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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
4
Local items include subscription rates and office contact details, an Associated Press notice, and a 1917 column discussing unity and wartime policy. Letters reference Roosevelt, Taft, Vanderlip, Strauss, and cabinet strengths amid draft registration debates and income tax statement requirements.
A reader named Uncle Samuel advocates greater transparency about private affairs of the people. He urges officials and media to reveal more details, arguing openness strengthens trust and accountability in governance.
The passage praises Franklin K. Lane’s Interior Department report for its soaring English and clear Americanism. It highlights wartime goals of nation creating a new America, trustees of ideals, and a national purpose to transform dreary labor into better lives for Americans and others.
A nostalgic ad-like passage urges readers to inspect their health and invest in Hood's Sarsaparilla Hood's Pepticon and Hood's Pills to cure fatigue paleness anemia backache kidney trouble constipation and rheumatism. It blends medical claims with nationalistic rhetoric about American progress and leadership in science and culture.
The K U Dramatic Club will stage a show to aid the Permanent Income Bill in the 1919 state election. Proceeds go to the Alumni Association to fund the amendment effort. The venue will be Robinson Gymnasium or the Bowersock Theatre. Miss Ross Ulrich arrives Saturday from Syracuse to spend Christmas with her parents.
Louis Syberkrop of Creston has gained fame for a satire titled The Infernal Region issued June 28 1917 addressing Kaiser Wilhelm. The piece claims divine and demonic shaping of Wilhelm from birth, depicting him as a conduit for a demon of ambition and hypnotic influence.
The St. Paul Dispatch on September 28 1917 publishes a dramatic letter purportedly from Lucifer Satan to Wilhelm II praising German aggression in World War I. The text rails against England France Belgium Poland and Russia while detailing Hitler era style ideology and war crimes. It frames a satanic abdication in favor of Wilhelm II as the master, promising to serve him in hell.
The piece notes suffragists celebrating New York’s win while questioning male participation. It juxtaposes Columbus’s discovery with the German Kaiser’s wartime promise to “discover” America in a war zone, hinting at a grim reversal of fortune as dawn breaks on a dream of empire.
An eclectic column mixes names from France and America with patriotic calls to support war bonds and meatless meat and wheat days. It notes Liberty advocates worldwide and mocks Titus Wadd, while predicting U S victory over the Hun and detailing market and local society items from 1892. Miss Helen Eastlake travels to Kansas City for the Strange-Claasen wedding.
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