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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
4
A published exchange prints a mock letter from Satan to Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Kaiser’s reply. The fake dialogue mocks war crimes and Kultur, claiming Germany’s aggression outmatched Nero and Napoleon, and ends with the Kaiser inviting a dual hellish rule and signaling a future meeting with Lucifer.
The article notes eighteen working days in February due to an administration fuel order. It explains February has twenty eight days, minus four Sundays four Mondays holidays for Washington and Lincoln birthdays totals ten days. It warns some workers may see marked declines in December pay envelopes and adds a quip about days becoming Sundays.
Menota engineers tested Palmer Force Feed Grates showing 20 percent more water evaporated than with old grates. An expert managed the fire to maximize heat while other duties limited firemen’s attention. The Farmers Elevator at Sheffield burned since January 14 and is being torn down. six carloads of oats shipped, with more removal pending and fire under control.
Chicago school children rise to Secretary McAdoo s call to support the War Savings Campaign. Pupils plan odd jobs after school to earn thrift stamps, from beating carpets to waxing floors, washing windows to cleaning silverware, showing notable ingenuity and stubborn optimism in a wartime effort.
Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson announces that the motor vehicle department collected 1 588 834 69 for the state good roads fund in the year ending December 31 1917. Cook County led with 572 188 09, other counties followed with substantial totals. The fund supports state aid for highway improvements with allocations based on prior road and bridge appropriations.
Chicago school children lift Uncle Sam by selling War Savings stamps. Fourteen year old Albert Sacy bought a five dollar stamp earning six dollars shoveling snow. Greek fourteen year old Dan Kostakos raised sixty five dollars through boxing exhibitions and has purchased over sixty five in stamps. Dorothy Corliss, fourteen, runs a home nursery charging a dollar a week and has funded portions of three plans.
Local boards of exemption received samples of classification cards to fill for government files in Washington. The process indicates ongoing preparation for national records and potential draft administration.
The government will register un naturalized Germans aged 14 and older on February 4 to 9 from 6 am to 8 pm. Those who fail to register face internment for the war, with penalties for interfering with registration or for not carrying registration cards when required. U S Marshal V Y Dallman warns postmasters and police chiefs to enforce the dates, with or without alien enemy permits.
The United States Marshal announces that aliens subject to registration must comply and may seek help with certificates. Germans are instructed to have four passport photos ready, and the chief registrar will oversee photo requirements. About 5,000 German aliens are expected to register in this district with registration starting Monday Feb 4. The police chief handles city registrations while the postmaster handles rural carrier areas outside the city.
A poem observes wartime food shortages with humorous self deprecation on meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays. It notes rationing days from Monday through Sunday with calls to conserve and the hope of hunger easing under Hoover’s policy.
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