Hague Happenings May 7 etc
Mr and Mrs F J Sinner welcome a baby girl born at Bismarck hospital Friday. Dr Grace resumes weekly Hague visits after pneumonia treatment in Aberdeen hospital. Seeding nears completion with forecasts of a heavy crop if weather stays favorable. Superintendent Briggle and County Agent Sauer visited area schools, staying overnight in Hague. Marshal Gust Arndt enforces automobil e laws with strict penalties from Justice Kanis. Corporal Martin Schall returns to Camp Dodge after ordnance training at Rock Island. Diphtheria outbreak twelve miles northeast. Weber Pearman and Jacob Pearman families affected. Dr Wolverton attends. Two deaths reported in Jacob Pearman’s family. Mrs Amundson of Hotel Hague leaves Thursday for western vacation. Anna accompanies her. Mrs M Lutgen of Aberdeen will oversee the hotel in her absence.
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Weber
Andrew Pearman
Jacob Pearman
Wolverton
Amundson
Hotel
Hague
West
Seattle
Vancouver
Canadian Rockies
Moose Jaw
Anna
M. Lutgen
Aberdeen
Strasburg Happenings and Community Notes
Mr Adam Kraft of the Kraft elevator is seriously ill in Bismarck. Mrs A Hogenbirk has been ill during the past week. Attend the Red Cross meeting Wednesday evening. Morris Van Soest expected home on furlough from Camp Dodge. The public school has new windows thanks to energetic citizens. Sympathy to the bereaved of Mrs N Baumgartner buried Thursday. Rev Manding of Westfield preached to a large Reform church audience. Nellie Van der Vorste married Bert Bor Wednesday and will reside in Westfield.Congratulations
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Morris van Soest
Camp Dodge
Nellie van der Vorste
Bert Bor
Westfield
Welcome to ME Church Sunday Services and Events
The ME Church invites everyone to Sunday School at 10 30 a m and evening worship at 8 00 with the sermon Our Heritage special music and a Mothers hour. Epworth League meets at 7 15 p m and a prayer meeting is held Wednesday at 8 30 p m. Pastor 8 M Swaney extends a friendly welcome to newcomers and strangers alike.
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Epworth League
League
Army
Navy
M. Swaney
Unusual Defense in Wisconsin Divorce Case
In Wisconsin the husband contests his wife’s divorce suit arguing she cut off speech to him and forced him to buy a phonograph for company. The unusual argument centers on compelled purchases amid marital dispute.
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Wisconsin
War Department rules on prisoner of war labor
The War Department states that all prisoners except commissioned officers and those unfit for labor may be required to work for prison upkeep or public service. Interned enemy aliens are not to be forced into labor except as stated. Officers and certain noncommissioned ranks may work on their own or under written request. private or corporate work requires authorization. Wages for government work go to improving their position with any surplus paid at release after maintenance costs.
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War Department
Secretary of War
Army
Secretary Baker Praises Red Cross Work in France
Secretary of War Newton D Baker lauds American Red Cross for extensive France relief efforts including hospitals rest stations canteens and store. He notes aviation camp work officers mess rest rooms and large hospital supplies and beds and bedding provided by the Red Cross with General Pershing joining the praise.
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Newton D. Baker
Red Cross
France
United States
Baker
Perkins
Europe
Naional
General Pershing
Ivory carving sparks joke in chalkboard banter
A Professor of Archeology praises an ivory carving while the Professor of Mathematics quips that in his classes the ivory ends at the chin and the spines are cartilaginous. The exchange blends humor with a quirky science teacher dynamic.
Morning drill sparks warded feel for fight says recruit
A training camp visitor asks why soldiers rise at 5 15 am and a former town recruit replies that the early wakefulness makes them feel ready to fight.
Terrible, terrible cries over government debt and loans
A fragment quotes anxious remarks about large demands for money and a government loan request. The speaker laments the debt level and cites a personal lending plea involving a person named Jones. The tone is urgent and cautionary.
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Jones
Phonograph Needles Urged to Aid War Effort in France
A Red Cross canteen letter appeals for phonograph needles to play ragtime and jazz for soldiers. It notes needle scarcity in France and asks friends to send needles to sustain morale in American canteens overseas.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
France
Bad smash up during joy ride ends engagement
A fragment recalls Billy's car crash while taking his fiancée on a joy ride and notes the engagement was affected. No further details are provided.
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Billy
Must Be One or Other Inquiries About Indy
Donald asked a masculine woman with short hair if she was a man then pressed Indy for a reply by asking if she was a Indy.
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Donald
Indy
War time order delays weigh and measure cards
A telegram from Dr Jessica B Pixotta executive chairman of the Council of National Defense Washington says printing presses are overloaded and cards cannot be printed in time. Orders are now placed in Chicago and supplies may not arrive before May 17. County and local chairmen in North Dakota are asked to postpone weighing and measuring children under school age until May 18 due to war work and printing delays.
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North Dakota
Jessica B. Pixotta
Council of National Defense
Washington
Army
Navy
Chicago
Child's Welfare Department
Counci of
National Defense
Cottage Cheese as a Meat Substitute Advice
Extension Division of North Dakota Agricultural College urges using cottage cheese as a meat substitute. It notes cottage cheese has similar food value to meat and demonstrates yields from skim milk. It also compares whey and skim milk fed to pigs, suggesting thrift and savings.
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N. Dak. Agr. College
Prepare now for flax sowing in 1919
Prepare now for a larger wheat acreage in 1919. Break new land and sow it to flax before June 15. The seed investment is small and flax is expected to bring a profitable price next fall and winter. If seed is unavailable, contact the county agent.
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F. J. Sinner
Bismarck Hospital
Dr. Grace
Hagus
Aberdeen Hospital
Briggle
Sauer
Gust Arndt
Kanis
Martin Schall
Ordnance Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Martin
Uncle Sam
Strasburg
Adam Kraft
The
Kraft Elevator
Bismarck
A. Hogenbirk
E. Kruger
Linton
Manding of
Reformed Church
ME Church
Red
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Northwestern Motor (O
Hazelton
Everlastic Multishingles
Ac As
Fh.carpenter Lumber CO
L. D. Bishop
Linton Yards
Electric Theatre
Amsterdam
First State Bank
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