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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
7
Clyde Burge explains wartime mail practices for the Thirteenth Engineers Railway in France. He notes order to send only useful items to save tonnage, highlights O D regulation colors, and mentions Red Cross and Y M C A support, including supplies and reading room. He praises unit health and low sickness, and ends with a censor’s looming scrutiny.
A letter from C. E. Buerge of Co. E, 13th Engineers Ry. US Army, Amit, expresses relief for a comrade’s rest after bombardments by Alpine Chasseurs Blue Devils and American artillery. He urges an early decisive Allied victory and signs patriotically from Jasper. He quotes the saying about America being right or wrong in its dealings.
The letter urges dragging roads near Jasper to prevent future repair costs. Farmers are busy but a small team could drag a mile of road from Follmer's place to the bridge using a steel drag loaned by Secretary Webb of the Commercial Club.
A boy named Jemmy, after two hours of digging on his father's allotment, cries when a tramp steals his shovel from the next plot. A bystander tries to comfort him, but Jemmy reveals his real sorrow about losing the tool.
A wartime plea urges Americans to conserve and support Liberty Bonds as Europe’s hunger deepens. An auction at 2:00 PM lists two spans of mules, a mare bred to Todd Allerton, a Nisco manure spreader, wagon, cart, harnesses, and other small items for sale.
In a push for war savings, the text argues a Liberty Bond is superior to a $100 bill. It notes bonds bear interest and escape most taxes except inheritance and war profits, while registered bonds are insured if lost. Bills are spendable but lack interest and are not insured.
A reflection on how poor lives are burdened by inferior art, quoting Robert Louis Stevenson about art shaping perception and endurance in hardship. The saying suggests high standards for art to uplift rather than embitter common folk.
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