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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
5
Daily items from Linton and nearby towns covering callers and visitors, purchases, and social events. Residents mentioned include Ada Atha, Miss May Galliger, Mrs. P. G. Rooks, John Barty, Dr. Shockey, and Capt. Robert B. Wolverton overseas. Community activities include church socials, Red Cross fundraisers, a new cement walk, and a wolf hunt.
A Red Cross meeting in Omio church dedicated a new service flag bearing four stars for Ray Green Vernon Smith Gilman Hanson and Leo Kuntz. A large crowd attended a program with patriotic addresses by Rev. Swaney. A follow up election meeting is set for Aug 31 at 7 PM.
Secretary McAdoo explains in testimony the distinction between war profits tax and excess profits tax. War profits tax targets profits due to the war. excess profits tax taxes profits over a set return on capital. The excess version bears less burden on small firms, uses graduated rates, and Congress is urged to adopt it with an alternative war profits plan in revenue legislation.
The article argues Secretary McAdoo’s plan to tax overcapitalized firms, especially large corporations earning profits on watered capital. It contends watered capital benefits from excess profits taxes, while genuinely invested capital yields different taxation. The piece stresses equity for firms performing government work and urges a war profits tax based on actual valuation.
The Hollands hotspot preserves a dish prepared as Spaniards once did when driven by the Hollanders from their land. The stew resembles a Mulligan and a West Indian pepperpot but lacks crab meat and dumplings.
An editorial extols silos and fodder canning as essential to farm efficiency and national food security. It argues silage lowers costs, boosts dairy and beef output, reduces waste, and may become compulsory, framing the silo as a key farm building and a duty of every farmer with cattle.
The bureau of mines offers guidance to avoid spontaneous combustion in coal piles. Build dry ground coal bins store only one coal size remove fine coal for use if possible avoid wet drying cycles store in small piles near storage use small bins in yards.
The Ludwig railway links Furth and Nurenburg in Germany as the oldest line in the country. Conceived by Johannes Scharrer the project was published in 1832 and favored by King Ludwig who gave the name. It employs about people and carries around four million passengers annually.
The Catskills and northern mountains host a mosquito that lays eggs in dry ground hollows during July. Snowmelt fills the hollows in spring, and in May the eggs hatch when water reappears.
A quip attributed to Elizabeth mocks doctors who behave as if they are always unwell. The cartoonish remark appears in a medical journal fragment, reflecting humor about physicians and self-confidence.
No. 1 School and No. 3 properties listed for sale on August 31 1918 at 2 PM at No. 2 School House Odessa School District No. 9 Clerk Wendelin Libel announces the sale details.
Mrs William Raven and Company advertise a new fall millinery display. Northern Produce Company of Bismarck North Dakota offers to buy all cream at the highest market price and invites readers to write for tags. May 23.
A Chinese inscription notes patience and a mulberry leaf can yield a silk gown, reflecting a proverb about diligence and gradual progress.
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