Peace bait and vote wave dominate war year urges
August 12 1918 editorial warns Germany may ply peace without annexations or indemnities to fool nations while urging unconditional victory on the western front. It notes Russian and Belgian losses from trust in Germany and stresses complete victory before peace terms. Also urges timely primary filings ahead of August 27 elections in Silver Tow County.
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Germany
Reichstag
Russia
France
Silver Tow
United States
Turkey
Armenia
Syria
Mesopotamia
Western Front
Foch
Soissons
Trappe
America
War tax plan and 24 billion needed for next year
Congress debates a new war tax to raise eight billion on profits incomes luxuries and essentials while the remaining sixteen billion comes from Liberty bonds and thrift stamps. Montana conservatives urge loyalty to the war effort and back Senator Walsh for reelection, while Republicans rally around Dr Lanstrum as the best candidate for the Senate. The piece discusses Turkish conduct, language requirements for citizenship, and the scale of a U.S. war effort with a proposed age expansion to 18–45 for the draft.
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Liberty
Montana
United States
Senate
House
Senator Walsh
Walsh
Citi
Lanetrum
United States Senate
Dr. Lanstrum
Mise Rankin
Rankin
Miss Rankin
Wilson
Ed Wilson
Germany
Army of
Fragmented US humor in a Chicago Tribune page
A garbled collage of clippings cites letters and jokes about Albuquerque, New Mexico, notes on Stephenson, Dr Comes, and a nod to press editors. It folds in scattered quotes about newspapers, a weather gag, travel mentions, and stray notices from multiple newspapers. The piece reads as a collage of brief snatches rather than a cohesive article.
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Chicago
American Economist
New York Sun
Vietion
The
Sun
American’ Economist
Wartime sugar restrictions and kitchen improvisations citywide
A wartime piece laments the near extinction of the sugar bowl in dining rooms and trains. It details methods to dispense sugar, including a floor worker offering a single spoonful and wrapped sugar lumps, and notes broader adoption in homes, hotels, and cafeterias amid sugar shortages.
Wartime Press Fragments Spark Reactions Across Papers
A collage of editorial quips and snatches from Albany Albany Journal Syracuse Post Stand Detroit Ohio State Journal and Springfield Union comment on wartime leadership non essentials and public morale. References to Kerensky Kaiser and Salvation Army reflect mixed tone. Bridgeport sailors in a novel game and Rochester Herald note front line fatigue as shells echo.
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Albany Journal
Kaiser
Gott
Syracuse Post-Standfra
France
Rochester Herald
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