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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1918
Page
3
A Wisconsin campaign promotes Victory Week from September 1 to 7 to support overseas troops. Readers are urged to purchase War Savings stamps, with monthly amounts of 4.19 for August and 4.20 for September, as a money sacrifice parallel to the soldiers’ sacrifices. J E Fitzgibbon, Wisconsin sales manager, calls for universal participation beyond prior pledges.
Health Commissioner Ruhland reports Milwaukee child death rates remain high despite early stage of the Children’s Year campaign. He notes that about half the target period has passed with 100,009 American children's lives still at risk and calls for stronger local action.
Dr Hoyt E Dearholt urges Wisconsin to meet its 100000 child-saving quota through better infant care and parenthood. He notes wartime resource strain, fewer doctors and nurses, and harsher labor conditions, but stresses American households can match soldiers in effort to reduce infant deaths.
The piece argues for maintaining recruitment while debating wartime saloon closures. It contrasts absolute equality in conscription with practical exemptions, using everyday workers Jones and Smith to show how exemptions affect the labor pool and the home front. Uncle Sam will probe skills and duties beyond simple patriotism.
Stomach and liver disorders are blamed for misery and suffering, with a suggestion to try Chamberlains Tablets which cost a quarter. The ad asserts great prosperity will come to those who work hard and advertise wisely, urging Marshfield traders to take action.
The Wisconsin State School for the Deaf at Delavan opens its next term on Lent Wednesday the 11th. The free opportunities include strong academics, a high school pathway, domestic science and manual training, speech and lip reading, moral supervision, health care, and free board and services. For details contact H. C. Buell, Delavan, Wisconsin.
A wartime verse by George B. Egger Jr. in Exchange condemns a fellow soldier who calls him Kamerad while accusing him of brutal acts. The speaker rejects the term and declares he is finished with the label after accusing the other of inhumane deeds.
A satirical verse lampoons wartime shortages and rising costs as shops cite war as the reason. The speaker lists bread, shoes, medicine, and other goods growing pricier or scarcer while customers endure. A closing quip notes the public's fatigue with war excuses.
A 100 dollar reward offer accompanies a testimonial filled advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The notice claims to cure catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces, building up the constitution and aiding natural healing, and invites readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, promising refunds if any case fails.
A collage of wartime editorials urges government role in utilities after the conflict and critiques private control. Other items comment on liquor rules for selectmen, women’s labor, harvest volunteers, political favors, German war outlook, and social trends while praising Wisconsin leaders and urging national unity and resource conservation.
A stark quotation from General Ulysses S. Grant declares intent to endure a protracted fight on the line, signaling resolve to press the campaign through the season regardless of length or cost.
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