Sherman’s tirade against President Wilson draws fire
Senator Lawrence V. Sherman of Illinois used a Washington address to attack President Wilson, calling his policies socialistic and autocratic. The piece condemns Sherman as a partisan and gallery politician, contrasting Connecticut Republicans who criticize Wilson in private with public praise for the wartime leader.
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Lawrence V. Sherman
Tinois
Washington
United States
Sherman
President Willson
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Journal of the Senate
Tllinois
Connecticut
Lafayette Marne Day Promoted Across Connecticut
Connecticut to observe Lafayette Marne Day on September 11 with statewide speeches highlighting Lafayette born 1757 and Pershing born 1886. Observances tied to Registration Day, national defense themes, and the 1914 Marne victory as lessons in liberty and duty.
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Paris
General Pershing
Connecticut
Lafayette-Marne
Marcus TH. Holcomb
National Defense Socciety
State Council of Defense
Lafayette
Marne
America
Missouri
Pershing
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
War and Education Risks as War Demands Grow
The article argues wartime labor shortages threaten U.S. schools with thousands of students pulled from classrooms. It urges parents to keep children in school and supports Student Army Training Corps. It notes government effort to educate all youth, from high school to college, to serve as builders in postwar reconstruction.
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English Board of Education
Washington
Sept
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America
Student Army Training Corps
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Cluxton
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Russia
France
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A Line O' Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
Poem fragment contrasting freedom and wealth with misers greed and a tyrant's power. The speaker rejects happiness and love sacrificed for wealth, choosing personal liberty over material riches despite a kingly pressure.
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Breakfast Table Chatter on War, Weather and Daily Bits
A mosaic of light political and social notes, from wartime funding to public mood. Banter on bonds, food, fashion, and foreign news blends with jokes about politicians, labor, and Lenine. Casual observations touch England, Holland, and American life amid the war year.
A Tragic End Of Ex Alderman Walker In Bridgeport
The obituary discusses the death of ex Alderman Daniel E. Walker, noting his influence in Bridgeport politics over about twenty years and eight years of strong city leadership. It acknowledges his controversial methods, his openness, and the mixed reactions of opponents, while mourning a political figure described as fighter to the last.
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Daniel E. Walker
Democrats
Bridgeport
Walker
Those Who Rode in War Time Pleasures
A critical column argues that Sunday car trips during wartime reveal snobbery and antiwar sentiment. It contends riders lacked relatives in service, resisted fuel limits, and show indifference or sympathy for Germany, predicting social backlash and strengthened wartime unity.
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United States
Germany
Isout
Peace Drive Next or Not United States Dismissive
A garbled paragraph claims Germany may launch a peace drive with a central petition and an unconditional surrender as a possible opening. It states the United States wants none of it and hints at terms like peace or a modified surrender, reflecting wartime rhetoric and confusion.
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Germany
United States
The Heavy Artillery and Bridgeport Soldiers On Front
Reports imply Bridgeport Coast artillery units may join General Pershing’s expeditionary force under Marshal Foch. The piece praises the soldiers and labels the Missouri Republican convention a mistake for backing the party’s aligned commander in chief of the army and navy.
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Hache
Marshal Foch
Ho Eeen
Pa Cope Sent Letter From Front Describing War
Louis Cope of the 99th Machine Gun Company writes from the front to Mrs. Whitman about shell bursts nearby killing three horses and wounding a man, the nervous strain on soldiers, and the Jed Cross aid. He recalls rain, danger, and hope the struggle will cease, praising Red Cross workers for chocolate and writing paper.
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Boys’ Department
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Lucien T. Warner
Broadstreet
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Bridgeport
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Triance
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Sherman
Ned Cross
Louis Cope
99Th Machine Gun Company
Suffrage Tour Aims To Win Five Vote Senate Battle
Miss Alice Paul of the National Woman's party declares the Senate suffrage situation desperate as suffragist leaders plan a whirlwind October tour of states with Senate elections to win two or three votes for the Susan B. Anthony amendment. Governor Whitman faces a reelection bid against Democratic rival U.S. Smith, a popular and capable legislator, intensifying the campaign.
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National Woman's Party
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Bey Valse
Susan B. Anthony
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