The Arcadia Journal Post Office Listing
The Arcadia Journal is recorded as entered at the Post Office in Arcadia California as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1918
Page
4
The Arcadia Journal is recorded as entered at the Post Office in Arcadia California as second class matter.
A patriotic appeal urges citizens to buy Liberty Bonds with urgency and sacrifice. It emphasizes selfless duty, warns of taxation if funds are not provided, and details large bond purchases can arm and equip soldiers, including rifles, grenades, medical supplies, and transport.
The piece describes a dry Los Angeles, noting interurban riders from the city carried private stock rather than clothing. It laments saloon closures and notes the city aims for cleaner morals, fewer jails and broken homes, while mentioning a balloon school camp arrival with thirty recruits and twenty tons of medicine.
The Monrovia community mourns Paul Spence, a brave Fort McArthur artilleryman, who died of spinal meningitis before deployment. His sacrifice is honored as a warn and lesson to other strong boys who sought to serve in World War I.
Tax Payers' Association of California reports that centralizing school governance to a single county board, via the county superintendent, could reduce waste and costs and raise educational standards. The proposal aligns educational and business interests and echoes calls from educators and economists for reform.
A 1915 Los Angeles county study shows wide variation in cost per vote across precincts and incongruent pay for election officers. The piece rails against waste, urges reform, and ties local politics to broader wartime fundraising efforts including Liberty Bonds.
Arcadia offers hotels and utilities with gas electricity and telephone service two grammar schools and a weekly newspaper. The city ships carloads of oranges and lemons annually and sits on Foothill Boulevard near the Sierra Madre. It boasts natural granite soil drainage a new city hall and mild climate cooler by nights near Santa Anita canyon. For information write to the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
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