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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
9
The piece argues for extending price fixing to cover all stages from producer to consumer, noting farmers and consumers both suffer under current rules. It criticizes profiteering while praising public aims to ensure fair treatment, and expects congressional action and related state projects to proceed.
The article analyzes Gen Byng’s push into the German line near Cambrai, praising the achievement but faulting insufficient reserves for failing to press and secure gains. It compares British and Allied outcomes, noting the German feint and subsequent counterattack, and argues that lack of reserves doomed successes at Cambrai, Gallipoli, and other campaigns.
The government plans a two billion dollar war certificate sale starting January. It will offer 25 cent stamps redeemable at maturity for five dollars, with limits of up to $1,000 per purchaser. Frank C. Venderlip, Henry Ford, and Frederic A. Delano lead the effort with state assistants. banks, post offices, and 100000 stores will sell stamps. The plan broadens credit base and aims to teach thrift among wage earners.
Editorials from multiple papers argue that Austria-Hungary is Germany’s tool and warn that the United States should declare war on all Central Powers. They say US aid funds killing of soldiers from Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria and urge a full war stance against those regimes.
Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford appeal to the state supreme court from Circuit Judge Hosmer's ruling that the company should disburse more than 19 million dollars kept for expansion projects. Dodge and Dodge seeking the dividend. case may go to the US Supreme Court.
Minneapolis report on street car labor dispute shows union men refusing to remove their union buttons as ordered by the state safety commission. Service ran normally through Thursday with no disorders as authorities consider federal action.
Berlin reports the Russian front will pause hostilities for ten days starting Friday noon, as announced by the war office in a message translated from London. The truce covers the entire front and is expected to affect ongoing combat operations.
Bowser returns from his fight with Bowser the Bob cat and instincts lure him toward a hunt with Farmer Brown's Boy. A fresh scent leads Bowser into the Green Forest where fear and uncertainty make him retreat instead of pursuing Yowler or other quarry.
A notice invites readers to write for special advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medal cine Co in Lynn Massachusetts. It promises the letter will be opened read and answered by a woman and kept strictly confidential.
In our school Thursday Fatty Bellawes struggles with saving food for wartime shortages while hiding what he saves and worrying about finding it later. Miss Palmer’s Christmas box for soldiers is filled with books and signed by students, to be sent by express tomorrow. Notes recount a yarn incident involving Phil Wigglesworth and Lily Grimes, revealing school life amid the war effort.
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