We Stand On The Bank Of The Kaw For National Duty
The piece urges volunteers to fund and support wartime relief, temperance, and moral uplift. It recalls flood rescue on the Kaw river, calls for Prohibition, condemns alcohol waste, and advocates mobilizing men and funds to aid the war effort, food conservation, and social reforms for national democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Riv
Wright
Agertean Social Hygiene Weration Athite Journal
Bareles
Vice Watch
Ayork
Fragmented report on kidnapping case and trial details
A garbled OCR snippet mentions General Pershing, a dinner, and a vague reference to United States events. It notes a new accused in the Keot kidnapping showing nerve while in custody, but the text is incomplete and unclear about names, dates, or outcomes.
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The
Nah
Best Investment A Liberty Bond
Investor alert touts a 2 percent tax free Liberty Bond from the U S government. It argues convertibility could raise rates if war lasts and that longer terms may offer premium value. The piece emphasizes potential gains for early buyers amid war duration uncertainty.
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Jacob H. Schitt
Unite Sta
London
Honda del
World War Era Press Critique and Public Finance Debate
A fragmentary excerpt discusses wartime security accusations and spy fears, referencing alleged access to naval records and calls to arrest treacherous insiders. It comments on Americans buying American insurance to keep wealth domestic and critiques Lord Northcliffe and English press influence during the war era.
Roosevelt call for funding war effort urged
The note advocates prompt subscription of the full amount to support rendering services and wartime needs. It emphasizes timely payment of Liberty Bonds to fund the war and warns the west must not fail in either part of the financial effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
West
Nebraska Leads in Liberty Bond Purchases Versus Kansas
The Lawrence Journal-World notes Nebraska residents buy liberty bonds ahead of Kansas, with $1,000,000 purchased. Shoppers from Nebraska travel to Omaha to buy bonds, while Kansas buyers reportedly go to nearby Missouri locations, with sales credited to Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Lawrence Journal-World
Nebraska
Kansas
Omaha
Wansay
Missou
Missourpeko Capital
Liberty under threat in American minds amid war debates
Fragmentary passage laments that Americans dismiss liberty as eternal while risking ruinous indemnities. It argues that citizens have put themselves in danger by ignoring possible sacrifices and the true cost of liberty during wartime discourse.
War era editorial and notices mix in stray phrases
A fragmented wartime column urges unity and funding while drifting through rhetoric about George and bonds. It notes Irish convention plans, a revenue tax case favoring the government, a Kansas band heading to France, and a forty year business success ethos. It also references Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedy in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Dinkham
Tellers Club story pace at Concordia gathering
June 12 Concordia Kansas report on Kansas State Christian Endeavor convention opening with youth from across the state attending. National workers listed, classes on reforming Endeavor work, and anticipation of broad representation. A narrative passage recounts a reader tale about Marconi and the early era of wireless telegrams, featuring Mrs Marconi and a general's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Concordia
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State Christian Endeavor Assocation
Choose Camp Sites Ten Cantonments Selected by War Dept
War Department approves ten cantonment sites for the new army. Little Rock Arkansas Louisville Kentucky Battle Creek Michigan and San Antonio Texas named as camps. National Guard mobilization sites set for Ft Worth Waco Houston Texas Fort Sill Oklahoma Deming New Mexico and Linda Vista California. Petersburg Virginia cantonment site approval revoked without stated reason. Contracts for building works let at four sites.
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Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Battle Creek
Mich
San Antonio
Texas
War Department
National Guard
Ft. Worth
Waco
Houston
Fort Sill
Oklo
Deming
N. Mex
Linda Vista
Calif
Petersburg
Va. i
Meeting the Marconis in a small city memory
The narrator recalls a boy and his mother Mrs Marconi, born in Heland, who later married Mr Mageoni and moved to Italy. They traveled to America visiting the general’s wife. A news note mentions a Marconi linked furniture line, then George Bullene plans to enter Culver Military School for an eight week summer course starting the 20th.
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Marconi
United States Army
Lawrence
Fort, Leavenworth
Mrs. Marconi
Heland
Italy
Mageoni
America
George Bullene
Culver
Ind
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