War and community notes mix in local news item
Local remarks cover visitors from Madison South Dakota. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for thatching offered at 60 cents per setting of 16. Advertisements note Schuhmacher feed shipments and rising prices. Opinions urge work and unity for war effort while Modern Woodmen of America report 62 war deaths and $84,500 in confirmed benefits.
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Holzer
Schumacher
Weibel Mill Company
Aviation Corps
Army
Albert Gehring
Nic ‘Romanoff
Bill
Woodmen of America
Patriotic
Otto Scheel Soldier Buried With Full Military Honors
Elgin honors Otto Scheel, the town's first World War I soldier, who died in San Antonio Texas on March 28 1918 after service three weeks into training. He was buried in Elgin with a German Baptist church funeral as locals gathered, with honors escorted home by soldiers and the High School Band.
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Elgin
Caledos
Gan
Aitonis Texas
Parkston
South Dakota
National Army
Harrington
Raume
United States
H. W. Wedel
Otto Scheel
Herman Schvel
Germany
San Antonio
Texas
America
German Baptist Church
Otto
Albert
Frank
August
Martha
Ambition Over Education Cited As Key To Success
In a Fulton Journal editorial, the writer argues ambition and hustle surpass schooling for a young man. The piece warns postwar Germany will lose its U S property holdings as the Open Property Custodian sells German assets, with Kaiser-linked properties among the first targeted. It endorses Senator Martin’s view that Germans must first compensate Americans for wartime destruction before any compensation is paid.
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Germany
United States
America
Martin
Fulton Journal
Elgin Carming Co contracts acreage for Sweet Corn 1918
The Elgin Carming Co contracts acreage for Sweet Corn for the 1918 season at 12 dollars per ton. April 6 marks the start date of the Liberty Bond drive with a state subscription target of 3 billion dollars. Towns donate 71 million plus. Township expected to contribute 2 percent of the assessed value. Bonds yield 4.5 percent, are government guaranteed and non taxable. Canvassers urge immediate subscriptions as a patriotic duty. C S Halstenson reports store improvements on Center Street with reworked interiors and stock.
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Elgin Carming Co
Liberty
Sam
Halstenson
Center Street
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