Republicans, War Time Politics Dominate Editorial
The Thermopolis Record reprints echoes from Wyoming and national papers arguing politics should wait during wartime. It questions Democratic primaries slated Aug 20 and the Nov 5 election, urging focus on victory and postponement of partisan appeals until appropriate. A sharp note predicts a Democratic autumn.
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Alarges
Thermopolis
Laramie
Wyomite
Wyoming
Democratic Party
Fort administrator's decision on relate element unclear
Fragmentary note suggests a fort administrator finalized a related matter concerning a deputy or element of importance, but the exact relation and outcome remain unclear from the readable text.
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Lie
Hae
Eighteen Months for German Espionage Plotters in NY Case
Frans von Rintelen and 17 others convicted in a New York federal court for plotting to destroy allied ships with food and munitions cargoes. The judge imposed eighteen months and a $2000 fine per defendant, a punishment seen as inadequate given wartime damage and the laxity of American anti espionage laws. The article compares penalties to harsher consequences in Germany and notes public sentiment over war accountability.
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Frans von Rintelen
New York
Uncle Sun
Atlanta
von Raftelen
Edith Cavell
von Rantelen
Germany
We Are Not Mexicanized Says World War Cabinet Debate
The World argues against a War cabinet as a constitutional overreach and insists the three branches must not surrender prerogatives. It cites Jefferson Jackson and Johnson to illustrate executive limits and warns a president cannot be dethroned by Congress.
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Congress
Jefferson
Supreme Court of the
United States
Jackson
Johnson
Legislative Branch
Notorious German Agent Used Congressional Record to Spread Hun Propaganda
A report traces German efforts to sow antiwar sentiment in the United States through Viereck and The Fatherland. It notes ties to the German government, planned propaganda against munition shipments, and a bid to exempt Germans from military service while arguing for conscription repeal.
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U.S
Fatherland
Viereck
Secret Service
American Defense Society
Comedies of Camp Lewis Expose German Intrigue at Home
The article accuses German agents of sowing disunity in the United States to hinder the war effort. It urges merciless publicity to reveal these foes and ties public figures like Viereck to pro German propaganda. It notes June 25 as the bill’s introduction and recalls past German influence.
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George Sylvester
Viereck
Como
United States
New York
Heinrich Albert
House of Representatives
Oleth
Sinois
Wilson
Germany
Great Britain
George Sylvester Viereck
the Fatherland
American Weekly
Broadway
Mr. Viereck
Samnies in Enemy Camps Worry Over Mail Delays
American prisoners in German camps face hardships yet show unbroken spirit. They fear the lack of mail from relatives in the United States, according to letters held by the prisoner-of-war aid department of the YMCA.
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New York
New Navy Recruiting Officer Assigned to Cheyenne
James E. Hill becomes the Navy recruiting officer in Cheyenne and serves in the quartermaster department. He takes over after Charles L. Ballman, who is transferred to Denver.
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James E. Hill
Navy
Cheyenne
Hill
Quartermaster Department
United States Navy
Charles L. Ballman
Denver
Are You a Super or a Hyper
Woman writers urge distinction between supers and hypers in a wartime era. The essay contrasts supers sensitivity and steadiness with hypers nerves and overdiscipline, applying traits to families and Congress, warning both men and women against hyper behavior and urging responsible conduct at home and in public life.
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Winona Wilcox
Congress
Lighter Vein The Drama Scene Sneaks On Stage
A brief theatrical note shows a burglar entering a dark stage with instructions to stay in the spotlight. Dialogue captures a tense backstage moment as performers rehearse a precarious intrusion. Seattle PI reports the quirky scene with playful in‑stage tension.
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Seattle P. I
Miss Pounder Spellings Sugar as Suggar in Letter
The Boston Transcript notes a stenographer correcting a dictated line in which sugar was misspelled suggar missing the final b. The remark mocks the slip and acknowledges the correction.
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Boston Transcript
Pete and Pete Seek Work to Prove Alibi
In dialogue from the Philadelphia Bulletin Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete express shame with life. Pete plans to work and avoid being mistaken for an IWW member while seeking a legitimate alibi through employment.
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Pete
Mike
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sign That Warned of Trouble Drove Customers Away
A bank removed a provocative sign after new customers feared opening accounts. The quote recalls staff asking, “What became of that sign you had in your bank,” noting the sign’s deterrent effect on prospective clients.
Is He Fond of Golf
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes he is not a true golf enthusiast, having quit playing due to cold weather and frozen ground.
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Detroit Free Press
Awful conflict prompt at Petunia tavern in Kansas City
A horse faced guest asks if the people are awake to duties of the war era. The landlord replies that prices have doubled and more as the town adapts to wartime shortages in Kansas City.
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Petunia
Kansas City Star
War dialogue about futures after conflict and marriage
A brief wartime quip exchange questions postwar plans. A corporal asks what a man will do if he cannot return to his old job. A private suggests marrying the girl who is supporting him, prompting a judge to remark that the engagement has lasted too long and that he has no money left.
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Corporal
Anecdote Clutter Cited In Louleville Courier Journal
A fragmented quote references a Senator Finbdub and an anecdote in the Louisville Courier-Journal style, suggesting a clipped political anecdote or column snippet with uncertain attribution and names. The readable text centers on a humorous or coy exchange about a senator.
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Senator Finbdub
Louleville Courier-Journal
War hardships blamed for peculiar illness spreading
Wartime conditions are blamed for an outbreak of cedennia or dwelling disease. The illness has not been seen in peacetime and largely affects the population's feet and legs. The report notes many Germans have become fatter due to semi starvation.
Mercy in a theater night sparks moral rants
A narrator reflects after viewing Iris by Pinero and a theater night out with Jim. She condemns a recent play’s portrayal of women and laments effete modern vanity while debating her own views on duty, virtue, and marriage. The piece ends with a weary moral stance and a note that it continues.
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Jim
Lady Fair
Dicketter
Little
Iris
Pinero
Littleock
Rector's
Margie
Ife
Mrs. Warren
Baldwin completes giant steam locomotive for service
The Baldwin Locomotive Works introduces a colossal steam locomotive described as the greatest in the world. Its boilers are flexible at three joints for curve turns, it exceeds 100 feet in length and weighs 450 tons, with twenty four driving wheels providing traction. Lost Springs Rosin coal mine reopens offering standard wages or better.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lost Springs
Rosin
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