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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
2
The piece argues for curb on extravagance to fund the war, urging citizens to buy War Savings Certificates and Savings to support the government and war effort. It condemns unnecessary spending and calls for shared sacrifice to keep essential materials and labor available for victory. It emphasizes public duty over sentiment.
The piece urges citizens to fund the war through Liberty bonds rather than consuming goods, arguing every dollar spent elsewhere competes with government needs. It praises bonds as both receipts and promises, emphasizes personal responsibility, and notes sacrifices by soldiers and civilians alike. It also describes government waste measures, including kitchen waste segregation aiding war material production.
A rough, OCR laden summary notes a Melbourne fabric substitute from blue stone rock, a New Jersey whey exchange with Argentina, khaki composition, and an American composer elevated to colonel rank. It mentions Exyphons, a scientific grave monument, European yeast news, a Mary Assumption feast, New Zealand iron sands plant output, bank director literacy gaps, patent glass panel art, British army exemptions, a giant sigar maple graft, Swedish fiber spinning trials, tobacco and pipe grain metrics, and an Ireland Scotland aviation cloth usage order.
Aug 30 Nogales Arizona report says civilians caused shooting, officials say a truce with Captain Abasoia halted hostilities. Casualties include one officer two enlisted men and 28 wounded. Mexican mayor Felix Penaloxi among those killed or hurt. General Holbrook says Mexican border placed under his southern command as troops withdraw and more approach Nogales.
Kentucky's long time Democratic figure Ollie M. James died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after three months of illness. He served five terms in Congress from the First Kentucky district and was elected U S senator in 1912. Born July 17, 1871 in Crittenden County Kentucky.
Indianapolis August 30 Governor James P Goodrich of Indiana was seriously injured perhaps fatally in a Wednesday night collision between his car and a street car. He was taken to St Vincent's hospital with concussion skull fracture broken collarbone fractured left rib and multiple cuts and bruises. He is only partly conscious.
Reports from Shanghai via Reuters Ltd state Bolsheviks retired six miles north of Vladivostok as Allied forces planned a general advance. American and Japanese troops reportedly entraining for the Osward front amid war news from the era.
Washington announces a compromise delaying national prohibition to July 2 next, with July 1 possible, avoiding changes to the war revenue bill. The delay aims to satisfy both sides while keeping tax estimates intact. Gasoline use for Sunday travel faces a fuel administration curb to prevent shortages east of the Mississippi, with limited exceptions for essential services and rural living.
Representative Martin B Madden of Chicago denounced the federal trade commission in a House speech over its packing industry report He claimed the probe aimed to create senatorial candidates among commissioners and urged removal or abolition of the commission Madden defended packers praising their accomplishments noting Davies seeking Wisconsin governorship Harris pursuing Georgia senate Francis J Heney former counsel running for California governor
Washington reports Walter Bines Page of Garden City New Jersey resigns as ambassador to Great Britain citing health. President Wilson has accepted the resignation. London confirms poor health after years of war work and plans to return to America with Mrs Page.
British forces report German soldiers showing contempt for their own officers in French cages. Prisoners, both ranks, express longing for peace by agreement, while guards fear potential courts martial and even firing squads.
Reports from Vladivostok say Japanese troops consolidate on the Ussuri front with sailors at Enge neuks routing Bolshevik forces amid heavy artillery fire. Trans Baikal forces retreat after Japanese arrivals at Manchuria. Roosevelt wins Military Cross for Mesopotamia service. German aerial bombardment increases in the Woevre area injuring an elderly French woman. Draft call from Porto Rico for 960 men to Camp Las Cas. Navy quartermasters Campbell and Barnett killed in seaplane crash. Senate suspends duties on Red Cross imports. British and French boats drive off German motorboats near Dun kirk. one German gunner believed sunk. Army officer Archad Worsham killed in No Men’s Land.
Washington August 29 The senate passed the 118 45 draft bill with a work or fight clause. The Thomas Reed anti strike amendment was adopted to require disputes be submitted to the War Labor Board. Minimum draft age fight failed 52 to 21. Registration set for September 5 to 7, with swift passage to President Wilson expected.
Chicago on August 29 reports the opening ceremony of a two week United States government war exposition to start September 2 on the lake front. Miss Florence Lowden will unveil the Statue of Liberty after gates open as naval and military bands perform and a large choir sings. The daily program lists Labor Day Belgian and Volunteer War Workers days red cross and national days for many nations with special features featuring leaders and war themes. The schedule includes French day Marne day Italian day Pershing day and others with Canadians and Scandinavian days also noted.
The report notes Allied prisoner captures above 112 000 since July with 1 300 larger cannon seized. A Texas pilot died in a crash and another wounded. Shoemaking talks limit patterns and set fixed prices. U S shipbuilding output and shipways activity cited. Chinese rebels gain ground near Amoy as government troops falter. Crown Prince Rupert to court approval per Bavaria diary. Finland arrests total 32 701 by Aug 1 amid insurrection reports.
A compilation of local and statewide items notes the deaths of Peter Schnorr, 8, and Theodore Hartman, 70, plus finds along railroad tracks near Galatea. Resignations, crimes, and accidents include a Bucyrus teacher switching to Detroit, a $500 robbery of a Xenia life office safe, and a Canton block fire. Also covered are political moves, wartime service notes, a Cleveland union stance on women workers, and a fatal fishing boat capsize near Lake Erie.
A long string of mishaps and events from Dennison to Columbus covers deaths from poison, rock blasts and traffic, a boy killed crossing a street, a girl hit by a car, and a barber shop boycott talk. Other notes include political shifts, wartime staffing changes, disaster losses, and state officials’ actions.
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