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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
4
Lawrence obituary notes William Nadelhoffer, Civil War veteran famed for energy and patriotism. He helped feed troops during the National Army mobilization and later assisted in arranging a Grand Army welcome for departing servicemen.
In Lawrence, a clash over patriotism surfaces as residents debate displaying the American flag in a church. Amid war rhetoric and pacifist tensions, ministers are called to funerals, with one church member opposing the flag and another defending it as a symbol of country and sacrifice.
A colonial style column critiques civic and national themes with humorous aphorisms. It notes sympathy for beleaguered farmers volunteers and recalls local and national figures in dry witty reflections.
County Treasurer Al L. Cox returned from Topeka. Prof. E Haworth reports a car load of rock salt for the Kansas mineralogical exhibit to be shown in Lingrence before Chicago. Dr F D Morse went to Topeka. Miss Tearle Laptad closes her school at Bismarck.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best spring remedy for pimples boils eruptions and weakness. It claims the medicine cleanses the blood purifies and revitalizes the body improving kidney liver and skin function and offering radical relief. The Boston origin and widespread patient testimonials are noted.
Reports from Haskell detail an unusual epidemic with 457 notified cases and 250 or more housed in dormitories. External physicians from Lawrence and Kansas state board of health joined U S public health service experts, plus University of Kansas staff for bacterial study. Nursing staff and intern doctors provided care as officials said the epidemic appears spent with no new cases and school conditions returning to normal.
A dramatic scene in a Kansas drug store shows a persistent caller seeking stamps a check endorsement and a glass of water. The druggist quietly assists, endures the long wait, and notes the man left without thanks as he departed. Local notes mention Red Cross ice cream and Mrs. Orville Warner's visit, plus advertising for leather goods at City Drug Store.
A government reform orders legible post marks to be verified and logged against the originating post office and the employee at fault. The measure, announced by the first assistant postmaster, targets illegible marks and ties them to efficiency records and personal accountability.
A National War Garden Commission bulletin outlines growing cauliflower collards turnips and kohlrabi as kitchen garden staples. It covers spacing soil moisture blanching methods harvest timing and recommended varieties such as Purple Ton Globe White Globe and Yellow Aber for turnips and White Vienna for kohlrabi.
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