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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
3
A WWI era editorial argues German morale suffers as eastern front defeats mount and Liberty Loan funding strengthens allied efforts. It urges readers to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan to demoralize Germany and bolster American victory, tying bond sales to wartime outcomes.
After passing the physical and entering Class A first preferred, a soldier felt enhanced pride and readiness for the hardest work. The description highlights how fitness and selection boosted精神 resolve and determination to endure tough training and lifting.
Eliza beth Miner King recounts how uniforms and the draft shaped morale on the western front. She notes class contempt, military rhetoric, and the mobilization of the National Guard on the Mexican border as catalysts for belief in army life and a new democratic ethos in American fighting spirit.
National Security League urges elimination of German in public schools and German newspapers. Col Charles Lydecker says every citizen must know English, viewing reluctance as unfitness for citizenship. The campaign frames Americanization as education and calls for stronger measures for nonconvinced foreigners to learn English.
President Wilson’s opposition to Texas Congressman Slayden’s re election candidacy led to Slayden withdrawing. The National Security League cites a chart of eight war and preparedness votes, showing broad congressional polarization and urging a 100 percent loyal Congress by all patriotic citizens.
Classified notice urges crafting a concise want ad for The Times It Works publication. Details cover contact method and preferred ad size, offering guidance for readers seeking to place product or service notices in the paper.
The state fuels administrator urges Wood county residents to repair stoves and furnaces and clean flues to produce heat with minimal coal. He says improving heating systems saves fuel, iron, money, and labor, and cautions against unnecessary replacements to help the war effort.
A New York Sun tribute praises the flag as universal liberty incarnate carried by soldiers across the Pacific and Caribbean, over the Alps, and on ships. It asserts the flag transcends time and politics, symbolizing mankind’s enduring yearning for freedom. Betsy Ross and the Statue of Liberty are noted as rare associations, while the flag’s meaning remains constant amid changing stars.
David Thomas, a Bil ling s Mont Marine, urged his bunkie Joseph Wilkes of Salt Lake City to enlist. Wilkes went to France where he died in action. Thomas later re-enlisted, saying he fears cowardice more than death and now aims to avenge his friend by fighting in the next conflict.
Washington DC treasury officials anticipate record demand for the fourth Liberty loan. The Bureau of Engraving will prepare about 35 million separate bonds, an increase of 18.5 million bonds over the third loan. One third of the bonds have been issued and production continues at 600,000 bonds daily.
Mrs C A Barnes of Charleston Illinois praises Chamberlins Tablets for biliousness and as a mild laxative noting pleasant use and satisfactory results for her brother. The piece also lightly mocks a US chaplain quote about battle and ends with a nod to the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Grantland Rice adapts a battlefield motif to sports and national flags. The piece compares the old Tricolor and Union Jack with a new flag, urging perseverance as troops advance under enemy fire and cannons roar. It blends sports imagery with wartime patriotism.
A compilation of ironic and pointed quotations from Wisconsin newspapers criticizing patriotism, war effort duties, taxes, and social behavior. It highlights views on loyalty, youth in active service, farming contribution, anti-German sentiment, and the label friendly alien amid wartime efforts.
U S Food Administration sets maximum consumer prices and purchase limits for staple goods in Wood County. Sugar is capped at 2 pounds per person monthly, with country buyers limited to 5 pounds per sale. Wheat flour requires buying substitutes, and canning sugar requires permits. Delivery adds a 5 cent fee, and cash purchases may receive a 29 percent discount. Community cooperation requested.
A 19th century advertisement boasts a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It asserts internal action through the blood to all mucous surfaces, strengthens constitution, and invites testimonials. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo advertise nationwide sale through druggists.
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