Peace and war aims in America’s just peace ethic
The text argues that the United States entered World War I with sober purpose, stressing the necessity of defeating Germany and upholding liberty and justice. It warns against any peace that is not just, asserts Germany’s imperial threat, and declares support for continued effort toward a righteous peace that honors American sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wilson
Congress
Germany
America
Lincoln
France
Play the Game to Support American Arms at Home
The speaker urges every citizen to back soldiers in France by nonwasteful living and steady effort. He warns that neglect or cowardice at home threatens loved ones and national safety, praising those in khaki who face brutal enemies and calling on Bills Jims Jacks and Bobs to hold the line.
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Bills
Jims
Jacks
Bobs
France
Hell
Belgium
Bill
Jim
Jack
Bob
A Father's Tribute and a Peculiar Plea for Sausage
A reflective tribute to a father going to sea, praising duty and spotless record, alongside a humorous plea from a son to President Hoover. The piece shifts to a wartime civic note about rationing and a comical insistence on keeping sausage in the morning, ending with a brief dispatch on military diplomacy and service routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hoover
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J. A. Gammon
Towa
Amer
Royal Lumber Go
New Windsor Hotel
F. E. Schurmann
John Jackman
Prop
John Bondhus
Jorgen Andersen
V. L. O'Conner
Farmers’ Grain Co
V. L. O’connor
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