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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
3
A civic appeal urging every Lawrence resident to actively back the Chamber of Commerce as the center of community life and a civilizing force. It argues membership and financial support are obligations like taxes, linking national wartime effort to local business leadership and town improvement.
The Red Cross aids soldiers by physical comfort and home care, boosting morale and fighting strength. It supports trench life with baths, soap, hot chocolate, towels, and rest, helping troops endure hardship and stay resilient.
Voters in Kansas favor Col. E. C. Little for Congress as a first term member with a strong record in legislation and fiscal savings. His stance on military service and uniforms appeals to the public, while his wartime vote is acknowledged as a past error corrected by patriotic service.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron provided plots near plants for employees to grow vegetables. A time clock tracked hours, harvests were weighed, and final figures showed average earnings of 94 cents per hour with total garden value around 400 dollars from 260 gardens. Beans and spinach cultivation tips were included for home gardeners.
This ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring tonic with iron to restore strength and cleanse the blood. It links improved vitality to Hood's Sarsaparilla taken before meals and Poptiron after, recommending Hood's Pills for biliousness or constipation and stressing non irritant, purely vegetable ingredients.
A practice man is described as seeming ostentatious in his display of wealth. The remark notes his costly habits and public attention drawn by wealth flaunting.
Local advertisement lists Semi-Anthracite coal wintle and latte options with a phone contact from Matthews Luniber and Cent Co for purchases priced at four dollars.
A fragmentary notice recalls a 25 year old incident near a town where a buggy team frightened by a bicycle caused a crash. Brown and a family member were injured with severe bruises as horses bolted toward a bank and nearby street. The wreck interrupted a local route and sent people to a hospital.
A satirical column mocks Kaiser figures and timing, referencing Julius Caesar Dane Gregory and calendar lore. The piece jokes about month lengths and happiness while hoping freight trains stay aligned as war references and General Foch shape a new schedule for the traveling emperor.
The article reflects on Feldsje as a happier and more lucrative practice than the old harvest tradition of bringing in the sheaves. It speculates that postwar iron mines in France and Flanders could reduce part of the war debt. The piece ends with a curious, slightly inexact quote and memories of a butcher storing beef halves in his shop.
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