German War Atrocity Rhetoric and Despair Reported
An article describes German home front pressure and military despotism, noting confiscation of church bells and copper, shortages, and suppression of newspapers. It claims Allied victories near Lens and predicts a retreat to cede coal mines while urban German morale sinks amid hunger and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Fatherland
Europe
Africa
Berlin
Belgium
Lens
Restoration of Sea Power of U is Ato the Reneroce
The article recalls the United States once led in the world merchant marine with vast Maine shipyards and vast wooden fleets. It notes declines after the Civil War due to high costs and labor, then a wartime revival and hopes for a permanent comeback. It also mentions a potato price spike amid market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Maine
Ward
Amere
United States War Sermon Appeals for Liberty Loan Support
A fervent wartime statement declares unity in war aims and urges support for Liberty Loan and Red Cross Fund. It cites massive enlistment figures and national resolve, denouncing German propaganda and detailing atrocities in Belgium France Serbia Poland Armenia and Syria as motivation for Americans to uphold duty and fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State PLC
America
Liberty Loan
Red Cross Fund
United States
Red Cross
Germany
New England
France
Belgium
Serbia
Poland
Armenia
Syria
Bulgaria
All Is Not Well With Germans
Readers see through German press attempts to hide hardship as shortages bite. Cities lose metals for war munitions, youths depart for battle, and the army fights a defensive, shortened line amid industrial decline and hunger worries.
The U Boat Problem Threatens Allied Shipping
The article notes German U boats remain a grave menace to Allied efforts in the war. It argues Yankee ingenuity has yet to provide the necessary solution to rid the seas of this scourge and predicts a medical or technological breakthrough to treat the underwater threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutons
Beieve
Germany Fines Romania for War
The article denounces Germany for imposing a 50 million dollar war tax on conquered Romania. It cites home destruction, crop confiscation, deportations, and killings as part of the oppression, and predicts eventual reckoning for the "bloody Teuton" and restoration of damaged property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Romania
Teuton
Shipbuilding to Restore U S Maritime Power Abroad
In 1880 American ships carried 90.3 percent of foreign trade. by 1914 only 9.8 percent. Current shipbuilding activity aims to reverse this decline and strengthen the United States as a maritime power, with American vessels increasingly visible in foreign ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Land Court notice on Maynard land petition 1917
The Land Court at Boston issues a notice to Mary Naylor Harriet Naylor Jane Naylor Joshua Naylor William Naylor Ada Hodgess Mary J Reed and Thomas Hillis of Maynard and others to show cause why Albert Hodgess's petition to register title to a Maynard parcel of 3016 square feet should not be granted. The plan on file shows boundaries. failure to appear will default and grant will be entered. Witness Charles Thornton, Judge, June 2, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Naylor
Harriet Naylor
Jane Naylor
Joshua Naylor
William Naylor
Ada N. Hodgess
Mary J. Reed
Thomas’ Hillis
Maynard
Middlesex
Commonwealth
Amory Maynard
Stow
James Rieley
Sudbury
Sai
Albert
Hodgess
Nason Street
Naylor
Haston
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Charles Thornton
Esquire
G. Smith
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Strach
Marlboro
Mass
Walter B. Morsin
Fry
Troaburne
Merriman
Concord
Acton
Bedford
Eor
NEW England Telephone and Telegraph. Company
Fred J. Bennett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Land Court
Beal
Beach
Java
EM Nason
Vancouver Red
South Acton
F.E. Taylor’& CO
Fowler
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