President Calls Congress on Reconstruction Policy
President outlines postwar priorities including releasing wartime controls, expanding private enterprise, directing labor and industry back to peacetime use, and funding domestic readjustment. He urges Congress to fix taxes for 1918-1920, discusses railroads, shipping, and Belgium France aid, and announces a Paris trip to finalize peace with Allied governments.
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A Line of Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
A poem in praise of harvest toil blending faith and hope with honest labor. It reflects on the fruits of yearly work, the blessing of harvest, and the contrast with hardship from war, urging steadfast cheer and spiritual wealth as the true harvest.
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John Kendrick Bangs
War Trucks to Feed Cities
Washington dispatch describes a nationwide program turning 20 000 war trucks into a truck parcel post system to move farm produce directly to cities. Farmers form community secretaries to list goods and prices, with city counterparts buying for residents. The plan aims to cut waste, lower prices, and deliver fresh food directly from producer to consumer.
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United States
Post Office Department
Bureau of Education
Congress
War Department
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Transport Corps
E. J. Ward
National Capital
Gettysburg
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Loteach City
HB. J. Ward
Mr. Blakeslee
Wilson
Bridgeport
Connects
Wisconsin
Sch Husse
Northeless
Bar of Education
Park View
Citiz
Congro
Tha Trict
Columbia
Enac
Park View School House
Pa View
The Day and Peace Talks in a Wartime Scramble
A scrambled column from 1918 reflects on the peace conference, war weariness, and public figures. It notes Britain’s casualty toll, comments on Liberty Bonds, and critiques political figures while evoking holiday wishes and wartime sentiment. The piece blends satire and historical context with references to Austria, Paree, and Ford.
President Wilson's war message to Congress before Paris trip
The president’s address to Congress outlines wartime achievements, the duty to go to Paris, and broad peace terms. He urges cautious discussion of terms, seeks continued laws, and endorses woman suffrage, highway improvements, and land reclamation as the nation shifts from war to peace.
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Europe
Wilson
Congress
Paris
United States
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The Peace Ship sails again to report historic peace talks
Four years after Ford’s peace voyage a new peace ship departs with newswriters, camera crews, and directors to chronicle the world changing conference. Journalists record the doom and fall of the German empire as the world awaits history in the making. Imperial Germany stands friendless as hope and remorse shape the anschluss of peace.
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Henry Ford
Germany
Berlin to Probe Crimes Against Belgians
The piece urges a fair investigation by Germany into war crimes in Belgium. It cites Edith Cavell’s grave, Belgian depots, and deportations, urging full disclosure and accountability by the German nation from top to bottom. It notes Brand Whitlock’s account of Cavell and calls for thorough action aligned with peace conference discussions.
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Edith Cavell
German Empire
Cavell
von Lancken
Brand Whitlock
United States
Belgium
William Muehlen
Berlin
Germany
Arrest House Owners in Gambling Raid Critique
A critic argues sentencing gamblers shows officials blame, urging action against gambling house proprietors. The author notes a law exists to reach owners but laments inaction and calls authorities to apply it and shut down the houses.
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Bartlett
Kaiser Conspiracy Rumors and Hohenzollern Exile
The piece argues that lingering Hohenzollerns in former German territories fuels counter revolution rumors. It states the world must move them to safe, harmless places to prevent renewed autocratic influence and predicts a quick global consensus on this.
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Kaiser
Europe
Germany
Fire at Drouve Street Club Damages Building
A fire at the Drouve Street Social League club, a colored organization, damaged the building and caused about 200 dollars in damage. Firemen fought a smoldering chimney fire on the second floor with water and chemicals after an alarm at 6:40 PM. Thomas I Magner from The Telegraph staff joined the fire crew and helped combat the blaze, standing in smoke for nearly an hour.
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Dame
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Chi Danial E. Johnson
Thomas I. Magner
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Magnor
Live political gossip at the aldermanic first night
Report notes a large gathering at the aldermanic opening with bouquets and carnations for the city fathers. President Wilson pledges to push for U S aims in France and at the peace conference. Washington discusses electing Congressman Frederick H. Gillette as House speaker, with Gillette rising since 1892 and acting minority leader during Mann’s illness.
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Washington
Frederick MH. Gillette
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Ar Gillette
Mann
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