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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
1
A historical editorial urges Americans to vote with unwavering loyalty to defeat Kaiserism. It links political choice to national unity, urging citizens to back leaders who will fund a complete victory and mobilize support to free the world, ending with a call for every American to vote to back a bullet.
Word from the Western Front says Crown Prince Pupprecht's reserves are drawn to fill gaps in shock troops trying to break through after three months of failure. Bavarians bore the brunt at Verdun and in Belgian campaigns, with long fights testing loyalty and courage. If Germany falls, Bavarian resentment is blamed. if it endures, hegemony may shift from Berlin to Munich.
The article notes Italian forces repelling Austrian advances along the Piave by striking back with force, attributing the success to stiff resistance and quick responses. It suggests a pattern may repeat on the Western Front where Allied strength allows counterattacks, a contrast to earlier German drives.
A military briefing states that an overall push would place the Allies in a position to resist the enemy and strike back with force. When such a strong offense becomes possible on every front, the end of the war may be in sight.
The Democratic National Committee claims the tariff question is settled by a tariff study commission. President Wilson demands removal of economic barriers regardless of the commission’s findings. Republicans counter that the import duty should reflect production cost differences and living standards.
Secretary McAdoo calls all local draft boards to inform drafted men about the Soldier Insurance law and to urge enrollment. Boards receive literature to aid education. The law is praised as a just protection for soldiers and their families, with the government recognizing its value. Every enlisting American should obtain this insurance and carry the reassurance into danger.
Congressman William R. Green of Iowa critiques ongoing government statistical releases. He says published Census Bureau agricultural compilations have lost value by the time they reach the public, valuable only to philosophers or economists, not farmers. He speaks from a leading agricultural state.
Oscar A Price, formerly editor of a West Virginia democratic weekly, is appointed Assistant to the Director General of Railroads. For years Democratic editors urged how railroads should run, and Price now will set an example in railroad management.
The National Defense League led by honorary president Theodore Roosevelt calls for a nationwide pledge campaign against German made articles. The league seeks 20,00,000 subscribers to pledge not to buy items bearing the Made in Germany stamp as part of a broad boycott effort.
Secretary McAdoo plans a solitary climb to a remote mountain peak to escape the war treasury and Liberty bonds news, aiming for a place no one has heard of the conflict or the financial drives. The journey emphasizes isolation and personal retreat from national affairs.
A wartime piece argues that days and human power must include women and children in national effort. It notes German women perform much manual labor, possibly more than American women, while praising American women for bearing war burdens and pledging full cooperation to defeat Germany and end brutal rule.
Analysis of Allied mortality and injury odds shows a soldier has twenty nine chances to one to return home, and forty nine to one to recover from wounds, with one in five hundred for losing a limb. The piece notes better care at the front and longer life expectancy due to training, plus government insurance protections for wounded and families of the deceased.
The article argues the selective draft should extend to all classes from hobo to millionaire, urging a nationwide call with the cry no drones in America until victory. It asserts money alone cannot win the war, but the fruits of toil enabled by wealth can help sustain the effort and mobilize public duty.
A wartime editorial urges mandatory productive labor to sustain armies and curb idleness, arguing labor must rule until peace safeguards nations. It notes officers in France restricting wine at messes, proposes hiring a French attendant, and calls for gas and electric light conservation. It questions reducing household expenses by twenty-five percent per person, including babies, and argues liberty includes government dictates on diet and apparel.
A 19th century advertisement explains catarrhal deafness as an inflamed Eustachian tube issue and declares only constitutional remedies can cure it. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is marketed as acting through the blood to restore mucous surfaces, offering $100 for any uncured case and promising free circulars from Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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