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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
1
Decorah list shows ads for optician M SOOKUP physicians URBAN AMY and HOERG medical offices and hours telephone numbers legal professionals attorney at law barthell cutting strand and Lutheran Publishing House plus insurance steamship agency clothing wholesaler and retail and a long local address block with services and contact details.
A Decorah Iowa store offers fine dress goods trimmings and a full line of dry goods and nations. Located at the corner of Water and Washington Streets it proclaims a complete stock for local shoppers.
A broad, opinionated column reflecting on home front life during wartime. It mixes patriotic calls to thrift and sacrifice with social commentary, antiGerman sentiment, and references to food administration, military action, and public virtue, interlaced with verses and personal tones.
The third Liberty Loan campaign will use yellow and pink cards to record slackers and those who do not buy their full bond amount. Pink cards flag those who underbuy while yellow cards mark nonbuyers. both are reviewed by local committees and may be sent to federal agents. Iowa aims for low pink yellow card counts and high bond participation.
Article argues Germany’s total war debt would top 51 billion dollars, with each German owing 456 dollars for 68 million people. It compares U S debt, estimates eight year horizon, and urges buying Liberty bonds to prevent German catastrophe while stressing Americans are not spending vast wealth.
Iowa buyers purchase 2100 acres of Wisconsin bottom land near Prairie du Chien at 85 per acre to drain and reclaim as farm land. They plan to convert previously worthless swamp areas into highly productive fields at low cost, expanding operations beyond Iowa.
John A. Cavanaugh reports Winneshiek County’s Liberty Bond allotment for the third drive at 447 615 with total district quotas listed. He cites banking resources and state-wide fairness in apportionment, urging all counties to meet and exceed their targets with vigorous local support.
The House of Representatives passed a bill to make it illegal to circulate false reports aimed at obstructing Liberty bond sales. Chair man Webb explains the measure punishes willful false reports with up to $10,000 fine or up to twenty years' imprisonment. R. Alg yer Winneshiek County Liberty Loan Committee chairs.
The first group from Camp Dodge has safely arrived in France. More than 100 men from various organizations in the 8th division were moved to engineer regiments in the east for training, with many selected for the first draft between September and November.
Farmers may not see how ship building helps them yet ships carry farm products to Europe and without ships the crops cannot reach markets. If U boats sunk freight cars the farmer’s goods could not reach Chicago or Kansas City. Bonds will fund ships.
State banking records show deposits across Towa institutions from February 10, 1917, to March 4, 1918 rising to 117,449,125.88. Of this, 89,157,352.20 reflects the gain since November 20, 1917, with 55 more banks reporting and an overall average reserve of 25.6 percent on March 4, 1918.
Stanley Kimbark recounts his World War I experiences near Cambrai France February 22 1918 detailing railroad work under shelling behind front lines the surprise German barrage and a tense night awaiting attack. He notes a Thanksgiving feast and a near miss from a German plane as he and fellow soldiers endured bombardment and combat.
Charles Webster urges immediate coal stockpiling after a Washington conference warns of a severe shortage next season. He says people should secure supplies at the earliest moment to prepare for the coming winter.
British and French forces steady the front in northern France as German drives stall near Amiens. Allied counterattacks recapture Hangard en Santerre while Montdidier areas resist major advances. American forces pledge to join the line, easing French and British units under fire.
Washington March 20 700 hotel men urged abolition of wheat and its products from menus of all first class hotels to aid allies. Hoover called the crisis historic and urged sacrifice while Dr Alonzo Taylor blamed German distribution for shortages. He warned that seed germination and heat considerations affect spring hot beds.
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