This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
6
Government urges every man aged twenty one to thirty to register on June 5 for army service. Publication provides detailed Q and A guidance to complete registration cards including name birth date address and citizenship, current job, dependents, marital status and possible exemptions. Penalty for noncompliance is prison.
Washington reports indicate roughly 400 million dollars will be advanced in June, pushing total aid beyond a billion. Hoover leads as food administrator while many volunteers seek unpaid national food commission posts. Brazil may enter the war within days, and naval and air efforts surge with 10 000 airmen to be trained.
In Ames Iowa faculty delegates at a Missouri Valley conference session voted to continue athletic programs through wartime. President Carranza negotiates with Emilio Zapata while conflict looms in Mexico. Tornadoes across six states leave nearly 250 dead and over 1,000 injured with property losses around 5 million dollars. Hudson Maxim announces a ship hull defense device rendering torpedo strikes harmless to targets.
The piece reports plans to form sixteen National Guard divisions, President Wilson backing censorship in the espionage bill, a house introduction of a trading with the enemy bill modeled on Britain, a Red Cross week proclamation urging generous support, and a Treasury note on Japan's recent gold withdrawals from the United States totaling up to 200 million annually with 10 to 15 million flowing in the last weeks.
A Stockholm dispatch reports six Swedish steamers sunk in the Baltic during voyages from Sweden to Finland. A German air raid on England's southeast coast on May 25 caused 76 deaths and 174 injuries. Japanese fleets claimed to have sunk fourteen German submarines and three Austrian warships in the Mediterranean. The Spanish steamer C De Eszaguirre with 4,376 tons lost 48 passengers and 85 crew. A Swedish ship aiding Belgian relief was sunk May 18 despite a German permit. The French liner Sontayr, 7,247 tons, torpedoed en route to Marseilles from Slonski with 45 lives lost.
Petrograd reports an acute industrial crisis with finance minister Shingarom warning only an 8 miracle could prevent ruin. Socialist ministers urge ending the war to settle tensions while a government commission struggles to reconcile finance and labor. Factories face capital shortages as prices lag wage gains and credit dries up, threatening defense enterprises with closure within months.
Federal agents detain three men and several women in a nationwide plot to deter June 5 draft registrations. Arrests reported in Roanoke Kansas City Detroit Lynn Dallas Shreveport and other cities as authorities warn sheriffs in over 3200 counties to report those failing to register or registering falsely.
Seventy people are reported killed and about two hundred injured in a string of powerful explosions and a fire in Osaka city’s warehouse district. Property damage is estimated at six million dollars. The blast was heard up to fifty miles away, and flying debris harmed or killed pedestrians. The scene left many victims severely mutilated.
Washington reports Germany is constructing a gigantic merchant fleet to challenge rivals after peace is declared, aiming to compete with other nations in the opening of postwar trade.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.