Remont Eagle 1917 War Era Editorial Highlights
The Remont Eagle criticizes anti war sentiment while noting patriotism and profiteering. It urges farmers and townsfolk to maximize crop production for price stability and examines a Fort Wayne county official with a German name facing unrest amid wartime tensions.
Public sentiment misled by unfounded rhetoric
A fragment reflecting on how public sentiment can be steered when direction is wrong. The remark cautions against following misguided protests or popular yet erroneous opinions driven by emotion rather than fact.
County agents and the local newspaper cooperation
County agents and farm bureaus across the country discuss promoting farm work by publishing small local papers. They note local papers can print worthwhile farm news and that existing farm publications already cover the field. Merchants and newspaper men helped fund initial efforts, and many readers oppose county agents, suggesting publishers could be persuaded to cooperate for better results.
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Acta
Still In Business Studebaker Wagons Offered From Home
William Harding advertises ongoing buggy and Studebaker wagon business from his residence at 161 £, offering continued service and home office operations.
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Studebaker
William Harding
Shorty’s Luck by Jim Dash
The last big exposition building nears completion and Shorty Miller, a gambler paid six dollars fifty cents a day, sinks deeper into poverty after gambling away his pay. He shares his winnings to help a coworker, then descends into bitterness over his repeated misfortune.
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Wallet Stolen Loot Reappears In Midnight Train
Shorty Miller, broke and luckless, pockets forty cents and scrambles after a day of gambling losses. A sewer grab turns up nothing, then a serendipitous find of a wallet yields eighty five dollars. On a night train a stranger holds a wallet identical to his, sparking intrigue about whose fortune rests inside.
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Sam
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