International Turmoil and Political Banter Across Wartime Press
The report notes Spain and Sweden preparing to back the Teutonic Allies, driven by English policy. Paragraphs mock imperial acts, urge suffrage and prohibition mailings, and cite muted immune claims. Telegraphic Mexico reports Carranza’s order to capture Villa. cartoons critique Poland’s famine and Russia’s role, while Des Moines commentary resurrects Walt Butler in a bid for Congress amid debates over policy, with Norwegian American Haughen looming in the Fourth Iowa district.
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Spain
Sweden
England
Des Moines Register
Walt Butler
Congress
Iowa
Tom Updegraff
Butler
Updegraff
Haughen
Fourthview
Roosevelt and pacifist sentiment in the Peoria critique
A Peoria Journal piece argues Col Roosevelt touts militarism while the American public favors peace and measured preparedness. It disputes the urge for aggression, Kruppism, or Junker influence, urging restraint amid looming European conflict.
Campaign of Education and Defense in Early 20th Century Politics
The piece discusses a forthcoming tour by President Wilson focusing on preparedness and defense, arguing for a larger army and navy but noting practical limits. It reflects on U S foreign risks from Europe and Japan, calls for sustained global respect, and links to the era’s press evolution and the Ackley Enterprise's twenty third volume as a Democratic beacon in a Republican region. It also cites Roosevelt’s politics and the newspaper’s role in shaping public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Europe
America
Roosevelt
Wilson
Washington
Democratic Party
Central West
United States
Lincle Sam
Pacific
Japan
England
Germany
Uncle Sam
Tam World
Ackley Enterprise
Tam Worlp
Third
Bere
Campbell
Kingdom
Boston
Iowa
Ackley
Third District
War casualties and prisoners reported by British undersecretary
The war under secretary cited German losses detailed as 1,500,549 wounded or missing, 358,153 prisoners taken, and 24,080 deaths from various causes. The figures appeared in a London dispatch with references to the war effort and recent German casualties.
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Berlin
London
Harvey
Princton
France
Col. Harvey
Finishing Touch in God’s Country Debate
Fragmentary citation notes a weary view of HRoose valt and a claim of peace in a region called God’s Country, reflecting a tense, sarcastic assessment of political conditions and regional sentiment.
On the Firing Line and Iowa Equality Debate
A Webster City Journal column argues Iowa must enroll women as equals in governance. It cites female students outnumbering males and asserts men often fail to exercise judgment. It praises women as shapers of young minds and notes reactions to political figures and campaigns. The piece contrasts this view with a hopeful early spring scene and casual local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Webster City Journal
Presidents age at inauguration and birthdays noted
The Syracuse Post-Standard discusses presidents' ages, noting Woodrow Wilson nearing sixty, and listing many presidents past sixty or who reached sixty during terms. It contrasts generations, cites examples like Washington and John Quincy Adams, and critiques a worn out politician advising the Republican Party amid Theodore Roosevelt references.
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Woodrow Wilson
Cumming
S. W. McCall
Marshall
Bankhead
Dulent
John
Walker Smith
Burleigh
Nelson
Gallinger
Dillingham
Page
Golf
Warren
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Harrison
Taylor
Buchanan
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monros
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Johnson
Charter Oak Pines
Rep
Republican Party
Theodore Ngoseyely
Blockaders preached as potash torments stomachs and death
Scattered quotes warn blockaders to quit using potash in illicit liquor as the Dahlousga Nugget condemns the practice. The piece blends sermon like verse, moral reflections, and local color with references to self reliance and life’s gifts. An array of voices, from Miss Fawn Lippinout to unnamed travelers, contrasts folly and virtue.
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Miniscar
Miss Fawn
Nobuddy
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Bowman County
Derby Land Co
Bowman
N. D
Nish
Weite
Aspeet i. Deruy Land Company
Boman N. BD
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George F. Althouse
Iey Pi
Nei
Tar Town Equal Suffrage Association
Prohibition Bureaus
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Senor
Mexican
States
Poland
Chicago Tribune
Ugland
Russia
Peoria Journal
RooseveLsy
Ayar
White House
Oyster Bay
Maine
California
Gulf
Lakes
Vaterlard
Jan
J—Haroldt
House of
Commons
Wermar
U.S. A
Lincoln
Garfield
Casson
Asx
Warren A. Garat
Knoxville Journal
Garat
Callfounday
Syracus
Mall
Hman
Alvertag
Hell
Hallalula
Sioux City Journal
Cedar Rapids
Republican
Marshal Town
Bawn County
Deal
H. E. Cochran & CO
Rath
Reahzed
S. J, Lieuwen, Mgr
Ewe Ae
Wests
Bashy
Roosevelt Brothers
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