Federated Clubs Plan War Time Meeting at Grand Forks
North Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs schedules a October gathering in Grand Forks with a patriotic program headlined by Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles and speakers including Miss Minnie Nielsen and J Thomas Kane. Sessions feature four minute talks on war topics, Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and education for citizenship amid food conservation and national defense efforts.
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North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs
Grand Forks
Josiah Evans Cowles
Federation of Womens’ Clubs
H. G. Vick
Ross Canfield
Hot Springs
Ark
Minnie Dean Nielson
Federation
Woman’s Liberty Loan Work
North Dakota
J. Thomas F. Kane
University of North Dakota
J. E. Babcock
School of Mines
N. C. Young
Fargo
North Dakota Red Cross
Red Cross
B. F. Ladd
Julia Newton
State Agricultural College
States Relation Service
Nielson
F. L. Conklin
Bismarck
Council of National Defense
Four Minute Men Appointed Leader In Barnes County
Mr. Herman Stern is named chairman of the Four Minute Men of Barnes County. The first meeting is set for tonight at the Grand Theater with several four minute men in attendance to address attendees. The Times-Record commends Stern for taking the role and predicts diligent, effective work.
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Herman Stern
Barnes County
Grand Theater
Stern
Times-Record
American Raiders Score Success on Metz Front
American troops conducted three raids on the Metz front on September 23, taking more than thirty prisoners and inflicting heavy losses. In Haucourt les Lachaussee region they cut German communications with artillery while infantry pressed hand to hand combat, returning 20 captives. Additional raids near Charey and east of Harcourt netted six and five prisoners respectively as German defenses dug in amid ongoing artillery and gas shelling. American aviators bombed aerodromes and railroad junctions despite bad weather.
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Metz
Haucourt-les-Lachaussee
Charey
Harcourt
Men to be replaced by women in non essential work
Washington reports that labor boards nationwide, guided by government instructions and the U S employment service, will list industries in each district for substitution of men by women. The plan includes minute plant surveys and possible shutdowns of raw materials to enforce compliance as four million men are slated for service in France.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
War Industries Board
France
Shall German Prisoners Be Brought Here
Washington reports on the American German prisoners conference at Berne to decide if German captives taken in France should be moved to the United States for farm labor and other duties. Discussions cover treatment, officer pay, exchange of wounded, and food supply for American prisoners in Germany. The American group is led by Minister Garrett and includes John W. Davis, new ambassador to Great Britain.
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Washington
France
Berne
United States
Germany
Garrett
Netherlands
John W. Davis
Great Britain
House Agrees On Bill McAdoo Bond Bill Conference Report
Washington reports the House approved the conference report on the McAdoo bond measure. Majority Leader Kitchin said passage was vital to plans for the next liberty loan drive. The bill grants the president power to regulate or prohibit transactions in liberty bonds. the Senate struck prohibitions on bona fide sales but allowed fraud regulation. Other provisions remain as originally passed.
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HOUSE
Washington
Kitchin
Senate
Macedonian Front Advances Report Capture of Sixteen Villages
Rome reports the Macedonian front has seized sixteen villages and advanced seven and a half miles. The communique notes pursuit despite difficult terrain and rain, with the left and central wings reaching Carlo Dobrosovo Musa and Oba. Mont Bobiste positions fell to the attackers and several prisoners were taken.
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Iskses
Rome
Carlo Dobrosovo Musa
Oba
Mont Bobiste
Spanish Influenza Grips Great Lakes Sailors
About 4,500 sailors at the Great Lakes training station suffer from Spanish influenza, Capt. Moffett reports. He notes a death rate near one and a half percent and says the outbreak has been conquered with cases decreasing about 10 percent daily.
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Jackies
Great Lakes
Ill
Moffett
Arrival of Japanese Anxiously Awaited Forces
Harbin Manchuria September 24 German and Austro Hungarian troops near Areitsk distric t threaten the area. Baikal region residents anxiously await the arrival of Javanese troops.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Areitsk
Baikal
Railroad to Constantinople urged by entente diplomats
Washington reports entente diplomats urge a Bordeaux Belgrade railroad to create a land route to Constantinople. The proposed line would dominate the Balkans, giving the allies military and commercial advantages and blocking German plans.
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Constantinople
Washington
Belgrade
Entente
Statement by State Liberty Loan head in Barnes County
September 17 statement from Wesley C. McDowell urges full Barnes County participation in the Fourth Liberty Loan. He notes a higher state goal of 800000, doubles past subscriptions, and calls for a united effort to raise the full amount by September 28 before six o'clock. P Hanson, Barnes County Chairman.
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Barnes County
Wesley C. McDowell
North Dakota
Joan Barnes
Frente
P. Hanson
Barnesounty
Fourth Liberty Loan
Don't Burn Your Straw Warns North Dakota Official
North Dakota farmers are urged not to burn straw as it sustains feed for stock through winter. Commissioner John N. Hagan warns large areas lack feed, stressing that oats, wheat, and barley straw must be saved. He notes beef purchases favor heavier carcasses and urges maintaining live stock with straw as part of a reserve feed strategy.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Agriculture and Labor
John N. Hagan
Hagan
Patriotic Women Gather for Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
Miss Minnie Nielson state chair man of the women's department hosts a large meeting in the city with county chairwomen from across the state. A. R. Rogers Ninth Federal District chair man is expected to address the gathering as part of a major wartime effort. The event underscores women's crucial role in past and current loan drives.
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Minnie Nielson
Fourth Liberty Loan
A. R. Rogers
Ninth Federal District
Self and identity in a murky clutter of life
A fragment explores how personal identity is shaped by the surrounding possessions and social labels. It likens the self to a cluster of relationships and chosen associations, tangled with external expectations and the world’s red welter.
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Frau
Electric Vehicle Totals for Major Cities Reported
The report estimates 2,500 commercial electric vehicles in New York, with Chicago LOG and Philadelphia totaling 150. The figures highlight urban usage of EVs and potential infrastructure needs across these cities.
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New York
Chicago Log
Philavelpbia
Win the War Food Campaign prompts county canning report
End of the growing season spurs Barnes county to report home canned and dried produce for the Win the War Food Campaign. Citizens are urged to submit their quart totals through local stores or directly to the State Home Demonstration Leader in Fargo.
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Barnes County
Price Mercantile Co
People’s Cooperative Store
State Home
Fargo
North Dakota in World War shown in Mandan theater
Mandan residents viewed a five reel motion picture titled North Dakota in World War detailing the state’s former National Guard units and war officers. The program, produced by Holmboe Studio under the North Dakota Council of Defense, tours cities statewide with camp scenes and home front mobilization footage.
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Mandan
N. D
North Dakota National Guard
France
Palace Theater
North Dakota Council of Defense
North Dakota
World Or
North
North Dakota Council of de
Bismarck
Ihr Steele Cavalry
Elbowwoods
I Got a Colonel a Doughboy Pride Ballad Tone
A poem recalls a U S Doughboy who captured a Prussian colonel in battle. The speaker imagines his joy and wishes for the man’s fame, praising the unnamed Yank who won a notable victory in war and would inspire future soldiers.
Okeh W W and the President’s OK Significance
In a humorous line from the St Paul News, Okeh is traced to a Choc taw term meaning it is so and equals all right and correct. The note recalls Andrew Jackson’s All Right and suggests Okeh Woodrow Wilson may gain fame like Dee-tighted for Roosevelt.
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O. K
White House
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Thought He Had Been Torpedoed
Mart Mason believed he had been torpedoed or bombed Friday morning when a speeding driver crashed into his car on Fourth Street near Sim Mason's. Mason escaped with minor injuries while the other vehicle bore the brunt of the impact, leaving Mason shaken but unhurt.
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Mart Mason
Sim Mason's
Fourth Street
Bing
Mart
Mr. Mason
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