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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
2
About 1,300,000 men offered for service since war began, with 948,141 under arms as volunteers. Draft will add 687,500, pushing toward 1,631,600 in the next month. Contingent plans include 38,000 National Guard in two divisions heading to France.
Governor Lowden declares a supreme test for America and urges putting the country first to avoid failure in the present struggle. The piece cites widespread war profiteering concerns and calls for action across states while criticizing profiteers and urging loyalty to the war effort.
President Wilson meets Food Commissioner Hoover as Congress debates war tax changes. The War Risk Insurance Bureau reports 5 446 policies totaling 9 225 869 with premiums of 7 210. Federal bonds of 7 738 945 000 are planned to fund allied loans and retire a 3 000 000 000 nond tax 344 per cent issue. Whisky production halted after 11 PM Saturday as Hoover food program gains authority over grain.
British and French forces pushed east and northeast of Ypres gaining objectives and capturing Langemarck while over 1 800 prisoners were taken. Canadian troops breached German defenses at Lens advancing from Hill 70 as St Quentin cathedral burned at night.
Fire wiped out the home building on the Illinois state fairgrounds in Springfield. The loss is about 400000. The structure was the historic woman's building from the Columbian exposition in Chicago moved to Springfield in 1894. Governor Lowden ordered the attorney general to prepare legal papers for seizure of Illinois coal mines by the state.
Paris reports a major French breakthrough on the Verdun front with capture of defenses along the Meuse over eleven miles. German prisoners exceed 4,000 as French forces penetrate to depths up to about a mile and a quarter. The Temps notes rapid gains after the artillery prep. Berlin confirms French occupation of Talou ridge without combat.
Rome Italy Aug 22 Italian forces in the Isonzo offensive have crossed the river and seized 7500 prisoners, the war department reports. The action centers on the Julien Alps front with advances north of Anhovo and pontoon crossings as troops press to the enemy positions toward the sea.
President Wilson designated Robert Lovett as administrative officer under the priority shipments act. He ordered 46 railroads serving Lake Erie ports to give daily preference to transporting bituminous coal from Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio mines. The aim is to ensure enough coal reaches the head of the Great Lakes for next winter.
A boy wears a crock as a helmet and gets stuck. Neighbors and a motorman end the crisis by smashing the crack with a controller handle. The piece urges readers to simplify troubles and stop pretending to be what we are not.
Henry Seidel Canby argues in the Yale Review that true books grow from tradition, like native trees, while hack authors mimic trends. Midlevel writers succeed by grounding work in tradition and contemporary life, as Thackeray, Howells, and Wharton did. Nature books venture into the American subconscious and remain deeply traditional.
An editorial piece extols Siberia’s vast resources including flour output before the war, extensive grazing and leather exports, inexhaustible forests, global fur supply, and vast mineral wealth with many areas unprospected. It notes several large oil reserves and predicts future riches.
A small boy, sent for groceries with limited change, grabbed candy and began to leave. When the clerk reminded him to pay, the boy glanced at his sack and replied, “Oh, wake in check for that,” showing surprising calm and wit.
A plumber and a carpenter plot a scheme to exploit pay envelopes on payday. The plan is to obtain all uncalled for envelopes from paymasters and divide the funds fifty fifty. The carpenter reflects ruefully that the other man used to be trustworthy.
In a domestic vignette the mistress asks Maggie what is needed for dinner. Maggie replies a new set of dishes is required, joking that a rug mishap could have caused a trip. The exchange hints at daily household frictions and consumer needs.
Mrs Bosker notes no other cook stayed as long as Mrs Knicker Why. The exchange hints at suspicions about espionage without directly naming any facts or actions.
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