Belgium and German actions spark call for frank atonement
A print edition quotes political debate on Belgium atrocities and German policy. It urges Germany to acknowledge wrongs, notes Wilson's need for a united world response, and discusses the naval blockade as a wartime instrument under international law. The piece reflects 1914 sentiment urging restraint and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Germany
Wilson
Herr Harden
Kriege
Great Britain
The
Hague
Seeing Daylight and the Dawn of a New Time Policy
The article critiques President Wilson's veto of an agricultural bill affecting daylight saving. It argues daylight time remains misaligned despite the veto, likening it to postwar peace and calling out rural resistance. It notes critics urge saving time as saving money and predicts rural areas will gradually adjust to the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Methodist Centenary Exposition marks world scale religious drive
Columbus hosts a grand Methodist Centenary celebration described as a world’s fair for faith and education. The event showcases missions and literacy efforts, with Taft urging Americans to share blessings. Funds of 105 million dollars are pledged over five years to educate and uplift oppressed communities worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
What is the Reason personal crisis rise in youths
Save a Life League reports alarming rise in youth personal crisis cases in the country. In six months 71 boys and 104 girls attempted or completed suicide, youngest boy ten, youngest girl thirteen, average ages 17 and 15 respectively. War and overseas forces linked. Normalization may reduce reports. Prewar trend showed faster growth than population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Save A Life League
Sanity in Germany and the small but vocal minority
The piece notes Max Harden as a sane German voice amid national loudness. It suggests he leads a modest but faithful following highlighting the hope that after war Germany listens to a calm, conscientious critic addressing peace delegates and President Wilson’s potential influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harden
Weimar
Berlin
Wilson
Butte Labor Stroke Flops In Mooney Show Of Support
A San Francisco dispatch notes Mooney sympathetic strikes failed in Western centers, with Butte reporting little impact. About 400 to 500 of thousands of workers quit for a few days, costing $25 to $30 each, as radicals’ effort collapsed. The piece asserts Butte is not a radical stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
San Francisco
Mooney
West
Fragmented Notes on Politics and Public Life
A string of satirical observations on figures from finance to foreign policy. The author mocks Cali fornia concerns, the Mexican border, Taft’s weight, Hughes and the 1920 GOP, Poindexter’s boom, and the League of Nations, all in a breezy dated voice.
Wolf cry scares no senators in this old fable
From the Cincinnati Enquirer a commentary ridicules Senator Borah and others for sounding alarms about the League of Nations. It accuses bankers and figures like Taft of plotting to wreck American sovereignty, calling the charge a canard and urging calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borads
Senate
Cincinnati Enquirer
Borah
League of Nations
Wolf
Patagonia
Kamehatik
Monroe
America
William, Taft
Ridiculou
Judas
New York
Taft
Ballad for Peach Day from Yale Review
A fragmented poem from Yale Review celebrates Peace arriving on radiant feet and youth’s joy while acknowledging sorrow and loss. It envisions lovers and neighbors greeting a brighter world, with bells, prayers, and the cost of a new world echoed through imagery of rainbow stairs and broken hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Yale Review
Prankster Treasures Treasury and Montana Lodge Oddities
At an Old Man's club meeting Frank Trunk returns from California boasting he spent the treasury on war savings stamps and will only repay when they mature. He jokes about Montana ex-sheriff John Fitzpatrick, and notes a charter bid from Long Reach while poking fun at others including Lester Now and a Pantages restaurant tale. The piece blends local personalities, prohibition detail, and light satire of entertainers and fishermen amid Montana life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trunk
Old Man's' Club
Frank Trunk
California
Montana
Frank
Treasury
San Diego
Long Reach
John Fitzpatrick
Tom McTague
United States
Davis-Daly
Anaconda
Butte
Anaconda & Pacific
Lester
Soes
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Mike Drachman
Fred Burr Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Publishing Company
Mont
North Main Street
Anaconda Business
Standard
Associated Press
Sanity
Harry 8. New Jr
Harry
Washington
Poe
Reed
Hughes
Europe
White House
Poindexter
Sin
Tero Ani
Gret
Mus
the Wanderer
Jonaire Mike
Pope
Ford
Nce
Hindenburg
Tosh
Hiss
Margaret Wilson
Paris
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!