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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1918
Page
2
Mrs. C. T. Renaker will chair a citywide women's committee for the fourth Liberty Loan drive in Monrovia. A woman captain will head each precinct with teams under her direction. The state committee asked Renaker to lead the campaign with plans to be announced soon.
Telegram received by Thomas Walker of the Perfect Solar Heater Co. reports Corporal Charles Walker in a Letrevort France hospital with shell concussion. Walker left business with his brother two years ago to join the Canadian forces and his brother awaits further word on the severity. The document also notes a school article about military training for boys under H. E. Wilson with about 75 students enrolled. Uniform cost estimated at $14.
J Stitt Wilson a renowned California moral force and platform lecturer will address Monrovia Tuesday evening at 8 o clock on Over the Top Against the Liquor Traffic and Help Win the War If weather permits the talk will be at the Greek theater at the high school and otherwise at the Methodist church It notes his son a former aviator was killed and that Wilson has resumed his engagements after a recent pause.
Nearly 175 babies were examined during the baby week campaign with participation from every state. The effort aimed to register infants and advise mothers on defects, led by Chas. B. Dirks the chief deputy county health officer and nurse Katherine Stafford.
Los Angeles county is apportioned 139041.56 for high school aid. Monrovia gets 1770.08 based on an average daily attendance of 204. The funds are now available for use, according to Edward Hyatt, state superintendent of public instruction.
The Woman's club at the Renaker home on East Greystone avenue hosted a lawn fete to aid orphans in France. The event raised $226 with $7 left to fund a Christmas box. proceeds supported three waits for a year and included singing by Mrs. Crandell and Mrs. Burns, with dancing on the veranda after the booths filled the night.
The piece collects a series of World War I era bond slogans urging Americans to buy bonds to support the war effort. It also promotes converting coal furnaces to natural gas by the gas company, claiming less work, no soot, and reduced maintenance.
A anti Kaiser poem promising endless torment and a shameless vision of retribution. The speaker vows grim punishments including battlefield rot and bombardments, while imagining a future retribution at sea and in No Man's Land. The piece ends with a shout for patriotic vengeance and references to American and Allied symbols.
A wartime verse recounts ten exhausting days with farmerettes under the sun. The speaker, scarred hands and sunburned face, reflects on labor near trenches, then shifts to farm labor and drill with girls for Uncle Sam. Despite wear, the speaker pledges to stay with the crew until the task is done.
The speaker asks readers to consider their debts to those who died in rebellion and to the men going to sea to defend freedom. It urges reflection on those who do things beyond ordinary abilities and questions what is owed to those who sacrifice and act beyond common effort.
In a vivid portrait by Hazel Pedlar Faulkner mothers, sisters, and children crowd the Army mess as soldiers share rations. The piece urges Western women to support the Fourth Liberty Loan with sacrifice and savings to keep American troops advancing toward Berlin.
The Arcadia school board holds meetings on the last Wednesday night of each month in the First Avenue school building. Fr. W. Treen serves as chairman with D. D. Harris and Chas. W. Stewart as members.
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