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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
8
A World War I era poem from Company E at Camp Green honors soldiers as faithful, burden bearing figures amid danger. It urges respect for troops in khaki and affirms service beyond pride, recalling a dying message to Mother Dear and the shared conscience of soldiers.
A Creston writer releases a sensational mock letter from Satan to Wilhelm II claiming the German ruler is a tool of hell. The text asserts long, lurid influence over WWI-era events from political murders to naval warfare and the destruction of Belgium, imagining satanic mentorship through Nietzsche and others. Notables like Roosevelt and Daniels reportedly sought copies.
The article compares two nutrient classes, proteins and carbohydrates fats, with emphasis on how foods combine to meet nourishment. It also discusses wheat value in flour production grading, cost effects of using lower grades, and the impact of paint on radiator heating efficiency.
Michigan tests show bronze and aluminum paints cut radiator heating by about 25 percent, while non painted, lead, japan, and enamel finishes perform similarly to higher heat output. The text then veers into unrelated, disturbing diatribe attributed to Lucifer Satin.
Secretary Lane writes to Representative Taylor on H R 4954 to apply the reclamation law to irrigation districts and enable farm loan act use. He argues cooperation with districts strengthens repayment, clears prior liens on homesteads and stock contracts, and encourages district reorganizations to access rural credit. The letter highlights public-private project benefits and project-wide land loans.
Franklin K Lane supports a measure to finance reclamation projects with farm loans while safeguarding security in the guaranty with water user associations. The meeting praised the bill as urgent public necessity to boost productivity in 1918 and beyond, envisioning self government, steady crops, and prosperity within ten years for district landowners with irrigation.
The speech outlines public ownership ideas with a tale of West Australian government control of baking and wheat markets. Mills claims the Nonpartisan League is gaining strength across Idaho Montana North Dakota Indiana Minnesota and predicts future growth. He asserts plans to raise hogs in North Dakota and criticizes the Chamber of Commerce as ready to squeal. The speaker links the war effort to national economic reform and positions North Dakota as a guiding star.
Multiple brief classifieds itemize items for sale or trade including a 12 ft glass refrigerator counter for $40 cash, a five passenger car with self starter and electric lights offered for trade for cattle or horses, a Maxwell town car with all weather top offered at a low price, a 160 acre farm for sale or trade for merchandise from Henry Wilson of Ladysmith Wisconsin, and potatoes and apples arriving from Idaho advertised for sale with seed potential, all appearing in a single classifieds column of a historical newspaper.
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