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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
4
A column blends weather, local quirks, public safety notes, and wartime commentary. It mentions dry spells, rough roads, crop progress, U boat and Rhine remarks, fashion quips, road rules, and political notes reflecting early United States wartime mood.
A vintage advertisement claims Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio cures a long noted local disease. The ad promises a one hundred dollar reward if the treatment fails and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials. It also advertises E sis Family Pills for constipation.
A London dispatch reports German reprisals in the Ukraine drenched several villages near Kiev with gas, causing mass asphyxiation. The piece traces a four year arc of alleged German cruelties from Belgium to France and beyond, warning that unrestricted submarine warfare signals dominance over humanity.
A Missouri farmer recalls a price comparison with 20 years earlier when his father paid 500 bushels of corn for a $90 buggy. The piece condemns proposed higher farm land assessments and argues for tax cuts and reduced public spending to support war-time sacrifice and patriotism. It notes farmers’ support for Liberty bonds and war stamps and questions officials’ policy moves.
Editorial urges strict economy by public officials to preserve taxpayers’ money amid wartime strain. It condemns proposals to raise farm land values in Nebraska to boost taxes and argues farmers support the U S war effort and oppose Townsend leadership.
The St Joseph News Press notes King George V’s fifty third birthday observed across the empire. It highlights Britain as a democratic monarchy since 1914 with constitutional limits, royal support for wounded servicemen, and the awarding of medals and decorations for service to the empire.
The dispatch notes German towns are demoralized by Allied raids and marks the role of fear in slowing work. It reports the U S has designed a powerful motor for mass production of bombing planes, now arriving in France. Starts a steady flow to the front with expected results by fall.
Reports from Kansas indicate harvest is on and wheat is splendid. A few local men are willing to go to Africa as missionaries but refuse to care for a cross baby for a tired wife for half an hour.
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