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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
9
Sailors on a United States warship ride nine miles to a French city Y M C A club seeking a hangout. They find a hot, crowded scene, but a decisive Y man arranges transport and access. Inside, the cafe offers cheap meals and a carefree, open environment where men feel perfectly free and at home.
In a train shed turned workshop Elsie Janes uplifts troops of the AEF with her stage presence. Alexander Woollcott observes how her morale boosting performance prompts a roaring chorus of No from the soldiers, signaling enduring spirit amid hardship.
Seattle women propose a nationwide boycott of German made goods for a generation after the war. The plan, urged by Mrs Hi A Strout, aims to mobilize every American woman to pressure German authorities to treat prisoners of war according to recognized usages.
Elsie Janis, famed stage star from Columbus Ohio, inspires troops on the western front with song and cheer. Her wartime tours in France electrify doughboys, as she barnstorms huts of the Y M C A and travels with improvised wardrobes and no maid, delivering morale-boosting performances amid hardship.
In Denver Colorado the City Park Baptist church called every member to a mid week prayer meeting and asked them to arrive early. The pastor produced a case knife and instructed all to weed the church lawn. After an hour of digging the lawn was cleared of weeds.
In Little Rock, the state food administration bans soft drink stands from serving iced tea sherbet and water ices amid wartime measures. The order also limits sugar allotments for manufacturers using remaining sugar for the year. A Buenos Aires flour mill burns bran for fuel, claiming 100 tons equal 60 tons of coal in heating value.
A young woman aboard a streetcar discusses the war with a man lamenting the need to draft all the young men. She fears girls will outnumber boys at home ten to one and wonders what they will do. Her friend replies it may not be as bad as she thinks. She mentions a boy scout or a G. A. R. as potential roles.
A cheap home remedy blends lemon juice with Orchard White to create a freckle sunburn and tan remover. The ad promises clear soft white skin with daily massage and notes the lotion is harmless.
Advise soothing itching on the scalp by rubbing dan druff spots with Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water next morning. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 60 cents. Kindness is essential in good stock men.
Some men are high livers because of their inability to pay ground floor rents. If wishes were horses there would be no room on earth for automobiles.
A compact aphorism notes that knowledge equals power and a man who stores his purse in his head cannot have it taken from him. It frames intellect as a safeguard and personal asset in a concise, reflective line.
Heat raises stomach distress and illness from summer foods as tablets claim quick relief. Claims thousands use Eatonio and Ratoni tablets for stomach and bowel issues caused by heat, with a refund if not satisfied.
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