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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
8
The 1917 corn harvest reached about 3 000 million bushels, about 80 bushels per person, with increases of around 500 million bushels. Corn is touted as America s main sustenance aiding allied nations, emphasized for wheatless days and versatile uses in bread, cereals, and meals to support wartime needs.
The piece notes corn flour improves bread, with bakers reporting success using corn flour for bread. It highlights corn meal and corn syrup as breakfast and meal aids, corn oil for cooking, and predicts wide wartime adoption of these corn based products in American homes.
The United States Food Administration calls on all citizens to conserve by eating plenty but cheaply and without waste. It emphasizes that every group can substitute and thrifty people can save, while the more luxurious may save most by reducing excess.
The piece stresses food as the war’s dominates factor and calls for American sacrifice. It notes France Italy and England have only ten to twelve weeks of supply and warns that continued U S shipments will prevent famine and defeat the Central Powers.
President Wilson urges food conservation and substitution as wartime duty. The Food Administration proclaims eliminating waste and following new regulations. North Dakota citizens are urged to reduce consumption, support substitution, and increase production where possible.
Fred Nyland a 40 year old homesteader living 18 miles south of Eveleth Minn shot and killed his wife and four children ages 6 to 18 at their home today and then killed himself with the same revolver. Neighbors discovering the bodies when they went for milk. Nyland had brood over the death of a son a year ago. Deputy Coroner King and deputy...
Captain Earl J. Zimmerman, depot quartermasters' executive officer in Chicago, says 100 tons gross tonnage daily must land at French ports per 100,000 soldiers. He notes the public underestimates supply scope, citing 23 million pounds of frozen beef monthly for a million soldiers and the challenges in delivering meals to troops overseas.
London reports confirm eleven killed and four injured from a Saturday air raid by six German planes. Only one reached the capital and dropped a bomb in the southwest district. another plane fell into the sea. London endured a second raid Sunday night with bombs dropped across the city.
Langdon North Dakota February 20 Forkner was elected president at the annual business session Arthur Sparling chosen vice president and R O Miller named secretary treasurer Subscribe for the Graphic
Men serving sentences at the North Dakota penitentiary volunteer for military service after term expiration. One former inmate enlisted this week and another due soon has prepared to join. Inmates display patriotism by subscribing liberally to Liberty bonds the Red Cross the war Y M C A and other war movements.
Early morning patrols head toward the site as snowbound roads delay full details. In Grand Forks a Northern retail sector editor notes unprecedented merchant cooperation driven by wartime needs and new cooperative efforts to improve trade methods.
A hardware list highlights belts, brushes, spark plugs, tire patches, auto jack, inner tube 30x23, flag holders, carbon remover and various small car and home supplies with prices. Notable items include Ford fan belts 98c, spark plugs 40c, inner tube 75c, and carpet tacks and cake turners among the miscellaneous goods.
A brief listing of various hardware and household items with prices: paint brushes, hose washers, aluminum house numbers, harness snaps of multiple sizes, coat hooks by the dozen, 12 quart dairy items, large iron fry pan, large dippers, hay forks priced at 39 cents each. The fragment suggests a local sale or store inventory.
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