Protests of Innocence and Wartime Draft Rhetoric Salute Texas Parades
A wartime column rails at food hoarders and conscription of idlers while urging thrift and farm labor. It notes Fort Worth El Paso LaGrange patriotic parades, claims LaGrange’s Teutonic heritage, and questions press wartime stories as Villa alliance talk circulates.
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Retrenchment and taxation critique in state rhetoric
A editorial voice argues the legislature overstepped with a flurry of appropriations and now retrenches, urging patience amid tax increases. It recalls silver versus gold debates, cites Dallas military service demographics, and questions liquor taxes amid bonded whiskey stockpiles and per capita costs.
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Argentina Under Fire as Mob Turns on German Element
The piece argues that anti German sentiment grows in Argentina after a submarine attack on an Argentine ship. It contends Germans in Argentina are not responsible for European or maritime German crimes and urges readers to distinguish between individuals and governments, noting Argentine deaths exceed German lives in the region while American German descendants face prejudice.
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Europe
United States
Governor veto on free passes prompts editorial debate
Editorials from Roscoe Times Seguin Enterprise and Union Banner condemn legislators riding free passes, praise Governor Ferguson, and warn that removing anti pass protections undermines reform. Arguments touch Selective conscription, socialist critique, and Billy Sunday quotes on church reform.
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