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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
4
Incomplete OCR fragment shows a pledge style line with heavy diction about diving into duty and duties in a stated character. No clear names, places, dates, or events are discernible to anchor a specific news item.
A Lorain event launches a campaign to raise two billion dollars through sale of war savings certificates. Each certificate has a face value of 7.00, sold for 4.12 with 4 percent interest to maturity on January 2 1923. They are redeemable on demand at cost plus interest within five years. Thrift stamps, noninterest bearing, will aid patriotic purchases. The drive emphasizes universal citizen participation and portrays war savings as essential to funding the conflict and building national thrift.
The article warns against wasting food during wartime, urging citizens to destroy an alien foe firing elevators and mills. It condemns careless behavior causing food loss, citing monthly losses over two million dollars in grain elevators and packing houses as a criminal waste harming war efforts and national democracy.
A wartime public service urging strict fire prevention in wholesale groceries, warehouses, bakeries, markets, hotels, and homes. It notes early summer inspections reduced losses but stresses ongoing destruction of food by fires. Encourages care to save lives and conserve the nation’s scarce food supply amid war.
The piece argues that fears about disagreeable odors and miasma distract from real health risks, urging clear thinking over sensational claims. It highlights how scent associations affect disease perception and emphasizes the broader push for thrift, war savings, and national duty amid 1920s public health messaging.
The page compiles brief items from Wisconsin newspapers with sharp, mixed commentary on war and politics. It notes doubts about daylight saving, a plan to train high school boys for farm work, and editorials railing at political figures while mocking public figures and public opinion.
Wisconsin Senator Lafollette has kept quiet amid war talk with no promised speech. He has avoided public appearances and lobbying activity, leading some to wonder if he will retire from active war discussion. The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes a senate panel delaying action on the issue.
Washington January 21 An army of stenographers and typists about twelve thousand strong, drawn from every state, works unseen yet pivotal to the war. Most are women, typing a vast volume of correspondence without badges or uniforms. The Civil Service Commission notes potential exams in practical typing, aiming to recruit even more government staff in cities nationwide, with coordinators at post offices offering information and tests.
An American correspondent quotes soldiers and officers in France urging faster mobilization and heavier work shifts. They argue urgent production and manpower are crucial as the war rages, with debates over eight hour shifts and the value of troops abroad versus home front labor.
A fragmentary civic screed condemns progress and public improvements while praising individual reform and critique of the news and town leadership. It rails against favored policies and laments the state of the world, ending with a name Louis Pasteur.
Emerison Hough in Leslie’s praises American periodicals for unifying the nation and educating citizens beyond government edicts. The text notes 16 military cantonments built for training soldiers cost $194,000,000 with contractors earning a net profit of 298 percent.
The sample letters discuss fear of treason as the United States faces Russia and urge loyalty. A Red Cross officer helps sign food pledge cards while a pastor and women resist signing. The Capital withholds names, but readers are urged to unite for national defense and solidarity.
Readable parts describe a man who quit school in seventh grade and works at a pea market stall in Milwaukee. He calls every girl in the black neighborhood, and his head is described as swelling to a bushel onlookers. The text is garbled and hard to parse.
Mrs Sarah A Jones of 1025 Nevada St Philadelphia says fatigue and nervous debility vanished after eight bottles of Vinol. She credits doctors’ earlier concerns and notes gain in weight and renewed health. Sexton-Demgen Drug Co Marshfield guarantees Vinol strong or money back with formula on every bottle.
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