Letting George Do It Opposed in War Time Editorial
Wales Graphic Editor argues against the policy of letting others bear the burden of enlistment. The piece calls for universal military service, condemns the slacker system, and urges compulsory service to boost patriotism and front-line readiness. It also urges more farmers and city workers to support wartime produce efforts.
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George
Congress
Franklin R. Kenney
United States Army
Chicago
Kenney
Manity
A Million Back Yards Back Food Effort
The piece urges citizens to plow back yards and plant potatoes or foodstuffs. It argues a million back yards could yield twelve million bushels, urging immediate action from individuals to boost national food supply.
U S War Shifts Food Exports From Germany Source
The article notes that the United States supplied Germany indirectly during the recent war via Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland. It cites Denmark receiving eight times as much corn in 1916 as in 1914, and asserts such sales will stop as Germany loses this food supply.
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Germany
United States
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Trade With New Zealand in 1916 Exports Rise Over 1914
Exports from New Zealand to the United States in 1916 fell $3,000,000 short of 1915 but were double 1914 levels. Total invoiced value to the U S and possessions was about $11,000,000 with wool declines offset by a larger foodstuffs share as British heeded surplus wool.
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New Zealand
United States
U. S
Auckland
Extermination of Flies Urges Quick Fly Control in Spring
State Public Health Laboratory urges households to protect against house flies as the season turns. The warning highlights how flies breed rapidly from garbage and contaminate food, promoting disease such as typhoid and tuberculosis. Public awareness includes screens, yard cleaning, fly paper, poison, and swatters, with advice to request Public Health Bulletin No. 8.
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Boreas
War era scraps and small town jabs amid a clipping
A Rawson Tribune fragment satirizes wartime sentiment with humor about pig theft, ration talk, recruiting jokes, and social mocks. It notes patterns in local life from the Farmers at home preparing crops to jokes about Love and patriotism, with mentions of Braatelien and Williston's streetbank plan.
Call to rename district to honor financial hub and plan Grand Central
The speaker urges naming the section after New Yorks financial district citing many lawyers and bankers there and promises the Commercial club must organize for a Grand Central station for the upcoming Soo line branch with optimism about substantial car traffic.
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New York Financial District
Commercial Club
Grand Central
Money We Spend But Never See
Secretary of Agriculture Houston cites national waste. North Dakota’s share appears as $4,000,000 in kitchen waste and over $5,000,000 in poor road tax. The piece urges prudent farming, soil use, and local industry to restore North Dakota’s breadbasket prestige. It ends with a local ad for Buller Bros. spring styles.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
America
North Dakota
North
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