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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
The Record of Linton Emmons County outlines display rates per column inch for single insertions and contract space, advertising costs per inch and per line for editions. It notes circulation mainly in the county's south half and deadlines for advertising copy by Tuesday noon each week.
A wartime column proclaims a British victory behind the lines and the collapse of German dye secrets. It recounts German control of global dye export value at 4.7 billion dollars and the Swiss chemist intrigue, ending with note on postwar hardships.
The piece describes the Selective Service Draft during U S mobilization, praising patriotism as the engine and noting friction from registrants labeled as conscientious objectors and anti draft views. It frames the process as a large, smoothly running machine with external objections.
A wartime editorial warns that local draft boards chaired by sheriffs and county auditors face collapse if elections remove those officials. It urges state defense councils to bar sheriff and auditor elections, allowing incumbents to serve another term to maintain the draft system. It notes compensation changes and the duty-shock on rural officials.
John Knauf calls a Jamestown gathering for March 16 1918 at 2 PM to unite United States citizens of German blood in North Dakota. Speakers include Prof Koenig of Minnesota and other American Germans to prove there is no disloyal German blood here. A patriotic organization will be formed to promote German thrift prudence and honesty in support of the war effort.
A Wisconsin husband counters his wife's divorce filing by claiming she refused to speak to him and forced him to buy a phonograph for companionship, arguing lack of communication is grounds for dissolution.
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