War Savings ads praised. county exams and auctions noted
Community letters praise the war savings campaign with merchants and editors in Gypsum and Glasco. Kansas W S S leaders report drive progress June 9 to June 28. state director Eastman calls for continued support. Separate items list common school diplomas, a threshers meeting in Ellis County, and local livestock and real estate notices.
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National War Savings Com
J. S. Goodwin
The
Gypsum Advocate
National Committee
Goodwin
Gypsum
E. A. Pinkerton
Glasco Sun
Ace
T. E. Trig
Elgin Journal
Trig
W. E. Creighton
Cowley County
Kansas W. S. S
Kansas
HIL, Eastman
State
Pub
Should Conserve Health and Its Value to Life
Health is the first requisite for a useful life and worth safeguarding. Money cannot replace health, and while illness can arise, preventive effort improves chances of avoiding serious trouble.
Blowing Soap Bubbles With Paper Tubes Invented
A recent invention uses tiny paper tubes from a drug store to create soap bubbles. Each tube carries a small piece of sterilized soap and is dipped in two gills of clear water. The design prevents injury from broken pipes as the tube collapses under pressure.
Had Good Imagination With New Playmate
Edward plays with a new neighbor child who imagines objects as adventures. A chair becomes a horse or a boat and blocks turn into animals. Edward tells his mother the boy has a "pretendery" imagination and is fine.
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Edward
John
Novel coin bank uses gun to shoot money into safe
A thrift savings bank introduces a sport themed device. A small gun on a metal stand launches coins into a slot in a bull’s eye target. Nickel dime or quarter placed in the gun, trigger pulled, coin flies into the bank.
Please Pass the Clothes Dressing Delight
A humorous misstep in asking for a table dressing reveals a mix up between kitchen jargon and clothing terms. The diner recalls asking for the dish by its usual name and instead invites the server to pass the clothes, highlighting a verbal quirk from the day.
Little Habits Count in Achieving Timely Habits
The passage argues great businessmen value time and punctuality. It notes establishing the fixed habit of promptness is hard but worthwhile. It asserts small, often overlooked habits influence daily discipline and efficiency.
Bullet Holes Still There at Beckman Tavern Lexing ton
The old Beckman Tavern in Lexing ton preserves its historic look with bullet holes from British soldiers, a relic of the rallying place for the Minute Men and the site associated with the shot heard round the world.
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Beckman
Lexington
Legs Don't Meet Dickie Charm in Damp Morning Tale
A boy named Leggs enjoyed a chilly outing in thin clothing, later returning home unable to pull his trouser leg down. He told his mother Dickie is warm except where his legs don t meet, a simple homely remark capturing a children's glimpse of cold day discomfort.
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Dickie
Marmma
Boers Stick to Weak Tobacco In Transvast Country
In Transvast, Boers and visiting Englishmen favor a weak substitute for tobacco. The mayor, noted for peculiarity, remains a non-smoker while in that country, and locals report no alternative tobacco use among officials.
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Transvast
Oregon Wedding Mentioned in California Paper
The Oakland Tribune reports on an Oregon wedding noting the bridegroom gave the bride a diamond brooch and many cut glass gifts as part of the ceremonies and celebrations.
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California
Oregon
Oakland
Cal
Tribune
Poor Chance to Retire
The text notes that when a man reaches the point where retirement is affordable he often must keep working to protect the interests he has built, delaying his retirement and undermining the hoped ease.
Iron Ore in British Columbia Resource Estimate
Tt 12 estimates 40,225,000,000 tons of the best iron ore in British Columbia, a vast resource barely explored and largely untapped, signaling immense potential for future mining development.
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British Columbia
Real estate valued at 189 million reveals bold history
The note highlights a real estate valuation of 189 million, praising bold action and historical sacrifice by women. Leigh Tent is cited with a quotation framing Great Women as part of history and self sacrifice.
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Leigh Tent
Harvest Helper Notices Reach Kansas Bureaus
Farmers are urged to contact U S Free Employment Bureau offices in Abilene Dodge City Hutchinson Kansas City Parsons Topeka or Wichita to enroll for harvest work. Apply with needs stated for priority consideration.
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U.S
Abilene
Kan
Dodge City
Hutchinsan
Kansas City
Ken
Parsons
Topeka
Wichita
Milk Campaign Aims to Boost Production and Growth
The U S Food Administration launches a milk consumption drive amid rising production. Leaflet cites milk as essential for growth, containing vitamites and energy, with whole milk preferred and skim milk a good alternative. Milk valued higher than beef for cost and nutrition. export prospects rise as European dairy herds declined.
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St. Ik
Food Administration
Graham Lusk
Cornell Medical School
Lafayettes Mendel
Yale
E. V. McCollum
Johns Hankins
U. S. Food Administration
Advisory Committee On Nutrition
England
America
Europe
Kansas
Deter
Unpatriotic salesman fails in Kansas disloyalist scare
A traveling cracker salesman tried to enlist a local grocer in Haustine In Hodge man County Kansas. He claimed his 1 per cent wheat crackers had no substitutes, prompting the grocer Querbeck to refuse. Another cracker seller said substitutes were present and Querback ordered supplies. Investigation showed the first man lied, damaging his credibility across Western Tennessee where the story circulated.
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Kansas
Stan W. J. Querbeck
Haustine
Hodgeman County
Querbeck
Tis
Demended Querbeck
Trsttoy
Querback
Tennas
Navy Eliminates Waste with Meat Slicer for Fatter Fighters
American forces demand vast pork supplies with Allied needs pegged at 150 million pounds monthly, three times prior wartime levels. North Dakota features a potato peeler as another waste eliminator. skins are the only loss. Abundant U S potatoes urge usage in homes and for military needs. Eat more potatoes, eat less wheat.
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Beren
North Dakota
America
Army
Navy
Pig Eye Cries Name Fits the Tree in Jepen
A fragmented text describes the largest tree in Jepen with a name reflecting its size and botanical classification. It mentions eyes hands and feet as requiring use without doubt, and all may be abused. The passage blends metaphor with uncertain facts about saving the eyes.
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Jepen
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Anthony Denning
Meram Eden
Harry Froelich
Bonavent Geist
Mike W. Geist
Letta Gerkin
Otto Herman
Charles King
Oscar Krumpfus
Leo Lang
Raymond Leiber
Joseph Pfeifer
Frank Politka
Earl Reed
Walter A. Riedel
Ruth Adolphine Dreil
Celestina
Wrence McIntosh
Mass Dinkels
Richard Brungardt
Florence Warner
Frank Froelich
Richard J. Brangardt
Ray Horton
Wilson Obley
June Gosser
Anna Jeare Staab
Marya Lor- Robben
Dorothy Wasinger
BSF
Celestine Weigel
Anna Kuhn
Bertha Ed Lane
Agrippina Schumacher
Wendelin Wiesner
Mary Herman
Frank Brungerdt
Josephine Brunone
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Mathilda Simon Goetz
Francis Haase
Adelpt Kuhn
Catherine Lei
Ellis County
Strand Theatre
Wm. Johnson
Hays
Free Press Efc
Free Press
France
Sam
United Telephone Company
United States Food Administration
Amerian
United States
G. McAd00
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
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