Unanimous House Passes War Revenue Measure to Senate
Washington Sept 23 The vast war revenue bill raising about 8 2 390 000 for the year passed the House by a 356 to 0 roll call vote demanded by Majority Leader Kitchin Speaker Clark announced the result amid cheers. Senate action is expected swiftly with hearings concluded. The measure includes depletion allowances for gas wells and mines and adds reports and natural resources provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kitchin
Clark
Senate Finance Committee
Rior
Ware Ard Steans Committee
Brewers Chief Admits Loan To Brizbane
C F Feigenspan, president of the United Brewers Association, publicly told Senator King that the association funded Arthur Brizbane to help buy the Washington Times. He denied charges of Germanist influence by himself or the group.
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New York
C. F. Feigenspan
United Brewers’ Assocation
Senator King
Senate
Arthur Brizbane
Washington Times
Joint reply unlikely to Austrian peace conference note
London reports the Austrian note inviting belligerents to a conference will not trigger a joint Allied reply. The note is seen as addressed to each government separately, with Allied positions already stated by responsible ministers and President Wilson.
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London
United States
Wilson
Cotton Price To Be Fixed By Government Control
Senators from cotton states said at a White House meeting President Wilson planned to fix this year's cotton price and order government control of its distribution. No specifics on a fair price were given.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Desperate German Crown Princes Rally Forces in Melee
In late September fighting around Cambrai St. Quentin and nearby towns intensifies as Crown Prince Ruprrect and Generals von Boehm rally forces to hold or be killed. Allied commanders Byng Rawlinson Debeney and Mungin press the German line with renewed vigor.
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Welee
Paris
Cambrai
St. Guentin
Snissons
Byng
Rawlinson
Debeney
Mungin
von Hiddenburg
Influenza Spreads Through Army Camps Amid Grim Toll
A government report notes Spanish influenza sweeping army and navy camps causing grave concern. Five camps report cases with totals at Camp Gordon 188, Camp Syracuse 64, Camp Humphreys 66, Camp Merritt 182, Camp Lewis 11. Overall 9,314 army camp cases and 11 deaths so far.
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Washington
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp
Syracuse
N. Y
Camp Humphreys
Camp Merritt
Long Island
Camp Lewis
Wash
Naval Cape
Statue of Liberty Symbol in Liberty Bond Drive
A New York posed photograph by Frances Fairchild promotes the Fourth Liberty Loan. The text urges readers to talk with returning U S soldiers about the sight of Liberty in the New York harbor and its inspiration for war bonds.
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Itoo
France
New York
United States
America
Frances Fairchild
Liberty Loan
Little Earl McLaren Born and Died in 1918
Earl Allister McLaren was born May 4 1918 at Wolverton Hospital Lin ton and died Sept 22 1918 at his aunt Maud Jackman’s home Temvik a short illness aged 4 months 18 days. The family mourns his loss with prayers and verses expressing love and faith in Jesus.
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Little Earl Allister McLaren
Wolverton Hospital
Linton
Maud Jackman
Temvik
Red Mark Notices Arrears in Final Record Issue
The newspaper announces red marks on delinquent names, urging immediate settlement to avoid loss of service. This is the last Record edition for arrears subscribers unless accounts are settled before next press day. Unpaid accounts will be turned over to an attorney or advertised for sale by October.
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von Hindenburg
Uncle Sam
Horses for Sale by John Bader in Linton
Advertisement notes 560 head of horses for sale after a move from farm to town. Claims prices are nearly at buyers’ price. Contact John Bader in Linton for details.
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John Bader Linton
Wounded fighters tell 1500 of war at meeting
Wounded American soldiers spoke at a Minneapolis Third Ward meeting in a high school last night. Clayton Carmichael of North Dakota Wilbur Thompson of Idaho and Jacob Cressman of Pennsylvania shared war stories. Frank S. Pool presided with other clergy in attendance.
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Minneapolis Journal
Liberty Loa
Third Ward
Clayton Carmichael
Bismarck N. D
Wilbur Thompson
Mountain Home
Idaho
Jacob Cressman
Pennsylvania
Frank S. Pool
Third
Tenth Ward
Ben Goldman
Jeremiah Harrington
Charles Fox Davis
W. S. Hartig
Minneapolis Auditorium
Carmichael
Revised selective service rules set Aug 5 exemption cutoff
Washington dispatch reports new draft rules from Provost Marshal General Crowder. Exemption grounds marked by men who registered on Sept 12 are to be disregarded from Aug 5 onward. The editions revise reasoning for exemptions under the selective service act.
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Washington
E. H. Crowder
Auctioneer announces return to old trade in Linton
A new/old auctioneer declares moving to Linton and resuming the auction business. He guarantees satisfaction and promises reasonable terms, urging locals to contact him for any forthcoming sales in the area.
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Linton
County mobilizes for Fourth Liberty Loan drive
Emmons County officials announce a countywide Liberty Bond campaign targeting $180000. A 57-member machinery of prominent locals will oversee signups at the courthouse in Linton on September 28 with follow up payments through January 30. Bond buyers gauge taxation relief against national needs and the district vows to name a battleship or tank for top counties.
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Emmons County
Linter Strasburg
Hazelton
Linton
Fulmons
Emmons
Federal Reserve District
M. B. Falgatter
DeWitt Baer
G. A. Lenhart
A. N. Junge
John J. Baumgardens
Mike Lip
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign Urges Fighting Support
The fourth Liberty Loan is described as a fighting loan as Americans in France push toward Berlin. Leaders hail a notable victory by the American Army and urge every citizen to sacrifice. Each dollar is framed as a direct blow for liberty and victory in the war.
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France
Berlin
America
Europe
High Seas
Door to the Colors Camp Assignments
The notice lists recruits called to various camps in Michigan Illinois and Washington. Sept 26 for Camp Custer Michigan includes August Dirk-Strasburg and George A. Nolt-Strasburg. Oct 7 for Camp Grant includes twenty names such as Tony Malodesky Hazelton and Harry W. Hanson Hazelton. Three of four named to Camp Lewis Washington on Oct 7 include Peter Kraft Strasburg and Baldsar R. Vetsch Strasburg.
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Camp Custer
Michigan
Dirk
Tony Malodesky
Hazelton
Harry W. Hanson
Carl John Bedsaul
Kasemer Dorscher—Lirton
John Oscar Ingebretson—Braddock
John Albert Rouse—Braddock
Anton Krumm—Hague
Johannes Gimbel—Hazelton
Edward Oswald—Hazelton
Curtis Clark—Hazelton
Valentine Holzer
Strasburg
Alexander Buchler—Hague
Mike Kiefer—Hague
Reinhold Heidrich
Oscar Fredolph Nelson—Braddock
William F. Buchanan
Samuel Renskers
Westfield
Rudolph Hubner
Hague
George Fred Meier
Kintyre
Edward Renschler
Linton
Joseph Weigel
Anton Dolinski
Camp Lewis Wash
Peter Kraft
Baldsar R. Vetsch
Sebastian Voller
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Gauche Wood
Flanders
Messines
Ypres
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War Office
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Vardar
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Jesus
F. S. Pool
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William Koeonie
Cameron
Scott Cameron County
Pearson Henry Raymond
H. A. Armstrong
John Baker
Chas
Nelson Frank Simon Bernhardt
Swenson
John Allensworth
W. J. Micksel
A. E. Tyg
Alex. Macdonald
Frank Sinner
J. P. Henn
H. O. Batzer
W. C. Wolverton
Coventry
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