22 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
A railroad administrator explains why crowded trains persist due to heavy troop and war material movements. He urges the public to limit travel to free tracks and cars, saving resources for military needs and Liberty Bond support, while promising continued efforts to improve service.
In a August 18 1918 address the railroad administrator urges employees to treat the public with courtesy under government operation. He rebukes excuses such as Uncle Sam running the railroads and McAdoo orders, cites wage increases raising costs, and calls for loyalty efficiency and patriotism to defeat the Kaiser. He warns discourtesy harms public support for government control and stresses the duty of all railroad workers.
North Dakota farmers and threshers must maintain government furnished record books listing grain types, acreage, and costs. Monthly wheat threshing reports go to the county agent or nearest Bureau of Markets branch. cereals reports follow at season's end. Local postmasters and agriculture aid agents collect data as Washington approves the 1917 act.
Lieut. Col. G Woodward serves as special representative of the British Ministry of Information arriving to explain wartime aims and news to local readers and civic groups.
The Emmons Co threshers advertise wages of 4.50 dollars per day or 45 cents per hour or 1 percent per bit for all grains and 2 cents per pound for flax. Team and bundle wagons pay 2.50 dollars or 7.00 dollars per day for man with team and wagon. Shock threshing prices list 15 for wheat and rye, 12 for seeds, 18 for flax. Stacked or headed grain rates are 10 for wheat and rye, 8 for seeds, 15 for flax.
General March announces the eighty-eighth division of Minnesota Iowa and Illinois troops is in embarkation at Camp Dodge. The U S Army now exceeds three million under arms with about 1.45 million abroad in France Italy and Liberia. Washington reports indicate plans to reach 80 divisions overseas by June 1919 and notes the Russian situation remains tense.
Washington reports the American Expeditionary Forces casualty list with 36 killed in action 11 died of wounds 162 missing 125 severely wounded 1 died from air lane accident 3 died from disease 13 wounded in action previously reported missing now listed as killed. Northwest names include Private Wm B Anderson James Minn killed in action Otto H Elng Winthrop Minn Hans Larson Rochester Minn Emanuel Steiger Hiddenhem S D missing Captain Wm H Coacher Mitchell S D severely wounded Sergt John O Fridelund Albert Lea Minn Armin Laude Jackson Minn Peter T Peterson Milner N D killed Cory Van J Jones Rhame N D Martin J Mikkelson Hutchinson Minn missing in action.
George W. Dickie, famed naval architect and marine engineer behind the Oregon, died at his Oakland home after a brief illness. He was 74.
Miss Ethel Fogle receives a July 11 1918 letter from Glen Turner describing a seven day pass in Aix les Bains France a resort town near the Swiss border He notes government expenses for lodging yes says Y M C A facilities a former gambling house and visits to Mont Revard Mont Blanc and Roman baths He mentions Americans summering there and renting bicycles for about 7 francs a day
Three young ladies from Emmons county have enrolled as student nurses and three more are needed to meet the county quota. The appeal urges county girls to join the nursing effort to support soldiers in battle for democracy. The already listed nurses are Miss Sadie Grave of Strasbury, Miss Hazel Purinton of Temvik, and Miss Carolyn Macdonald of Glencoe.
Stockholm reports from a Swedish Socialist that Czecho Slava advance on Moscow may force Russian officials to return to Petrograd. The latest soviet mobilization failed and Bolsheviks admit end of power could come in days or weeks. Former Russian officers are being reorganized for defense.
The Lithuanian Diet sent a solemn protest to General Ludendorff against naming a king acceptable to Lithuanians, threatening revolt if German appointments override their choice. Also reports of American troops arriving Vladivostok and Czech and Bolshevik-related movements in the region.
Senator Borah of Idaho is preparing a bill to place the packing industry under federal supervision following a Federal Trade Commission report charging exorbitant profits. He expects introduction soon after the Senate reconvenes and argues supervision would end the packers’ so called golden days.
An order captured by the Allies, signed by Ludendorff, warns of heavy German losses in June and July. Dated July 6, it notes repeated enemy attacks and indicates that German defenses remain too shallow in the first lines with too little depth in the advanced zone.
On the Vesle front Aug 20 German bombing planes attacked an American field hospital south of Vesle. Anti aircraft guns drove off the raid with no casualties. Hospital tents span several acres and the nearest bomb landed within 20 yards of a large tent.
North Dakota Council of Defense endorses State Board of Education recommendations to delay school openings until Sept 30 and shorten summer breaks, keeping rural calendars flexible to boost agricultural labor during the war and conserve manpower. Macdonald reports high compliance by city and rural schools last year.
Last Friday evening Sport August Win roth’s big friendly dog died from poisoning. The owner denounces the culprit as a dirty coward and vows the town will run him out if found, noting many locals prefer dogs’ friendship to the poisoner’s malice.
Federal Food Administrator E. F. Ladd announces that all beef restrictions are removed. Public eating houses may serve beef at all meals, spurred by unusually dry southern conditions and a larger cattle supply aiding market availability.
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