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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
3
Circulation guarantees exceed rival Muscatine papers with strong delivery notes. The Daily Journal issues every evening except Sunday and is delivered by carriers in the city. Subscriptions priced at 3 dollars per year by mail and 12%4 cents daily or weekly rates.
An editorial urges continued wheat conservation amid fears of a large harvest. It notes domestic need at twenty six million bushels after exports, warns against relaxing restrictions, and calls for storage and substitutes to support wartime supply and shipping efficiency. Wheat saved means victory speeded.
A summary of Allied strategic thinking as World War I nears a decisive clash. Paris remains confident in General Foch’s approach while London grows pessimistic. Foch conserves reserves, forces Germany to endure French fire, and hopes to blunt German gains until American involvement can deliver a knockout.
The Chicago Tribune urges Americans to curb spending, save every possible cent, and cut luxuries to support war costs. It calls for tighter taxes on profiteers and stronger wartime budgeting, stressing self restraint at home to aid soldiers and defeat the Hun.
In Manhattan afternoon light Collin Bell faces a perilous shortage of twelve hundred eighty dollars lost from his accounts. Inez Vrain asks for her father at a conference in Philadelphia and Bell muses on his dull fate as she laments spoiled lunch plans.
Collin Bell quits his job after a luncheon encounter with Inez Vrain. The Old Man rewards Bell with a five thousand dollar yearly appointment, a Philadelphia promise hangs over him, and Inez offers a direct test of their future. Bell accepts the challenge to meet the Philadelphia condition, signaling a bold new union.
A nostalgic column recalls events from 60, 40, 20, and 10 years ago including railroad mail delays, damaged bridges, a jail escape, and local licenses. Mentions Edward Thomas of the Keithsburg Observer, Marshal Scott pursuing unlicensed teamsters, and visits from G N Collins of Virginia City. Also notes births, local meetings, publishing plans, and a Y M C A pool membership fee increase planned for June.
Alda Orton, photoplay's youngest star, appears in Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature To Desired Woman at the A-Muse-U tonight. She is famed for her Liberty Bonds era performance and her rise in the Bobby Pictures franchise.
An appeal by Fern Howard urges city families to host or sponsor pale faced orphans for summer, promising personal happiness through giving. The writer cites a prominent society woman who finds greater joy aiding children than at fashionable resorts, urging readers to contribute or take in a child to share in God's country.
Washington June 28 Five ton motor tractors will replace horses in the American army for moving field artillery and other work, offering vast tactical advantages in offensives by reducing gun deployment time. Economic gains include cargo space and forage savings, leather use, and fewer harnesses. Caterpillar farm tractors proved unsuitable for rapid artillery delivery over bombed terrain, leading to this motorization effort.
Aloine entered Vitagraph president Albert E. Smith’s office and sought a job. After learning her aim to be a screen setter and noting her mother outside, she was hired immediately. The latest feature stars Harry Morey with Florence Deshon and features Jean Paige Charles Hutchinson Julia Swayne Gordon and Eulale Jensen.
An advertisement parades the old battle heroics of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon to sell Dr. Pierce's Irontic iron tonic. It promises increased vim vitality and blood quality, claiming better blood yields courage and success. Trials are offered for ten cents, with vials sold for sixty cents at drug stores.
London reports that Germany faces sharp population losses from the war. It estimates 7,025,000 fewer Germans by 1919 and core declines in births and increased deaths among civilians, signaling a significant drop in Germany’s future industrial strength versus the Entente. The article notes the central powers suffer greater demographic harm than the Allies.
Mrs L Timmerman of Kansas City Kansas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her back and side pains nerveness headaches and blues after six bottles She recommends the root and herb remedy for functional derangements and invites letters to the Pinkham firm for personal guidance and confidential replies
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