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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
The Arcadia Journal is issued every Saturday and entered at the Arcadia California post office as second class matter, serving local readers with weekly news and notices.
A town broadside urges Arcadia to raise 25000 dollars in six months through War Savings Stamps. It frames each dollar as bullet and food for troops, emphasizes patriotic duty, and urges immediate action to fund the war and secure citizens' own savings.
An East coast editorial convention speech argues small country papers reach sixty percent of Americans and drive advertising and political influence. It highlights farmers and rural readers as the nation’s core purchasing class while city readers favor entertainment. The piece also notes Monrovia’s potential for a municipal swimming pool and a balloon school stage line as a suggested investment.
A Downey Eagle reminiscence contrasts boyhood hardships with modern comforts. It recalls heavy boots, cold water baths, ice on kettles, and wood heaped for stoves, noting how today’s children enjoy warmer homes and better schooling.
Washington State Weekly discusses the I W W influence in Russia, arguing Bolshevik rule destroyed law and order, failed to rebuild, and led to chaos, crime and want. It claims higher wages and reduced output produced money with nowhere to spend, warning against similar outcomes elsewhere.
The airedale dog, praised for intelligence, challenges other breeds as a war messenger. Although war department approval is pending, Signal Corps training schools report strong progress from dogs donated or bought by officers. Females are in higher demand for their perceived smarts. Training methods remain military secrets.
Office mail fills with self promoting letters from hopefuls seeking free publicity. Many senders appear physically unable to write checks, signaling reliance on public exposure over funding.
The piece notes strong attention this week toward Bevo and similar drinks that resemble beer in appearance aroma and flavor but lack official authority.
A rallying call from Arcadia and Monrovia urges residents to welcome 600 soldiers arriving for balloon training. The plea asks for kindness, dances, meals, music, and homemaking to ease homesickness as the troops head to France. Citizens are urged to open doors and offer entertainment and hospitality.
The Anti Loafer Law of New York set to take effect June 1 prompts wealthy idlers to consider California as a haven. Gov Whitman aims to apply the measure in New York with able bodied men aged 18 to 50 required to work. The piece adds that California has work for women and girls in canneries, pack houses, vineyards and orchards with many volunteering in Red Cross efforts and sewing for soldiers.
The report cites a serious labor shortage in Cedar d Alene area with 1200 to 1500 idle miners across three major mines. It argues for mandatory work to avoid production cuts and labels resisting workers as disloyal, urging jailing and bread and water during wartime.
The former judge legislator and newspaper man now in France as YMCA network secretary describes watching a Bowie aircraft fly over the lines and be shot down by two American airmen. He notes the pilot is being prepared for burial and recalls cheering at a funeral. He adds a wartime push for War Savings Stamps.
Arcadia centers on a 1500 population with a public library and a new $10,000 city hall. The town features gas, electricity, telephone service, two grammar schools, a packing house, and two railroads. It lies near Mount Wilson, claims a mild climate, rich soil, ample irrigation water, and citrus crops, with Pacific Electric interurban service and strong transport links to Los Angeles. For information, contact the Board of Trade secretary.
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