02 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
1
Official draft notices list Emmons county needing eighty two new draftees after credits for April through June enlistments. The local board begins physical exams August 7 at the courthouse under Dr. Baer Braddock with 348 names initially listed and three more 87s called daily through August 11.
A brief advices readers to provide a attractive wicker bird cage as part of room decor and comfort for pets. It notes details of a room matter and ties the message to doing one’s share for the Red Cross. The call to action encourages thoughtful purchases that benefit charity efforts.
In Dale settlement Emmons county four youths John Kinsella Clarence Wilmot Clyde Rouse and Fred Bader traveled to Bismarck to enlist in the army with examinations completed and oaths delayed to Tuesday. A Grange Hall farewell banquet for about five hundred featured fried chicken ice cream and other dishes as Orrin Grover drove the group to town. Attorney Charles Yentry spoke of the journey ahead noting three would join the hospital corps and one the infantry.
Secretary McAdoo has prepared new war estimates far above prior figures and will urge Congress to authorize an extra five billion dollars in the war tax bill. The plan may be financed by bonds, though a final decision had not been made. The updated figures reflect needs of the army and navy and the bill will likely undergo further revision.
Germany halts coal exports to Holland triggering serious Dutch shortages as Germany seeks food from the Netherlands. Dutch food shipments to Germany and U.S. embargoed foods fueling tensions. Also report on North Dakota military recruits and state budget moves.
The American Red Cross outlines new centralized plans for wartime relief, detaching North Dakota from the Mountain Division to join the I Division under Chicago. Judge N. C. Young will head the North Dakota chapter with Fargo headquarters and fifty three county chapters to be installed, led by local officials and a standardized by law structure.
Volunteers are urged to assemble washable comfort bags for soldiers in training camps. Contents include sewing thread, needles, pins, scissors, soap, toiletries, small gifts, writing materials, and branch tags for army or navy use.
A new patent proposes eyeglasses for divers to correct underwater vision. It notes that water alters light speed and refraction, causing blurred images as the eye is tuned for air.
A compact reflection on how animals shaped human life and character since civilization began. The piece notes animals were kept for many purposes and have long influenced societies, culture, and individual behavior.
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