Embargo Proclaimed by Wilson Strikes at Kaiser's War Effort
President Wilson issues a sweeping export embargo aimed at crippling the Kaiser's war machine. The order bars trade with enemy and neutral nations, tolling new controls on fats, foods, construction materials, gold, bullion, and debt instruments to conserve U S resources. Russia pledges to continue the war while Italian offensives push on Trieste as Cadorna’s troops gain ground.
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Edward W. Pickard
Germany
Wilson
United States
Vatican
Russia
America
Reichstag
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Italy
Kaiser
Uncle Sam
Serenity
Kerensky
Russian National Council
Moscow
Korniloff
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Cossacks
National Council
Cadorna
Alps
Extra Rations for Miners Move Sparks Austrian Debate
Austrian minister of public works Herr von Hamann told the chamber that the coal crisis demands urgent action. He cited 12 600 miners returned from the front but undernourishment hampers production and urged extra rations even at others' expense. A government coal monopoly bill followed, aiming to curb heating in nonessential venues and close luxury hotels.
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Herr von Hamann
Chamber of Deputies
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Chamber
Omaha Officials on the Carpet at Lincoln Meeting
Governor Neville pressed city and county leaders to curb liquor law violations in Canada city as Omaha authorities faced a state inquiry. Mayor Dahlman, Parks, Sheriff Clark, and McGuire attended, with a pledge for results and a statewide defense campaign. The piece also notes a plan to curb seed wheat price gouging, ensuring fair distribution to farmers.
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Western
Union News Service
Neville
Canada City
Lincoln
Omaha
Dahlman
Parks
Clark
McGuire
Prairie Oil and Gas to Seek State Lands in Banner County
W B Sutton Jr representing Prairie Oil and Gas of Independence Kansas says the firm will apply for oil and gas rights on eight Banner county state land sections after a meet with State Land Commissioner G L Shumway. Wells are planned this fall near Harrisburg with the first east of town. The state board of educational lands and funds will grant leases under May regulations requiring competitive bidding and a one eighth royalty on mineral proceeds.
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W.B. Sutton, Jr
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Independence
Kas
G. L. Shumway
Banner County
Harrisburg
North
South Platte
Scottsbluff County
Wyoming
State Board of Educational Lands and Fund i
New Assistant State Chemist Appointed in Nebraska
R G Batty, a University of Nebraska graduate, becomes assistant chemist for the state food commission. He lives in Lincoln as the commission expands the laboratory under State Chemist W S Frisbie to handle increased work.
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State Food Commission
R G. Batty
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Food Commission
W. S. Frisbie
Nebraska National Guard Reserve Seeks Young Recruits
A circular from the state council of defense explains to county councils the purpose of the Nebraska National Guard Reserve and how it differs from home guards. The guard reserve targets young men fit for military service, while home guards may include men past draft age who are physically able to bear arms.
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Nebraska National Guard Reserve
Home Guards
State Council of Defense
National Guard Reserve
Vaudeville by guardsmen aids mess fund in city auditorium
Colonels Hall and Paul spoke while guard members performed music and dance at a Monday night benefit show. Over $100 was raised at a Saturday dance for the same fund. No entrainment orders yet. men rest a few days. State Land Commissioner Shumway reports ongoing mineral rights applications on school lands. The Educational Lands board lacks specific mineral rights powers and has historically leased lands via contracts canceling mineral rights claims, now leasing mineral rights to the highest bidder.
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Hall and
Paul
City Auditorium
Shumway
State Board of Educational Lands
Nebraska Governor assigns peace officers to secret service role
Governor Neville orders sheriffs deputies and all peace officers to be ex officio members of the secret service department of the Nebraska state council of defense. They must investigate treasonable conduct and disloyal utterances and report facts to the council in Lincoln. Citizens are urged to report anti American activity to local authorities.
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Nebraska
Neville
Secret Service Department
State Council of Defense
Nebraska State Council of Defense
United States
Lincoln
Neb
Bankers Aid Seed Wheat Campaign in York County
Vice Chairman Coupland of the state council reports Nebraska bankers respond to the defense council request by aiding seed wheat efforts. The First National Bank of York received a request about locating large quantities of seed wheat near York and advertised seed supply to every renter who lost crops to hail. The bank offers lowest prices and, if needed, time sales to cover through 1918, with farmers signing to maintain hail insurance at their expense.
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State Council of Defense
State Council
Nebraska
Coupland
First National Bank of York
York
York County
Army of Cornhuskers organized in Nebraska
Nebraska forms a non military auxiliary to aid the war effort by placing the corn crop in the crib by Christmas. Paul McKee of the Y M C A leads recruiting of boys from counties with schools and university extension support. Boys will be sworn in and wear government issued badges.
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Nebraska
State Council of Defense
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Paul McKee
Althe
Nebraska Defense Council Approves Reserve Militia Units
The Nebraska state council of defense approves forming reserve militia companies and home guards across counties and outlines their purposes and roles in national defense and local safety.
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Nebraska State Council of Defense
Land Commissioner Shumway Announces Mineral Reservations
Land Commissioner Shumway announces that school land lessees with pre July 9 1897 contracts may purchase tracts with the state reserving all rights to mineral deposits gas oil and other natural resources not including soil fertility. Irrigated lands sold under same terms. Reservations cover coal oil gas minerals potash sand gravel clay volcanic ash tripoli and saline deposits.
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Shumway
Coal men conference signals high mine prices and potential shortages
Vice-Chairman Coupland reports from Chicago that delegates at the coal men conference denounced unrighteous and exorbitant prices at the mines. He notes unanimous support for production and distribution control amid anxiety over expected shortages in noncoal states such as Nebraska.
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Coupland
State Council of Defense
Chicago
Joyce
Nebraska
Food Administration Plans Apple Consumption Campaign
The Food Administration will run a nationwide consumer campaign through autumn to spring to boost home apple eating and storage. With about 190 million bushels, growers are urged to grade, pack, and store carefully, using second grades for by products if not sold locally.
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Sam
Food Administration
United States
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Colorado
New York
Department of Agriculture
Use for Rats Campaign in Stockholm Offers Rewards
Stockholm authorities launch a campaign offering 20 cents for every dead rat to curb the rat plague. The aim is to boost supplies for soap and lubricant production via a corpse utilization establishment where fat is boiled and the residue used as poultry food. South Sweden already uses cadaver fat from various sources.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Parson Questions Daughter’s Eccentricity and Heredity
A mother denies hereditary influence for her daughter’s eccentric behavior when challenged by a parson. The Boston Transcript notes the exchange as a pointed moral inquiry into family traits and social norms.
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Boston Transcript
Poem Inspired by Brook and Fountain Pen Joke
A witty exchange about a poem likened to a brook and a fountain pen. The poet admits drafting with a pen rather than nature, joking that a fountain pen accounts for its rippling feel.
Western Canada sees strong crops and rising profits
The region reports good grain crops in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with wheat oats and barley harvested earlier than last year. Farmers bank substantial profits from wheat hogs and sheep with high prices and growing beef and dairy sectors across Western Canada.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
St. Paul
Delta
United States
Daysland
Winnipeg
Western
North American
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto
Poet-Alas Warrant Returns Regretful Contributions
A fragmented note laments returns of all contributions with regret. It urges sending a donation to a Red Cross fund as a hopeful alternative, described as a warrant that won’t be.
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Red Cross Fund
Cuticura Free Samples Offered With Bath Soap
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap as soothing skin remedies. It invites free samples by mail with a book and asks readers to address a postcard to Cuticura Dept. 1s Boston. It notes availability everywhere and ends with a wry line about a clever woman obtaining information without asking questions.
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Cuticura
Dept
Boston
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