This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
2
War era address by Newton D. Baker urges universal registration to support Allied troops. He notes over ten million men already registered and emphasizes the aim to end the war and safeguard democracy for future generations.
All persons 18 or older and under 46 as of the registration date must register. Exceptions include those already registered under May 18 1917 act, or May 20 1918 public resolution, active duty officers and enlisted in the regular army or reserves, National Guard in service, and naval or marine corps personnel and reserves while in service.
The document outlines how registrars and registrants should complete a registration card, emphasizing pre reading, legible writing, and correct spelling. It provides steps for entering name, permanent address, apartment details, age, birth date, race, and citizenship with checks and blank spaces as guided.
An OCR fragment outlines citizen classifications such as UNITED STATES CITIZEN, NATIVE BORN, NONCITIZEN INDIAN, ALIEN DECLARANT, and NONDECLARANT ALIEN. It details spaces for checks, parentage rules, and criteria for native-born or naturalized status, plus instructions on occupation and relative information for the registrar.
The Agriculture Department reports a surge in war gardens from home and school plots to community spaces. Despite lower seed sales, the number of gardens climbs with 25 000 in District of Columbia and 483 000 in Chicago, aided by industrial sponsors and farmer outreach.
Co operation with military authorities at Camp McClellan and widespread war gardens in Mobile and rail corridors show a national shift toward home food production. Officials say fall gardens and year round plots thrive where growing seasons allow, with gardeners citing cheaper produce, better quality, healthful sustenance, and community spirit as lasting benefits beyond the war.
A call to patriotic hoarding promotes preserving excess garden fruits and vegetables. It highlights canning what can, drying remaining crops, and storing root crops for winter, urging careful, self sufficient food prep.
The report notes last year’s perishables output rose about 50 percent above normal yet market difficulties were eased by nationwide efforts to conserve via canning preserving pickling and drying. The department continues active conservation work and expanded marketing support through daily market news and weekly truck crop reports.
The report urges maintaining acreages of Irish and sweet potatoes in 1018 despite large 1017 crops as wheat exports rise. It cites the Department’s push to use potatoes, especially Irish, for bread making, and details steps to improve yields through disease-free seed selection and preplant spraying to combat blight. It also warns first-time silo users to harvest at the correct ripeness for storage and blending.
The Army signal corps uses listening stations near front lines to locate enemy transmitters and guide artillery. Plans for the Student Army Training Corps change to match lower draft ages with college-based officer and technical training, including routes from high school to officer camps and technical roles. Lemon drops and soluble coffee are in demand for soldiers, while woolen yarn stocks and Sulphur production efforts are monitored for war needs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.