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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
9
A poem notes a chance street encounter asking the man his origin and receiving the reply that in the land of Liberty his identity is as a man to man, he is just American rather than a specific nationality. The piece emphasizes unity over ethnicity.
The Providence News cites the Republican Publicity association raising 1.5 million to shift Congress from the president. It attacks the administration for graft and wartime labor policy, accusing Will Hays and party leaders of manipulating jobs and funding. Elon R. Brown resigns senate bid amid Albany party issues. observers call for reform and decisive leadership like Josephus Daniels.
Secretary McAdoo calls on local draft boards to inform drafted men about the soldier insurance program and urge enrollment. Boards receive literature to aid education as the nation notes the policy as a just provision for soldiers and their dependents amid the war.
The Ironton Register weights a politically neutral line but argues the country’s welfare requires a Democratic Congress to be returned in the upcoming November election.
The Hudson Gazette criticizes keynote speeches by Republican leaders as rhetoric about winning the war. It argues Americans already fight well and questions GOP claims of instant success. An editorial from the Butte Independent notes a sudden surge in ship launchings after decades of empty talk on a merchant marine.
A speech argues that millions of Americans will travel to Europe as wartime causes fall and liberty bonds fund voyages. It notes rapid troop movement and expects ocean travel to become cheap within ten years, with half the population seeing Europe.
John Shriner Ivan Acheson and Leo Snyder came home Monday morning after a weeklong visit in the Black Hills.
Helen Birch vents to Grace Mead about her unhappy marriage to John an Englishman who treats her as secondary. She recalls his unwillingness to share chores and his claim that a man does not do housework. Grace notes English norms but Helen vows change for her future son.
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