War savings teach English money discipline and savin gs
War savings in England have poured money into the treasury and, more crucially, instilled financial responsibility among English people. Since 1915 the movement grew, with 40,000 associations and 160,000 voluntary workers, selling three million war savings certificates weekly and raising about 250 million pounds for the war, while shaping attitudes toward money use for postwar recovery.
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England
Parliamentary War-Savings Committee
National War-Savings Committee
Negro sailors cite San Juan hill feat as guide for ninety second division
Camp Funston May 20 and the proud San Juan Hill legacy is urged as a standard for the U S Army’s ninety second division. The article notes the brilliant showing by the negro sailors on San Juan hill nearly twenty years ago and predicts what may be expected of the new division when deployed abroad.
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Funston
Camp Funston
San Juan Hill
Iron in War Talk Echoes Through Vague Rhetoric
Fragmentary excerpt discusses rhetoric on sacrifice and blood, using phrases about backing the fine and going over the top. It dwells on collective effort, iron tanks, and the electric sense of duty, but the text is incomplete and unclear in its argument or events.
Pleasant Hour Club meets at Mrs Eaton's to plan
The Pleasant Hour Club gathered at Mrs. Eaton's home on 945 Penn street for an afternoon meeting with Mrs. Wilson's daughter. May 16 chairwoman notes next gathering with Mrs. Joni Levette on May 29, and the report lists community visits, graduations, and local outings among members and guests.
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Pleasant Hour Club
Eaton
Wilson
Penn
Joni Levette
Wood
Viper
Dirs
Spear
Jeffries
Kansas
Reno
Okla
Brackett
Mark Preston
Ployd Preston
Guy Bigsby
Lucretia Higsby
Ridley
Anna” Anderson
Kansas City
Charley Daniels
Goldie Piper
Red Cross
Mary Block
Mary Jeffries
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Allan Kirby
Arthur Eastman
California
Paul Douglas
Paul
al E. Smith
Emporia
Barnard
Miss Cahill
John Levette
Boston
Mass
E. E. Kiefer
Crum
Lee Colman
al Smith
Kanwaka
Colman
Federal price boards to curb food costs in Kansas
The Federal Food Administration for Kansas is setting up price interpretation boards at Junction City and Manhattan to keep down food charges near Camp Funston. More than forty boards exist in larger cities, aiming to provide fair price lists rather than fixing prices. The Junction City and Manhattan boards follow a direct Washington request to Walter Planes, head of Kansas FDA, noting population congestion may spur speculation and waste.
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Junction City
Manhattan Farm
Beae
Wichita
Kans
Camp Funston
Federal Food Administration
Kansas
Manhattan
The
Food Administration
Washington
Létten
Walter Planes
Federal Food
Negro Soldiers in Ninety Second Regiment Enjoy Privileges
Army officers describe the Ninety second as a contented unit with strong morale and superior environment. They note many soldiers are well educated and advancing rapidly, with eighty percent happier and living standards higher than civilian life. The colored soldiers take pride in military service and aim to outdo white troops.
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Ninety- Second
Community Notes and Red Cross Sewing in Topeka Area
Wednesday saw a CPA meeting at the hall and a surprise visit to Mr. and Mrs. Graham at home. Red Cross sewing sessions filled Thursday and Friday at the Union church, with quilts to be auctioned. Multiple residents visited Lawrence and Manhattan, while others moved to Lawrence or to Topeka for work or illness.
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Wallace Corder
Arthur Ousdahl
Wesley Fetty
Ed Fetty
Ralph Erwin
Leslie Erwin
Waldo Shultz
Glenn Dunham
Harold Skeets
Pearl Corder
Lawrence
Robert Weibel
Moore
J. Wilbur
Topeka
Paul Brune
Spring Hill
Kans
Dora Schowengerdt
Edwin Schowengerdt
Osawatomie
Kansas
Schowengerdt
Spray
Russel Shaw
Guy Vansbinder
H. M. Corder
C. Spray
Williamstown
C. G. Husted
Mabel Rothwell
Business College
C. Kincaid
Russell
Colorado
Mr. Kincaid
Alfred
Union Church
Red Cross
Lewis
F. W. Lewis
Vera Garvin
Manhattan
F. Lewis
Paul Laptad
Kansas City
Harry Welsh
Washington Creek
A. E. Wilson
Will Wagoner
Sarah
Chi Iilionis
Texas
Sabetha
J. DB Zrling
Fred Eggert
Chas
Wilson
Harry
Pretty May wedding at the Young home in Franklin
A wedding for Gertrude Marie Young and Henry Shirar took place May 17 at the bride’s parents’ home. Rev E E Stuffer officiated under a wedding bell. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake. a reception follows at the Shirar home. Attendees included family and neighbors, with future plans to reside on the Shirar farm.
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Chas Young
Gertrude
Marie
Henry Shirar
E. E. Stuffer
J. R.shirar
Shirar
Roy Reynolds
France
Pasig
Charlie Wilson
Rowena
Crowder
Florence Claxton
Emily Eggert
Plin White
Fairview
Franklin
Henry Shiray
Nervous Mother Seeks Relief From Tiredness and Pain
A Philadelphia mother describes constant fatigue backache and nervousness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her strength after a week and full recovery after three months, allowing her to eat and feel well again. She urges others to consider the remedy.
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Philadelphia
Pinkham
North Taylor St
Piiledenens Pa
Unprecedented Low Mortality Rate Amid Hog Cholera Outbreaks
The records show mortality at an unusually low rate, contrasting with earlier years of hog cholera outbreaks. Previously, losses reached 0 8 per 1,000 in 1887, 144 per 1,000 in 1897, and 118.9 per 1,000 in 1914, while normal losses hovered just above 50 per 1,000 when the disease was least prevalent.
Kaiser Has No Claim on Lutheran Church in America
Springfield May 20 The Missouri Lutheran Synod pamphlet by Rev Frederick Brand of Springfield Ill declares the Kaiser has no allegiance over American Lutherans. It notes Lutherans who emigrated fled German interference and affirms loyalty to the Stars and Stripes while supporting the war effort financially and militarily.
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Kaiser
Springfield
Emperor William
Lutheran Church In
Lutheran Church In America
Lutheran Church of America
Ne Aer
Germany
United States
Saluting Champ Dan McLaughlin Wins Saluting Duel
May 20 report from Camp Funston describes Dan McLaughlin’s saluting prowess as he directs traffic at a main highway crossing. Aged as a war-time tale, the piece notes his celebration routine and claims he will defend the saluting title while stationed at the crossing, despite overwork of his pitching arm.
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Funston
Dan
Trinidad
Colorado
Dan McLaughlin
Camp Funston
Poets Volume Accepted For Publication By New York Firm
Willard Wattles Kansas poet and KU English instructor willard wattles has a first volume titled Laternl For Gethsemane accepted by E P Dutten and Company of New York. It contains 75 poems written over nine years and is religiously mystical in tone. Wattles delayed service to publish and was placed on a Douglas county draft list. Hermann Hagedorn of New York will manage his writings while in service.
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Willard Watties
Laternl
Gethsemane
Kansas
E. P. Dutten and Company
New York
Wattles
K. U
University of Kansas
Charles M. Sheldon
William Herbert Carruth
Watthes
Douglas County
Mr. Wattle
Uncle Sam Inspects Draft Class Shift for Wealthy Man
In Topeka Kansas on May 20 Adjutant General Huffman launched a probe into a Montgomery county man rumored to be worth 310,000 and earning 13 008 last year. Local board classified him as Class 1 but Independence medical board moved him to Class 5 6 exempting him from service.
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Topeka
Kans
Uncle Sam
Huffman
Kansas
Montgomery County
Adjutant General
Medical’advisory Board
Independence
Unsightly Pimples Promised as Bad Blood Remedy
An old advertisement touts a blood cleansing remedy to treat pimples and skin irritations. It claims the product will purify blood and improve health, urging readers to buy a bottle at their drugstore and offering free medical advice from a laboratory director in Atlanta.
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Hess
Bradicla Regulator Co
Allanta
Ecost Laboratory
Atlanta
Army medical board reports insure young man for $100000 life policy
The medical board states he passed a physical examination when applying for the policy. The report notes he has been married since the first draft was passed and that his wife earns an independent income of 1800 dollars per year.
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Army Medical Board
University Orchestra Concert in Fraser Hall Tonight
University of Kansas fans will attend the University Orchestra concert in Fraser Hall led by Prof. Frank E. Kendrie. The program features The Star Spangled Banner, Der Freischutz overture, dances from Henry VIII, and solo cello and violin pieces with Anna L. Sweeney and Frances Alten as accompanists. Admission 25 cents. student tickets at the door.
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University
Fraser Hall
Frank E. Kendrie
Weber
Herman
Morris Dange
Debusse
W. B. Dalton
Anna L. Sweeney
Valse
Shanti D'Viseau
Cortege
Eas Agermregeenes
Frances Alten
Kote
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