Federal blue sky law urged to shield liberty bond holders
The Saturday Evening Post urges national blue sky legislation to protect Liberty bond holders from unscrupulous salesmen. Kansas pioneered such laws amid ridicule, later adopted nationwide as more states enacted similar measures and a federal move was anticipated. Tulsa church campaigns show steady charitable appeals even in wealthy cities, highlighting ongoing financial generosity versus tax and lifestyle priorities.
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Saturday Evening Post
Kansas
J. N. Dolley
Fraternal Aid Union
W. R B. “Stubbs
Corporal Villepigue Earns Distinguished Service Cross
John C Villepigue of Company M 118th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Vaux-Andigny France on October 15 1918. He pressed forward alone under heavy fire killing four enemy soldiers destroying a dugout and machine gun nest before being wounded in the arm. His hometown is Camden South Carolina where his mother Mrs P T Villepigue lives at 1517 Lyttleton Street.
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Vaux-Andigny
France
Villepigue
Villepizue
Hioa
Hits
Corp. Villepigue
P. T. Villepigue
Lyttleton Street
Camden
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Sacrificial Giving Across Churches Nationwide
The speaker notes that church needs fall largely on the poor and middle class yet the church meets obligations yearly. Regardless of location, from Lawrence to Tulsa, the same fund raising burden and generous effort persist to support the church’s work.
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Lawrence
Tulsa
Building Trade Says Normal Demand Will Return Later
The industry outside explosives is dead, and builders expect at least a year before normal trade returns. Prospective home projects are stalled as contracts await lower material and labor costs. Yet some new homes are still being started despite high prices.
Peptiron Promises Boost to Building Boom and Health
An old advertisement extols Peptiron as a highly effective tonic aiding recovery from grip and epidemics while praising its digestion and nervous benefits. It argues the economy of one to two pills after meals and predicts rising demand will spur new stores, offices, and widespread building activity if contractors and workers apply their best effort to speed projects to completion.
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Ing
Mule in Town Sparks Town Gate Complaints in Lawrence
A mule rode the interurban in Lawrence and disembarked with passengers. It used the same waiting room and door as people and its presence, like cattle deliveries, provoked a protest in the Journal-World.
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Lawrence
Dailyovich Newski
Omsk
Russia
Journal-World
Kansas
Knowledge at hand reshapes the thirst for news
The article notes a shift from long delay in reports to near instant knowledge of major events. It emphasizes humanity's enduring desire to know what is happening and how modern means have largely fulfilled that demand for quick, accurate information.
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Arma
By the Associated Press accuracy in reporting
Readers of the Journal World learn that Associated Press reports stand for accuracy, not speed. The AP checks rumors thoroughly, verifies facts, and uses a cooperative network of editors and newspapers to ensure reliable news from Paris to armistice timing, making the phrase By the Associated Press a mark of trust.
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Associated Press
Journal-World
Paris
Associated
America
Fox
Se World
Brett
Associated? Press
Kia
Today’s notable birthdays recount past leaders nationwide
The column lists several figures born "today": W. F. Massey prime minister of New Zealand born in County Derry Ireland 63 years ago. Ex-Prince Wilhelm of Wied born in Nieuwied 43 years ago. William T Hobby Texas governor born Polk County Texas 61 years ago. Dr Luther Flagel retirement head of Trinity College Hartford born Brooklyn Connecticut 69 years ago. Edwin A Curtis former mayor now Boston police commissioner born Rexburg Alabama 58 years ago.
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W. FL Massey
New Zealand
County Derry
Ireland
Wilhelm of
Wied
Albania
Nieuwied
William T. Hobby
Texas
Polk County
Flagel
Luther
Trinity College
Hartford
Edrwin A. Curtis
Boston
Rexbury
Alass
Peas Fit For A King In Early Garden Planting
A wartime bulletin urges readers to plant garden peas a couple of days before neighbors. Prepare ground 10 inches deep, mark rows three feet apart, scatter well rotted manure, sow seeds one inch apart in trenches, cover with soil, and hoe to full trench. For faster sprouting soak seeds overnight and plant in several successive crops 10 to 14 days apart. Free garden book offered from National War Garden Commission Washington. Two cent stamp requested for postage. Peas are hardy to light freezes and require steady cultivation to avoid stunting.
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National War Garden Commission of Washington
Garden Club
National War Grden Commission
Washington
Kenpel
Tennis Garden on Former Courts Shows Food Production Value
A photograph from Washington D C illustrates a former tennis court now used as a food garden. The project provided substantial exercise for boys and yielded many square meals, demonstrating soil sometimes needs work, fertilizer, and protection from dogs with wire screens.
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Washington, D. C
Miller's Antiseptic Oil Promises Pain Relief Ad
Miller's Antiseptic Oil known as Snake Oil claims relief for rheumatism neuralgia stiff muscles and chest coughs with gentle skin safety. Available at 30c 60c and 1.00 per bottle from Round Corner Drug Store with a money back guarantee if it fails to deliver.
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Round Corner Drug Store
Fragmentary historical notes from 1916 to 1959
A collage of events and births with dates and places: South Carolina adopting a constitution via provincial congress, the Duke of Cambridge born and dying in 1904, the Duke of Parma assassinated in Turin, Succi's royal aquarium feat, Vermont women’s clubs organized in St Johnsbury, Cecil Rhodes's death in Cape Town, and scattered war and naval news including a French Paris council, Turkish casualty totals, and German submarine sinkings affecting American ships.
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South Carolina
Duke of Cambridge
Tanover
Duke of Parma
Turin
Succi
Royal Aquarium
London
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodesut
Cape Town
Mayland
Paris
Great Britain
Meaney
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Opposition to New High School Building Voters Cited
The People's Voice argues against funding a new high school now citing low bond sales, taxpayers unable to fund public and family needs, and a high cost of $20 thousand exceeding current city school values. It questions the benefit as only one in ten children reach beyond the eighth grade and notes student discouragement from fad ideals. It mentions a threatening line in the last high school ad.
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Journal- World
Topeka
Kansas City
U. S
University
Wood Lands tribute to Grover Cleveland by General Wood
General Leonard Wood, a Republican, paid tribute at a Cleveland memorial service to Grover Cleveland, praising his adherence to the Monroe doctrine and his opposition to intervention abroad. He recalled Cleveland’s insistence on a honest press and informed public, and his lifelong knowledge of Cleveland.
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Wood
Cleveland
Washington
Leonard Wood
Goyer Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
America
Roosevelt
Tithe to Gophers County Agent Ptacek Plans Gopher Kill Formula
Douglas county farm agent E H Ptacek promotes a Kansas State Agricultural College formula to destroy gophers. He plans an exhibit at the Chamber of Commerce to share a strychnine and oats mixture aimed at eradicating one tenth of the state's alfalfa crop annually. Dr Albright cited with contact details. Bond conversion news notes four percent bonds exchange for four and a quarter percent. Watkins National Bank.
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Ptacek
E. H. Ptacek
Douglas County
Kansas State Agricultural College
Chamber of Commerce
R . Watkins National Bank
Hundreds of millions saved by filibuster
Washington reports that Republican efforts in the Senate could save taxpayers hundreds of millions by striking unnecessary appropriations. Major cuts target naval and army bills, while the war-time Hog Island funding and nine billion in orders face scrutiny. Senator Borah to speak at Union League banquet in Cleveland. Sioux Falls hosts the South Dakota Lumber Dealers convention. A theater in Bowersock presents Mary's Ankle with a comic plot about broken finances. Blue diamonds deemed unlucky in the East, called diamonds of death.
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Snell Smith
Washington
Senate
Congress
Railway Administration
United States
Great Britain
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Paris
U Ance
Shipping Board
Hog Island
War Department
Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Despised foods revived by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
An old newspaper ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy to improve digestion after indulgent American dishes like doughnuts and cookies. It claims relief from sourness, heartburn, gas, and bloating, and notes the tablets aid digestion and stimulate digestive juices. Sold in drug stores for 50 cents per box nationwide and in Canada.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
Man credits Tanlac as remedy for long illness
J W Brooks traffic supervisor for Western Union in Dallas says Tanlac cured stomach trouble and rheumatism, gained ten pounds, and restored energy after years of indigestion back pain and kidney anxiety. credits improved appetite sleep and vitality. Says Tanlac sold in Lawrence and Eudora.
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Tanlac
J. W. Brooks
Western Union Telegraph Co
Dallas
Tex
Hickory Street
Taniac
Lawrence
City Drug Store
Round
Comer Drug Co
Eudora
Hoaa, White
Adv
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