700000 Men In France and War Time Labor Ideas
The piece discusses Allied war efforts in France with claims of an army of 700000 men and projected growth to 1200000 within a year. It extols cantonment construction, training, and civilian mobilization, urging farmers and businesses to support war production and to accept inexperienced workers for greater output. It also notes fuel guidance, road issues, and rising railroad rates affecting citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Baker
Public health plea for cleaner living and disease prevention
An editorial urges strict sanitation during wartime and full public cooperation to curb epidemics. It cites dirty homes, neglect of quarantines, and unreported illnesses, warning that dirt and careless handling of milk and bakery products fuel disease and cost lives and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Small war profiteering through room rents provokes public outcry
A WW II era observer denounces landlords charging high rates for wartime housing. He notes four person rooms at $6 each, boosting annual profits to $3,000–$5,000, while public anger rises toward profiteers. The piece calls for action to curb small-scale grabs alongside big profiteers.
Inexperienced Help Strains War Era Labor Market
The article notes a surge of army enlistments with two million men already gone and another million soon, creating a shortage of skilled workers. Green hires flood workplaces as employers and foremen lose patience while trying to train inexperienced help.
War Industries Board sets shoe height and color rules for 1919
The War Industries Board orders shoe height caps for 1919 with tops limited to eight inches for general wear and six and a half inches for button shoes, colors restricted to white black tan and brown, and warns dealers no exceptions. Housewives may buy sugar in twenty five pound lots for canning, with further rationing guidance from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Industries Board
Wormer
Hertofore
Nevada implements July 1 sugar use reduction order
Federal food administrator tightens sugar rules in Nevada effective July 1. Manufacturers must hold certificates and all wholesalers retailers hotels restaurants bakers bars and saloons must obtain certificates from the federal administrator or county official before purchasing sugar for any purpose beyond household use. The ice cream sugar allowance is cut from last year levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Food Administration
Nevada
Federal Food Administrator of
Reading fragment from war era rationing and road work note
A garbled excerpt mentions sugar shortages and ship conservation rules and a Nevada audience urged to comply. It also references a road contractor Robert Drucker and a judge commenting on manpower strain and home support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Drucker
Judge Sets Example in Wisconsin Court Case
In Ek, Wisconsin on June 28, Judge Jade Albert Heddine ordered a defendant to begin a vacation period arising from a prior case. Details show the emvil court proceeding established the schedule and conditions for the defendant's time served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Jade Albert J. Heddine
Emvil Court
Readers applaud advertisers backing local newspaper
The note thanks advertising patrons for supporting the paper, stressing that no newspaper can succeed without ad support and urging continued patronage from readers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Independent
Elko, Nevada
Oy Mall
Malle
Associated Preve
Associated Prees
Elko
Kibogh
Confort
Bissinger & Co
ED Lyng
Elko Mgr
Elko Milling Co
America
Sumatra
Brazil
United States
E. S. van Leer
Mary's River
Union Land & Cattle Co
Ricara
Pesigning Mart
Pate Ali Ul i Mary
Erie
Professional Directory
G. M. Durkee
Elko, New
Room
H. S. Taber
Farrington
Elko, Vada
Edwine, Caine
Hesson
Milton B. Badt
Pioneer
Harold P. Hale
J.C. Scoles
U. S
Mineral Surveyor Contact
Covey Apts
Salt Lake City
C.F. Dearmond
B. B. Race General Contractor
W. S. Dayton 1
A. F. McGinty, H. P. J. G. Doughty, Gee
A. F
Norter Masona
W. Fr, Comnish, W. M. Triplett
Geo
Elko Lopar No
Caetle Hall
Percy
Cna
Anowet
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!