Kansas War Effort Noted In Governor Capper’s Report
The National Defense Council asked Kansas for a full resources statement to aid war efforts. Governor Capper led the compilation, delivering the state’s first complete report to the government this week. Independence Kansas furthers Liberty Bond drive with a $1,000,000 subscription, about $100 per person for its 11,000 residents, while Prairie Oil & Gas adds $500,000 and banks and individuals cover the rest.
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Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Disputed War Echoes Stir Europe and Greece
A fragment from a wartime column notes no canning club at Kansas University this summer while a disciplinary committee remains active next winter. It cites reactions to Pershing in Paris and queries German and Greek leadership, with a cautious jab at U S policy toward China and Japan and a remark on Greece’s monarch King Constantine departing by British ship.
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Constantine
Greece
Pie Ban Widens Clash Over War Besieging Democracy
The piece mockingly notes WEОРperts urge cutting shortcake and pie to save democracy, arguing such bans risk eroding American liberties. It warns fear that war could hollow out democratic institutions, with pie symbolically placed atop national values.
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Weorperts
United States
Is Your Subscription Paid
The Journal-World urges prompt payment of subscriptions as a duty to the publisher. It notes many in arrears and warns that after amicable attempts, further measures including court actions may be used to secure payment.
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Hester Any Roberts
Truths and Trifles From a Wartime Newspaper Page
A fragmented wartime column mixes satirical shots at Germans and profiteers with social notices and a local recital advertisement. It lampoons military jargon, laments lumber price rises, and hints at civic measures while promoting a Dick Bros. swimming sale and a Trinity Lutheran church recital by Miss Ednah Hopkins’s students.
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Dick Bros
Ednah Hopkins
Trinity Lutheran Church
The Machinery of the Body by Dr. J W Short
A health column explains the body as a coordinated machine with the liver and kidneys as vital parts. Overeating meat, alcohol, or tea can disrupt function. a diet of lean meat, vegetables, exercise, and fresh air is advised. The piece promotes Aloe leaves extract, Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, and a product called Anuric as aids to balance and cleanse the system.
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J. W. Short
Dr. Pierce
Watch the straw stack slogan urged for harvest waste cut
Kansas officials call on farmers and harvest crews to eliminate waste in harvesting threshing and handling wheat. Secretary J C Mohler warns of losses from rethreshing straw stacks and high speeds, urging use of slower threshers to save grain. A Rice County grower proposes "Watch the straw stack" as a rallying slogan.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Mohler
United States
D. J. Fair
Rice County
Kansas Council of Defense
Not of French blood in German chancellor origin debate
A Paris paper claims German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg may descend from a Bordeaux family while denying any French blood. The Bethmann line allegedly came from Frankfort to Bordeaux in the eighteenth century, with a Hebrew and German mix. The note also explains the hyphenated name and banker's Paris-Bordeaux connections. In New Zealand style, volunteers are called “The Wents” while conscripts are “The Scots,” with camp arrivals showing little friction. Mrs. B F Crites spent the day in Himsay City.
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American Women War Relief Fund Aids English Hospitals
Lady Paget leading the American Women’s War Relief Fund oversees two English hospitals in London for Allied and American wounded. The Lancaster Gate site, near Hyde Park, hosts 45 beds with wards named Philadelphia and Mary Burns, supported by American donors and leaders including Mrs. Page and Lady Randolph Churchill.
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American Women’s War Relief Fund
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Arthur H. Paget
Associated Press
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Alles
American Women's War Relief Fund
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Chishran
Lancaster Gate Hospital
Hyde Park
Enngland
Philadelphia
Philadelphis
British-American War Relief Committee
Mary Burns
Randolph Churchill
Werr
Viscountess Harcourt
Germans Turned to Use Behind British Lines in France
A special department at British Headquarters oversees agricultural work in evacuated German areas. Soldiers largely volunteer for field duties as they shift from trenches to rear areas during June.
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France
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Soldier farmers aid spring work in Somme area drive
In France the spring agricultural program recruits soldiers with farming experience to work the fields. The British Army provides horses seeds and fertilizers as it plans to cultivate about 30 000 acres in the liberated Somme sector this year. promising the Pineapple Snow at Lawrence's signals a local treat. Washington reports Liberty Loan subscriptions reaching 1 843 million dollars with final totals to be released after books close today.
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Somme
Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Rencok at Carrolls and London market notes
A brief report notes a rencok at Carrolls with two entries and a London demand in June. British hand vessels fail to fetch last year’s high prices as buyers wait amid new conditions and tax cuts in the budget. Scandian and Japanese steamers move slowly while three British steamers total 20,000 tons sold at about 12 pounds per ton.
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Lin
Scandia Nia
Stranded Canadian Soldiers in London Await Return
In London 40000 Canadian troops remain unable to sail home due to scarce passenger ships. Many have relatives back in Canada or have loved ones wounded or discharged from military service. A special Diet session in Tokyo is set for June 21 following dissolution and a new House elected in April.
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Canada
House of Representatives
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