15 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
1
Dear brother I am alive and well after a misfire near the lines on June 25 at the hospital I have minor wounds in my left arm wrist and thumb and two bullet holes in my rain coat I hope to write with my right hand soon The day I left home June 29 is quiet at the hospital and I am in good spirits Your loving brother John Co F 189 Inf Amer E F Via New York to see the country here
Public urged to stockpile fuel wood oil and coal and household goods during the summer to ease winter transportation congestion and aid war effort. Authorities warn neglect may cause hardship and illness with railways crowded by grain munitions timber and other wartime needs.
British Red Cross nurse Kathleen Phillips travels to the United States arriving to begin work in American medical relief. The transfer places Phillips amid wartime aid efforts and international humanitarian coordination.
Reports from Berlin say Premier Lenin and War Minister Trotsky fled Moscow for Kronstadt island as bolshevik control weakens. London notes say Lenin and Trotsky plan to reach Germany if crisis worsens while counter revolutionary movements rise in unoccupied Russian towns. Isvestia cites bloodshed and Bolshevik defeats in Kanzan and surrounding districts. Copenhagen reports the German embassy in Moscow will move to Pskov due to conditions.
President Wilson issued a proclamation to coal miners and operators amid worsening production. He warns the coal scarcity threatens the war effort in France, endangers soldiers, and could bring hardship to American homes next winter.
New York August 13 The American Hotel Association of the United States and Canada announced a nationwide campaign to oppose ratification of the Federal Prohibition Amendment.
North Dakota reduces August sugar allotment to 1 852 000 pounds from July 2 646 000 as a remedy for a statewide shortage. Total sugar certificates issued reach 2 277 567 pounds with additional requests sent to Washington. Farmers receive an exception and may buy three pounds per person monthly while others face a two pound limit. a 75 25 flour substitute rule is established for bread.
Notice to all men of Emmons County who turned twenty one since June 1 1918 to appear for registration on August 24 1915 before the Local Board in Linton North Dakota. Registration hours are 7 AM to 9 PM. Regulation details warn of legal penalties for noncompliance and potential induction into military service.
Mr and Mrs G A Crebbage received a letter from son Perry now in a New York army hospital stating partial paralysis on the right side and two months of recovery ahead with electric treatments. Their other two sons Glen and Fred, previously wounded, have fully recovered and rejoined their company at the front.
The Wil son county creamery, begun less than two years ago with county agent support, grew from three dairy shippers to 229 patrons. A dairy cooperative, silos and modern barns expanded. pure bred bulls and new cattle joined. butter production reaches 500 pounds daily with butterfat prices rising from 16 to 50 cents per pound.
County home demonstration agents help host community fairs as conservation schools for women. Special buildings showcase exhibits and household equipment while demonstrations on canning drying bread making cheese butter soap dressmaking laundering and fuel saving are offered to attendees.
The Mickel home mourns as their month old daughter Lola Alice dies from erysipelas. Funeral was Sunday at ten, burial in Linton cemetery. Community sympathy expressed. notice ends with a wartime savings stamp plug.
Dale and Mrs Mickel express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during their daughter Lola's illness and death.
American troops push into Bray suburbs amid a sustained battle for the outskirts of the city. German casualties in Picardy are estimated at 100000 as German high command fights to halt Allied advance toward Peronne Roye and Noyon. French gains across the center and right push toward the Oise crest and Matz valley while the northern flank holds.
Senator James Watson of Indiana told the North Dakota Bar association that public ownership would sweep railways telegraphs telephones mines mills and factories, seizing land as an octopus behind payroll votes. He warned against German and socialist threats, urged unity in wartime, and supported the war effort and conscription.
Paris reporters say Allied forces press the push toward Lassigny, with L Homme Libre noting German retreat continues and Petit Parisien predicting Lassigny’s fall within hours as hills to the Oise are encircled. French troops near Lassigny within two miles of the town as of Aug 13.
Providence R I August 13 The war industries board priority committee states Billy Sundays work is not a war essential Special Agent Howick of the department of justice published a Washington letter clarifying that priority will not consider materials for the Billy Sunday tabernacle here unless supplies are abundant The committee believes the project will not help win the war and will affect postwar life.
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