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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
2
A wartime agricultural feature praises farmers for boosting food production and links Western Canada settlement to US wartime needs. It details prairie land availability, low costs, favorable terms, and government incentives to encourage farmers to emigrate or relocate crops and equipment. A final note laments a winter bill for a ton of anthracite.
Vintage advertisement copy urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature amid a lineup of health claims for infants. It also touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a laxative and cathartic remedy and wry lines about men and marriage.
The Moscow congress of soviets ratified German peace terms but the US and Allies expect little direct impact. A Moscow dispatch says peace will be temporary and a new Socialistic army will resist the Germans. Officials note only half the delegates attended and doubt a major German offensive on the western front.
The navy department reports the loss of three men from a shell explosion aboard the U S S Von Steuben. Dead are Emmette Shields Valentine Przybylski and Er cell William Martin. The war department begins aerial defenses along the Atlantic coast and an army board will select sites for aero squadrons and balloon companies.
An official London report says a daytime German raid in Mainz injured three soldiers, four women, and a child, with no military damage claimed. It also notes that British aviators dropped bombs on Coblenz, capital of the Rhine province, without further damage reported.
Domestic crew members of the Russian steamer Omsk were arrested in Norfolk Virginia at the request of Capt Ed mund Yanovsky over Bolshevik leanings. The report mentions other wartime items including aviation school authorization and a deadly air collision at Kelley Field.
Governor Harding of Iowa expresses pride after Washington reports 11 Iowa officers and men receive France’s Croix de Guerre for the Rail Rainbow division raid. He notes 24 decorated in total, with Iowa supplying nearly half, marking a first major U S honor in the war.
Cyclone wrecks several towns from Cooktown to Cairns in Australia causing nine deaths and many injuries while Cardwell records sixteen inches of rain in twenty four hours. A new German war loan of 3 750 000 000 is announced by Copenhagen via London. German war debt rises to 27 250 000 000. Marcel Cachin announces a Franco British Belgian workmen delegation will travel to the United States to resolve allied labor conference absences.
Charles Page Bryan former ambassador to Japan died in Washington of heart failure at age 61. J M Munyon Philadelphia medicine maker died at Palm Beach Florida of heart disease. he founded a large industrial school for orphaned girls. George Von L Meyer former cabinet member and diplomat died in Boston after weeks of illness. born June 24 1858.
War office reports raiding operations along the Stelvio Piave front with repulsed enemy reconnoitering parties east of Monte Cristallo south of Stelvio in the Tonale region and east of Lake Garda.
Berlin confirms German troops have entered Odessa, a major Black Sea port of about 450000. British losses include 18 merchant ships and one fishing vessel last week, many over 1600 tons. Air strikes hit Freiburg docks and Bruges docks in coordinated raids.
London reports raiding parties entered the enemy lines west of Villers-Guislain and captured a few prisoners. Official communique says hostile raids were repulsed near Passchendaele and Poelkapelle.
Copenhagen reports a railway strike as Austrian workers refuse military orders to return to work. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says the strike is spreading to other factories.
Washington report states Roger Conant Perkins of Manchester Vermont, a naval aviation student, died in a fall at Key West Florida. Navy department announced the death.
Jackson Mississippi amendments to the state constitution giving women the right to vote failed in the senate on a 21 to 21 tie. The measure would have extended suffrage and faced additional debate before potential passage or defeat.
The senate approves legislation authorizing sale of all enemy property in the United States requested by the alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer. An amendment lets the president acquire docks used by German steamship companies at Hoboken New Jersey. President Wilson plans a major war speech on April 6 to restate war aims and pledge to crush German militarism.
State fuel administrator Charles Webster reviews inspection campaigns and plant inspections aided by Iowa State College engineers. Dan Blair named Hardin county food administrator amid flour surpluses and refunds. Leiserowitz fined for food law violations. Cornel College to host spring musical festival with Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Noncombatant Mennonite concerns at Camp Dodge. a Waukon official dodges tar and feather incident. Wood campaign targets 3,000,000 cords from 2.6 million acres. 600 prizes offered for youth pig projects at the state fair.
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