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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
7
In spring 1917 groups in New York and Boston worried over the country’s apathy and sent an orator to the Midwest. Rudiger’s speeches before commercial clubs and large meetings failed to notice that the Middle and Western states were already meeting their enlistment quotas, while his own state lagged behind.
The speaker recalls wartime fervor in 1917 18, noting how Americans shed German American labels and adopted WE US OUR patriotism. He laments critic groups in Washington and the public’s shift from YOU to collective duty, highlighting Liberty Loan parades and diverse unity against militarism and the Kaiser.
A gasoline engine driven dynamo in England works automatically. Frequent rain acts as a strong sanitary agent. War casualties rise with sixty men per thousand killed and about 150 wounded per thousand. Britain imports about 30 million pounds of coffee yearly for home use. Wisconsin must boost wheat acreage by 30 percent to meet its 1912 share. Over 300,000 loads of sawdust and mill waste were used in the US for paper pulp.
A fashion writer urges timely changes in children s clothing shows the shift from historic sameness to varied seasonal styles. War influence lingers in hats, capes, belts, and naval blues while designers borrow adult silhouettes like the Eton jacket for youngsters.
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