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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
3
Williston Graphic is published weekly in Wiliston North Carolina. Editor and Publisher is John A Corbett. The paper is entered at the Wiliston Post Office as second class mail matter.
The piece denounces German peace talks as a trap and calls for unconditional surrender on German soil, urging trial for war crimes and stressing that only a just, dictated peace will end the war. It cites Wilfred McCrae and the Flanders fields poem while urging continued resolve and faith with the dead. The article notes Allied and neutral tonnage growth and American shipbuilding momentum.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a fast corn remedy. A few drops relieve soreness and the corn lifts out with the root, without irritating surrounding tissue. The liquid dries on contact and a quarter ounce is claimed to suffice for removing all hard or soft corns and calluses.
United States Shipping Board reports record speed and output in wartime ship construction. Through 1918 American yards built freighters and colliers in under two months, expanded U S yard capacity to 203 yards with over 1,000 ways, and employed 386 000 workers. Production surpassed British yards in tonnage since January, with 1 626 052 tons built January through September.
An American report details Belgium and northern France facing severe shortages as Germans seize clothing and textiles. Millions rely on the Commission for Relief in Belgium for winter supplies, with dire conditions for TB, undernourishment, and a halved birth rate. The Red Cross supports children, refugees, medicine, and food via discos, dispensaries, and summer colonies in Genoa and Pontasso.
A report notes the committee’s varied activity includes support for military garments and subsidies to district aid societies, outlining broader aid and procurement efforts across regions and committees.
The advertisement touts Keep Healthy Our Ice Cream as made under the most sanitary conditions from the purest ingredients obtainable. It invites readers to have it sent to their home or to visit the store and take some to a sick room.
A wartime appeal urges readers to mail Christmas greeting cards to soldiers abroad and those left at home. Begin now by listing names across the sea, mothers and wives, neighbors, and coworkers to spread cheer and sustain faith.
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