Arcadia Journal enters Post Office as Second Class Matter
The Arcadia Journal is entered at the Arcadia California Post Office as Second Class Matter and is published every Saturday.
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1918
Page
2
The Arcadia Journal is entered at the Arcadia California Post Office as Second Class Matter and is published every Saturday.
Dr. C D Gaylord reports no quarantine at Rocktown though Mexican families suffer Spanish influenza The writer criticizes lack of restrictions and urges county health officials to apply quarantine measures to protect Monrovia Arcadia and nearby cities.
A returned American veteran recalls a hunter's life across America and a grim revelation after the front lines. He notes a chilling shift from game to human targets, warning war will harden some and soften others as soldiers come home.
The local community celebrates the Fourth Liberty Loan success with strong citizen backing and savings propelling the war effort. Readers note soldiers overseas and a call for perseverance as end of hostilities nears, while a domestic note reveals Julius Wargyas seeks a divorce amid housework fatigue.
A Collier's letter from a San Francisco shipyard worker exposes widespread delay tactics. He cites 75 percent of men doing 50 percent of the work, costing the nation millions daily on a single ship, and boasts of minimal effort while drawing pay. He describes foremen guiding stalling and notes officials’ tolerance for the practice.
A critique of upcoming California ballot measures, accusing a nonessential class of pushing Socialism through Single Tax and Health Insurance. The piece alleges these proposals would raise taxes, burden industry, and shift land ownership to the state, framing them as deceiving the public. It argues individuals should freely choose liberty or state wardship.
Opinion on constitutional reform arguing that the federal constitution has few amendments and that many proposed changes are unfitted for enduring law. The piece warns against frequent tinkering and cites ease of altering state constitutions as an impulse toward vague or moral regulation.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation reports over 3,000,000 tons built in U S shipyards as part of WWII defense. As of August 31, 171 yards were active, including 76 steel and 85 wood facilities, with 5,819,081 tons afloat under the Shipping Board. The fleet plan targets 2,651 ships totaling 16,003,504 deadweight tons, with 10,184,428 tons yet to be built, plus a mosquito fleet of tugs and barges totaling 50,000 tons. A key issue is policy protection for American shipowners.
A Los Angeles Herald excerpt argues a husband should enjoy freedom at home and questions wives who restrict smoking. It contrasts domestic harmony with press questions on self-interest, framing home as a place for natural liberty and peace. It asks readers about their own homes.
Arcadia is a six square mile city of 1500 population incorporated in 1903 with a thriving public library and two grammar schools. It has gas electricity and telephone service, a new $10 000 city hall, two overland railroads, street lighting, and strong agricultural output including oranges lemons and strawberries. Located six miles from Mount Wilson, twenty inch rainfall, disintegrated granite soil and natural drainage, with a favorable climate cooler by five to eight degrees in summer and cool nights.
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