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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
4
The Emmons County Record, official county and city paper for Linton, North Dakota, publishes local notices and advertising in English or German. Rates include 15 cents per column inch for single insertions and five cents per line for classified notices.
An unsigned letter questions food rationing and the idea of slackers amid mobilization. The editor urges readers to sign andsend full address for publication, discusses meatless and wheatless substitutes, and clarifies rules about military service and dependents. Respectfully.
A clipped note reports C M and St Paul trains leaving Linton at 9 am for Aberdeen arriving 5 30 pm over 117 miles at 13 2 3 mph, and returning from Aberdeen at 2 pm arriving 7 pm over 107 miles at 16 2 3 mph. The item jokes about overtime and extra shifts as the “beat airies” of the day.
A reader voice criticizes rail companies for favoring patronage schemes over service improvements. The letter argues lawmakers will field lists to protect interests and calls for action by Linco residents against the practice, mentioning unions, commissions, and potential strikes as leverage.
A collection of wartime notices covers draft registration privacy rules, penalties for public disclosure, rising gold stock in the US, milk price increases in England, cream ban, coal saving campaigns, health guidance on indoor temperatures, and details from war conferences. It also notes commissions for 1250 Black soldiers at Fort Des Moines, 100 Black physicians commissioned, and the 30 000 strong Ninety second Division slated for France under Pershing.
A wartime poem contrasts a villainous figure named Little Hyphen Heinie with German leadership. It warns of deception and German influence while urging resistance and national solidarity as bombs fall and rails are attacked.
The ME Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 30 a m with a goal of 100 attendees next Sunday. Epworth League meets 6 45 p m for younger people, Evening Worship at 7 30, sermon titled Reasons for Christmas Joy, choir sings Christmas music, and a Wednesday Prayer Meeting. Pastor S M Swaney signs the notice as church friend to strangers.
The Red Cross at Fort Snelling will provide sweaters socks and mufflers to every soldier. A comfort kit will be given to each man. Tales spread about Red Cross sales are denied by official, noting garments go to soldiers only. Reports from Italy praise Red Cross efficiency while incidents in North Dakota and South Dakota highlight public support for campaigns and auctions raising funds.
Lines echo a character declaring love surpasses any girl ever met or seen in the movies emphasizing sentimental cinema rhetoric.
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