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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1917
Page
5
American soldiers in France undergo real war training though rain-soaked and mud-bound. Officers say they are near ready for trench duty, learning discipline, following orders, and maintaining morale as they brace for frontline deployment.
Delegates from Adams county returned from Joliet to report Rock Island will be the 1918 convention city. The group urged a sixty million dollar bond issue for hard roads in Illinois and endorsed government war efforts. Officers elected include R C Parks, Fred Grauflund, Charles W Byers, W S Burns, and John J McNamara.
Treasury reports from across the country indicate broad support for the sale of liberty loan bonds. Citizens of diverse races, classes, and conditions rally behind the effort as the nation finances the war.
The Rev. Christian Bohn of New Ulm Minnesota expresses readiness to administer discipline despite tearful eyes, commenting on recent disloyal meetings in the area.
A Toledo woman testimonial asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles and back pain after hard work. The ad promotes the remedy as made from native roots and berries with no narcotics, citing testimonials from Pinkham Laboratory records.
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