Review of Year of Peace After Four Years of War
A retrospective by Donald F. Biggs lauds 1918 as the year when peace ended a four year global war. It notes empires collapsed or redefined, new nations arose, and democracy advanced while autocratic militarism waned amid civil strife in Russia and Bolshevik influence. Brighter days for mankind are proclaimed as 1918 closes.
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Donald F. Biggs
America
Austria-Hungary
German
Russia
Evar
War Was Won The Great World Conflict Ends In 1918
The narrative recounts major WWI events from early 1918 through November armistice. It covers German western drives, Allied counteroffensives led by Foch, American troop deployment, Brest Litovsk, manpower measures, influenza, and political upheavals in Germany and Russia, with Wilson’s peace vision shaping the final years.
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West Front
Russia
Wilson
von Hertling
Congress
Lenine
Trotzky
Constituent Assembly
Petrograd
Congress of Soviets
France
Toul
Tuscania
Ukraine
Germany
Reval
Brest-Litovsk
Moscow
Oise
la Vere
Sensee
Croiiselles
Fifth Army
Ia Fere
Amiens
Foch
Italy
Asiago
Plave
Paris
Chateau- Thierry
Massiges
Reims
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Crown Prince
Aisne
Soissons
Sergy
Soissons-Reims
Llandovery Castle
Canada
England
United States
Siberia
Count von Mirbach
Murman
Picardy
Haig
Montdidier
Teutons
Turkey
Prince Max
Hindenburg
Pershing
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Chemin Des Dames
Laon
Argonne
Albert
Ostend
Bruges
Lille
Belgium
America
Max
Piave
Allied War Council
Versailles
Grand Pre
Austria-Hungary
Sedan
Mets
Social Democrats
Herr Ebert
Kaiser
Holland
Rhine
Austria
Charles of Austria
Wield Marshal von Hindenburg
Herr Liebknecht
Lansing
Col. E. M. House
Henry White
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Brest
War shaped every facet of life in 1918
The year saw major wartime shifts in law and policy. Woman suffrage failed in the Senate after House passage. nationwide prohibition was enacted and to take effect in 2019. President Wilson ordered malt liquor production halted for food conservation. Fuel Administrator Garfield ordered a five day and ten Monday industrial shutdown east of the Mississippi to ease coal shortages. Congress passed a sabotage act with heavy penalties. espionage act prosecutions rose, including 100 IWW members convicted in Chicago for disloyalty.
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McAdoo
Congress
Aso
United States
Senate
House
Wilson
Crowder
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
Mr. McAdoo
the Treasury
France
Garfield
Mississippi River
Chicago
Year 1018 Ends with New Nations Forming Across Europe
As 1018 closes, Czecho-Slovak republic gains formal Prague government, Poland grows from former territories, Finland emerges free, and Vinland’s independence follows civil strife. China faces internal civil war with Hsu Shih Chang president elect. Peru and Chile near war over nitrate-era tensions. Portugal sees the murder of President Sidonia Paes and Admiral Canto Y. Castro’s ascent. Finnish diet names General Mannerheim regent of Vinland.
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Europe
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Prague
Poland
Germany
Austrian
Russia
Mwinland
Republic of China
Hsu Shih Chang
Peru
Chile
Tacna
Arica
Sidonia Paes
Portugal
Lisbon
Canto Y. Castro
Mannerhelm
Vinlund
Labor Unrest Eases As War Labor Board Forms
Early year labor strife in shipyards threatened wartime readiness. By mid February strikes spread despite wage increases. President Wilson urged cooperation and the work stoppage ended. A national labor board was created to mediate war related disputes.
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Labor Adjustment Board
Wilson
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
National Board of Labor
William H. Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Labor Organization
Igbor
Agreement Adherence Reduces Year End Strikes
The accord was followed by both employers and employees and comparatively few strikes occurred during the remainder of the year, signaling broad compliance and limited industrial action.
Devastating 1918 Disasters Across War and Nature
A historical tally lists 1918 calamities from fires and wrecks to battleship torpedoes. It notes dozens killed in a Montreal convent fire, a Cape Race blizzard disaster, a Norman Oklahoma asylum blaze, and multiple ship sinkings and train crashes. The Cyclops disappearance remains unsolved.
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Set
Montreal
Canada
St. Johns
N.ff
New York
Cape Race
Norman
Okla
Notable deaths in 1918 mark losses among public figures
A necrology lists prominent deaths of 1918, including U S Senator James H. Brady and Senator William Hughes, former congressmen A P Gardner and George von Meyer, diplomats, a sultan, a poet, artists, actors, and university leaders across the United States and Europe.
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Ufe
United States
James H. Brady
Idaho
Maj. A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
William Hughes
New Jersey
John J. Sullivan
West Abington
Mags
Abdul Eamid
Turkey
Cecil Spring-Rice
America
John Redmond
London
George von L. Meyer
Boston
R. E F. Broussard
Louisiana
William Joel Stone
Missouri
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Paris
Ramon M. Valdez
Panama
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Mohammed V
Viscount Rhondda
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Gustav Kobbe
Max Rosenthal
Philadelphia
Anna Held
New York
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
John M. Farley
John Ireland
St. Paul
Charles Lecocq
Russell Sage
Andrew White
Robert J. Collier
Gen. H. C. King
C. R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Joseph IF. Stilth
Mormon Church
Edmond Rostand
McClure
Favorite Prescription Aids Expectant Mother Says
Dr Morea Iona reports a nurse advised Favorite Prescription for expectancy. She claims health stayed strong, appetite good, sleep solid, and baby in perfect health. The nurse says prospective mothers should use Favorite Prescription for several months and has not seen a failed case.
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Morea
Iona
More Than Figure of Speech in Toothache Theory
New Jersey researchers report a link between mental state and dental health. They suggest that severe tooth pain may influence behavior and cognition, shedding light on historical claims that insanity can stem from dental issues.
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New Jersey
Norfolk
Kidney Trouble Not Easily Recognized
An examining physician from a major life insurance company notes kidney disease often goes unnoticed by applicants. The piece promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root, claiming it helps with such conditions and is available in two bottle sizes. A sample bottle can be requested for ten cents from Dr Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, NY, with paper mention.
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Silmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
revival efforts spark broom making on the farm
The text describes renewed efforts to revive the broom making industry on a farm and speculates that the stingy old fellow left all he had. The fragment hints at financial motives and a community revival plan without specific names or dates.
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Main St
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Cutter Laboratory
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