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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1918

Page

4

The Teutonic Outpouring in The Courier Journal

The article reprints a controversial 1918 discussion comparing Germanic tribes to historic raiders, arguing Teutonic aggression must be crushed with great effort. It links past figures like Genseric and Wilhelm II to modern German behavior, then shifts to wheat crop outlook and a New York pardon case.

Watterson Courier Thi Rner Journal Gor Germany Gaul North Africa Fme Gibbons Genseric Wilhelm Dlheim Althgueh Gen Fi Eudoxia Bolsheviki Wilhelmian Mins Rusia Valentine Rome Neocogild Han Wilhelm II Europe Italy France Hhe Baltic

Taylor County Backs Liberty Loan Subscriptions Record

Taylor County appreciation note highlights a strong over subscription to the third Liberty Loan. Final figures show $477,500 in bonds sold through local banks and over $85,000 via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offices, totaling about 20 percent of the county quota and circulating funds locally.

Taylo County West Taylor County Ourgelyea Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company

Taylor County Residents Exceed Quota Loyalty Praised

The report notes outlying county edges via Clarksburg and Renee Pearcey Kinkwood, with 100 percent of the quota met. Officials praise Taylor County for loyalty, patriotism, and Americanism, asserting few communities nationwide matched their effort.

Clarksburg Renee Pearcey Kinkwood

I Great French Journalist Praises America

A fragmentary English reflection discusses M Josaph adinaeh of Figaro praising American character and ideals. It explores how the Civil War narrative reveals humanity's principles through a blended nation of diverse races, religions, and philosophies, emphasizing labor and patriotism shaping a unified yet divided republic.

Prench Amfrica M .Josaph Adinaeh de Figaro Paris Compte de Paris M. Reinach

The Wind's Civil War Echoes in Liberty's Image

A fragmentary literary line reflects a stormy moment where the Statue of Liberty, symbol of resilience, is invoked as a moral beacon. The text hints at national crisis and civic duty shaping public sentiment.

Knitting for Soldiers Lifts Young Hearts at War

Children at a country home supported by the New York Orthopedic Hospital knit for the soldiers and learn dancing and drama while recovering from tuberculosis of joints. After two to three years of free treatment and schooling, they return home cured and eager to help the Army, despite their physical scars and iron braces.

Stielow New York Whitman Charles Z. Suelow Whittian Stirlow

American Answer on Peace Terms Stirs Geneva Debate

An unofficial exchange via a German professor in Geneva and an American professor drew sharp reactions. The American reply, attributed to Prof Heron, stated that America no longer seeks peace, arguing the nation will pursue war to purge Potsdam era Augean stables. The incident highlights divergent national attitudes and wartime resolve.

Geran Geneva Fis Germany Heron America Wilson Potsdam

Worry and War Frame the Home Front Courage

A wartime essay argues worry is deadlier at home than the battlefield. Drawing on mortality data from the Ralitable Life Assurance Society, it contends fear and fatigue erode men in leadership and daily duties, homeward as soldiers die abroad.

America Li Assurance Society Toad Rines

Polygamy for Germany in Wartime Political Anthropology

An examination from the Pittsburgh Gazette Times contends Germany’s war effort uses science to justify revamping home life, including polygamy to boost manpower. It notes the Political Anthropological Monthly in Berlin argues a form of polygamy as a solution, warning such ideas threaten civilization and morality.

Germany Potical-Anthropological Society Berlin Tchr Asvit Penman Teuter Altam Teeneurg

Americans in France face delay claim disputed by Ottawa

Ottawa dispatch claims Britain will not employ the American Army until it is a complete force, drawing Americans’ disappointment. The War Department says American involvement is expanding, with over 500,000 already in France, and asserts no such decision exists.

Ottawa Pittsburgh Lord Reading Hrntich Baker Secretary of War Maurice England France Ottawa Dispatch Versailles Council America Foch Otawa

Riot of Vandats Over Railroads and Party Hypocrisy

A fragment condemns the Temocratic party for alleged hypocrisy in handling American railroads both in power and out. It portrays railroads as vesting rights and accuses leaders of vilifying and tearing down proposals to aid railroad development, labeling the party and Wall Street as adversaries to the industry. The text is incomplete, truncating mid-sentence.

Wall Street Velia

Democratic railing against railroads and wartime policy

The passage condemns the Democratic Party for wartime economic policy and railroad management. It accuses the administration of using railroads as a tool of political coercion, alleging substantial revenue losses and price hikes in freight and passenger service. The language warns of privatized property risks and a socialist drift toward nationalitarian control.

Japanese sugar capitalists buy Calomba estate for million

The large sugar estate at Calomba owned by the omnican friars has been sold for 1,000,000 to Japanese sugar capitalists. It stands as the largest project yet undertaken in the island by Japanese business men.

Calomba Island

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