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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
9
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Secretary Lansing argues that German zeal blends a worship of force with religion. He notes ministers claim Jehovah as a national deity and describe a destiny of salvation or disaster tied to German power, portraying Prussian leaders as harmonizing modern thought with brutal Christianity.
Italian soldiers held as war prisoners in Russia describe Siberia as a patchwork republic where power shifts with each debating group. A Kerensky speaker, a Bolshevik, and an independent speaker trigger a three round vote, ending with the independent hailed as head as crowd roars. They call Russia a great empire broken into many fragments ruled by irresponsible children.
Farmers ignore department of agriculture notes on irrigation aiding eastward growth. They cling to Westward wealth fantasies and the public fever for rapid profits. Some insist Saal is a western thing while Derii is in the grip of a buying spree, chasing paper money.
A Sheffield Standard excerpt condemns the Fire Underwriters' Association for high rates and threats. It argues for public education on rate hikes, supports municipal/state insurance as relief, notes Mobile as a focal point, and urges voters to oppose allied candidates and legislators backed by the insurance trust.
The Boys' Brotherhood Republic pursues a reform approach to the so called worst boy in the United States arguing that with normal, humane methods most juvenile offenders can be molded into good citizens. They contend many misbehaviors stem from environment and are temporary and solvable with sympathetic guidance.
The Bolsheviks offer to surrender the Russian Black Sea fleet to Germany with the condition it not be used during the war and to be returned after victory. Germany would promise the same as in prior pledges about troop movements.
The German government mooted trading an unknown American captive for Capt. Franz von Rintelen jailed in the United States. Berlin described recent gains as due to infiltration, but Washington will filter such reports as time passes.
A terse wartime note observes many casualties among Pershing's men and few prisoners. It comments that Sammy lacks the training to surrender, highlighting a perceived deficiency in his military demeanor.
The text states two methods to defeat U boats: destroy them faster than they are built, or build faster than they are destroyed. It reflects a wartime call to accelerate production and naval actions to outpace enemy submarine threats.
The piece notes wartime economy clashes with hardship and mocks the Kaiser for claiming noble German prestige. It suggests enduring the four years of conflict has not secured lasting respect and encourages readers to place a Want ad in The Tribune for job seekers.
Under order of Probate Judge Price Williams executor I Joseph A Ryan will sell cash at Mobile County Courthouse steps on Monday July 1 1919 at noon the personal property of W B Dragheim deceased including ring Moose pin tool set trunk wearing apparel. Lyons and Courtney attorneys. June 1919.
In New York a peculiar backroom dining spot at No. 340 West 39th Street draws a mix of Broadway figures and artists. The prose highlights the dim setting, 75-seat capacity, 2.40 dollar dinner for three, cheap Turkish coffee, and a cross-section of visitors including Nazimova and Irma Deremeaux. Also included are a barrage of unrelated images and a shift to Alabama probate and Mobile County legal notices followed by a wartime note from Washington.
Benjamin De Casseres and associates Carlo Fornare and Marius de Zayas appear as radical publicists in a late night circle. They are described as cynic reformers opposed to the current economic political aesthetic and social order, seen in a Tenderloin club run by Joel Rinaldo.
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