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A brief notice from June 5 1918 reports a local telephone inquiry or service update tied to a location at 1760 ESDAY with a focus on community communication.
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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
3
A brief notice from June 5 1918 reports a local telephone inquiry or service update tied to a location at 1760 ESDAY with a focus on community communication.
An American returning from wartime duty notes widespread food waste in the United States while allies abroad face scarcity. He argues Americans must curb indulgence to conserve wheat flour and sugar for England and other needy allies, urging real food conservation rather than self-denial.
A Deutsche Volks article outlines a 25 year military alliance between Germany and Austria Hungary. It calls for universal military service and unified command with Germany leading initiative. The piece warns the plan endangers non German nations and could trigger future war and revolt in Austria Hungary.
The Boys Farm Plate program trains 200 to 400 youths at Pennsylvania State College to perform routine farm work and operate equipment. Two squads have already completed camps and are sent to farms to meet labor needs, while a college pledge to defend country and laws appears in graduation exercises amid wartime sentiment.
President Wilson approves a simple black band worn on the left sleeve with a gilt star for each family member who has died for the nation. The blue stars for the living and gold stars for the fallen symbolize sacrifice and national pride, with home made materials allowed.
A commentary likens Germany’s late war push to a criminal sprint toward judgment. It notes Germany’s frenzy reflects desperation, not strength, while predicting the Allies as the ultimate judge with American aid approaching. The piece warns the bars may bend but not break and the penalty looms.
The Omaha World Herald reports a proposal for educational propaganda by the Allies in Germany. It endorses printing two to three million copies of the Ten Commandments in German to distribute.
The speaker notes heat and hard work, high prices and rent, and taxes, but compares morale to Allied troops in trenches, insisting resolve remains intact despite difficulties.
Charles Nelson Jr was arrested for violation of the traffic ordinance. He was fined or served two to four days in jail as ordered by the recorder today.
A schooner sailor was discharged by the recorder after the captain testified he would go to war soon and praised the sailor as splendid. Albert Carson, a sailor, was arrested for drunkenness and also discharged.
Property listing in The Tribune invites renters for a house already available. Includes contact details and rental terms.
A playwright recalls a night life cafe near the Winter Garden with a flashy couple whose romance ends in a hotel lobby years later. He notes faded Fifth Avenue aristocracy, old carriages, and shifts in the Broadway landscape as shops replace homes. The New York museum group volunteers for wartime service amid a returned tone.
New York June 5 Herbert L Pratt vice president of Standard Oil says front line reports from France describe Americans in raids on German trenches finding two U S soldiers crucified to trees and others beheaded. He cites independent sources and notes wartime anger and low prisoner-taking. He also discusses Y M C A stores supplying troops and price concerns.
Willie Preston, a young Black man, is held for inviting men not to return to federal shipyards and will be tried June 7. Federal authorities are investigating the case.
An order by J H Brockamp chairman of the hotel and restaurant men of the city bans use of wheat flour and wheat products in all hotels and restaurants on Monday and Wednesday each week.
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