Going in to Win Universal Military Service Advocated
Congress will pass the army bill enforcing universal liability to service to mobilize national effort for victory. The piece argues strong centralized authority is essential, likening Germany to a single corporation and urging decisive action to avoid democratic blunders. It predicts wartime prosperity if wastes are cut, taxes rise, and war funds spent domestically.
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Congress
Great Britain
France
Germany
How to Raise the Money For Taxes
The nation spends about 2.6 billion dollars annually on drink. Congress aims to raise 2 billion by taxation in the next year. A proposal suggests eliminating the drink bill to fund taxes and leave the country financially ahead.
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United States
Congress
Russia
Britain And France Fight To Break German Lines In France
The piece notes British and French efforts near Arras Soissons and Picardy while warning of von Hindenburg moving to strike Russia. It argues German drives threaten Petrograd Kiev and Odessa and urges the American public to understand the looming danger to war preparations and global positions.
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Chicago
Britain
France
Arras
Soissons
von Hindenburg
Russia
Haig and
Nivelle
Petrograd
Kiev
Odessa
Hindenburg
Germany
Sturmer
Protopopoff
Picardy
Hindenbureh
Lens
St. Quentin
Riza Front
Baltic
Black Sea
Compulsory Military Training Debate Revisited
A long letter argues for universal selective military training at nineteen to harden character, instill discipline, and forge a common American identity. It praises military schools as improving posture and self-respect, while warning against booze and seeking a peaceful, democratic, prepared nation despite antiwar concerns.
Government's liquor taxes mocked as folly in wartime debate
The passage argues against financing war through liquor taxes, noting Russia’s bans and asserting that taxation on alcohol would ruin the people and fail as a fiscal strategy. It questions the government’s prudence and compares it unfavorably to Russia’s policies.
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Russia
Why We Are At War Declares German Threat
The Los Angeles Examiner cites Congress declaring war and states the German government as the reason for entry into war. The message frames the crisis as a direct response to aggression and threats to national security.
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Los Angeles Examiner
Congress
Two Food Control Bills take early stage in Congress
Washington reports that Congress will examine Secretary Houston's food supply control proposals. Chairman Lever outlines two measures. one would license production storage and distribution of foodstuffs, the other would set maximum and minimum prices. Both aim to prevent hoarding and manipulation and protect producers and consumers. Verdun losses loom with millions of shells carrying refined steel.
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Verdun
Washington
Congress
Houston
Lever
Clouse
Agricultural Department
Roosevelt’s call for universal military training clashes with Wilson plan
A Chicago speech outlines Roosevelt’s push for universal obligatory military training as permanent policy. The piece notes Wilson's opposition and the Senate’s pass of a temporary draft bill limited to the current emergency, highlighting a clash between a Prussian-style regime and a democratic wartime service principle.
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Chicago
Col
Roosevelt
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Stone
Col. Roosevelt
Prussia
Retrial Ordered in Hanson County Election Contest
The supreme court ordered a retrial in the election contest Dobson versus Lindekugel for Hanson county author. Otto Kaas of Britton was disbarred and noted as a prominent figure in the last legislative session.
Remains On Farm After 45 Years Residency
Rasmus Nelson aged 86 longtime pioneer settler dies at the Beresford area farm he entered over forty five years ago. He deeded the Jensen couple the old farm for their care after his son died. The farmer died peacefully at night with Jensen at his bedside. His only known relatives are five grandchildren from his daughter.
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Beresford, S
Rasmus L. Nelson
Prans Jensen
Beresford
Jensens
Jensen
Inferno on the Western Front Described by Frontline Correspondent
A Chicago Daily News former correspondent now commanding three guns recounts the French April 16 17 offensive. He details brutal bombardments shattered shelters buried guns and artillery fire on the Verdun front with vivid accounts of death fatigue and weary resolve.
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Paris
France
Chicago Daily News
Mitchell Local Notes Full of Visitors and Movements
Mitchell locals report Miss Bernice Brown visiting Mt. Vernon with her parents the Brownes. Evelyn Grebel arrives from Dallas to tend her mother Mary Grebel. Numerous South Dakotans win patents including Lippe Kruse and John Tobin. Walter Smith returns to Mitchell after teaching at Kennebec, and others travel for exams, visits, and farewells. A high railroad town week with trips to Sioux Falls and Minneapolis and preparations for a training camp at Fort Snelling. A Brule county cattle shipment worth about 90000 passes through Mitchell en route to Chicago markets. Traffic across the Missouri River resumes after ice damage repairs.
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Mitchell
Floyd
I’. Wilson
Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad Company
Clove Wilson
Horatio
Ark
Logan A. Mizener
St. Paul
Tithe Prench
Mary Louise Campbell
Lulu Martin
Yulewan
Ame
Mitehell
Dakota Wesleyan
Brule County
Winball
Chicago
Charles Sanders
Wimball
Grace and
Ray Tiffany
Ralph Walon
Mt. Vernon
Ir. M. Steere
Harlowton
Mont
Daniel Pederoff
Te Merrigan
Ray Smith
John Thull
Missouri River
Chamberlain
A. Brainard
B. J. Bradberry
Sanborn
John Herman
Davison County
Paith
M. D
Winnie Woodman
For Springs
Woodman
Woodiven
W. M. McDonald
S. D
Ralph Wright
Spencer
Kimery
Ethel
Lyons
Grace Barth
Aberdeen
Congregation
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HI. D. Butterfield
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Cedar Rapids
Schnauffer
Paul Minehart
Ashton, Ja
Minehart
Skinners
Bryant Washburn
Anna Scott
Maynard
Ray M. Smith
Lewis Merriman
Montana
Wayne Jh. Barnard
Roy McPhee
Kress Pharmacy
Vernon Snow
FF. W. Bobb Drug Store
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Fulton
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Patterson
Woonsocket
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