History of Past Week From The Intermountain News
A weekly roundup lists W R Horner’s confession in a Kelso murder case, De Weese’s 1916 Salt Lake City wife murder execution, and various wartime, labor, and disaster items. It notes rail wage changes, shipyard strikes, Red Cross funding, and international tensions with Britain, Germany, and allied actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountain
W. R. Horner
Settle
Merlin Bansett
Kelso
Wash
de Weese
Salt Lake City
Portland, Ore, Metal Trades Council
Camp Kearny
Double the Crop to Be Victorious in the War
A provocative editorial urging immediate action to boost wartime food production. It laments American sleepiness, stresses hunger as a weapon, and calls for forming an agricultural army by drafting exempted men and young workers to accelerate planting, cultivation, and harvest. It frames labor mobilization as essential to feed the nation and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Army
National Guard
Dent
House Military Committee
Food Administration
Wilson
McAdoo
United States
Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Rip van Winkle
Long Islind
Russia
Tindenburg
Baystore
Daft Camp in Lee Va Seeks Milton Bergsson’s Replacement
An appeal from Paul Bergsson to join his dead brother Milton’s place at a Daft Camp in Lee Virginia is under consideration by camp officers. Bergsson, a Pittsburgh drafter, authored the appeal after his brother died recently, and he promises to report within two weeks if accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
Milton
Paul Bergsson
Bergison
Pittsburgh
Call to mobilize labor and ready the nation for work
The author urges each citizen to contribute by drafting twenty-one year olds and mobilizing a million men to aid farmers. He warns against idleness and pride, arguing outdoors work from March to September will teach responsibility and prevent a future demand for repentance as winter approaches.
Unknown Hero Wins Citation For Unknown Soldier
The Seventy-ninth French infantry regiment awarded a Croix de Guerre to the unnamed sergeant who held a ridge at Saint Ep Re, firing on German forces with a pipe in his mouth until mortally wounded. Despite efforts, his identity remained unknown, yielding the single wartime citation for an Unknown Soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of War
Paris
Saint Epere
Seventy-ninth Regiment of Infantry
Morhange
Rosteeres-Aux-Salines
Saint-Eypre
Luneville
Uttle Ridge
Seventyninth
Seventy-ninth
Sargeant Fraser's DCM Feat Capturing 17 Germans
Sergeant Francis T. Fraser of The Black Watch, without a rifle and under fire at Sanctuary Wood, charged a dugout with about 30 bombs. Germans surrendered as he closed in, later praising him as a true kamerad. The Duke of Devonshire awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, saying he deserved more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Francis T. Fraser
Sanctuary Wood
MacDonald
Black Watch
Fraser
Hell
Fraser Keesuyp
Duke of Devonshire
Jail War Garden Grows At Bartlesville Jail
Bartlesville jail officials including the jailer under sheriff and deputy sheriff form a war garden plan. They will rotate tending the plot to supply peas beans radishes onions and other vegetables for the prisoner tile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
House Stand 300 Years in Dedham Massachusetts
The Fairbanks house in Dedham, built in 1636 with oak timbers imported from England around 1685, stands as a durable example of early American construction. Visitors include Fairbanks descendants and professionals from the lumber trade, who study the structure as a historic museum and as a test bed for timber strength. Bricks used as ballast in the era are noted in historical records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fairbanks
Dedham
Mass
United States
England
Joomthan Fairbanks
Sowerby
Yorkshire
Tar and Gravel Heater A New Jersey Invention
A New Jersey manufacturer introduces a two material heater that independently heats tar and gravel in one operation. The device features a tar kettle and a V shaped gravel bin with a central furnace. steam from heated gravel escapes through perforated steps, enabling simultaneous heating of tar and gravel for street paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Popular Science Monthly
Benefit of Shade Trees Along Wisconsin Highways
Wisconsin law allows state financial support for roadside tree planting. Any landowner beside a highway may plant trees on one or both sides, varieties reaching at least 40 feet high. Trees must be two rods apart, within eight feet of the outer edge, and upon reaching 12 feet, the highway superintendent issues a certificate designating them public shade trees. They become public property while the owner keeps title to the trees and fruit, provided maintenance continues. Owners receive an annual bounty of three cents per rod for one side and for both sides’ plantings, credited on highway taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Superintendent of Highways
Benefit of Improved Roads Promises a Stronger Nation
A historical notice urges awakening to road improvement linking better schools health farms and homes with social and economic gains. It argues improved roads pay dividends, notes gravel limits on trunk highways, and compares maintenance cost of pavement vs gravel on lighter traffic roads.
Durable Roads Speed Up Infrastructural Push
A call to accelerate road construction emphasizes durable, time-saving routes to improve efficiency. The urgency mirrors needs in logistics and daily commerce as planners seek faster food delivery and better transit.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ted Cross
Lyonce Jan Paderewski
New York
Ann Held
Donald McCaskey
Nome
Alaska
Victoria
Everal
McAroo
Railroad Wage Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Farhway
Chieng
Denver
Fort Ata
Anmoriea
Red Cross
Rockefeller
A. Isham
Catherine Veach
Kelle Downeing
Isabel Waltantyne
Louisville
Kenosha, Wis
Carmen
John Sermaz
Eureka
Cal
Red Cross War Fund
Mill Creek Cannel Con Mining Company
Villa
W. Va
Texas
Wilson & Co
Morris & Co
Federal Trade Commission
Hatfield
Bern
Topeka
Kaw
Bosnia
Ukraine
Minsk
London
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Strassburg
Max Green
Johanna Redmond
John M. Redmond
Ireland
Germany
Manchester Guardian
Moldavia
Admiralty
Costa Rica
San Juan
Copenhagen
Greenland
Peacus
Qhelling
August Philips
Hague
Aldin
Asia Minor
Manissa
Smyrus
John Dilton
Lenter
Sinn Penn
Count von Mirbach
M. Tehitcherin
Kiev
Arctic Ocean
America
Mark Swan
Vigilantes
Daft
George
Jessure
Bulleta
Lorraine
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