New Work Tribune War Time Editorial Vagaries
The article from New Work Tribune discusses wartime policy ideas and public sentiment in 1917. It references calls for a sensible war tax bill a real food control bill and broad support for loan subscriptions amid a climate of temper and enthusiasm need to be rekindled through decisive measures. It cites New York circulation details and public notices framed as editorials reflecting the period’s urgency and constraints.
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Daly
Tye Theauvm
Woot
Seerrare
Roncetre
New York
The Libert Y Loan Struggles Reflect Policy Gambles
Analysis argues the Liberty Loan faced failure due to Washington missteps in forecasting needs and tax policy. It criticizes the Ways and Means plan, McAdoo guidance, and Kitchin led Senate changes, urging balanced initial taxation to avoid choking capital and delaying war funding.
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Washington
Treasury
Pew
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
McAdoo
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Kitchin
Constantine’s Downfall Marks Greece’s Dismemberment
A critical assessment argues Constantine of Greece abdicated to protect his dynasty, but his pro Germany stance and intrigues with Venizelos fractured Greece. The article notes Allied patience, Italy’s occupation of Southern Albania, and the possible move toward a Venizelist republic, while condemning Constantine’s policies and predicting lasting consequences for Greece. It also weaves in civic commentary on Greek national character and a digressive note on American diet debates.
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Constantine
Greece
Rome
Italy
House of Mey
Alexander
Germany
Kim
Venizelos
Serbia
Macedonia
Ferdinand
Sarrail
Salonica
Albania
Epirus
Why Do They Eat Cake Says New York War Nutrition
A Women's City Club sketch critiques wartime rationing and commentary from the Food Ministry of Great Britain. The piece lampoons high cost living and scarce foods, praising humble fare like beans and chicken while mocking luxury eats as patriotism.
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City Club
Marie Antoinette
Women’s City Club
New York City
New York
Food Ony Department
Food Ministry of
Great Britain
Seo
Indelicate Women Drive War Effort Through Labor Change
Erie shops at Susquehanna begin employing women on drill presses and other mechanical tasks as men go to military service. Public reaction to women’s census duties highlights evolving gender roles, with critics noting delicacy has shifted in the era of war and national duty.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie
Susquehanna
Penn
Anrhea
German Deception in War What Kadaver Means in Debate
The piece mocks German officials and press for linguistic quibbles over Kadaver during World War I. It notes the Foreign Secretary’s claim that Kadaver refers only to animal carcasses, while German media fixates on alleged language ignorance and the alleged use of human bodies in war fatting and fertilizer processes. It highlights deflating misinterpretations by editors and a Chicago professor who cites dictionaries to argue Kadaver excludes humans.
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Carlyle
Kadaververwertungsanstalten
Herr Zimmermann
Reichstag
University of Chicago
Verband Deutscher Schriftsteller
Amerika
Himmelf
Kadaver
Dictionary Doubts and German Language Changes
The excerpt attacks the idea that dictionaries define living language, arguing that modern German began changing after 1905 and citing a German anatomy manual from 1881 and a 1905 testimonial by Dr. Friedrich Kopsch. It contrasts linguistic authority with observed slang and notes Carlyle’s praise of German spirit.
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Berlin
Pots and Kettles Why Dilatory Americans Should Be a Little Patient Toward Russia
Alvin M. Higgin argues that democracies resemble mobs and urge patience with Russians amid moral indignation toward German aggression. He notes U S wartime distractions and calls for restraint, comparing American and Russian mob psychology to justify measured action toward Russia.
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Evien
America
Lidge
Pui
Russia
Alvin M. Higgin
New York City
Spuyten Duyvil
Bond appeal weighs Liberty Loans as national shield
In a June 1, 1917 letter from Boston, PH Belknap argues Liberty Bonds offer untaxed, stable 9 percent return, stress their role in funding the nation and protecting individual households. He contrasts bonds with other yields, urging immediate subscription to support the Republic against Germany and to secure personal finances.
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the Tribune
M Navings Bank
Habove
Jesse
Belknap
Boston
Mags
Guardian of the Lighthouse in War’s Dark Night
A poetic homage depicts La Gardienne du Phare as a living light amid combat, guiding through darkness. The piece honors the blind soldiers of war, contrasting voids of sun and Louvre with a pledge to transmute gifts into new light.
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Sun
Louvre
Seine
House of Light
Pankhurst argues for a planned nationwide women war work system
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst outlines a program to mobilize women for war labor. She urges a national register and training network, warns against enrolling women without ready jobs, and stresses proper placement in posts from farming to government offices. She cites Britain’s early missteps and praises the Ministry of Munitions and a future National Service.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
United States
Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of National Service
America
Tila
Lancashire
Train the Unfit To the Editor of The Tribune
A letter to the Tribune argues for raising second class postage rates to curb magazine advertising bulk. It urges government to enforce fitness, proposing training camps for the physically unfit and stern public health measures to ensure able-bodied citizens serve in defense. The writer cites post office costs and the need to fund military readiness.
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Cushing
Postoffice Department
Aliens Should Serve On Farms During War
A letter from H C Slack of New York dated June 11 1917 argues that enemy aliens in the United States who have not secured citizenship papers should be drafted into an agriculture army to work on farms. He criticizes the census duty for citizens while aliens enjoy protection and proposes forced farm service as a remedy. The writer uses The Tribune as a platform for this agitating viewpoint.
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The
Tribune
Little Magazine
Ile
Johns. Cushing
New York
York
the Tribune
H.C. Slack
Niight
F.C
How Economize Bread and Cornmeal Recipes in 1927 Letter
A reader urges economical baking with Miss Farmer's Boston Cooking Book and offers detailed bread and cornbread recipes using rye meal cornmeal and graham flour. Instructions cover yeast starter, mixing, rising, steaming, and serving, noting substitutions and cost-saving tips.
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The
Tribune
F.C
Tri
Misser
Alsace Lorraine pledge loyalty to France in 1917 letter
Clement Rueff of Les Amis de l Alsace Lorraine encloses a cable to Mr Ribot president of France declaring Alsace Lorraine remain French and reject Germanise claims. The group thanks the French government for steadfast policy and vows unity with France, noting long history of occupation and resistance.
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Ribot
Fresch Council of Ministers
Amsterdam
Clement Rueff
Les Amis de l’Alvsce-Lorraise
New York
of Ministers
Paris
Lorreisere
America
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Belgium
Barbars
Justix
Germany
Ita
L ‘America
Franc
Oetry
Les Amis de l'Alsace-Lertaitt
Hooverize To The Editor Of Toe Ir Sirs
Henry B. Gross of New York urges a campaign to halt hoarding and waste and to adopt Hoover as a national symbol for economy. He praises the relief efforts of Belgium and France and calls for widespread public exhortation to save food.
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Toe Ir
Heerer
Ponte B Mata
Belgium
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