New Ulm Review: World War I, Local Water Plant Debate
New Ulm Review cites Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia asking allies for safe conduct home amid reports of mass killings and neutrality criticisms. Springfield IL considers 1500000 for de ironizing water to protect city infrastructure. New Ulm's water clings to hardness and iron, prompting curiosity about de ironizing in our own city.
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Siberia
Kolchak
Omsk
Sidebak
Springfield
New Uhr
Patriots versus radicals warned at Minnesota Union meeting
H N Owen of Minneapolis, publisher of Farm Stock and Home, criticized patriotic societies for lawless acts mirroring I W W tactics. He warned that vigilantism and raids threaten social order, citing a raid on an I W W hall and vandalism at a radical book store in Minneapolis. He urged stronger laws to curb radicals, while condemning violence as un-American.
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Minnesota Union
Americanry of Equity
I. W. W. Hall
Minneapolis
Menmcepolis
American Legion
Donaldson's
Lindeen
Ortonville
Be wary of democracy claims and price blame satire
A reader-clipped remark notes that many misunderstand democracy and urges lessons before joining patriotic groups. It questions why illicit acts in the name of patriotism go unpunished and critiques an economist’s claim that women’s shopping drives high living costs, blaming profiteers instead.
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Owen
State University
Memcbers
St. Paul
Progressives in New Labor Party Platform Demands
Chicago reports a four day Labor Party of the United States convention with over 1,200 delegates from all states. The platform calls for nationalization of key industries, abolition of the Senate, repeal of the espionage act, free speech rights, no compulsory military training, and a popular vote for federal judges. It also supports amnesty for political prisoners and urges broader affiliations while maintaining distinct radical lines.
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Chicago
Labor Party of the
United States
United States Senate
Anderson
Russia
Amesty
Tom Mooney
Wall Street
League
Socialist Party
Committee of Forty-Eight
Labor Party
England
Canada
India
Social-Democratic League
William English
Conservatives and Radicals in the Coal Conflict
Conservatives fear labor radicalism as the coal strike unsettles the public. The piece argues unions should leverage political action, critiques Gompers and federation chiefs, and contrasts Kansas Governor Allen and Governor Fraizer on handling labor. It asserts radicals often temper, while capital interests push anti labor measures postwar.
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Debs
Morris Hilquit
Thomas van Lear
Gompers
Lewis
Allen
Kansas
Frazier
Fraizer
Lyric Theatre Week of Christmas Shows Est Los Angeles
Tonight and tomorrow at the Lyric Theatre present Yanky Doodle In Berlin a Mack Sennett comedy in five acts with The Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties in person. Friday and Saturday Wallace Reid stars in The Valley of the Giants with Nature color Prizma Films Glacier Park. Harold Lloyd two reel comedies and a one reel feature. Sunday Charles Ray in Creased Lightning with Cristy comedy. Monday Allie Joyce in The Third Degree showing police torture themes and Trapped Like Rats sixth episode Smashing Barriere.
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Berlin
Mack Sennett
Wallace Reid
Valley of the Giants
Red Woods
California
Glacier Park
Harold Lloyd
Self
Iei
Charles Ray
Mr. Ray
Allicg
Joyce
Bates
Great White Plague to Go Must Be Next
Public health appeal highlights 1918 death tolls in Minnesota. Leprosy and yellow fever vanish from the state, smallpox and typhoid deaths are low, but tuberculosis deaths reach 2600. Call to action for Christmas seals and health bonds to save lives.
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Troth
Minnesota State Board of Health
Minnesota Public Health Association
Nominating convention for 1920 election planned
Walling and allied groups push a spring nominating convention to choose a standard bearer for the 1920 race. The piece cites Labor News Service and notes how political reform movements steer toward cooperative and popular government aims. It discusses advertising shifts from hill posters to local papers, praising newspaper ads for farmer auctions.
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Walling
Committee of Forty-Eight
Popular Government
League
Co-operative Movement
Inti
Labor News Service
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New Ulm Review
New Ulm Publishing Companieasees
United Press. and Publishing Company
New Ulm
Minnesota
Progressives
NEW Labor Party
Lyric Theatre
Ccogy
Dees
Charlotte Walker Jr
Charlie
Chaplin
Karlin Chaplin
Sunaguide
ToGo
Fatrior
A. de Bentzin
Sas
Lamberton
Los Angeles County
Agricultural Journalism Department
Iowa State College
Eaton’s Highland Linen Crane
Linen Lawn
Backer’s Pharmmacy
J. A. Ochs
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