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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
7
Local items report bank clearings of 71 247.05 and a flood of notices from law, realty and auction firms. Community updates include theater ads for Civilization and Skinners Dress Suit, church schedules, and social notices plus business pitches for gas, shoes, nurseries and home goods.
Secretary of the Interior Lane told governors at a wartime conference that 400,000 tons of ships were sunk by German submarines in the past week. He warned the destruction threatens England and France and alarms the United States, urging rapid ship production and intensified anti submarine efforts.
United States government advocates seize at least part of the nation’s food supply. United States Attorney Charles M. Clyne admitted this today, stating that in recent days district attorneys discussed such measures.
President A J Harling of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway appeals to all employees to aid food production and curb costs. He asks divisions to promote home gardens on company land, monitor agricultural supplies, assess farmers needs, form garden clubs, and report progress to headquarters. He also urges reducing consumption and increasing production to limit wartime hardships. Twenty five National Guard officers from each regiment will assist regulars in Washington.
A Jewish Daily Forward dispatch from Petrograd reports disastrous floods in Kremenchug on the Dnieper river outside Poltava and notes a Catherine II monument in Petrograd has been dismantled and recast into shells at soldiers' request.
Short note claims colds or la grippe can be cured with one or two Turkish baths.
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