District judges face election in Linn and surrounding counties
The article urges voting for the non partisan judiciary ticket with four district judges up for re election. It highlights Ellison Moffit Smith and Dawley as incumbents or appointees, notes party alignment with Republicans and argues against replacing proven officials. It also praises the Students Army Training Corps and calls for continuation of military schooling after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Students Army Training Corps
Iowa
Wilson appeals for party solidarity in wartime politics
The article criticizes President Wilson for urging voters to defeat Republican candidates for being not Democrats. It notes his shift from urging abstention in campaigns to a partisan appeal, arguing the move harms representative government and blinds loyalty to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
Dent
Comittee
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
National Army
Col Harvey attacks Democratic Congress over Wilson nomination
Col George Harvey editor of the North American Review argues the Democratic Congress failed in every respect and calls for uniting intelligent citizens to boot the Democratic Congress out of existence before the November ballot. He praises loyalty to country over party and singles out Woodrow Wilson’s nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Congress
Noise of Iowa campaign chatter meets funeral laughter
A Manson Journal note mocks the loud campaign orators in Iowa and compares their din to the inappropriate laughter heard at a funeral, implying public cynicism about political rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson Journal
Iowa
Three Supreme Court Judges Up for Re election This Fall
Three judges Byron W Preston Frank R Gaynor and Freeman Stevens are set for re election in fall elections. Preston and Gaynor have each served one term while Stevens filled part of a term after Governor appointed him to replace Judge Deemer. The incumbents boast high character and records and appear on the non partisan judicial ticket. Voters should cast full support for these judges alongside four district judges.
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Ellison
Anamosa
Jones County
Moffit
Tipton
Cedar County
Jones
Cedar Counties
Linn County
Judge Smith
Cedar Rapids
Dawley
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Byron W. Preston
Oskaloosa
Frank R. Gaynor
le Mars
Freeman
Stevens
Hamburg
Preston
Gaynor
Justice Stevens
Deemer
Good Words For Judge Ellison
The Cedar Rapids Republican urges voters in Linn Cedar and Jones counties to elect four judges, endorsing incumbents Ellison and Moffit for re election while recommending Linn county residents vote for two locals and support Hilison and Moffit for a fair distribution. It frames the guidance as neighborly and decent rather than political.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Cedar
Jones
Ellison
Moffit
Linn County
Jones and
Hilison
Cedar Counties
Germany Must Pay
In discussions of peace terms Americans should not forget Germany must pay for damage from the war and that payment must not be let to fail. A popular view that a democratic reset would spare penalties is challenged.
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Germany
Dubuque
Knows Not Honor. Kaiser's Peace stance mocked
Aberdeen News argues the Kaiser misdefines honor in seeking an honorable peace, claiming such a notion ignores the causes of the world war and implies responsibility without acknowledging German aggression. The piece contends true honor requires accountability.
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Aberdeen
Germany
Overestimating Decency in War Perception
Charles City Press notes a fundamental WWI error by Allied powers in overestimating the decency and honor of the Hun. The piece critiques Allied misjudgments across United States England Belgium and France regarding enemy treatment and wartime conduct.
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Charles City
United States
England
Belgium
France
Be Not Deceived Says War Continues Despite Run
Stillwater Oklahoma Gazette warns readers not to view the Hun's retreat as an end to the war and notes that battles and public tensions may persist long after early victories.
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Stillwater
Okla
Sioux City Father Raised Ten Sons to Fight Germans
A South Dakota father who raised ten sons to serve in the military is highlighted as a true American father during wartime morale efforts. The piece emphasizes family dedication and patriotic duty amid Germany’s aggression.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
County Republicans nominate a strong county ticket
The county GOP touts a unified slate of candidates led by James W. Good for Congress and W. H. Flenniken for representative. It praises the rest of the ticket, including Dc. H. Freeman for auditor, G. W. Walker for treasurer, S. W. Flaherty for clerk, and incumbents Mills Soper Rhinehart Rawson Bodenhoefer Hughes Watt, stressing patriotism and wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
James W. Good
Mr. Good
W. H. Flenniken
Olin
Flenniken
Dc. H. Freeman
Freeman
G. W. Walker
Anamosa
S. W. Flaherty
W. H. Mills
Lloyd Soper
France
Soper
B. E. Rhinehart
Rhinehart
E. J. Rawson
John T. Bodenhoefer
Greenfield
G. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove
George Watt
Cass
Influenza death and war era notes across Iowa towns
Neighborhood notices report the death of 13 year old Alton Correll near Delaware from influenza and multiple influenza cases in Greeley and Dubuque. Other items note uniforms for Marion high school, deaths of Claude Nelson and Henry Nelson, a Waterloo accident, Red Cross nurses' burials, a Coe college Olympic flag presentation, and a temperance lecture urging liberty restrained by liquor harms.
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Alton Correll
Charles D. Correll
Delaware
Greeley
Marion High School
Dubuque
Red Cross
United States
West Liberty
Elsie Davis
Pittsburgh
Miss Davis
West Liberty High School
Ella Noring
Camp Merritt
N. J
France
False influenza story hits Great Lakes naval station
Des Moines Register reports a malicious tale accusing doctors of spreading influenza at service camps, rejected by Jefferson Barracks Camp Custer and other posts. Capt. W. A. Moffett at Great Lakes denied the rumor and said a blanket denial would be issued to sailors' families. He also denied claims that whisky was used against influenza at the station.
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Des Moines Register
Great Lakes
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Custer
Middle West
W. A. Moffett
Moffett
Cootie-Proof Garments Approved for Overseas Use
The war department approved chemically treated undergarments to prevent vermin. Developed at Iowa State University labs in Iowa City, the garments were highlighted to Secretary Baker by Mrs. Eastman. Similar protective wear is used by British and Canadian troops, with shipments abroad ordered expedited.
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Washington
War Department
State University
Iowa City
Baker
Chas. W. Eastman
Eastman
Luxemburg as a target in German war aims
The piece argues Luxemburg lies under German control from Lorraine borders to the Hindenburg line. It notes German troops occupy the duchy, its iron mines valued by empire, and predicts its return in a future peace as a condition without discussion.
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New York Times
Germany
Belgium
Luxemburg
Lorraine
France
Grand Duchy
Alsace- Lorraine
London
Richelieu
Alsace
Stained With Blood in the Chicago Tribune
An editorial references a white flag of surrender as stained red by German actions and invokes Macbeth and Neptune to condemn the atrocity, signaling wartime outrage and moral judgment.
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Chicago Tribune
Macbeth
Neptune
Germany’s Bells Plundered for Copper and Tin
The Literary Digest reports German looting of church bells as Bolshevik chaos feeds German gains. It cites claims from the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in New York and Rev. Alexander Philoposky, alleging bells from Belgium and eastern France, including Moscow’s Kremlin bell, are shipped to Germany for metal salvage and trade.
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Germany
Literary Digest
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
France
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
New York Tribune
St. Nicholas
New York
Alexander Philoposky
Sitka
Alaska
Holy Russia
Iven ‘Czar Kolokol
Philoposky
Deferred Payment tale from small town store
An eight year old girl asks for cloth to make her dolly a dress. The merchant offers the fabric for one kiss and the girl agrees that her grandma will pay tomorrow. The vignette highlights a quaint deferred payment exchange in Harper's Magazine.
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Harper’s Magazine
Eclipse Corner urges war era home weather upgrades
The column argues government regulates rather than embargo industry to keep war effort smooth. It promotes storm windows and storm doors to cut coal use by a quarter, praises cedar roofing posts, and urges building machinery sheds, repairing promptly, and making homes storm proof to save resources for the war.
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Judge Ellison
the County Ticket
Neighborhood News
Claude Nelson
Edgewood
Camp Dodge
John A. Dunlap
Forest J. Dunlap
U. S
Alabama
Manchester
James Rush Lincoln
Ames
Army. Training Corps
Peter N Nelson
Independence
Henry Nelson
Nelson
Liberty Township
Harlan Woods
Waterloo
Verne Murphy
Dike
Mr. Woods
West Side
Rose Barber Supply Co
International Olympic Committee
Coe College
Clem Wilson
Stockholm
Sweden
Applegrath
Lippincott
University of Pennsylvania
Coe
Jones County Times
the Times
Ireland
Price's Hill
Cincinnati
Road House
Doyle
Little
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Monticello State Bank
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Monticello
Harry L Rodman
Loval
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