War Aims and Duty in Face of Teuton Threats
A call to defend democracy against autocratic rule in Central Europe. The United States must lead in defeating the Huns to preserve freedom, with a war-centric plan allowing every American to contribute to victory and the establishment of lasting peace among nations.
Colonial Quotations Fit Present Days and Liberty Loan
A collection of quotes from Washington Jefferson Franklin Monroe Jackson Morris and Lincoln is presented to argue for wartime readiness and the duty to prepare for war to secure peace. It adds a note that the Third Liberty Loan remains essential to national effort and references Abraham Lincoln. Also included are items on industrial power and standardization such as Siemens electric kitchen, worldwide railway ticket sizes, and the unchanging circus ring diameter.
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Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
James Monroe
Atdrew Jackson
Robert Morris
Rubert Morris
Ma Circulay
Futea
Abraham Lincoln
America
Siemens-Schukert Werke
Siemens
Britain
Continent
London
A Soldier in France Urges War Bond Support
A poem from a trench expresses a soldier’s plea for U S War Bonds. It questions stay at home comfort versus funding the war, urging Americans to buy bonds to sustain the army and defeat the Hun. The speaker casts homefront savings as critical to victory and curses slackers and traitors.
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America
U. S
Ker
Mae Yankee
France
Economics in the Bible and Selfish Prosperity
A writer in American Magazine argues that true selfishness guides personal destiny through two steps: acquire and use resources for self improvement and for the common good. Prosperity is praised when leveraged to grow power and self sufficiency without wasteful living.
Why Jennie Hates Flowers
A nine year old Italian girl Jennie and family in New York’s Triborough district labor to make cloth flowers each day after school and before school the next day. The family uses weak wages from buttercaps and daisies as the factory work fills every hour.
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Jennie
Trullan
Lower West Side
New York City
Eve
Maggie
Nardo
Litte
Lina
St Doxens
Wreatha
B. Gowers
C. Odeserania
Jook
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Europe
United States
Germany
Union
WSS
Charles Deloney
George Washington
Economics
Christ