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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
11
A reflective argument suggests that postwar U S citizens need deeper knowledge of government and national life. It urges schools to strengthen civics teaching and for individuals to learn about their country, its ideals and obligations, to contribute to a stronger republic.
A wartime commentary notes that German U boats have shown unexpected restraint along the eastern sea lanes. It claims German commanders have warned ships before sinking them and even entertained some officers, portraying the Hun as humane and contrasting with sensational atrocity stories.
Fragment discusses German press credibility and a claim that Marine forces used Waiger's troops to misrepresent American soldiers as fighters. It mentions deception practices and wartime reporting, reflecting on propaganda and troop value. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates.
The Tribune argues Mobile county should not back Kilby in the Alabama governor race, recalling 1914 when locals split votes to oppose “invisible government.” It links Kilby to the fire insurance trust, detailing pressures from the Southeastern Tariff Association and a 10 percent penalty to The Tribune for opposing rate hikes.
The piece records a June 10 diary style journey through New York including a Russian church cantorial concert, farewells to performers Briggs and Webster, a Battery visit, encounters with J Frank Howell and Anna Held, and dinner with Sir Sydney Drew. It notes Gotham beer droughts and a wartime cockney tale, plus harsh prison style punishments for speeders and a brutal mass punishment suffered by a group of men, resulting in forty deaths.
A Royal Naval Division member escapes from Germany and reports the slow murder of forty British prisoners sent to work under fire on the Russian front. He says a plan was made to kill thirty six of 500 prisoners to avenge alleged German prisoner murders by British sentries. The men were formed into groups.
In Bernese report a German woman says twenty five relatives killed five invalids and only two unharmed of thirty two engaged in the war her husband died near Arras she notes seven sons sent by her uncle with six killed within two months since the March offensive the losses for German families are described as terrific.
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