Patriotic duty drives district electoral push for Browne challenger
The piece argues Browne misrepresented his wartime vote and records. It cites his 1917 anti war stance amid German aggression and Lusitania sinking. It promotes John W. Brown of Stevens Point as a proven, loyal American candidate endorsed by the Patriotic League of the Eighth District. Brown emphasizes fraternal and labor ties and promises to represent constituents irrespective of party.
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Eighth
Browne
Eighth Congressions
Patriotic League of
Eighth Congressional District
John W. Brown
Stevens Point
Wis
Ose
Maccabees of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Fraternal Congress
Wisconsin Loyalty Legion
Portage County
Weirity
Deaths and local updates from Bakerville area
The community mourns Private Herbert Yaeger who died of influenza in Georgia while serving in the U S Army, leaving four brothers and grieving parents Mr and Mrs Matt Yaeger. Other notes include Miss Mary Group burial, Mrs Maria Hopf returning home, a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Nick Freund, and farm fire at Clinton Schuler’s barn with unknown cause. The influenza epidemic lingers and local residents travel for work and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Yaeger
Matt Yaeger
Georgia
Will
Roland
Carl
Walter
Miss Mary
Eckes
Corpus Christi Church
Maria Hopf
Emil Derge
Nick Freund
Raymond Derge
St. Joseph's Hospitlal
Anna Zinthefer
Marshfield
Francis Zinthefer
McMillan
War Work Campaigns and War Welfare Organizations
The article outlines wartime support by the US WCA and Catholic War Council for women in overseas war work, Hostess Houses for soldiers, and efforts by the K of C, K of G, Jewish Welfare Board, and American Library Association. It notes large numbers of workers, centers in France and the U.S., and the distribution of literature, reading matter, and wholesome activities to bolster service members. It also mentions Salvation Army efforts, libraries, and ambulances, plus a crime report involving Krueger posing as Shilts and a sheriff’s suspicion leading to the arrest.
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US W. C. A
Signal Corps
National Catholic War Council
K. of C
France
of G
Offymare
Amelia
Jewish Welfare Board
Bord
Ois Sourney
American Library Assndation
Association
Mf. C. A
Salvation Army
Salvation
Kreuger Held in Brainerd After Withee Shootout
Leslie Kreuger, second youngest of four brothers, was taken into custody in Brainerd Minnesota and awaits transfer to Clark county jail. He shares involvement in the September 14 homestead shooting near Withee that killed Harry Jensen and wounded four others. His eldest brother Frank and their mother remain jailed in Neillsville awaiting fall term trial. Kreuger’s police file notes a defiant stance against conscription, citing religious beliefs.
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Leslie Kreuger
Kreuger Brothers
Brainerd
Minn
Clark County
Krueger Homestead
Withee
Harry Jensen
Frank
Neillsville
Leslie Krueger
Krueger
Honor Week War Savings Drive In Wisconsin
Wisconsin declares Honor Week to urge citizens to redeem pledges for war savings stamps. Officials warn against last minute purchases, note stamps cost less in first five days, and tally national sales figures reaching nearly 900 million dollars in receipts through September 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
J. H. Puelicher
Washington
War Savings Department of the Treasury
United States
GUR WAR PLATFORM STATEMENT
The platform calls for no peace by negotiation and dictates terms by the Allies. It rejects secret conferences with Germany and demands unconditional surrender covering political, military, and commercial aims. The Kaiser and autocracy must fall, with disarmament of forces and restoration of Belgian and French cities and property before foreign trade access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ger
Belgium
Library Notes Do You Know About Card Limits
Library note explains that a card allows one fiction book and unlimited non fiction books, magazines, pamphlets, pictures, and stereoscopic views. It mentions genres like mechanics municipal government cookery fancy work theatre entertainments literature travel history and more for readers. Children are part of the note.
Library rules on renewals for two books
The notice states patrons may borrow two items at once, one story book and one non fiction. Renewals can be done by phone by calling 67. Provide the book name, due date, and patron name to renew for two more weeks.
Gasoline Saving Through Gasolineless Sundays
The public response to gasolineless Sundays cut more than one million barrels from fuel use as auto owners east of the Mississippi refrained from Sunday driving to build a reserve for war needs. Over seven Sundays the average save was about 143000 barrels each day. The Fuel Administration notes that if stockpiles fall dangerously low in two weeks a renewed voluntary drive may be requested.
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Army
Navy
United States Fuel Administration
Mississippi River
Fuel Administration
He Lies in France A Soldier Cousin Billy's Sacrifice
In loving verse, Blarche James of Pittsville Wisconsin honors a brave cousin Billy fallen in France. The poem recalls his early act of offering help to save others, the sorrow of missing letters, and the acceptance of God’s will above wishing him back. The piece sits among wartime tributes in Marshfield era notices.
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France
Billy
Blarche James
Pittsville
Wis
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E. &. Browné
Germany
America
Husting
Congress
High Seas
England
Wilson
von’ Bernstorf
von Bernstorf
von Bernstein
Worns
Bakerville
Claug A. Theorin
P_ Shilts
Chippewa County
Shilts
Crow Wing County
GUR
Stratford Stock Yards
Stratford
Peter Strachota
Col. W. Krause
Library Notes
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