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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
5
A woman confronts a neighbor over food production and conservation as Clarance Ousley urges the South to feed itself first for the war effort. She challenges greed and indifference, recounting her son in France and the need to shame slackers into action.
The western front updates urge calm as German advances seem less ominous than first believed. General Haig’s flexible defenses and retreat-ready plans reveal stronger positions, while lingering fears persist about a long war, German guns and morale, and reactions at home.
An old advertisement touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as quick relief for indigestion constipation and morning fatigue. It promotes health and comfort and notes sale at J E Lemmon's Pharmacy with a brief sales pitch.
Editor E. I. Coffey prints a cousin Dr. I. W. Leishion’s letter from an American troop camp in France. He lauds the YMCA for lifting spirits and offering a homey air, notes band concerts, French soldiers and civilians, and the soldiers teaching locals American slang amid daily life abroad. The letter also humorously recalls billeting in barns and haylofts as soldiers adapt to overseas life.
The Des Moines Capital argues that the German empire should be destroyed rather than punished by whipping. It calls for free people to live their own lives and for the Kaiser to become a fugitive, driven from Berlin and into hiding in neutral countries.
A Michigan resident at 55 Grand River Ave in West Detroit reports severe kidney and bladder trouble. He says he woke six to seven times nightly and credits Foley Kidney Pills with quick, sure relief and recommends them as the best medicine he has taken. Sold by J E Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
Wintergreen or checkerberry is a slender heath family plant standing three to six inches tall with a leafy summit. Leaves are oval and evergreen, flowers white with urn shaped blossoms divided into five teeth, and the fruit is the familiar red globular berry.
In a March 10 letter from France, Frank Rice describes Company K Washington soldiers gathering in billets to share candy, tobacco and toiletries mailed from home. He notes front line drills looming and fondly recalls evenings with friends while awaiting orders and sending photos home.
The article describes rheumatism as a blood disease not cured by liniments or lotions. It warns winter weather awakens pain demons and urges a remedy that goes deep into the circulatory system to reach the root cause.
The fragment notes a light tone as the speaker expresses happiness and insists the reader should peruse the advertisements for further context. Details are sparse and no concrete names or events are identifiable in the readable text.
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