Publishers call for a national bureau of information
The American Publishers Association proposes a bureau of information in Washington to counter government statements. The Chicago Tribune editorial criticizes Creel era propaganda as unreliable and biased, urging fact based reporting to correct public opinion and influence policy.
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Bureau of Public Information
Washington
American Publisher’s Association
National Capital
The
Chicago Tribune
Bureau of Information
East and West divide over liberty loan drive
The piece contrasts Eastern fear and Western awakening amid the third liberty loan campaign. It notes low subscriptions in New York Boston and Philadelphia while Minneapolis St Louis exceed targets, and attributes Chicago’s lag to urban weakness rather than rural shortfalls. The West is praised for timely awareness and potential leadership in patriotism.
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Seaboard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Allied Forces Hold At Ypres But Hun Threat Persists
The allies face a hard Hun drive with risks of a coastward sweep. British troops follow General Haig’s orders and fight with resolve. American units consolidate with the French at Amiens as a long bloody clash looms and new recruits flood to France at 150,000 monthly.
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Ypres
Haig
Amiens
France
Trial of Masses editors exposes unpatriotic paper asylum
The Masses editing case reveals the publication sheltered literary radicals including George Creel, who acted as government press agent. Creel is said to have made numerous misstatements and pacifist utterances, reducing his propaganda impact.
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Nuta
George Creel
Creel
Iowa Coal Stockpiles Ahead for State Use
The board of control reports no fear of spontaneous combustion in coal storage. It held thousands of tons for state institutions last year and will accumulate enough this summer to cover next winter. Iowa lump coal will be used and households and businesses urged to buy a year’s supply when available.
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Board of Control
Iowa
Missouri’s New Senator Xenophon P Wilfley
The newly appointed Missouri senator bears the name Xenophon P Wilfley. It is not stated if he was named after the ancient Athenian historian or the Greek physician linked to poisoning Claudius.
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Missouri
Xenophon P. Wilfley
Xenophon
Claudius
Ex-Justice Hughes Urges Swift Punishment for Treason
Ex Justice Hughes argues Congress can punish treason and sedition promptly to protect public opinion and national security. He cites Lincoln on wartime measures, supports civilian courts while avoiding military tribunals, notes 300,000 more troops and daily 10,000 troop movements overseas, praises the navy, and warns against surplus food waste as a social duty.
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Congress
Lincoln
Navy
War Service
Reed and Partners Face injunction over liquor sales
The remark calls for no mercy toward U S Marshal Reed and his stores if they sold alcohol illegally. The injunction suit against Reed and his partners will be watched with interest as law enforcement officials must obey the law.
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U. S
Reed
Iowa congressmen ranked high in average national standing
The Marion Sentinel notes Iowa’s congressmen are near the top on average, saying pride once came from proximity to the top rather than a modern primary system, with the state not content to be average in the past.
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Marion ‘Sentinel
Iowa
Hotels Ordered to Remove Sugar Bowls and Limit Sweetening
A humorous note describes hotels being told to remove sugar bowls from tables and to limit coffee sweetening and cereals. The piece mocks a six lump hog exhibiting piggish qualities and squeals that are said to be of no avail.
Three Missouri men decline senatorial toga
Three Missouri men reject bids for the U.S. Senate seat, avoiding a clash with Senator Reed. The article notes their decision and hints at political maneuvering within the state, as rivals weigh prospects and alliances in the wake of the senatorial race.
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Missouri
Senator Reed
Liberty Loan appeal by Senator Kenyon from Iowa
In a recent interview United States Senator W. Kenyon urges Liberty loan bond sales to fund military needs. He compares ruined northern France towns to inspire American support and stresses that the war is near and every citizen must contribute to defense efforts. He urges fundraising as a duty to back guns ammunition and food and promises to welcome returning soldiers.
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Kenyon
United States
Iowa
France
England
America
Wealth of nations exceeds Britain France and Germany
The Independent notes that US wealth surpasses the combined wealth of Britain, France and Germany. It cites debt ratios: Britain 192 percent, Germany 236 percent, France 333 percent, while the United States stands at 174 percent of national income. It asserts fresh war spending dwarfs allied and enemy expenditures to date.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
The American Girl Attitude in Atchison Commentary
A column in the Atchison Globe opines that many American girls overuse the take a good look attitude, noting social expectations and self awareness in a dated tone.
Ex Sheriff Celebrates 80th Birthday In Delaware County
A neighborhood news note records ex sheriff Cruise of Delaware County turning 80, with local chatter about relatives and community ties. The item also mentions Lee W. Lang’s arrest in Muscatine for sedition and a spate of regional happenings around Anamosa and Cedar Rapids.
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Cruise
Delaware County
Lee W. Lang
Muscatine
Arlington
P. R. Emmerett
DeWitt
War indemnity on Rumania would burden Atlantic trade
The Minneapolis Journal notes Germany has levied a war indemnity of 2 billion dollars on Romania. At that rate, the total could reach about 100 billion. It would be very difficult to collect any portion on this side of the Atlantic.
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Minneapolis
Germany
Rumania
Bodie
Atlantic
Court punishes slacker over missed draft orders
A St Paul Pioneer Press report notes courts demand proof when defendants claim “orders from on high” to dodge the draft and punish non production, underscoring the judiciary’s stance on evidence in draft evasion cases.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Confiscating Allen Property in Tipton County Courts
Judge J T Moffit was asked by Washington to search county records for property or money belonging to residents of enemy nations. Two unsettled estates tied to former Tipton residents have German heirs: Henry Kohler’s estate with about 13000 dollars in Merchants National Bank and John Parks’s estate with half the residue to Emma Parks Heine in Germany. Any recovered funds will be seized by the government for war use.
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Allen
Tipton
J. T Moffit
Washington
Germany
Henry Kohler
Clarence
D. G. W. Kohler
Rebecca Rabohn
Margaretta Helost
Claus Kohler
Merchants National Bank
Greene
Iowa
John Parks
Emma Parks Heine
Lubeck
Kohler
Farmer's wife backbone of country urged to aid farms
In a Chicago Herald commentary, Mrs. H. M. Dunlap urges farm relief through city volunteers. She highlights the farmer's wife as central, overworked, and deserving help with sewing, gardening, cooking, canning, and general support from girls and young women with cars.
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Chicago Herald
H. M. Dunlap
Food Production Commission
Dont Falk Too Much Council Bluffs Warns on War Duty
A Bluffs newspaper column urges readers not to judge a mother and her son’s wartime sacrifice. It states a man with a sick family may be exempt and stresses supporting the government drive to “put the government over the top.”
Aircraft policy questioned over motor company claim
The president of a motor company explains that the Liberty motor is indeed his company’s design, while the aircraft production board praises secrecy, arguing the public story of rapid in-house design misleads and harms trust in Washington departments and wartime unity.
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Sioux City Journal
Aircraft Production Board
Liberty
Washington
U S Marshal Reed Faces Injunction Over Liquor Sales
U S Marshal N F Meed and two partners Frank Baldwin and W C Middlesworth are named defendants in an Ottumwa injunction petition. County Attorney Mitchell and Attorney General H M Havner seek to bar liquor sales through three defendants and two drug stores after a grand jury probe into alleged unlawful sales.
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United States
N. F. Meed
Frank Baldwin
W. C. Middlesworth
Ottumwa
Mitchell
H. M. Havner
Grand Jury
Barley Shortage Tied to Beer Brewers’ Use in Vats
The Times-Republican notes barley scarce for flour as the best barley goes to beer brewers. It laments the absurdity of food shortages while bootlegged beer crosses state lines into Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Times - Republican
Iowa
Kaiser stumped by shift from Lusitania to neutral fleet
The Sioux City Journal notes the Kaiser’s confusion at America’s shift from the Lusitania sinking to seizing a neutral merchant fleet while the Philadelphia Public Ledger remarks on women’s expanding roles on earth.
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Sioux City Journal
Kaiser
America
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Twenty Seven Selectives Sent From Anamosa Camp
Twenty seven selectives ordered to Anamosa for camp and war service from Jones county entrained last Friday morning. They were banqueted and toasted by Anamosa residents the previous evening. They marched from headquarters to the train escorted by a band and school children, each carrying a tag. Names and occupations listed include farmers clerks machinists stenographers tradesmen and others with residences in Anamosa Monticello Oxford Junction and surrounding areas.
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Anamosa
Jones County
T. Mollowing
Eugene Coppess
Seward Nathan Merritt
Benjamin Schneider
Monticello
James Rhatigan
Ludwig Joseph Yunda
Toward M. Beardsley
George O. Stewart
Oxford Jet
Otto Wosoba
Oxford Junction
May 1898 Monticello News Highlights
A May summary from the Monticello Express notes deaths including Jessie Hardin and Nora Wolacre, births such as a child to Mr. and Mrs. Schneiter, and marriages including Miss Rice to John Wasson. It records enlistment moves for Frank Young and Harry Voorhees, civic reports on Dr. O. B. Rundle’s passing, and local education upgrades with teachers appointed and salaries set.
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Robert Maurice
Geneseo
Nation
Charles Schneiter
Bowen's Prairie
Prank Young
Peter Young
Minnesota Volunteers
Nora Wolacre
Michael Holacre
Alma Springer
Dennis Springer
Monticello
Fruithurst
Alabama
Isaac Ackerman
New York
Co. “G
8Th Town Cavalry
Josie C. Rice
Trinity Church
Boston
John J. Wasson
Himmelsburg
Anna Rettig
William Hints
Independence
Stev
George Rettig
A. M. Case
Congregational Church
Case
Jarvin I. Reed
Harry Voorhees
J. A. Voorhees
Des Moines
State Normal School
Cedar Walls
O. B. Rundle
Ale
Gerd Rickels
Harm Rickels
Castle Grove
John Rickels
Scotch Grove
Louis Gardner
Norman N. Smith
Gardner
Puffed But Modest Takes On War Fund Drive
George Schoon and Louis Gardner from Anamosa lead a county wide effort for war work using a scientific fundraising method similar to that used by the western Liberty Loan Committee. The piece notes their approach has gained attention in Mt. Vernon and beyond.
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Thomas McGuire
Anamosa
Joseph McGuire
Camp Dodge
GC. D. Stout
Gillen
Anamosa Journal
Jennie Bedell
Cedar Rapids
Mesdames Johnson
Scott
Hayles
Iowa
Liberty Loan
Winneshirk County
Fayette
Dubuque
McKinley Blue
J. J. Keane
John Bonzano
D. D
D. H. Gorman
Dubuque College
Idaho
Linehan
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bishop Glass
Great Falls
Montana
Bishop Gorman
Jones County
George C. Gorman
Oliver G. Kringle
Farley
Kringle
Adolph T. Zemanek
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Mt. Vernon
George Schoonover
Louis Gardner
Liberty Loan Committee
Burglary Rise Noted in Germany Claims Argus Leader
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader notes rising burglary reports in Germany with a cynical remark about the Kaiser setting an example. The brief commentary frames crime trends amid international tensions.
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Sioux Falls
Germany
Concrete Feeding Floors and Wood for Thrift
An Eclipse Corner feature urges building concrete hog feeding floors to keep pens clean and boost profits. It recommends two sacks of cement per 18 square feet plus simple instructions, touts wood as economical with durable proven projects, and ends urging timely coal orders to avoid rail delays.
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Hughes
Neighborhood News
H. H. Freer
Cornell College
Methodist Hospital
Los Angeles
Louis Holtje
London
Council of Defense
W. A. Grover
Rowley
Frank J. Naibert
Joseph Naibert
Naibert
Twenty-eighth
United States Infantry
Ft. Snelling
Clifford Brown
Waterloo
Blackhawk
Eugene Labeers
Brown
LaBeers
Owen
Marion
U.S
Wenty
United States War Savings Stamps
Monticello State Bank
Herrick
M. W. Hicks
Whiner
Hoag
Wher Ii
Henry M. Carpenter
William Stublers
G. H. George
H. 8. Richardson
Cashiler
J. Becker
Asst
Tulstond
M. Carpenter
Asal
Cash
Treasury Department
Onln
Collector of Internal Revenue
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Monticello, Lowa
George Washington
Quincy
Massachusetts
William Coddington
Bplinters
Harry 1. Rodman
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