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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
3
U S Teutonic War News Highlights Global Strife
Allied war costs reach forty billion dollars annually as Germany admits spending 500 million dollars monthly. Inter allied talks at Paris end without statement. Colonel House hopes unity will aid aims. Austro German concentrations signal possible master stroke on Italy. Ecuador severes ties with Germany amid unrest. Refugees from Armenia perish in hunger after Russia collapse. Congress declares state of war with Austro-Hungary. Pork production up fifteen percent in 1918 to meet domestic and allied needs. Jacob Jones submarine disaster claims 66 crew. Jim Jam Jems publishers fined for obscene material. Yaqui raid victims shot in Sonora. US pennies minted to ease coin shortage. Japanese troops in concentration camps await transport to Allies. Ensign Kalk of Omaha among Jacob Jones survivors. Illinois officials downplay labor worries. farmers plan full land cultivation.
Eleven Men Feared Lost After Moran Towing Foundering
A Moran Towing Company vessel the Eugene Moran foundered off Atlantic City inlet leaving eleven men missing. Meanwhile Joe Stecher defeated Charlie Peters in Omaha in a clean wrestling win. A US border patrol repelled a raid near Presidio Texas killing thirty five bandits and wounding many. Private Riggs was killed and another wounded. A 3860 pound fruit cake intended for the Summies in France was completed at the Waldorf Astoria New York four feet high and one foot wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Moran
Moran Towing Company
New York
Atlantic City
Joe Stecher
Dodge
Neb
Charlie Peters
Papillion Carpenter
Omaha
Presidio
Texas
Riggs
France
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Washington Notes on War Costs and Reform Efforts
War expenses for the year ending June 30 1919 are estimated at 13 504 357 989 dollars. Congress will vote December 19 20 on women suffrage and nationwide prohibition. The war emergency council urges immediate bread price reductions. The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed hearing on 15 percent railroad rate increases at railroads’ request. A Sloan bill seeks one million for cattle disease eradication notably tuberculosis. An embargo blocks carload corn and oats into the east per food administration. UN unified railroads urged by ICC. War bond and savings certificate sales totals to 5 640 000 000 and 663 200 000 by June 30 1918 per McAdoo. Public information issues German War Practices for free distribution, calling it a grim documentary record.
Old Law Still In Force War Income Tax In Nebraskas
Omaha reports that over 65 000 Nebraskans who never paid income tax will owe this year under the old law, now in force alongside the war income tax. The Exemption limits and rates are outlined, with penalties up to 1000 dollars or one year imprisonment for false or non reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Internal Revenue
Loomis
Nebraska
Nebraska Costs Compared With Other States
State Food Administrator Wattles cites government figures showing Nebraska residents pay less for fourteen of nineteen basic foods. Nebraska tops the nation for butter with an average retail price of 47 cents versus 51 cents nationally, and also offers lower prices on pork chops navy beans eggs and milk while corn meal rice ham and cheese run higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraskan Among Victims in Ocean War Loss
Ensign Staunton F Walk of Omaha son of Flora F Kalk is among 66 sailors killed when the destroyer Jacob Jones was torpedoed by a German sub in the war zone. Navy Secretary Daniels says Walk died from exposure in an open boat after the ship sank. Omaha mourns its first war casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Jones
David Worth Bagley
Daniels
Jacob Tones
Stanton Kalk
Omaha
Staunton F. Walk
Flora F. Kalk
Kalk
Secretary of the Navy
Food Hoarders Face Jail in Nebraska Provision
Omaha reports interpretive guidance on anti hoarding under the food bill. Ed P. Smith, Nebraska food administration counsel, says violators face up to 5000 dollars fine or up to two years in prison or both. Congress defines hoarding as excess quantities for personal use and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ed P. Smith
Nebraska Food Administration
Wattles
Smith
Congress
Act of Congress
Administrators Meet Omaha for Price Fixing War Effort
Nebraska county chairmen and State Food Director Wattles gathered in Omaha to discuss price fixing and enforcement. Wattles urged local committees to educate and organize, stressing fair prices, production, and waste reduction. He urged leniency first, firmness later, and highlighted patriotic duty alongside government support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
State Food Administration
Nebraska
Wattles
Washington
Germany
United States
Pacifist Preacher Arrested in Lincoln Case
Hastings reports W L Crowe an itinerant preacher from Chanute Kansas bound over to the U S district court in Lincoln to answer a charge of disloyalty. The Adams county council of defense furnished the information leading to his arrest. Crowe says he is a non combatant and would not fight even to defend his home and would yield it per Christ's injunction. He preached that drafted men should seek non combatant posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
W. L. Crowe
Chanute
Kas
United States District Court
Lincoln
Adams County Council of Defense
Crowe
Soldiers to Shuck Corn on Furlough
Surprise Edgar L. Marsh and Hugo Sternberg are home from Camp Funston on two weeks furloughs. Both have corn and stock to care for and will spend their time gathering corn and tending their supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar L. Marsh
Hugo Sternberg
Camp Funston
Farmers Losing Hogs in York County
York farmers report hog losses across the county with thorough examinations showing only lung inflammation diagnosed as pneumonia. No other causes found. Authorities advise monitoring livestock health and seeking veterinary care for affected animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
York County
Vacation Extended by Beatrice School Board
The Beatrice board of education extends the holiday vacation from December 14 to January 2 to give students extra time off. The longer break allows the young men to husk corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Board of Education
European War Developments and Naval Clash Report
Seven killed and twenty injured in a German air raid on England as two enemy craft were shot down. A German auxiliary cruiser was blown up after colliding with a mine field off the Danish coast. A Russian proclamation accuses Kale dines and Korniloff of stirring revolt and war in the Don region against the people and the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Merged Districts to Build School Lincoln Trumbull
In the extreme northwest corner of Clay county the town of Trumbull plans a new modern school. It is one of the first consolidated district schools in the state, drawing districts from Clay Adams Hall and Hamilton counties. The current building has six rooms and six teachers, with plans for a larger building and more staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Trumbull
Clay County
Clay
Adams
Hall
Hamilton
German School Closed at Pender After Trustees Council Meeting
The German Lutheran school at Pender is closed following a conference between school trustees and county council of defense members. The action halts classes and adjusts local education arrangements in the wake of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pender
County Council of Defense
Cave-in Kills Two Men at Burlington Construction Site
In Plattsmouth a cave-in buried two workers at a Burlington shops sewer project by Roberts Construction of Beatrice. About ten feet deep, five feet of dirt suffocated R. D. Dalton, 55, and Edward M. Culley, 24. Elmer Freet was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Burlington
Roberts Construction Company
Beatrice
R. D. Dalton
Edward M.culley
Elmer Freet
Sleep and healthy habits for youthful appearance
A physician cites eight hours of sleep plus a daytime nap and open window ventilation as key to reducing wrinkles. Daily tepid and then cold baths, brisk rubbing, two hours outdoors, loose clothing, and abstinence from tea coffee and stimulants are advised, with lemonade water and daily lemon juice recommended for health and complexion. A famed elderly woman credited abstinence as her secret to enduring youth.
Oldentime Conservation Thread Change During War
The use of cotton thread became a wartime conservation measure to save linen during the Napoleonic era activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Bonaparte
There’s No Use Talking We Must Economize This Year
A brief dialogue notes the need to economize with a plan to shave every other day instead of daily. It reflects a frugal mindset and domestic economy emphasis. The exchange names no persons or places but captures a practical lifestyle tip.
New York Woman Advocates Patience in Wearing Old Clothes
Mrs. A. C. Wauters of New York says it is patriotic to wear old clothes, urging thrift and national unity through simple attire. Her remark reflects wartime or era attitudes about rationing and frugality, highlighting social conscience in a public statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Wauters
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S.teutonic War News
Paris
Ann End
House
Asingo
Ecuador
Caucasus
Armenia
State Department
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Middle States
Kansas
Iowa
South Dakota
Jim Jam- Jems
Bismarck
S. C
Esperanza
Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
Russia
Hibiki
Imperial Army
California
Japan
Stevenson, Jr
Illinois State Food Administration
Stevenson
General News
Washington Notes
Home of Representatives
War Emergency Council of the Baking Industry
Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles H. Sloan
Railroads’ Car Service Commission
The
Food Administration
Committee On Public Information
Iten
Kit
TEN Biscuit CO. Snew White Bakeries
Daveneverte Vet. Co
Grand Avenue
Waukeshe
Wis
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