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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
2
U S Teutonic War News Highlights Global Actions
Sixty three men are missing aboard the Actaeon after a reported German submarine torpedoing. American engineers and troops aid in breaking the Hindenburg line. Brazil sends six best navy units to European waters under Admiral Mattos. German staff officers are in Petrograd advising the Lenine faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actaeon
Mattos
German literature banned by Chicago Woman's Club
National push to train women in typing and stenography aims to fill government jobs in 10,000 U S schools. Weekly national guard and army deaths reach 157 for week ending November 23, up from 96 prior. Indiana food administrator H Barnard forms a 40 man commission from five states to press for alcohol distillation to save corn. Signon Scott, a Black man, confessed to assaulting a white woman, was seized and burned at the stake in Dyersburg Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Guard
National Army
H. Barnard
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Washington
Congress
Signon Scott
Dyersburg
Tex
Washington Notes on War Finance and Policies
War stamp taxes aim at 100 million dollars annually as part of last October’s revenue measure. Red Cross reports six month expenditures totaling 40.27 million. Government spending runs about 8.37 million daily, 12.32 billion yearly, for the year ending June 30, 1918. Lansdowne’s letter shifts Britain toward joint ally aims with President Wilson. Shipping Board notes 582 cargo ships totaling 3,721,806 tons could support about 370,000 troops in France. Provost Marshal Crowder announces conscription enforcement. An anthracite price increase of 35 cents per ton raises coal bills by over 30 million yearly. McAdoo schedules liberty loan organizing conferences nationwide. Congress faces raising about 5 billion dollars before July 1 in addition to already issued Liberty bonds and expected war savings and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Congress
France
Chiktresti Hurley
Shipping Board
Wilson
European War News From Christiania Conference
Scandinavian kings and statesmen at Christiania reach a new agreement to observe utmost neutrality. British casualties last month total 120,089 with officers and men split by deaths and wounds. A daylong engagement on December 1 on the Cambrai front yielded heavy German losses. Austrian forces along the Piave seek an armistice to bury dead, Italy refuses due to a prior Austrian stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
Sweden
Denmrk
Piave
Italy
State Urges Retailers to Enforce Hoarding Rules in Nebraska
Nebraska food administrator reports retailers selling food in excess of limits violating the hoarding act. Prosecutions begun with strict discipline for violators. Federal Food Administrator Wattles seeks retailer cooperation and limits sugar sales to 25 pounds per purchaser. Legal Advisor Ed P. Smith to oversee cases and ensure swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omnaha
State Food Administration
Nebraska
Wattles
Ed P. Smith
Smith
Federal Food Administration
Sees Long Bitter War In Europe From Fremont Visit
Congressman Dan V Stephens and Jess L Mammond of Fremont return from 1500 miles along the French and Belgian fronts reporting brutal Prussian militarism. They describe terror in France as not exaggerated and blame German leaders for the brutality. A shell exploded near them but no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Mr. Wammond
Hired Man Slays Benedict Farmer in Robbery
York county report says farmer Al Blender, about four miles NW of Benedict, was murdered by farmhand Shobar who worked there with his wife. Mrs Shobar alerted help, claiming her husband bound her to a bedstead, shot Blender and fled. Robbery motive evident as $500 and Blender's car were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
al Biender
Benedict
Shobar
Blender
Farms Around Aurora Report Sudden Poultry Losses and Odd Die-off
Mrs. Alex McDougall on a farm near Aurora lost four dozen to five dozen chickens and four geese in a few days under suspicious circumstances. The flock sickened rapidly and died within five hours. One chicken that did not eat survived, fueling suspicion of poison in feed. Neighbor Lee Kramer also lost a steer for an unexplained reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Alex McDougall
Lee Kramer
Nebraska Red Cross Hospital Fund Drive Planned
The Nebraska Red Cross hospital committee outlined a state wide campaign to raise $75,000. The drive is set for January 1 to January 15 with broad support from Nebraskans. The movement aims to finance the hospital project and officials expect funds to be readily secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska Red Cross Hospital
Nebraska
Mercy
Food heads named in Nebraska food admin appointments
Gordon W Wattles state food administrator named county food officers across Nebraska. The list includes many well known Nebraskans and honors Mrs C G C Ryan of Grand Island with a county officialship for meritorious work on the food card pledge campaign showing ability and capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Wattles
C. GC. Ryan
Grand Island
Nebraska Warned on Grasshopper Pest Threat Next Spring
Nebraska faces nine grasshopper pests next spring and summer. A bulletin from the National Food Director's office, sent to State Food Director G. W. Wattles, notes very dry fall and late summer create ideal conditions for grasshoppers and other pests. The government has placed production and sale of white arsenic under food administrators to combat the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
G. W. Wattles
Hoover
Dodge Beats Funston in West Camps Football Classic
Nearly 9,000 spectators saw Camp Dodger defeat Camp Funston 8 to 0 in a claimed greatest midwest game. Gate receipts approached $15,000 with $12,000 to be shared for gymnasium equipment. staging costs ran about $2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Funston
Omaha
Middle West
Camp Dodger
Camp Funston
Bridge Bond Issue Defeated in Falls City
Returns from the special election show the defeat of a $100,000 bridge bond proposal. The plan aimed to issue bonds to refinance about $860,000 of existing bridge debt and fund bridge maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
New Sun Theatre Opens in Gothenburg
Gothenburg's Sun theater opens to the public as one of the Midwest's best show houses. It seats 800 and features a newly designed pipe organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothenburg
Middle West
To Fix Up Dodge Roads Fremont Merchants Vote
Fremont merchants at their monthly meeting voted to take up road improvement in Dodge county under federal and state roads laws without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Fremont
Dodge County
New Political Party Forms in Nebraska Conference
A new national party was born in Nebraska at a conference in Lincoln with Arthur G. Wray of York Ex Lieutenant Governor James Pearson of Moorefield Currie of the prohibition party and others. Leaders plan to mail notices urging Nebraskans to convene in Lincoln for a winter convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
New National Party
Nebraska
Arthur G. Wray
York
Bull
Armistice Talks Reported Across Russian Front
Berlin reports an actual armistice in sections of the Russo German front with negotiations proceeding. A Russian deputation aims to negotiate a general armistice under General Leopold of Bavaria. Vienna notes a widespread armistice on many sectors while Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary consider cessation. Russian internal turmoil continues as detachments clash with the general staff at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Leopold
Bavaria
Vienna
Pripet
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Americans Aid British In Cambrai Fighting
Washington reports a French note praising American army engineers who joined British troops near Cambrai on November 30. They swapped tools for rifles and fought bravely, aiding the defense as the Cambrai offensive raged. German losses are estimated by correspondents to be far higher than Allied, with British casualties around 120,000, many from a five mile breakthrough near the Hindenburg line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindenburg Line
Byng
Washington
France
Cambrai
Windenburg Line
Balloon Caught Near Trenton Bridge After Voyage
In Trenton Nebraska on December 5 a large balloon from Fort Quinaha was caught and secured to a local bridge. It had begun its sky voyage the previous day and, driven by strong winds, dragged 5,000 feet of cable while moving south at high speed tearing telegraph lines and fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Neb
Fort Quinaha
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General Pershing
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Washington Notes
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McBrida Wheeler
Bartlett
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New Political Party
Austria
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