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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
4
The Record prints in English and German for Emmons County readers and advertises rates. Advertising copy should reach the printer by Tuesday noon weekly. The paper circulates in the county’s south half and broadly in the north half.
Wisconsin faces a crucial senate election after Senator Husting's death. The campaign centers on wartime unity versus opposition to the administration. The state must choose a candidate aligned with the government or one linked to La Follette. Local residents are noted for making remarks deemed not loyal to the government.
An editorial urges citizens to stay silent and loyal to the United States during wartime. It condemns disloyal remarks about the president or the government and recalls a government warning to keep one’s mouth shut. The piece portrays critics as traitors and stresses national unity.
The text notes 34 races buying Liberty Bond Second Issue, YMCA framing 78 libraries in France, 7,215,000 Navy personnel, 1,109,000 volunteers among 2,087,391 total enlistments, Yuletide furloughs for soldiers abroad, U S sugar reserves meeting England’s rationing, war insurance since October attracting 45,000 applicants totaling about $500 million, 1917 potato crop estimate of 455 billion bushels, and a projected need for 750,000 rail cars to handle surplus.
Queen Liliuokalani was buried with traditional Hawaiian rites in the Nūnana cemetery as the city marked the monarch’s funeral. Thousands lined the route as a 5 000 strong procession passed by in the ill pomp ceremony.
Washington reports two American soldiers killed and six wounded in action with German forces. The fatalities are Sergeants Czajka and Logan. Wounded include Privates Aurand Blevins Cahill and Johnson plus Redd, with six others listed as slightly wounded. The engagement occurred on the night of November 3 under General Pershing.
New York reports the Boy Scouts of America secured 95,493,800 in subscriptions with 500,857 subscriptions as the campaign closed. Officials estimate the total over 100,000,000 with scouts accounting for about one eighteenth of all bonds subscribed nationwide.
Monuments across Oriental countries display chair carvings most without backs. The first known chairs with backs are said to have been introduced into Asia Minor by the Persians, who borrowed the idea from the Assyrians.
Petrograd dispatch reports internal Bolshevik strife as Lenine's peace push triggers clashes with deputies. Debates over autocratic council methods, armistice decrees, and central executive consultation threaten to disrupt the government. Lenine defends orders while denying separate peace with Germany.
Miss Tatiana Nicholaevna Romanoff daughter of the deposed Russian emperor fled Siberia via camouflage marriage to a former chamberlain’s son. She escaped Tobolsk to Harbin then Japan and sails toward the Pacific coast to work for Russian civilian relief. An Englishwoman guides her journey.
New York water front defies martial law orders from Washington after talks at Governor's Island. No definite plan announced for army takeover under shoot to kill instructions. details remain unrevealed. In San Francisco a private, Martin Sibert, is revealed to be Major General William L. Sibert’s son, prompting a prestige surge for the private.
Gabriele d Annunzio Italy s noted author dramatist and fighter aviator is reported to have failed to return from a flight over enemy lines in Northern Italy. Friends fear his sacrifice if dead would crown his career and defend Venice the art jewel of the world.
Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast falls to British forces in Palestine as Turkish withdrawals continue northward. Italian lines along the Piave hold the German Austrian troops in check with successful counterattacks preventing river crossings.
Medill McCormick declares peace unlikely before 1919 citing Russia’s collapse and U S unreadiness after touring European fronts. He says neither side is winning and a stalemate may persist until the United States can contribute more effectively. Also notes Brazil proclaims state of siege and Swiss fears on troop movements through neutral territory.
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