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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
4
The Record of Linton North Dakota notes Draping Rates Advertising copy deadlines and post office classification. It emphasizes distribution across Emmons County and advertising charges for single insertions contract space and running ads.
A local paper asserts support for the government and Red Cross during the war. It notes Food Administration price guidance cutting corn, barley, and oat products below wheat flour levels and defends its editorials against critics while urging not to back down.
The campaign schedules pledge signing for June 26 as the nation aims to boost War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. Citizens are urged to participate to show patriotism, with examples cited of War effort contributions by distant communities including Molokai lepers who already supported the cause.
Cardinal Gibbons urges national thrift through War Savings and Thrift Stamps. He explains 25 cent Thrift Stamp leads to a $5 War Savings Stamp, via compound interest, pledging future value. He calls on all ages and parents to adopt thrift as character building and citizenship, warning against wasteful expenditures.
President Hoover appeals to churches Praterna I and women's organizations urging voluntary meat and sugar reductions and heavy wheat cuts through next harvest. He cites current per person meat consumption at about three and a quarter pounds weekly and calls for two pounds for those over four, plus canning and preservation to conserve sugar and aid allied needs.
In a message signed by Herbert Hoover, the plea asks all able communities to abstain from wheat and wheat products until the next harvest. It urges organizations to spread the call and join in the food conservation effort.
A wartime letter to readers from OLD JIM in the Bismarck Tribune urges total effort to defeat Kaiser Bill. He denounces German supporters at home while praising soldiers sent to Sunny France and predicts peace only after victory.
A Wisconsin husband fights his wife's divorce on grounds she refused to speak to him and compelled him to buy a phonograph for companionship.
The article calls for a united plan to economize and save as part of the war effort. It urges every American to pledge to save and lend to the government by purchasing war savings stamps at definite intervals. It stresses cutting personal demands to expand government resources.
The text explains that people doing heavy physical labor and active children require more energy yielding foods than those doing mental work or light labor. It lists cereals, bread and butter, corn breads, white and sweet potatoes, cream, and other wholesome fats and sweets as principal energy sources.
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