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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
4
The Emmons County Record of Linton notes advertising rates and multilingual ads in English and German. It includes a wartime loyalty message from J. A. Harris-Hazen Star urging Germans to prove true Americanism and stay united with the nation.
Government war officials order a pooling of all railroads east of Chicago to operate as a single system. The aim is to relieve congestion and move maximum traffic amid wartime pressures. The plan follows broader calls to preserve national institutions and ensure orderly civilian life.
A speaker contemplates loyalty and enlistment, saying if he were German and living in his adopted homeland he would quickly enlist to prove loyalty to the land that gave him a home education and wealth. He argues it is worthy to defend the country that provided opportunity.
Excerpted remarks by Secretary McAdoo call on every citizen to back the war effort with thrift and organization. He argues valor alone cannot defeat the Kaiser without savings, efficient use of resources, and nationwide support for war bonds and productive industry.
An editorial from the Minneapolis Journal argues Germany seeks constant conquest from Antwerp to the Three Americas. It claims Prussia aims to seize Belgium, Courland, Italy, Egypt, the Suez, South Africa, Brazil, and Caribbean ports, threatening the United States and Britain unless allied powers act to stop her. The piece emphasizes Germany would not rest, planning new wars of aggression.
A Washington Star quote reflects on troubles being laughed at yet warns that a decent man does not tolerate liberties with his own affairs unless they are truly his. The remark is tied to Uncle Eben’s view on personal boundaries and propriety.
Former envoy Henry Morgenthau urged that the United States must raise five million men to secure victory in the war. He argued that manpower is the decisive factor and pressed for bold mobilization and sustained national effort.
Senate Republican Senator Lodge of Massachusetts calls for a formal war declaration against Austria as essential to complete Allied unity. He argues the nation should also declare war on Turkey and Bulgaria to align with Germany’s enemies and support the House mission abroad.
French and British armies have taken over vulnerable Piave river front points. Veteran troops hold key positions as Italian forces support with well organized artillery. Enemy efforts to strike are thwarted, facing a now impassable line as reorganizing for new blows.
United States cavalrymen clash with Mexican cattle thieves at Buena Vista Texas. One soldier and foreman Justo Gonzales killed. About 200 bandits fight, 35 killed, others wounded. Cavalry use machine guns to clear houses where bandits hid. Buena Vista lies 20 miles northwest of Presidio on the Rio Grande.
Internal Revenue figures for fiscal year 1917 list 206 men with incomes over one million dollars annually, including 10 earning over five million. About 437,036 individuals paid income tax, far below earlier estimates of up to 700,000. Married filers number 365,107 with the remainder unmarried.
County teachers urged to aid classification of registered men not yet in service by explaining the 16 page questionnaire. President Wilson appeals for teacher assistance to inform pupils and neighbors. Also reports flag law compliance, Red Cross activity, consolidation push, and teaching vacancies with certificates for perfect attendance awarded to numerous students and staff.
The Shipping Board announces in its first annual report to Congress that America will retain foreign ships commandeered during construction in U S yards for use in its postwar merchant marine. The notice appears amid wartime efforts and calls for joining the Red Cross.
The document lists district chairs and figures including J. McConville as Chairman Fifth District and T. J. Richardson with Farat, Diac, and Ludwig Weber among others. It mentions Second and Third Districts and assigns names to Fourth District plus additional identifiers.
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