Wartime Transport and Victory Efforts Emphasized
The text stresses transportation facilities and shipment vital to win the war. It urges decisive, expansive action to hasten victory over Prussianism and calls for full public and private commitment. A garbled line mentions William Hoss and an unclear year.
Der Tag for Us and the German Threat at Home
The War in Blythe's Der Tag for Us translates the European conflict into American terms. It localizes German atrocities in Kansas Nebraska Long Island and other states to urge unity and resolve and to show the impact on American women children and homes. A reader is urged to read and commit to sustaining the national effort until Prussianism is defeated.
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Saturday Evening Post
United States
Samuel G. Blythe
F. .Cen
Hood
Belgium
France
Serbia
Luxemburg
Russia
Italy
Hythe
Tle
Kansas
Nebraska
Long Island
Topeka
Europe
Firthe
America
Aulla
Blythe
Atchison
Fort Leavenworth
Nortonville
United
Poland
Mollie Seeks Aid for Blind Child's Hospital Plan
In a candid exchange Margie and Mollie discuss a blind child and the father Chad. Mollie envisions a home school and hospital to aid other blind children, while Chad struggles with his son’s blindness and guilt. The piece ends with “To Be Continued.”
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Mollie
Fittis
Madonna
Margie
Chad
Pat
Railroads Mobilized for War Effort Across United States
The nation mobilizes railroads under federal supervision with the president directing and the treasury secretary in charge. Rail systems will keep management and workers, but operate for the government to serve public interests, guaranteeing profits and stability amid wartime. State socialism, or industrial democracy, is linked to this shift, as railroads become essential arteries of production and troop movement. Public and private interests realign, and financial markets react quickly to the government takeover plan.
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United States
Hclion
Mars and
Engels
France
Britain
Lonine
Troteky
Hillquit
Secretary of the Treasury
Acd
United Sates
Sed
Cnates
Ameriica
Wall Street
Conquest and Kultur in German War Propaganda Excerpt
An excerpt critiques German beliefs in their own rhetoric and cites Kellogg and Bernhard on anti France policy. It discusses German demands to crush France, a doomed prophecy of costly war, and ominous references to religious imagery about healing France’s wounds. The fragment reflects WWI era propaganda tone and cited opponents.
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Frape
France
German plans for France after victory in World War I
A historical set of quotations and statements from 1914 1915 marking German aims against France. The extracts discuss weakening France politically economically and militarily transferring assets to German hands seizing colonial possessions and demanding harsh war indemnities. Signatories include academics clerics and officials. The text notes strategic frontier ambitions from Belfort to the coast and mentions Verdun Longwy Alsace Lorraine and imperial control of iron ore mines.
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France
Daniel Frymann
Belfort
French Channel
England
Alsace-Lorraine
German Empire
Longwy
Verdun
Girls Have Emas Leave London
Girl carpenters of England building huts in France had Christmas leave to visit their families.
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London
England
France
Barglar Loots Four Rooms In Casper Factory
Casper Wyoming December 28 police hunt a burglar who entered four sleeping rooms at the Luii Decker Tool Co building while four workers slept and stole 75 in cash and a 1 jewel Elgin watch. Wires go to nearby towns for the suspect. The robbery described as one of the boldest in Casper in months.
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Casper
Wic
Luiidecker Tool Company
Elgin
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William Hoss
Feller
Sonn Bree
Moiain
Muuch
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Ity
F. von Bernhard
Germany
Holy Mother of
Lourdes
National-Zeitung
Dampierre
L’allemagne Et le Droit Des Gens
Friedrich Meinecke
Berlin
Hermann Oncken
Heidelberg
Herr von Reichenau
Herr ‘von Schwerin
Regierungspresident
Frankfurt-on-Main
Dietrich Schaefer
der Reichsbote
Jan. T
Herr Kerr
Georges Bourdon
Kerr
Pan
Bourdon
Algeria
Equatorial Africa
Koelnische Zeitung
Everett True
Bargler
Geis