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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1917
Page
4
The Journal World lists subscription rates and delivery details, noting price changes beginning January 1st 1917 if paid in advance. The piece also contains a political attack on Mr Cleland and references enforcement of local ordinances. A stray note laments a safety pin holding a girl in place, reflecting period sensibilities.
The text argues the city must balance business leadership with elected representation to guide policy. It stresses that those chosen should manage the city’s interests with fairness and accountability, amid conflicts among factions and influential groups.
Unreadable wartime column describes government limits awaiting Congress, public anticipation for a decision on entry into conflict, pacifist sentiment, and disputed steps to keep the United States out of war while Germany unrest influences policy.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptizen Pills as the best combination to purify blood, strengthen nerves, and treat brain-fag. It outlines dosages and promotes these tonics as superior, economical cures from reputable druggists. It claims the formula uses sarsaparilla, dandelion, yellow dock, cherry, and other herbs with iron and pepsin.
The piece notes growing Belgian relief donations as the nation faces war, urging Americans to support liberty and security abroad. It recounts wartime sentiment in Lawrence and mentions a planned meeting to express local convictions, alongside historical references to student protests and a controversial invitation at Washington and Jefferson.
The article argues the nation must increase military strength regardless of wartime outcome. It stresses orderly, efficient mobilization for speed with minimal friction. Lessons from England highlight volunteering as quickest, citing Kitchener as advocating early conscription for a prolonged war.
The Springfield Republican argues for controlled volunteer enlistment and careful manpower planning. It urges selective enrollment of those needed in trades, minimal disruption to civilian work, and use of regular army as instructors, while calling for systematic national registration and gradual expansion of forces.
A Chauncey Tribune quote surveys towns as microcosms of human nature. It lists locals every town shares: the know‑it‑alls, the faithful spouse, the skinflint, the boastful bully, the busybody, the liar, and the pious skeptic. The piece notes common virtudes and vices found across communities.
A fragmented column reflects on hard times and daily habits from watching clocks to steady work. It mentions police courts, bone dry law, and the rise of movies alongside chautauqua and vaudeville as public entertainments.
The piece reflects on patriotism and readiness, mentions botanic remedies once common in pioneer homes, and cites Lyna EB Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a popular home remedy expanded to mass production. Also notes Conklin and Waterman fountain pens advertised at McColloch's Drug Store.
Topeka residents must boil drinking water after a water supply disruption tied to river contamination. The superintendent urges precaution as treatment shifts continue and new wells are sunk to restore safe supplies in Topeka and nearby Lawrence.
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