. The tone frames the purchases as reasonable and ends with a note that a letter would feel welcome today.
Howard I Potter and John P Sprecher, recent Fort Sheridan commissioned officers, have arrived home and plan to sail for France around mid December. About two hundred others with commissions were notified they would join the fighting lines soon after their commissions were granted. Lieutenant Sprecher spoke at the high school on Wednesday detailing Fort Sheridan experiences.
Warren Hoyt writes from a training camp in France dated October 28 to Miss Luise Gattiker. He reports wearing a warm sweater, driving a 5 ton truck, and observing country scenery that resembles Baraboo. He notes news of Catherine and Harl Luder receiving commissions and hopes everyone at home is well.
A letter from Ernest Savage at Camp Lewis American Lake Washington describes his trip to Washington State. He notes 45000 troops nearby, three exams with two passed, a missed uniform, and time off Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays. He mentions Montana fellow soldiers from Billings and his role as pivot man in drill.
A camp diary from Waco highlights a 49 to 0 football victory by the 32d division over Oklahoma A M. It notes hard bayonet and bomb training, French and English officers, a fourteen mile hike, and Lt. Ritzenthaler’s promotion. It mentions furlough limits, passes to town, and a stove damaged during bayonet practice.
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