The Tex in Alden Indiana Exchange
In this brief item, residents of Alden hear an exchange about a local issue affecting the town. The report notes community interest and references nearby institutions without detailing outcomes or dates.
23 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
1
In this brief item, residents of Alden hear an exchange about a local issue affecting the town. The report notes community interest and references nearby institutions without detailing outcomes or dates.
Readable fragments hint at a local event or notice. specifics unclear. Names, dates, and places are not clearly legible, leaving only partial references to people and a location.
News from Ivteocrad and Petrograd describe worsening bread shortages in Russia with bread allowances cut to a quarter pound and eggs restricted to young children. Reports note transport and commerce stagnation as major hurdles while London and Chicago dispatches discuss government measures and impending additional meatless and sugarless rules under Wheeler.
Washington January 23 news of an embargo on coal freight across the Venusylvania lines east of Pitts and Baltimore & Ohio east of the Ohio River and the Philadelphia & Reading. The order, authorized by Director General McAdoo, follows a recommendation from Assistant Director Smith in charge of transportation in the east. The embargo excludes food fuel and war munitions to ease coal movement toward New England and New York Harbor.
Washington January 23 two Republican conferences planned in the capital. One involves the house Republicans on the war cabinet bill and the administration railroad bill. The other is a meeting of the Republican congressional campaign committee to organize campaigns in congressional districts.
Federal Food Administrator K F Bicknell announces porkless Tuesdays and Saturdays in Idaho through March 13th to conserve meat for the war effort. Citizens are urged to avoid pork products and for hotels and restaurants to enforce the two porkless days, freeing pork for national needs.
Workers at Pecatello fins & Power fund monthly contributions to a tobacco relief drive for American troops in France. The list shows multiple donors from Pocatello and local firms including the Gas & Power Co and railway offices. The fund seeks a boost next week as American tobacco remains scarce with French tobacco nicknamed seaweed by soldiers.
Lady Phyllis Windsor Clive serves as a nurse at a London base hospital while her brother Viscount Windsor, heir to the Earldom of Plymouth, serves at the front for Great Britain.
Colonel Roosevelt arrives in Washington amid a split between President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain over the war cabinet and munitions director legislation. He defends Chamberlain, seeks meetings with lawmakers, and aims to influence the Republican caucus and national committee as tensions rise in the capital.
London reports British naval aircraft struck the Turkish cruiser Goeben stranded in the Dardanelles. Two heavy bomb hits were severed in daytime actions described as ongoing by official notices.
London reports the national war savings journal urges Britons to abandon normal wartime habits. It warns that while Germany is being dammed with words, England risks greater harm by indulgent actions and calls on all able to contribute to the war effort.
Chicago on January 23 reports corn at 1.25 and oats at 0.75 with market activity shown in a brief commodity pricing note.
A humorous local tale recounts a raid at the county building where Sheriff Mabey and deputies confiscated and destroyed thousands of pints of bootleg liquor. The officers spilled 4920 pints of liquor including brands Cedar Run Sunnybrook Yellowstone and many others as part of the seizure.
Frank R. Gooding Idaho fuel administrator reports coal supplies improving after meetings with Utah and Wyoming operators. December deliveries rose to 72,000 tons from 39,000 in November, aided by good weather. Dealers no longer required to cap deliveries to thirty days. customers may request three to five tons if needed, though storage is not urged.
Reports from the dual monarchy depict war weariness hunger and anti German sentiment as censorship rises in Austria and Hungary. Austrian leaders seek peace via Brest Litovsk negotiations with Russia and Ukraine while German plans for evacuations and pan German meetings face opposition.
London report shows the chancellor announced in the house of commons that the daily average expenditure for the seven weeks ending January 1 was £7,517,000.
Governor Alexander used an emergency power to name John F. Nugent to the U S Senate replacing the late Senator Brady. Mrs Nugent witnessed the ceremony as officials and guests congratulated the new Idaho senator who may be joined by colleagues Hawley or Day in future talks.
Count Karl von Luxburg the former German minister has been moved to quieter suburbs of Buenos Aires after violent attacks. Physicians fear his condition may end fatally as he remains under care in the German hospital.
London reports official figures show 718 lives lost after two steamers were sunk by the enemy in the Mediterranean three weeks ago. The casualty list outlines the extent of the maritime disaster and its impact on the allied shipping losses.
Washington reports indicate increasing anti war strikes across Austria with officials believing the strikes are substantially true. London questions whether the publicized strikes are exaggerated to mislead outside central Europe. Economic conditions in Austria appear more serious than in Germany, based on neutral country agent reports.
Denver January 23. Governor Boyle of Nevada urged the Colorado chapter of the American Mining congress to fix a price of one dollar an ounce for silver. He argued the policy would reopen old mines spur new developments and bring prosperity to silver producing states.
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