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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
2
The notice from Lawrence Kansas dated August 14 1918 records a carrier contact for missed newspapers and promises immediate copies upon request. It also notes German manpower saving ideas and U S soldiers nicknamed Yank with patriotism headlines. The piece mentions Lawrence National Guard units being prepared for France and widespread draft mobilization across counties.
Organized companies form from men who will leave families and businesses to serve. They are called to service and pledge remaining resources beyond Liberty Bonds and support for the Red Cross and the YMCA. These efforts honor Lawrence.
Judge Wilbur Booth hears a gas company filing to set a one dollar per thousand feet rate after earlier 80 cent appeals were blocked. The piece teases why firms push higher prices, notes ongoing rate juggling, and warns consumers may curb demand, risking the firms’ own sales. It blends other Rankin snippets on Bolsheviks and wartime economy, and quips about paper shortages and wartime dress.
The Kaiser orders Austrian divisions to the western front to reinforce German lines as the flood of war mounts. Strong lines report Austrian forces being called up for immediate deployment amid the global conflict.
The piece argues the Kaiser doubts Austrian help and questions German generals' tactics as German forces face mounting pressure from Foch Haig and Pershing. It notes a potential Atlantic supply balance, warns overreliance on Austrian troops, and asks if German soil and throne sustain the war as winter approaches.
The Rev E E Stauffer calls a nation wide campaign to train teachers in every Sunday school to sustain spiritual moral during wartime. Churches and states unite to prepare for postwar reconstruction and a Biblical rebuilding of the world, emphasizing trained teachers for this monumental task.
War Department reports Kansas National Guard units in France, with the 35th Division holding first line trenches near the Swiss border and the 89th Division preparing to join active combat. Kansas War Savings Director P. W. Goebel urges counties to surpass current stamp sales, aiming for a $6,000,000 increase to support the war effort. He emphasizes no slackers at home or abroad and calls for a renewed August drive to reach the quota.
In a letter to the editor a reader defends Col. Little, praising his wartime votes and stance on Prohibition, equal suffrage, and conscription. The writer cites a Kansas City Kansan issue and accuses a rival candidate of misrepresentation, urging support for Little to counter “extermination of the Kaiser.”
In a humorous piece a soda dispenser vents about draft-avoiding patrons and office visitors resembling cake hounds. He laments the constant flow of customers who beg for favors while waiting for the war draft to loom. The dialogue sketches wartime social tensions with brisk, satirical banter.
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