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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
5
Local items report residents visiting Bismarck Hague and Hazelton Monday, several traveling to the capital city. War effort promotion urges thrift stamps, with clergy and communities supporting Liberty Loans and Red Cross work.
Katie Volk entered first grade on Monday while Neil Cameron and Carolinne Backhaus miss classes due to measles and farm duties respectively. Ellen Woods leaves for health reasons. High school girls visited the primary room. Mrs Britts visited third grade. Third graders knit for Red Cross. five 6x6 squares done and advanced knitters making scarves wristlets. Kathryn Kelsch and Hilda Timmcke noted. Land of Counterpane studied. Fourth grade Red Cross articles finished. John Wohl leaves for German parochial school. Joseph Bosch ill. Earle Irvine praised for spelling.
The Ohio Red Cross held a sale and dinner at the home of George Sandidge on Saturday February 23. About sixty attended including several from Linton. New member Martin Meegaard gave $2. An auction sold many items and provisions raising nearly $74 for the Red Cross.
Aunt Fanny declares she knows a few things while Walter retorts he knows as few as anyone. The exchange reveals a sharp if humorous clash of egos between kin.
Treasury receipts from war savings stamp sales run at 11 million dollars weekly while savings bank deposits grow by 700 thousand dollars per business day. The government plans two billion in war savings securities, expecting about 1.68 billion in receipts this year and 320 million in interest over five years.
A Kansas preacher recalls a Christmas service near Topeka where two old maids and two old bachelors sang the carol lines separately causing a snicker and the choir to abruptly end the service. The anecdote highlights small town awkwardness and church humor of the era.
R V Cafarelli a prominent Minneapolis conductor and violinist dies at 64 from heart disease. Born in Italy, he moved to Minneapolis at age nine and rose to local fame as a violinist and later conductor of the Cafarelli dance orchestra. His engagement for a Firemen's St Patrick's dance may be canceled or continued under new leadership.
The Civil Service Commission announced that the War Department will allow women to qualify as inspectors of small arms, expanding eligibility for the position and opening new opportunities in military logistics and safety oversight.
WANTED House to rent by the first of April Inquire at this office WANTED Girl for general house work Mrs Scott Cameron Adv See me for Painting and Ralsemin ing Work Guaranteed EARLE MEWING Phone 27 3 Apr4 pd SALESMAN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils greases and paints Salary or Commission Address THE HARVEY OIL Co Cleveland Ohio
Farm job listing seeks an experienced hand for eight months. Pays $400 total. Contact Ed. Nieuwsma in Strasburg North Dakota by letter or phone.
1917 Ford Touring Car offered by Northwestern Motor Co for $350. Good tires and condition noted. First party with cash gets the car. Ad appears as a vehicle sale notice.
Two bay horses about 12 years old and weighing 1200 pounds each strayed from the owner's property on December 15, 1917. Anton B. Volk of Winona North Dakota requests notification from finders. Postmarked March 7.
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