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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
8
Lenton reports Bonar Law urging Britons to save surplus earnings and invest in National War Bonds or War Savings Certificates. He argues deposits should shrink and money moved into war bonds, calling lending to the country a vital national service.
Bridgeport Conn June 37 Twe new Browning automatic rifles are being produced at the immense gun works. The rifle fires 600 bullets per minute and is air cooled and light enough to be shouldered or carried by a strap. It can fire single shots or the entire clip in one pull and could be carried by every man in a squad going over the top.
Kentucky authorities warn that able bodied males aged 16 to 60 must work under wartime vagrancy provisions. Sheriff Bowell of Barr en county declares full enforcement across courts, hotels, stores, and counties, urging workers to earn bread by the sweat of their brow. In Idaho, Richard Hollister, 12, raises thrift stamp sales record by selling 28 dollars worth of stamps in a single weekend.
Vologda Russia gains renewed importance after German advances and a new peace, revived by the American embassy move. The city once hosted Peter the Great’s navy nucleus and remains a key river and rail hub linking Vladivostok to Petrograd Archangel Moscow.
An aged themed ad claims aging signals point to kidney and bladder ailments. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, claimed as a 200 year old remedy imported from Haarlem Holland. The copy urges readers to obtain the product at their druggists and not substitute.
Aged Illinois resident known as Uncle John Dempsey died four days before his planned Creal Springs centennial birthday. He reportedly had thirteen wives across multiple states, with two of them still living. He served in the Union Army, left a grave in Goreville cemetery, and left two children.
Camp Lewis Tacoma June 27 More than one and one half million dollars have been spent by Lewis soldiers in the eight months post exchanges have in operation here up to May 1 amount 1 600 702 The biggest purchases cigaretten tobacco ice cream and soda water 152 000 worth of pop coneeined 100 000 spent for ice cream meets of meet was sold in cones Profits from exchanges are divided among companies used to furnish comforts for the men and funds used for recreation and other needs
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