Twenty Minutes Difference in War and Medicine
A hospital in New York hosts two renowned surgeons whose methods yield opposite outcomes. A confidant explains the difference is twenty minutes, meaning life or death for wounded soldiers. The piece urges donations to the Red Cross to speed care, arguing money buys ambulances, bandages, medicines, and staff to shorten suffering and save lives on the battlefield.
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New York
Jawings
Beg
Shfe
Mi O
Nur- FE
Bae
Red Cross
Little Brooklyn Patriots Knit Squares for Belgium Babies
A small group of Brooklyn children and their mothers rally to aid Belgian refugees by knitting blankets. A ten year old leads as mittens are unraveled for squares, using skewers and salvaged materials to craft parts for warm coverings. The scene shows compassionate urban wartime effort.
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Nes
Brooklyn
Johnny
Belgium
A Prayer By James W Wise of the Vigilantes
A wartime prayer asks divine aid for freedom fighters against Prussian tyranny and greed. The verse pleads for power to stop the cruel hand and to avenge a plundered Janda, invoking God of hosts to redeem the cause.
Poem Fragment From a Battle Plain Echoes Loyalty
A compact verse speaks of not swelling with glory yet offering a loved one’s truth and a martyr’s solace. The speaker acknowledges restraint while valuing personal loyalty and sacrifice in a warlike setting.
Inheritance Tax Totals for Kansas Reach $150,344.87
The Kansas inheritance tax receipts for the year ending June 30 1918 totaled $150 344 87 with $81 050 28 from counties and $69 294 59 from non resident estates Fifty seven counties reported and remitted tax money Harvey county led with 8243 66 Saline second 6752 79 Dickinson third 6420 57 Sedgwick 5184 01 Ford 3571 49 Shawnee 3011 25 Thomas county sent 52 07. Wylie W Cook collected 58552 70 from relatives of patients in four hospitals and the school for feeble minded and Kansas had 4362 inmates in six institutions as of June 30.
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Fred W. Knapp
Harvey County
Saline County
Dickinson County
Sedgwick
Ford
Shawnee
Thomas County
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Brown
Butler
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Dickinson
Douglass
Edwards
Ellis
Finney
Geary
Gove
Greeley
McPherson
Miami
Montgomery
Morris
Nemaha
Neosho
Ness
Osage
Ottawa
Pawnee
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Reno
Republic
Saline
Stevens
Sumner
Thomas
Wabaunsee
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte
Wylie W. Cook
Kansas Board of Administration
School
Cook
Kansas
Board of Administration
Topeka State Hospitals
Osawatomie State Hospital
State
Larned State Hospital
State Home
State Orphans’ Home
Kansas merchants oppose curbs on wartime Christmas gifts
Topeka merchants defend Christmas giving as a social duty and moral spur to use full gifts to settle obligations. They argue the season signifies more than mere exchange and fear curtailment would harm the community spirit during wartime.
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Kansas
State Council of Defense
Topeka
Lawrence inventor Joseph Morris freed on espionage charge
Joseph L. Morris of Lawrence once a photograph studio operator and noted as a refrigerator car inventor has been arrested on a federal espionage act charge for making defamatory remarks about American soldiers and Red Cross nurses abroad.
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Joseph L. Morris
Lawrence
Red Cross
Clothing salesman Brown appeals draft reclassification
Salesmen in clothing stores are deemed engaged in nonessential occupations by the first district appeal board. Charles L. Brown of Horton Kansas challenged a local draft board reclassifying him from Class 3 to Class 1 under General Crowder’s work or fight order.
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First District Appeal Board
Charles L. Brown
Horton, Kan
General Crowder
Volunteer Medical Corps Recruiting in Kansas
The volunteer medical corps seeks doctors in Kansas who were refused for active army service or who are over 55. The corps is formed at the government’s request to fill vacancies in towns where most doctors have enlisted, ensuring medical coverage if needed.
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Volunteer Medical Corps
Kansas
Noted Kansas Lawyer Channing J Brown Dies at Home
Channing J Brown a Kansas lawyer and Republican leader died at his Blue Rapids home recently. Martha Schneider seven months old of Wheatland township near Hoisington strangled herself in her bed by slipping through rods and becoming stuck, death following. Edward Langworthy ten-year-old drowned in Wildcat creek near Manhattan and transported to Atchison for burial. he was visiting his father whose wife has remarried.
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Channing J. Brown
Kansas
Blue Rapids
Martha
Peter Schneider
Wheatland Township
Hoisington
Edward
Anna Langworthy
Wildcat Creek
Manhattan
Atchison
Wuyo
Gearhart Appointed Captain of Engineers for War Effort
W S Gearhart Kansas state highway commissioner is commissioned as a captain of engineers in the U S Army and will likely take a leave of absence for wartime duties. Previously he served with the State Agricultural College at Manhattan before his state appointment.
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Kansas
W. S. Gearhart
Sam
United States Army
Gearhart
State Highway Commission
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Clerk Reports Bankruptcies Fall In Kansas District
United States district court clerk L F Campbell reports fiscal year end figures show total labilities in bankruptcy cases at 2 019 533 dollars down from 4 027 389 dollars in the prior year. Seventy six merchants sought bankruptcy relief compared with 115 in 1917.
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IF. L. Campbell
United States District Court
Kansas District
Salina Guard Member Dies in France at 24
Everett Storer of Company M Salina National Guard unit now overseas in France died June 10 from pneumonia. A sister, Mrs M J Lewitte, received the message. This is the first death among Company M troops since deployment. He was 24 and unmarried.
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Everett Storer
Company M
Salina
National Guard
France
M. J. Lewitte
Kansas Mining Labor Strained by War Demands
With over 700 United Mine Workers members from Kansas serving in World War I and hundreds more likely to enlist, coal production faces a manpower crisis. One major company in the Kansas field offers to hire 500 miners immediately to sustain wartime needs.
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Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas District
Kansag
Pratt farmer killed by Rock Island train collision
Dave Axline of Pratt was killed when Rock Island train No 2 struck his motor car near Pratt. John Hardesty, president of the Citizens Bank of Pratt, reported that Dave Burnett and Edward Luson county farm agent were injured in the crash.
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Dave Axline
Pratt
Rock Island
John Hardesty
Citizens Bank of
Dave Burnett
Edward Lauson
Marine Carl Challis Wounded in France June 23
A letter to Fred Challis of near Atchison reports son Carl Challis a marine wounded by shrapnel in France on June 23 and receiving care in a hospital behind the lines.
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Carl Challis
Near Atchison
Fred Challis
France
Poultry Breeding in Back Yards and Its Care
United States Department of Agriculture guidance on breeding poultry in small spaces. Breeding involves mating, hatching, and rearing to create strong offspring. Emphasizes careful care, space, and diet, with 20 to 30 square feet per kind as workable yard stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mberty
Women Farming in Western Canada
On the Edmonton to Winnipeg train a returning soldier speaks of his wife’s pivotal role in keeping a 320 acre Manitoba farm productive during his absence. The piece highlights Miss Clara and Beatrice Forward in Oak Lake and Miss R. M. Hillman in Keeler as exemplary women farmers and notes many others across the prairies who manage accounts and households, supporting farm success.
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Edmonton
Winnipeg
Canada
Oak Lake District
Manitoba
Clara
Beatrice Forward
Brandon
R. M. Hillman
Keeler
Saskatchewan
Miss Hillman
Misses Forward
Canadian Prairies
Canada Cars
Best Use of Grain Urges Poultry Culling and Meat Sales
The Agriculture department urges poultry keepers to cull poorly developed hens and sell them for meat when laying days end. By discarding unproductive birds, farmers can feed grain to younger, more productive fowls and maximize grain use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Salina Man Claude Sterret Killed in California Attack
Word from Salina reports the death of Claude Sterret, a Salina resident working for the Lee Mercantile Company in California. He was attacked by an armed maniac named Francis Dedusk, allegedly an draft evader, who feared pursuit by officers.
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Salina
Claude Sterret
California
Lee Mercantile Company
Kansas City
Francis Dedusk
Byron Doctor Dies After Windstorm Threshing Accident
Dr. H. N. Napoleon of Byron Oklahoma died from injuries suffered during a threshing windstorm near Manchester Ohio. He was transported to a Wichita hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
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H. N. Napoleon
Byron, Ok
Manchester
Ohio
Wichita
Feather Pulling in Confined Fowls Linked to Idleness
Feather pulling is a vice seen in confined fowls, attributed mainly to enforced idleness. Lack of animal protein in the ration may intensify the problem.
Miscreant pins baby to test for sawdust
A fragment describes a person pinning a baby with a pin to see if sawdust would spill out, with the speaker remarking the act as a test. The passage conveys confusion and concern over the bizarre event.
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Willie
Comfort Baby's Skin with Cuticura Soaps and Ointment
An ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for red rough itching baby skin. Claims relief aids sleep for baby and mother. Offers free samples via Cuticura Dept X Boston and sales at druggists or by mail with prices listed.
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Dept. X
Boston
Wisconsin Plans 100 Inand Sections for Wild Game Farm
Wisconsin authorities announce a proposal to dedicate 100 sections of land to a wild game farm. The plan aims to expand wildlife management and hunting opportunities across the state.
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Wisconsin
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