Why We Fight No. 6 by Clarence L. Speed
An analysis of German influence in America through the German American Alliance. It argues the alliance sought to keep Germans from becoming Americans, to unite Germans abroad, and to promote German language in schools while opposing Anglo-Saxonism and British influence. The piece links these aims to wartime threats to American institutions and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
National
United States
Act of Congress
America
I Ts
England
National Alliance
New York Staats Zeitung
New York
Ludwig Fulda
Bernhard
Sve
Europe
Efort
False Rumors Shake Britain in Propaganda War
A British public overwhelmed by German propaganda faces wild rumors spread through clubs and theaters. Tales claim thousand asses loaded with gold sent as a peace bribe to Berlin, a German U boat sinks an American transport with heavy losses, and clashes between two regiments unleash deadly street combat.
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Great Britain
Berlin
Black Watch
Boston Cuts Cost of Child Birth to 25 Dollars
Mrs. William Lowell Putnam, head of the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, has set up a prenatal and obstetrical clinic in Boston lowering delivery costs to 25 dollars. For 25 dollars an expectant mother gets an initial physician exam with nurse, ten day nurse visits, and postnatal physician and nurse care until full recovery.
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Boston
William Lowell Putnam
American Association For the
Mule Trouble Roars at Camp Sheridan
At Camp Sheridan Alabama a Stable Sergeant and a first lieutenant argued over mules disturbing sleep. The sergeant complained he cannot endure the nightly bray and jokes about harming a jackass, while the lieutenant withholds a reprimand after mules woke the company.
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Camp Sheridan
Ala
Lissen
Western
Leutenant
Company A
Convoy Accounts Describe Submarine Attacks During War Voyage
A Yale unit seaman recounts a convoy voyage to the European theater. He describes alarms, burst gunfire, and multiple submarine encounters including spotting periscopes and narrowly missing torpedoes. The action includes aerial attacks and a final ten o’clock finish with casualties and unresolved danger.
Conscripts Called Back After Reaching France Bound Troops
Edwin Swelger, conscript from Chicago, was called back from a transport 100 miles at sea while en route to France. He returned to care for his mother and a crippled father who lost a leg days before draft day after registering and joining Camp Grant. Government tracked him aboard a wirelessed transport but released him to return home.
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Chicago
France
Edwin Sweiger
Swelger
Camp Grant
Illinois Considers Local Trachoma Dispensaries to Halt Spread
State health officials survey southern counties and may open dispensaries in affected areas to treat trachoma and educate residents. Current only Chicago clinic is far from outbreaks. 80 southern Illinois drafted men rejected due to eye disease illustrate severity.
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Illinois
Department of Public Welfare
Chicago
Egypt
Southern
Children Cry For Fletcher's Castoria
Ad paraphrase notes that nature heals yet medical bills mount, highlighting a classic playful slogan about a pediatric remedy. The line contrasts natural recovery with costly doctor visits, reflecting consumer culture and old advertising rhetoric.
Local Marshall endorsement touts Deans Kidney Pills
W Houk blacksmith of Marshall claims Deans Kidney Pills cured his back and kidney troubles after two years of pain and nightly disturbances. He says five or six boxes removed the ailment and he has worked steadily since. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Marshall
W Houk
Main St. Marshall
Houk
Foster-Milburn Coffers
Buffalo
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The
Union League Club of Chicago
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London
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Mary E. Drury
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Association
Yale
East Haven
Gonn
Lauren Lyman
Harvard
Fletcher
Piso
Piso Company
Warren, Pa
the Herald
Herald
Terre Haute Daily Star
Sumatra
Brazil
Usco
Keifer Drug CO
J. W. Smiths
M.D
Homeopathic Physicians& Surgeon
Michigan Ave. Phowat Kinloch
Machlan’s
Marshall, Ill
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