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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
5
A column condemns eastern Iowa Democratic papers for prioritizing local politics over national issues. It stresses unity behind the president and rejects partisan bickering during wartime, urging cooperation with Republicans to defeat Germany and demand restitution for wartime damage.
The piece argues Germans fear defeat and dump war bonds while U S bonds fund future growth. It praises saving and monthly investments, notes thrift in France after the Franco Prussian War, and cautions against paying high premiums or overborrowing to cover bond purchases. It links prudent personal finance to rising credit and advancement.
The article celebrates Chicago mothers who lost sons in the Great War and who supported the war effort through donations and work. It describes a May 1919 liberty parade scene with a gold star and widespread public cheers, praising women's devotion and sacrifice for country and humanity.
Witnesses describe thousands of soldiers and Marines in Chicago last Saturday. The piece boasts American training, claiming Germany needs three years to train a soldier while the U S can outdo them with six months.
The senate has passed a bill to continue the present official time all winter. If the house concurs, clocks will not be turned back an hour on October 27.
The Democratic Party of Iowa boasts of endorsing Senator Kenyon for a re election, asserting there was no real chance to defeat him. It says it cannot trade away anything of value or obtain what it lacks the power to secure.
The speaker argues for a difficult peace with Germany after a great war. They insist the Kaiser surrender his sword and cannot accept any offer until Germany pays reparations to cleanse the bloodshed.
The speaker warns against celebratory peace talk until a formal declaration. The Kaiser’s offers deserve distrust, rooted in prior deception. Peace will come only after the Allies have defeated Kaiserism and its forces.
A brief note condemns bond drives for revealing individuals who prioritize commerce over national duty, highlighting perceived disloyalty among certain local figures. The piece stresses vigilance and civic responsibility.
A Chicago Tribune opinion balks at suffragists who disrupt with noise and fish horns, arguing that most women support stable government and majority rule. It dismisses I W W tactics as anarchistic, insisting peaceful, rational persuasion wins.
In wartime America the ruling party pushes uncompromising goals while the opposition leans toward conciliation. Senator Lodge urged a dictated peace with a firm peace terms minimum. Roosevelt applauded the stance as decisive.
The Kansas City Star argues German forces use systematic devastation as a weapon to pressure opponents. It notes villages, furniture and buildings destroyed, orchards cut, and fears a peace offer trading more destruction for surrender. The piece insists only forceful resistance will deter such tactics.
The Lincoln Journal notes the war industries board plans to standardize shoes and push prices downward by government order. The piece expresses hope but warns that government price control has not yet proven to lower costs, as coal buyers brace for winter.
Dubuque reports six hundred influenza cases and Cedar Rapids lists one thousand five hundred with twenty three fatalities. Camp Dodge sees several deaths including Aloys Duster and Leo Koster. Coe College closes for ten days. Erma Shaw dies en route to France. Multiple local obituaries follow from Oxford Junction to Anamosa.
George Coker postmaster at Oxford Mills is jailed on a potential murder charge after shooting John Carrington twice in the Oxford Mills post office last Friday afternoon over a ten cent telephone request. Carrington was wounded in the breast and back. he remains alive but severely injured. Coker, described as hot tempered and "wild-west" in manner, fired after an argument over lending ten cents to Mrs. Seaman, who sought to call a relative about a sick message. Carrington offered to loan the ten cents. Coker refuses to eat and spends time sobbing, remorse cited by jail reports.
The Lincoln Journal notes Prince Max as the new German chancellor described as liberal. It questions whether he is a bright liberal and argues that Prussian junkers caused Germany’s current trouble. The piece says Max arrives to bear the punishment earned by his predecessors as the helm heats up.
The government tightens wartime controls on footwear and apparel reducing styles. French heels are barred and woolen sweaters plus knit goods are limited to 50 percent wool. The drive aims to economize materials and should revive interest in wearing old clothes.
The German government declares it accepted President Wilsons terms and seeks to discuss practical application. A mixed commission may be formed to arrange evacuation as part of a peaceful settlement. The note, signed by Solf, states the chancellor acts with Reichstag majority in Berlin on October 12, 1918.
President Wilson's envoy letter to the Swiss chargé d’affaires transmits a blunt reply to Germany’s 8 and 12 October 1918 communications. It demands unconditional German surrender, secure guarantees of Allied military supremacy, and condemns German submarine warfare and destruction in occupied territories while peace terms hinge on a clear German commitment to dismantle arbitrary power.
The Iowa voter plan ensures every soldier of voting age anywhere in the United States can cast a ballot in his home precinct. Governor Harding appoints a commission to organize absent voter options and educate service members on how to vote by mail, aiming to include those in camps and those serving abroad.
The passage argues that sorrow underpins true joy and warns that endless wealth and pleasure lead to self-destruction. It uses Tannhauser as a mythic example and compares abundance to a cage that rots desire, insisting joy requires contrast with suffering.
In the Chicago Tribune summary B L T notes Hertling’s message as a grim forecast urging optimism while signaling harsher times ahead. The report highlights a pessimistic but defiant tone and frames the speech as a warning to readers.
New York World highlights German-born farmers in Minnesota and South Dakota backing the U S war effort. A farmer’s $12 000 Liberty Loan pledge shows German birth Americans stand for the republic and a united nation despite diverse origins. The piece links wartime sacrifice to a future of national unity.
A Sioux Falls Argus Leader critique notes the Kaiser shifting from pressing a peace with a shining sword to claiming the Allies seek Germany’s destruction. The piece asserts four years have eroded the Kaiser’s conceit and that German public opinion is slowly being educated against him.
The War Industries Board restricts new construction but allows repairs and expansions under 2500 dollars. Farm buildings under 1000 dollars require no permit. larger projects need approval. Eclipse plan service offers guidance and stock to meet farm needs. Lincoln quote frames commitment to the war effort and better efficiency.
The Washington Star features Mr. Dustin Stax noting that despite enormous income he is limited to only two lumps of sugar in his coffee. The anecdote questions wealth's relation to happiness in a light, wry tone.
Military observers debate whether the break in German lines lies in the Hindenburg sector or the Hohenzollern front as evidence mounts. The Kansas City Times reports on evolving interpretations of offensive success in World War I analysis.
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