Verdict hinges on who supports peace and honor
A Boston correspondent notes Massachusetts favors Wilson over war, praising his peace stance while critics push for war. The letter cites Progressives and newspapers split over tariff and Germany, arguing the public backs a peaceful, honorable America and questions anti Wilson rhetoric from rivals.
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Boston
Springfield Republican
Wilson
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Bryan
America
New York Tribune
Germany
Milwaukee
Universal military service urged to defend nation
The Chicago Tribune argues for a moderate short service program to train all healthy American youths. It says without universal military service the country remains defenseless and unprepared, risking a decline in defense unless duty and citizenship are emphasized as lifelong responsibilities.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Poem Titles From Various Professions
A playful list assigns poems to different trades and roles. The church-goer favors The bells, the mattress-maker Excelsior, the tailor The ragsedy man, and the lazy minister Recessional. An inebriate selects Crossing the Bar, the joy-rider aeroplanist The Skylark, the tomb-stone-maker In Memoriam, and the coal-dealer The fire worshippers.
Three Mentors Watch Me as I Write and Speak
The poem speaks of a simple gift from a mother a book that rests on a shelf a sword above a couch head and a pictured face that guides the speaker. The faces of mentors keep watch over every word and act guarding truth courage and resolve in writing and speech.
Travel into the heart of the stranger country
A passage from Laura Spencer Titler in Woman's Home Companion urges travelers to shed personal biases and explore another land by living among its people. It emphasizes firsthand experiences of cities, villages, life, and culture to understand a country’s distinct personality through intimate, everyday moments.
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Laura Spencer Torter
Wall Street Game Sur? Critics Call Out Rail Subsidy Abuses
The Wisconsin State Journal notes unease at Wall Street practices and accuses former railroad directors of an organized shell game. It argues subsidies and franchise grants should not fund unpatriotic speculation, urging accountability and reforms to protect public money.
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Wall Street
Wisconsit
State Journal
Purs of the Season in Fur Styles This Winter
The Movember Woman's Home Companion highlights fox and white red or cross fox sets with full skins and head and tail as trimming. Long-haired furs like fisher wolf and skunk rise, beaver returns among short-haired pelts, and Hudson seal becomes a coat trim accent.
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Gil
To Remove the Stickiness of Fly Paper
An old note recommends treating sticky fly paper with alcohol. Rub vigorously using a cloth or sponge soaked in alcohol to remove the tack.
Various Public Opinions and Local Observations Across Papers
A collage of brief editorial quips and statements from several papers notes evolving leadership in Russia, parental school involvement, federal migratory bird licensing, presidential marriage, a suit over a pet cat bequest, distrust in swindlers, and Connecticut drought powers to suspend game laws to prevent forest fires, with Wisconsin readers urged to heed fire precautions.
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Connecticut
Wisconsin Hunters Lake
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Queer quirks of news from small towns listed
A string of short regional items notes oddities and local tales. Brazil Indiana records Charles J Wilkinson dying after a birthday, Evansville Wisconsin speaks of siblings Flemming Richardson and Mrs Jack Michels who both died within a year, and Wreeport Illinois mentions a freak kitten that survives on potatoes and turnips. Jefferson Missouri highlights Low Fhidlips as a sunflower pioneer with 80 acres in bloom and a stated price. Dayton references a man who swore he hadn’t bathed in twenty years, while Tralinewre and Decatur discuss a bill tethered to a note on a parcel and mailed.
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Brazil
Ind
Charles J. Wilkinson
Evansville
Wis
Flemming Richardson
Jack Michels
Wreeport
George Swanson
Jefferson
Low Fhidlips
Sail
Dayton
Davis
Decatur
Elbert Rede Says Common Sense On Courtship Roles
A dated column critiques male and female behavior in courtship and domestic life. It jokes about flirtation, honesty, and the impact of housework on a woman's figure, noting prejudices and social norms of the era. The piece ends with a stray fragment about room service.
Parson Requests Economy Sermon Prompted Collection
In a Sunday exchange with a vestryman, the parson of the vestry implored, please take up the collection before the sermon, as he plans to preach an economy sermon this morning.
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Grimes
Ladies Home Journal
War in Europe Deepens as Nations Join Fight
A tense editorial voice argues the war in Europe is expanding with new nations drawn in, predicting a long, costly conflict and little hope for peace. The piece emphasizes the escalating violence and the grim toll on all belligerents, noting the era’s destructive scale.
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Oshkosh
Great Powers Battle Shifts Stir Balkans and Near East
The European conflict widens with Bulgaria claiming Macedonia and clashing with Russia as Teuton allies push toward Constantinople. France and Britain land forces at Salonika to aid Serbia, while Russia strikes Varna and Roumania hastens to the Bulgarian frontier. Greece balances cautious neutrality amid entente pressures and German ties.
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Russia
Teutor
Servia Iander
Constantinople
Salonik
Servia
Varna
Greece
Servie
Ferdinand
Augustus
Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
Roumania
Constantine
Kaiser
Rovumania
Dardanelles
England
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
The New Engagement and Wilsons Marriage Tone
Reports from Oshkosh Madison Eau Claire Milwaukee and Wausau note President Wilson and his family as a marrying set amid wartime worries. Speculation swirls on his public withdrawal and private deliberations as a possible vote for woman suffrage in New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Agan
Antigo Jour
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Chippewa Falls
Uncle Sam
la Crosse Tribune
Old Country
United States
Los Angeles
Oshkosh Northwestern
Marinette Eagle-Star
Elbert Rede
Sexton’s Prescription Store
Gorner Sage
Russ
Madison Democrat
Eau Claire
Avaten
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sigold Woorlrow
Wausau Record
Harali
Vonsin State Journal
R. J. Strauss
BAI
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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