Sabotage in the Senate and the hired men critique
A wary political opinion piece attacks U S Senate members as hired laborers and saboteurs. It argues restraint on debate and accuses leaders like Gallinger and Smoot of stalling the machinery of war. The author claims workingmen would condemn such sabotage if present in factories or among the I W W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Mi Rules
Jake Galager
Reed Smoot
China
Qonom
Alexander Hamilton
Jake Gallinger
Roosevelt
Prblis
Baker Predicted a Million Men in France in 1918
The speech before the Senate committee and later remarks at Wentworth Cadets claim Secretary Baker forecast a million American troops in France within months, ahead of mid 1918. Critics labeled the prediction as optimistic or naïve, while Baker argued good news should be viewed as real progress by Americans.
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Naga
Baker
Senate
France
Thor
Sama
Taker
Paina
Soma
Tiehold Misa Panay
Went Polat
Cf Rense
General March
General Staff
Neko
Tanala
Constructive
Wilson Urges Mexican Journalists to Embrace Peaceful Ties
The president addresses a delegation of Mexican journalists, presenting a clear stance against territorial conquest south of the Rio Grande and urging a shift in Latin American attitudes. He recounts past editorial efforts, contrasts American perspectives with Mexican fears, and stresses disinterested leadership and unity with Latin American nations amid wartime tensions.
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Wilson
Maxino Devervat
Rio Grande
United States
Mexico
Ald Diaz
Mpresidan
Maxteo
South
Truce to this lie on President Wilson in war duties
A political railing targets President Wilson over partisan war conduct. The piece lists numerous Republicans appointed by Wilson to war roles, arguing against the accusations and urging fair treatment. It questions Senator New and Governor Goodrich claims, labeling attacks as dishonest and malicious. It calls for a symmetric list of Democrats appointed by Goodrich.
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Congress
Wilson
New
Indianapolis
Indiana
William Howard Taft
War Labor Board
Charles E. Hughes
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Shipping Board
Edward F. Curry
Illinois
Charles Pier
Ilinois
Fleet Corporation
J. O. Hayworth
Edward B. Burling
Wiliam Phillips
Lewlie W. Woolsey
State Department
L. S. Rowe
Pennsylvania
the Treasury
R. C. Leffingwell
Frank A. Vanderlip
War Savings Stamp Committee
Benedict Cromwell
Ohio
Frederick P. Keppel
John L. O'Brien
Bruce Bielaski
Secret Service
William R. Wilcox
Railway Wage Commission
Albert Strauss
War Trades Board
Alonzo E .Taylor
War Trade Board
John Beaver White
Frank C. Munson
Clarence M. Wooley
Walter S. Gifford
National Council of Defense
Grosvenor Clarkson
A. W. Shaw
Michigan
Commercial Economy Board
Roy D. Chapin
Highway Transportation Commission
L. A. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Howard E. Coffin
Franklin Martin
General Medical Board
Julius Rosenwald
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Cornelius N. Bliss
Red Cross Council
Herbert Hoover
California
United States
Army
Navy
Goodrich
Belive
Wood
France
General Pershing
General Goethals
General Crowder
Lodge
Springfield Republican
Old Bay State
Golden Age Authors Letters From Wide Awake Editors
A Boston Transcript piece surveys a cache of letters and manuscripts by famed and lesser known authors and illustrators from the Wide Awake era. It notes tensions over publishing for children, lists contributors like Alcott, Bryant, Burroughs, Holmes, Lang, Dobson, Howells, and Stevenson, and highlights drawings and a rare hand of Samuel Smith.
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George H. Sargent
Boston Transcript
Wide Awake
St. Nicholas
Eflitora
Magausans
America
Samuel I. Smith
Louisa M. Alcott
East
Tennessee
Tobey
William Cullen Bryant
John Burroughs
Longfallow
Andrew Lang
Babes
Sucklings
Austin Dobson
Howells
Jetters
Nelson Page
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Robert Louis Stevenson
Skerryvore
John T. Trowbridge
George Wharton Edwards
George 9. Pratt
Cherub
Marie Grubbe and Jacobsen’s Danish literary milestone
Danish writer Jorgen Jacobsen’s Marie Grubbe is hailed as an epoch making novel that redefines Danish fiction by blending historical scope with deep psychologic insight. The piece situates Marie Grubbe within seventeenth century Copenhagen siege events, contrasts Jacobsen with edgy penmen like Keats and Pater, and notes his humane, delicate style.
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Jena Pater Jacobsen
Jenn Peter Jacobsen Innet
Scandhiavhin Foundation
Marty Grubbe
Jacobson
Dublin
Hanna Agtrup Larsen
Maria Grubba
Anya Sewell
Moller
Jacobsen
Marie Grubbe
Plaubert
DeQuincey
Walter Pater
John Kents
Kents
Thore
Keats
Keris
Ife
Nels Lyhne
Marlo Grubbs
Jacobwen
Copenhagen
Clumns
Denmark
Marie
Tim
Wellbor
The Plea of the Ports by George Brydges Rodney
A poetic address lamenting lost seafaring skill and industrial mastery. It calls for returning workers from across nations to reclaim craftsmanship, urging the mother country to send sons and masters to rebuild shipyard and guild labor amid a sea of changed trade.
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George Brydges Rodney
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Spain
Joet Pofnaett
Latin-America
Thora Natura
Germany
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Bank
Akry
Katlohodetrand
Oweetarn
Grubbe
Beren
Soren
Inness
Dlecland
George Inness
Arch
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Hull
Singapore
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