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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
2
Editor J and Johnson outline subscription rates in this Mount Airy notice dated June 20 1918. The fragment lists pricing terms for readers and indicates publishing practices of the period.
The article notes ongoing European fighting with Italians holding lines against Austrian offensives. It discusses bread rations in Austria and Germany about one third of a pound per day, high butter and flour prices, and social inequality where the wealthy fare better than the suffering poor.
A visitor described as a tall, fine looking man acted as a secret service investigator in our town. He stayed several days gathering reports and wore a secret badge. The piece urges citizens to respect war measures and follow government duties.
The Southern Railway Company faces criticism for excluding the City to Sanford line from an across the board government wage increase. Workers on this long-serving route will earn about 25 percent less than colleagues on the Winston to Wilkesboro section, a move prompting discontent among seasoned employees.
The executive department demands enforcement of laws after ten days’ notice and asks private citizens to report violations. Readers express concern over reckless speeding on town streets and complain that publicity does little to deter it.
The Statesville Landmark notes that editors feel slighted by the pass book policy during the war effort. It argues editors are indispensable and deserved fair treatment, praising their surrender of passes while contrasting with politicians and lawyers who retain theirs.
A government wartime appeal calls on every citizen to support the war effort by staying at home and aiding the campaign. Officials plan to tally public compliance next week and confront those who fail to help, warning against dissent or shirking duty.
A columnist condemns idle young men seen resting on a Mount Airy curb in a bright summer afternoon. They offered nothing to aid the war effort and the piece argues action is needed to avoid a future unsafe land for nonparticipants.
Raleigh announces new sugar sale limits effective immediately. Two pounds per town consumer, twenty five pounds for canning and preserving with certificates. Purchases above twenty five pounds require County Food Administrator approval. Dealers must keep precise records of all sugar sales. Signed Henry A. Page.
In Surry County a rooster owned by Mr. W. B. Williams died after a post mortem found a crop packed with locusts. Neighbors report a 17 year locust cycle and the bird allegedly swallowed 169 insects, matching a local tale of gluttony.
Newport News June 10 a seaman from the Edna sunk by a submarine reports a U boat about 350 feet long with two six inch guns and 75 men protected by heavy armor above water. He talked with a crew member who spoke Swedish and learned the sub had been off the Atlantic coast about 10 days and would be relieved after three weeks.
A wounded American soldier captured by three German troops near Zivray began to be moved toward the enemy lines. He surprised his guard, forced a retreat, and returned to American lines where he collapsed from loss of blood.
State Food Administrator Page will appoint inspectors to visit and inspect retail and wholesale food and drug establishments across the state. The new system will replace old reports with periodic inspections to enforce regulations on sugar and other licensed dealers. Noncompliance by sugar users risks loss of 1918 sugar certificates and automatic stoppage.
President Wilson grants unconditional pardons to Privates Forest de Sebastian and Jeff Cook who slept on post, citing youth and clean defense. He directs them back to duty and urges renewed vigilance as the Army strengthens discipline for soldiers in France.
The United States organized five new regiments and nineteen battalions of railway engineers for France, totaling fifty thousand personnel. Since 1917, nine regiments were in country, with six in construction tasks and three in operation. Total railway material spending reached 160 million dollars, including 1 727 locomotives 22 630 freight cars and 359 000 tons of steel rails.
The article offers practical guidance for staying healthy in heat. It urges fresh air and sunshine, light breathable clothes, open air living, slow deep breathing, nose breathing, moderate meals, varied diet, constipation avoidance, and measuring rest with work. It emphasizes strong posture, limited medicines, cleanliness, rest, recreation, and maintaining cheer to ward off disease.
In France the American troops receive letters and boxes marked Do not open until Christmas as mail arrives after gas smoke. Despite chaos and rough conditions the soldiers share items like fruit cake socks chocolate and cookies with French children while avoiding bitterness.
Scores of firms nationwide faced penalties for breaking American food saving rules. Some licenses were suspended while others donated to the Y M C A Red Cross and similar groups in lieu of license suspension. Major violations include selling flour without substitutes refusing past shipments operating without a license excess sugar sales hoarding sugar beyond a 30 day supply and misusing flour substitutes in bread making.
Atlantic Port June 18 American crew reports engagement with a German submarine off the Virginia Capes. They claim a clean hit and either sinking or disabling the submarine while the ship avoided damage and sheltered near a submarine tender in Chesapeake Bay. Reports say the U-boat vanished after a torpedo strike and an explosion.
Washington reports the sacking of the American hospital at Tabriz Persia by invading Turkish troops. The incident also saw seizure of American and British consulates, with the Spanish consul protesting in charge of American interests. If confirmed, the act could be deemed an act of war and affect US listing of Ottoman allies with Germany.
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