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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
1
A long list of names labeled Class II III and V appears alongside a wartime appeal from the United States Food Administration urging wheat conservation. The article urges readers to substitute corn oat rice barley and potatoes for bread and provides a potato bread recipe to help save 90 million bushels of wheat before June.
Postmasters are directed not to accept matches or other prohibited items for foreign mail. The notice bans chips sent to members of fleets and ships with Sterno or solidified alcohol, to ships or vessels including marines on shore.
President Wilson announces new Food Administration rules to protect the wheat supply. Hoarding penalties include fines up to 5000 dollars or two years in prison. Standards limit sugar and flour purchases by class and per person per month, with details to be published soon by the Federal Food Administrator.
Aberdeen D, Jan 19 H C Chaffee photographer of Ipswich with shops along the Linton line in the northwest state is detained on sedition charges. He is to have a hearing before a United States official, accused of pro German activity. He reportedly flaunted a picture of the Kaiser and used his children in an attempt to influence others.
Hoover cites sugar policy saving the public $180 million as prices stayed at 8.5 to 9 cents per pound. He notes a potential rise to 20 cents without coordination, cites wartime rationing, and explains shipping limits hindering a return to normal stocks from Java plus global shortages.
A men only gathering at the Methodist church is set for next Sunday afternoon at 3. The sermon topic titled Fat Cattle will be the sermon subtitle. Attendees are invited to join in gospel singing and storytelling.
The North Dakota Billiard Men's Association plans a 5000 donation to the American Billiard Players' Ambulance Fund. Mr Seeley will donate all Saturday billiard proceeds until the goal is met. Beck and Paradise will also donate table proceeds to the fund.
Mr. Fred E. Lind of Rockford arrives to assist S. M. Swaney in revival meetings at the Methodist Church. He brings a sweet voice and strong gospel message and is organizing a chorus choir inviting all interested in music to join.
A weary soldier tells his colonel he will quit and go home after many skirmishes. The scene, a dugout, contrasts his plea with civilians at home who also balk at Red Cross and Liberty Bond calls, suggesting war fatigue and reluctant sacrifice.
Capt. I. P. Baker, head of Benton Packet Co and Federal Fuel Administrator of North Dakota, reports his hog herd on a Bismarck area farm now eats lignite coal as a substitute for charcoal after coal supplies ran short.
Sam Busby again contributes to the Emmons County Red Cross campaign with a $100 donation. He follows a prior gift as volunteers canvass the county and Red Cross officials seek broad support.
A Tuesday sale at the courthouse liquidated school lands worth 222 255 dollars. Buyers paid 44 651.18 upfront and face twenty years to settle the rest at six percent interest or pay off in five years with one extra year of interest. Farmers began arriving Monday and city hotels ran full as the event drew record attendee numbers.
President Wilson designates the Boy Scouts of America as government despatch bearers to distribute wartime pamphlets to five million citizens. Nearly 300,000 Scouts will carry the President's Flag Day address, with manuals and identification cards guiding distribution and receipts.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports food prices rose 23 percent from November 15 1916 to November 15 1917. Only potatoes declined. corn meal up 87 percent, beans 89 percent, bacon 62 percent, pork chops 48 percent, milk 33 percent, salmon 38 percent, lard 27 percent. Overall food costs 48 percent higher than 1913 and 46 percent higher than 1914.
The district court convenes February fifth at 10 a m in Linton North Dakota with naturalization first on the docket. A long list of jurors is drawn to appear Feb fifth at the court house including Roy Carley Bert Van Beck H P Tracy Jerry Dyre Thomas Coon Des Baumgartner and many others from Linton Hague Braddock Temvik Strasburg and surrounding towns.
The U S Army at the start of 1918 had 1 428 650 enlisted men and 110 865 officers and was about six times larger than its peak in the Spanish-American War. Secretary of War Baer notes 45 000 officers were commissioned from civilian life in two training camp series, nearly eight times the Regular Army figures of 1917.
A February Cosmopolitan plea urges wartime food conservation urging households to curb waste and lavish meals. It argues women as market arbiters shape national effort, urging rationing and simple meals to support Allied troops against Germany.
Fragmentary item notes Braddock and Minneapolis in an undetailed dispatch. Readable elements reference a Red Cross connection and a sequence of officers or locations without clear events or outcomes.
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