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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
9
Conclusions From War Propaganda Quotes
The quotes contrast two views on German crimes and wartime labels. Hornaday notes American ignorance of Germany's crimes, while von Disfurth embraces the term Hun as a badge of merit. The piece invites reflection on propaganda and public opinion during the war.
1918 Garden Planning For Next Season
The article urges careful garden planning to boost food production in 1918. It advises plowing in fall or early spring, using plenty of fertilizer, studying crop arrangements, and planning seeding times based on past successes and failures to maximize next year’s output.
Patriot editor defends Nation and paper in Norwalk
The Star editor in Norwalk, G Hesselgrave, fights pro German attempts to buy his paper. He denounces the bid with strong language, saying he is defending free people and the star spangled banner despite his German name. Madison Democrat urges federal attention and support for the editor.
Socialism's doubtful progress and American faith in liberty
The text argues Americans cling to traditional institutions, trusting equality and freedom, and resist adopting a new political or social system despite idealistic rhetoric. It emphasizes education, opportunity, and security as core guarantees that reinforce attachment to existing structures.
New York Legislature Sees Fresh Foreign Born Members
The ten new assembly members come from densely populated immigrant districts. They sail into politics amid support for internationalist ideas sparked by the Russian Revolution and show little prior name recognition in American political life.
Greater Than German Music in War Era Debate
A Chicago Tribune reader argues that German music is hated due to national conflict, noting Bach Brahms and Beethoven as German but urging focus on winning the war. The letter frames music as less vital than soldiers dying in trenches for the planet.
Deserting La Follette: loyalty shifts in wartime speech
James A. Stone of Reedsburg denounces La Follette as his son goes to war. He praises patriotism and urges Republicans who supported progressive causes to unite for victory, signaling a break with La Follette and his followers as war demands unity.
Public claims on war and German defeat strategy
The Public argues the war was inherited from German actions and that triumph requires breaking Germany’s military power. It condemns liberal fantasies of democratic German reform and asserts victory hinges on driving German forces to its frontier. The piece assigns blame to German policy and laboring needs for victory.
No Revolution in Germany Warned by Metcalf at Fort Atkinson
Clarence Metcalf, returning from Germany, told Fort Atkinson listeners that Germany cannot spark a revolution. He described a war-torn nation with starving civilians except soldiers, noting heavy losses and a faith in the Kaiser. Metcalf also said Germans in America hate fellow Germans for not sparking revolt when war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pers
Germany
America
Not a Rich Man's War in the World War debate
The piece argues against the notion that World War I is a rich man’s war citing J P Morgan’s son Cornelius Vanderbilt and George Gould as examples. It asserts the wealthy are sacrificing lives and wealth for the world’s freedom and condemns Germany as chiefly to blame for the Holocaust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Navy
Vanderbilt and Son
George
Jerusalem Falls as Turks Panic Over City
The city of Jerusalem has fallen and Turkish authorities fear loss of control, potentially clearing the way for another power to seize the historic municipality. The piece traces Jerusalem’s long succession of rulers from ancient to Ottoman and hints that English control would end Turkish rule.
Why Germany Wants Peace The weakness in the Pan German
An article discusses Germany seeking peace amid its wartime stance and analyzes internal weaknesses and diplomatic calculations. It argues that pressure from Allied powers and domestic strains influence Berlin's aim to avoid total collapse. The piece cites political figures and strategic concerns shaping negotiations.
German Socialists Blamed for War in Historical Analysis
The piece argues German socialists bore responsibility for World War I by supporting the 1913 war budget, enabling Prussian dominance and arming preparations. Professor John R. Commons, cited in Madison, contends this undermined subject peoples and reflected long standing Kaiser-era claims of peace while driving conflict.
War Aims in the German Language Pamphlets Issued
Wisconsin scholars and Chief Justice Winslow prepare trenchant pamphlets explaining German aggression and danger to world order. The works, in German and English, aim to stimulate patriotic fervor and expose the Kaiser's brutal military manual as contrary to humanity.
Recollections of War Era Ties and Local News
An array of short items recalls Civil War anxieties, shipboard meetings, and family notes. Flora Dennison’s perilous wartime journey from New Orleans to the North is described alongside a Tampa burial. Louis Gerou learns of naval ties to his brother aboard a battleship. Florence Hilliard reports illness in Madison, and Clarence Pratt reconnects with old friends amid changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Helm
Greenfield
Nathan Dennison
Florida
Tampa
New Orleans
Fred Johnson
Mississippi
Johnson
Louis P. Gerou
Madison
Nevada
Mr. Gerou
Heumatism Believed From Uric Acid Blood Theory
Hood s Sarsaparilla advertised as a blood purifier that relieves rheumatism by removing uric acid from the blood in this era driven remedy claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
News from Sault Ste. Marie on a Trowbridge birth
Mrs. E C Reidy writes from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan that a son was born to Mr and Mrs C B Trowbridge on December 8 Ruth Mothersill formerly of Baraboo High School is recalled by readers The writer notes zero degree weather with good sleighing and that letters from Vee Gibbons are read for humor to keep readers smiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Reidy
Mabel Erffmeyer
Sault Ste. Maris
Michigan
C. B. Trowbridge
Vee Gibbons
Anecdotes and Wartime Reflections From Baraboo and Madison
The clipping recounts Hugo Stennis on American intervention and German fears, details on William Haseltine’s 1858 1859 Wisconsin farmer volumes, a Lincoln speech at Milwaukee in 1859, and Dr. Ray L. Wilbur urging food conservation amid wartime shortages with warnings of neutrals starving and US-led food pooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haseltine
Baraboo
Wisconsin Farmer
Abraham Lincoln
Milwaukee
Franklin Johnson
Abram Lincoln
C. H. Williams
Excelsior
Stephen Burdick
Henry Bittrich
Haseltine
Vermont
William B. Haseltine
Wisconsin
Madison
Lake Otario
Hazeltine
Lodi
Matt’s Ferry
Merrimack
Ray L. Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Food Commission
Music Hall
United States
France
England
Italy
Germany
Duluth Public Schools End German Studies
Duluth board of education votes to eliminate German language and political history from the curriculum effective at year end. The measure includes a loyalty pledge for all teachers and permanent display of “Americ anism” mottoes in school halls, condemning alien ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Board of Education
Severe frost grips nation with heavy snow across regions
A nationwide cold snap halted rail and telegraph traffic as storm conditions blanket much of the country. Snow piled up from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, with interior New York seeing over a foot as the disturbance moved eastward from the south New England coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf States
Great Lakes
New York
South New England
Must Day Outay HL Wilbur Warns Allies on Supply
A government aide warns that lack of food would undermine morale and urges continued Allied supply to sustain morale and combat pressure, with shortages felt in other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Free Prisoners in Kansas No Coal
At Wellington Kansas the county jail doors are open with no fuel to keep inmates warm leaving prisoners exposed to cold conditions as winter bites the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wellington
Older Looks From Uric Acid Explain Cure Method
The ad claims excess seid ages people, showing gray hair and lean faces from uric acid. It prescribes drinking water and taking Anuric before meals to expel uric acid and relieve backache lumbago rheumatism gout as quick relief.
Mother's Wisdom from Stevens Point Adverts Dr Pierce
Mrs Exvira Richardson of Stevens Point Wisconsin praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for her family. She credits the medicines with curing a severe womanly weakness and reviving her son who was run down in health. She states the remedies have been used for many years and highly recommends them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Wis
Also Mentioned on This Page
William T. Hornaday
the Distin
Guished
Gen. von Disfurth
BE. G. Hesselgrave
Norwalk
Dou
Hesselgrave
Tor
Madison Democrat
Cial
Washington
Jefferson and Lincoln
Boston
Chestra
Bach
Brahms
Beethoven
The
Chicago Tribune
la Follette
James A. Stone
Reedsburg
Jim” Stone
Jim
Stone
Gether
Ism
Bismark
Bernstorff
Zimmerman
Fort Atkinson
Clarence Metcalf
Metcalf
Cornelius
Freedom of
Jerusalem
Besieged and
Sieger
Kaiser
Junkerdom
Austria-Hungary
Balkans
University of Wiscon
Sin
John R. Com
W. H. Page
Dean G. C. Comstock
G. O. Sellery
C. S. Slichter
W. F. Giese
Kieckhofer, W. L. Westermann and
W. G. Bleyer
University
James J. Winslow
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Sion
Ohis
Mary
Louisville Courier-Journal
London
Lord Darby
Florence Hilliard
Clarence Pratt
C. C. Pratt
Hugo Stennis
Holland
Collogne Gazette
Ishe
Russia
Vv. M. Pierce
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