Breckenridge Boys Face Harsh Drill at Fort Snelling Camp
Editor Harvey James reports from Fort Snelling Officers Training Camp where Breckenridge and Richland County youths endure brutal schedules from 5:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. The letter highlights strict discipline, intense instruction, and a sense of patriotic duty with pay day near and a note of personal resilience from cadets including Carl Wallace Phil Fred and others.
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Manual of Arms
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School of Tin Company
Hunger relief call amid war effort in farming town
A wartime appeal urges helping hungry families in a west farming community. It condemns price-driven hunger that leaves women and children undernourished, notes looting risks from hunger, and stresses feeding the hungry as a cardinal virtue during the war.
Yellowstone Park Opens With 150 New Motor Cars
Yellowstone National Park began operations with 150 motor cars each carrying ten passengers to ferry tourists through the geyser land. Gardiner, Montana reported the official opening as hundreds of visitors arrived and reservations surged at large hotels. Despite wartime conditions in 1917, park preparations, guiding staff, and federal road work promised a strong travel year across the 3,300 square miles of parkland.
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Stern
Yellowstone
Homely Household Hints From A Bygone Guide
Practical tips from an old guide describe tenderizing tough meats with canal parts of vine and magnesia pastes for cleaning silk. Advice covers fowl tenderness, ammonia cloth polish, and using flour salt and gasoline on window shades for a one way rub to clean.
Foss M. E. Church Schedule and Lin on District Convention
Foss M. E. Church outlines its June 24 program with Sunday School at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m junior league at 3 p m boy scouts at 4 p m Epworth league at 6 45 p m and evening service at 7 45 p m Prayer meeting Thursday evening 7 45 The Lin on district convention last week was well represented by our local church Seven delegates participated and reports were shared on church activities
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Epworth
Linon
Alfalfa Hay Valued For Feeding Quality
Alfalfa hay holds high feeding value, nearly equal to bran by weight, so careful curing to preserve nutrients is worthwhile. Leaves carry about 23 percent of nutrients, sun exposure during curing reduces quality, and despite bran costs, alfalfa offers rich nutrients across the whole plant, often more than many seeds.
Indispensables to be exempt from draft, Crowder says
Provost Marshal General Crowder outlines exemptions for the selective draft to be raised soon. He notes only indispensable men in industry will be spared unless their work causes actual hardship. Exemption boards across federal districts will decide occupational claims under President Wilson’s forthcoming proclamation.
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United States
Crowder
Exea
Wilson
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Federal Judicial District
Chautauqua at Lidgerwood Entraining Wahpeton Audience
The Lidgerwood Chautauqua begins tomorrow and runs to the 26th with a splendid program. Wahpeton residents know the Chautauqua system ensures entertainment worth the admission price. Reports say several Logan area people plan to attend one performance.
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Lidgerwood
Wahpeton
Eal
Party Line Telephones Limit Waiting Time
Community telephones on party lines must provide equal service to all users. No caller should be compelled to wait more than five minutes for a connection or during a long conversation. The rule emphasizes fairness and prompt access for legitimate calls.
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Imo
Careless Fire Hydrant Collision Quips Sparkled by Gracious Guard
Jokum jokes about a smashed guard as a hydrant skids into two men while they stood still. Judgs notes the odd interruption in a humorous exchange. No injuries reported.
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Jokum
Bunkum
Sounds All Right by Myrtle Fifth Grader
A fifth grade girl Myrtle asks her younger sister if she knows what a rectangle is. The sister answers with a playful misdefinition claiming a rectangle is a man tangled up in a wreck.
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