Weather and road woes hit Estherville area
The Vindicator notes persistent rains ruined the Dickinson County Fair and damaged shocks of oats. It clarifies misstatements about Congressman Woods, stating Conductor Frank Wood enlisted as a second lieutenant. The graveled road between Estherville and Superior is deteriorating and will need attention next year.
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P Wooda
Congressman Woods
Frank Wood
Estherville
Superior
Camp Dodee
United States Army
Mord P Short
Donna
Washington
William Newman
Short
War Effort Call Of Civilians Across The Sea
Citizens pledge to support the war by contributing time effort and resources as they acknowledge the men overseas outperforming them while urging the home front to match or exceed the sacrifice and diligence.
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Housewives abandon wheatless pledge in wartime diet
Wartime readers are told housewives released from the wheatless pledge and will continue to buy equal weights of wheat substitutes with flour. The text also notes objections to drafting boys under twenty, suggests 18 to 45 with selective age limits, and mentions wartime food actions in Camp Dodge and France including sugar stocks, crops, and horse meat usage.
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Food Administration
War Debt and Postwar Economics Fan the Political Flame
A 1918 Indianapolis Star editorial argues the war is no longer the campaign issue, urging a shift from wartime borrowing to normal economic life. It warns of a multi‑billion postwar debt, high interest, and the need for sharp fiscal readjustment, contrasting Democratic and Republican policies and calling for responsible budgeting and economic reform after the war. It also includes local notices and farming guidance.
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Indianapolis Star
Per‘mission
Indianapolis Bar
United States
Democratic Party
New York City
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury
Europe
War Finance Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
War’ Finance Corporation
Concentration and the Montessori Approach
John Barry argues that forcing focus harms natural concentration in children. He notes many youths resist work or its presentation, hindering spontaneous concentration. He advocates liberating teaching methods, including Montessori, to suit very young learners who may not concentrate by nature.
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Emmet
Tree Bur
John Barry
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Selmer A. Merge
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Nebraska
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Methodist Church
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