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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1918
Page
3
A jumbled collection shows an officer urging pep from a slow recruit while dramatizing sentry drill. Advertisements push Cuticura for dandruff and scalp care, and Fletcher's Castoria appeals to mothers. Witty quotes and remarks from a bustling era punctuate the page.
An old advertisement touts Eatonic tablets as a safe remedy for distress after eating such as sour and gassy stomachs, belching, and a puffed-up feeling. It claims the tablets neutralize acids and promote digestion, advising one or two after meals and warning to watch for imitations. The genuine product is sold by all draggists in a large box, with guaranteed results or money back.
President Wilson, speaking before a joint session, called for immediate war tax legislation to fund wartime needs. He warned against delaying taxes, urged fairness, and stressed the duty to finance military and economic efforts as American resolve, unity, and sacrifice underpin the nation’s war program. Millers predict a big corn crop and promote corn as a wheat substitute.
President Wilson urges Americans to pledge by June 28 to invest in War Savings and Thrift Stamps and other government securities. He frames the effort as a national financial and production mobilization, stressing thrift, reduced nonessential spending, and continuous purchase of securities to support the war effort.
Pittsburgh report cites E K Warren of the International Sunday School association stating the last remnant of the ancient Samaritan race may vanish. A 162-member group, traced in Sunday school tabors, has had no contact for 18 months. Intermarriage refusal drives decline. two thirds are men, 24 drafted by Turkey for military service.
South Hedley Maxe Mount Holyoke College plans show self support for the vegetable supply. The student body needs 2 000 bushels of potatoes and 5 000 cans each of corn beans and tomatoes. Girl farmers plant gardens to meet demand.
Albany reports a shift in federal action against tramps with harsher penalties and increased enforcement. The piece notes fewer travelers now, as old penalties gave way to stricter jail time and stricter meals, reflecting a changing attitude toward the floating population.
In undersea warfare danger rises as speed and constant work in a ship’s boiler room test crew. Aloysius Fawcett, a first class flerman, helps two mates seal a breached boiler bottom valve and fights through fire to save the engine room. His quick nerve kept the hull intact and the vessel from serious harm.
In a yard scene a woman comments on Katherine’s appearance as a title call drifts by. Katherine replies with a brief exchange about a person named Kan Y and a shrine of phrases about a “Killjoy” and a father figure. The fragment suggests a domestic interaction with unclear context and meaning.
The passage urges frugal wartime living with calls to preserve fuel and food, plant victory gardens, and support war effort through disciplined habits. It references Four-Minute Men and Half-Hour Men, censorship, and public morale while linking tobacco use, education, and shopping to national victory.
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