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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
5
A crowded town diary lists visitors, shoppers, and movers including Elmer Anderson shipping cattle to Chicago, Miss Genevieve McCrory heading to Spokane, Elmer Brown and many others dropping by from BisMarck, Pollock, Hague, and Westfield. Also notes rain, carload cattle deliveries, and plans for new building projects and purchases. Military mail from France reaches Don Tracy’s brother Selden.
Advert sees A. S. Kinney seeks a reliable farmer to supply three pounds of butter weekly with contact at the office.
Henry Ford builds Eagle 1 the first in a fleet of submarine destroyers for the US Navy. The 204 foot vessel, larger than older destroyers, uses a steam turbine and crude oil fuel. Designed for low cost production and canal passage, it launches from River Rouge.
The piece lauds the rapid movement of about 1.5 million American soldiers to Europe, noting minimal loss and calling the effort a transport miracle. It credits not only the Navy and ships but also American railroads and the Railroad Administration under McAdoo for enabling swift troop readiness.
War Department through the Military Information Division seeks volunteers across North Dakota to act as Special Agents. Applicants provide full name, address, and residence location for service in quadrangles covering about 11 by 17 miles. J M Hansen, Special Agent, urges citizens to assist Uncle Sam with general information gathering.
A severe storm caused extensive damage including four horses killed on the Stephen Lipp farm when lightning struck while Mrs. Lipp was leading them home. She was bruised and treated by Dr. Hogue and is recovering. A grain stack north of Temvik was destroyed and most town gardens were hail damaged.
For sale at a reasonable price two items a large hard coal base burner and a May Tag washing machine. Auction announced August 31 1918 at 2 PM No 2 School House Odessa School District No 9. Wendel in Libel Clerk. Also display of Fall Military goods and an ad from Mrs William Raven & Co. Northern Produce Co of Bismarck ND seeks cream with high price as tag buyers. May 23.
Daily Thought presents a Chinese inscription stating patience and a mulberry leaf will make a silk gown. The aphorism links simple effort to refined outcome with cross cultural wisdom.
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