Rebuilding Efforts Extend Across War Ravaged Lands
The Anatonda Standard notes that reconstruction proceeds despite ruin with labor capital and machinery slowly fitting a city back together. Soissons is more wrecked than Rheims while Filmes stands as a grim souvenir of artillery practice. A London Times correspondent observes surprising energy amid mud and ruins as two-fifths of ruined lands are already reclaimed for cultivation.
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Soissons
Rheims
Filmes
London Times
Peace Resolution showdown in House over German peace
Republicans push a joint resolution declaring US at peace with Germany and expect a Wilson veto. The piece argues the president alone negotiates peace with Senate consent, while Congress cannot. A partisan display is described as a grand stand.
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House of Representatives
United States
Germany
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Oakland Try to Snatch It as Convention Moves
San Francisco faces a brewing clash over where the Democratic National Convention should be held with a planned April 20 national committee meeting to consider moving the event to Oakland. Officials note Oakland offers a larger auditorium and easy bay access, while San Francisco fears disruption as the three Bay Area towns form a connected transit area.
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San Francisco
National Committee
Chicago
Bay
Oakland
Berkeley
Toiling Amid the Ruins of France
A New York Evening Post correspondent describes French efforts from dawn to dark to restore order after shelling. In rural areas, families rebuild with plows and horses. cities like Rheims struggle with ruined housing, repairs, and sporadic power as rehabilitation lags behind farm recovery.
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France
Chateau-Thierry Salient
New York Evening Post
Rheims
Potatoes Back Yard Gardens urged as nation grows crops
In 1917 and 1918 Uncle Sam urged potato planting due to spud shortages and rising prices. Home gardens and back yard plots spread through cities as labor scarcity limited 1920 acreages. The cost of vegetables rose 123 percent last year, says a Young America circular urging garden work and parental cooperation.
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Sam
United States Bureau of
Made in America salvarsan outshines German product
Tests show American made drugs surpass German rivals including salvarsan and neo salvarsan developed during wartime. German supply via the Deutschland was limited and considered weaker, as American manufacturers gained the lead and set a higher standard.
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America
Deutschland
Germany
Prohibition Debates and Political Reactions Across Papers
A collage of editorial quips and commentary from major papers on prohibition and politics. Observers note party dynamics around a possible third term and agency enforcement woes while pundits joke about leadership and public opinion.
Montana Editorials Reflect on Hoover Debate and War in Europe
A compilation of opinion pages discusses the 1930s political maneuvering around Hoover and Wilson, reactions to Michigan and Montana GOP splits, and commentary on Allied actions in Constantinople. It also includes a humorous reminiscence about Prohibition era whiskey and a Neihart Herald note.
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Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Europe
Helena
Montana
Neihart Herald
Humor Exchanges and Quick Wits Across Publications
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. The items feature plays on memory, taxation, birds, pets, money, a Ouija board, a mechanic's horn, and a misread moonshine line, showcasing light humor and sharp:
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Boston Transcript
London
Secarce
New York Sun
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ouija Board
Washington Star
John
Tommy
The Telling of Two Snow Sons and a Widow
Winifred Black reflects on notices about a man named John H. Snow and his father John Snow and his mother Emma Snow. The column contrasts parental views on spending and responsibility. The writer argues the son of a poor widow may make a better husband due to hardship, work ethic, and care for his mother.
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John Snow
John H. Snow
Emma F. Snow
Son
Dad
General Pershing Attends Chaumont Ship Christening
General Pershing and Miss Julia Stinson, former A E F head nurse, at Hog Island shipyards Philadelphia where Stinson acted as sponsor for the Chaumont vessel. The christening bottle smashed on the bow and champagne splashed the general's uniform as he joked about sampling the contents.
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General Pershing
Julia Stinson
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Stinson
Chaumont
France
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