Patriotic Season Urges War Spirit Amid Civil War Echoes
A 1917 era call from the Denver Civile and Commercial association advocates a patriotic period from February 12 to 22 to honor Washington and Lincoln. The piece links past leadership to Wilson and the current war effort, urging steadfast devotion and resolve to secure national principles. It cites Washington’s perseverance, Lincoln’s wartime diplomacy, and Wilson’s tenor amid ongoing conflict.
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Denver
Lincoln
Washington
Congress
Todeyth Congress
Untitled Passage on Democracy and Lincoln Reference
In a fragmentary reminiscence the speaker vows to redeem lives and fortune under a great faith born in democracy. The text contrasts Washington’s democracy with Lincoln’s legacy, mentioning Wilton as a potential savior who would uphold the foundations laid by a Virginia planter and an Illinois railsplitter.
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New Luelor
Washington
Lincoln
Wilton
Virginia Planter
Ilinois
German Peace Demands Rejected as Hypocrisy and Defeat
The German chancellor’s speech is read as claiming most conquered lands and trading rights, while absolving Germany of fault. Allies reject any peace that forgives Prussian militarism and demands defeat and penalties to deter future aggression.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Arance-Lorraine
Count Crerain
Memla
Audi
Bolsheviki label spurs debate on democracy and dissent
In New York activists demand Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman’s release while critics urge punishment for anti American agitators. The piece argues Bolshevik associations undermine democracy and warn that minority opposition must bow to majority rule.
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Petrograd
Russia
New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Berkman
Emma
Trotzky
Lenige
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Goldman
Conquest and Kultur in German War Propaganda Debated
A dispatch quotes Vorwaerts criticizing pan German propaganda in the army aimed at annexations and misusing morale. The piece notes reactions to German rhetoric and the call to resist perceived kultur claims while emphasizing national struggle and expanding boundaries.
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Copenhagen
Vorwaerts
New York Times
Relehstag
Michiells
Peace policy debates and German minority views in 1917 notes
Quotations from Swedish, German, and Swiss sources discuss wartime peace aims and reactions. Conservatives favor a strong, forceful German peace guided by military strength. denounce Scheidemann style terms and any indemnities. Critics warn foreign policy could ruin Germany.
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Hamburger Nachrichten
Putnamer
House of Lords
Kreuzzeltung
Germany
Vorwaarts
Lighter Vein A Scottish Lawyer and His Servant
A Scottish lawyer and his servant walk home from a wedding and joke about their steadiness. The lawyer asks if he is walking straight and the servant replies in broad humor asking who is with him. The anecdote ends with a playful exchange.
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Sandy
Individual dress debate echoes in gowns' new cut
Douglas Fairbanks comments on a striking evening gown with underarm cutouts like a swimmer's jersey. A woman asks about personal style evolving in dress, noting less fabric and more individuality in modern fashion.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Detroit Free Press
Mayor Praises Southern Cooking In Humorous Anecdote
Talti more Way Mayor James S H. Preston extolled southern cuisine praising terrapin Sallie Lunn fried chicken and other delicacies. He quipped that southern cooking is wholesome and avoids indigestion, retelling a northern lad’s Christmas backache joke with a playful punchline.
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James S H. Preston
Taltimore Way
Parting Night Note and German Peace Debate
A preacher's long sermon ends as a verger slips a note asking to switch off lights and lock the church. The text then shifts to 1917 commentary on Germany's peace aims and the annexationists' claims, criticizing the Reichstag’s detachment from public opinion.
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Reichstag
David
Vorwaerts
Germany
BND
Kendrick Bill Eases Expansion of Homestead Land
Washington D C Feb 4 The House Public Lands Committee favorable to Kendrick measure allowing homesteaders to add non contiguous land up to 640 acres under the 40 acre law without establishing a second home The bill passed the Senate and now awaits House action The proposal fixes a language defect that required residence on new lands for non contiguous entries
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Washington, D. C
Kendrick
House Committee On Public Lands
House
Senate
Congress
Morris Named to Key Post in U S Shipbuilding Drive
Wyoming rancher Frederick Morris, famed for his Cody area operation, is appointed to an inspectorship in Hog Island yards as part of the government shipbuilding push. War department plans call for several new railway regiments to serve in France with qualified railroad men sought for commissions.
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Morris
Frederick Morris
Cody
Wyoming
United States
Washington
Admiral Bowles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Philadelphia
War Department
France
N. Felton
Military Railways
Fifteenth Street
Washington, D
Widowhood and male attention in honest bitter talk
Donna and Margie discuss widowhood, loneliness, and how men treat widows. Donna says many men see a widow as fair game and often offer unwanted attentions. Margie recalls longing for belonging and the paradox of finding happiness after marriage ends, with both acknowledging primal desires.
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Donna
Margie
Will
Maisie
Great Caesar
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