War talk and homefront notes amid 1917 conflict
Fragmentary wartime passages discuss U.S. entry into World War I, naval convoy service, selective draft enrollment totals, and generalPershing leadership. The text shifts to 1917 homefront topics including hotel rate enforcement in Topeka and related licensing rules, followed by scattered local social notices and family references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pers
Pershing
Lorraing
Wis
America
Becau
Social rounds and incidents in Excelsior Sun area
Members of the Flory and Kochler households hosted and attended local gatherings. Attendees included Grown at a funeral in Lawrence, and visits at the Ed Howard and Brown homes. A school fundraiser produced a good sum to aid the schoolhouse, with post storms disrupting telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Flory
Excelsior Sun- Mire
F. L. Grown
Martha Ellis
Lawrence
Floyd -Nisely
Bobby
A. Whedon
Ed Howard
Atwood Kochler
Harm
Bareau
J . Brown
Walter How Pont
Chas
Howard
S. T. Griff
Koehler
Louise Koehler
J. R Baker
Memorial Hospital
Theodore Howard
Steck
Florence Bowen
Renee
Brown
Chas. Wells
I Wm. Wells
Chas, Howlard
Louise Koeller
Excelsior
JH. de Flory
Ilelen
Louise Mook
E. L. Brown- Vinton Peters
Alrst Howard's
Pinex home cough remedy promises quick relief
A nostalgic advertisement touts Pinex as a potent at home cough remedy. It explains mixing 2½ ounces of Pinex with a pint of syrup or molasses and claims relief within hours. The ad emphasizes pine extract, throat relief, and urges asking a druggist for Pinex with directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Warne
Ind
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Sauses Aus
Haze
France
Csre Ft
Charles FE
Hughes
Wien
Topeka
Hotel Commission
Santaina Nn Hcense
Ik Ad RR SR Tsi
Trochurch Nz
Whiels
A PL Lynch
Oak Ridge
Eters
Homer
Feters
Grant
Aml
Paul Koehler
Prest-O-Lite and
Columbia Batteries
Ford
Overland
Chevrolet
Smallars
Buick Studebaker
Hudson Essex
Podge
Franklin
Auto Electric Ca
AARES
Sinclair Mfg. CC
Toledo
Ohio
Kennedy Plumbing CO
Dell Buggies
Gilbert
Haney Boudsig
Lawrer
Mass
St.We
Stee
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