A Suspicious Man and the Patriot Parade
A wild-eyed man in a patriotic crowd avoids removing his hat during a parade. Three accusers confront him, a police officer intervenes, and the hat is emptied to reveal a bag of personal papers. The magistrate exposes the contents: Red Cross items, a death notice, and Liberty bonds, exposing the irony of showy patriotism. The moral: many loud patriots may hideselfish priorities.
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Sydiopian Vajeem
Tite Bent
Weil
Fercely
Weill
Macgietrate
Fiag
Red Cross
War Department
Alea
Aboard the Transport by Augustus Thomas
A dramatic verse style piece recounts crossing a pier and boarding a boat with vivid nautical imagery. The narrator describes marching aboard, band music, waves, and tension as danger and death loom, while love endures despite peril and looming fate.
Phantom soldiers saved by Seattle Red Cross fund
In Seattle on a Saturday a crowd of 15 gathered for a film shows an appeal yielding $20,180 to the Red Cross. A marching nine man squad appeared to salute as if real troops. The author questions if the phantom soldiers exist, noting some lives will be saved by the audience’s donations, while others remain unseen.
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Seattle
National Army
Red Cross
Tod
Cantonmenta
Army Y. M. C. A
Tee Tyre
Balidiog
Bhellahewts
Ron Ol
Evciorium
Bowers
Werkt
Dirertw
Oretartes
Bateheir
Aed
Jongrr
Your money or your life Liberty Bond plea
A World War era exhortation urges citizens to calculate the true cost of extra Liberty Bonds and to become their own bond sellers. It argues the nation must pay the bill, with no hidden funds, and promotes personal sacrifice over flashy campaigns. The note references English and French methods and mentions asparagus waste as cellulose recovery from a German discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Ioan
Germany
England
France
War Camp Amusements Build a Nation’s Spirit
National army and National Guard camps organize training camp activities building Hostess Houses and Y M C A theaters and libraries funded by Carnegie grants. Nine theaters and hundreds of buildings provide reading rooms, entertainment, and social spaces for soldiers and visiting women, with crews of librarians, secretaries, and staff guiding programs.
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Bayrmend I Poedtick
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library
Wosque
Howe «Ee
Pat Po
BK. of C
Mom
Belldine
Y. Moc. A. Podlteriuen
Liberty Theater
Iostens
Carnegie Corporation
Mexs
Kompitalg
Y. Mt. A
K. of C
National Army
Liberty
National Guard
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Augustus Thomas
The
Vigilantes
Phantoms
William Hamilton Osborne
the Vigilantes
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins
Paca Losiees
Meet Need of Men N Cans
Liglerty Theater
Weme
Barger
MCA
YM. C. A
Quterior
Cap
Alor Tor
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