Warning of German loyalty suspicion circulates locally
The American Defense Society urges vigilance against German and Austrian Americans, urging residents to report suspicious acts to mayors. The piece links wartime propaganda to enemy activity and notes Prohibition politics in Michigan and local saloon opposition. It also mentions ex-president Taft’s planned address in Knoxville during high school graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
W. H. Taft
Marion County
Taft
Call to sacrifice in wartime for all citizens
A patriotic plea urges Americans to wake up to wartime duty. It states the war is not a social event and requires sacrifice from every citizen, including time and money, and the relinquishing of comforts. It notes young men volunteer and may lose lives, and calls for doing the very best to shorten their ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Des Moines News Warns Of Impatient Audiences
The Des Moines Capital notes a winter sight where audiences at patriotic meetings grow forgetful of the flag and fail to stand for Key’s Star Spangled Banner. It urges better etiquette and mentions orchestras sometimes playing the national air at banquets.
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Des Moines
Francis Scott- Key
Editorial foes and food conservation at a school lecture
The Chronicle defends its critique of Professor Davis's high school lecture on conservation. Readers unhappy with the review are acknowledged, while editors argue for editorial liberty to discuss topics as they see fit. They note the substitute lecturer may have impacted expectations and call for better observance of food regulations if the talk aided public good.
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Abraham Lincoln
Professor Davis
The
Chronicle
Vaccination and land issues in early public debate
A letter argues vaccination reduces typhoid in the army while criticizing De Vos on disease. It cites the Span ish American War era and smallpox fears, and contrasts U S vaccination with a Mexi can border disorder analogy. The piece then discusses The Marshalltown Times Republican editorial claim that land reform offers wealth without uprisings, and counters that lands remain under private claimants, creating a class seeking land in the United States despite free homesteads.
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C. de Vos
de Vos
Pella
United States
Teddy
Opportunity in free land for all, not landholders
The article argues that land tenure systems harm national equality by letting owners withhold land to extract payment from others. It condemns titleholders for profiting from land value created by all citizens and cites The Times-Republican warning that immigrants and poor workers could become millionaires if opportunity remains in the United States.
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the Times-Republican
United States
Draft should be selective in fact for farm and mining work
The author argues service is needed from farm workers and notes mining also requires workers. Women are less suited for mining roles, so the draft should be selective in fact as well as in name. The piece emphasizes practicality in assigning wartime duties.
Selective draft must favor essential war production
The draft should avoid harming essential industries and farming. Exemption boards should fill quotas from nonessential classes while leaving farmers and workers in critical roles on the job. The nation needs food, coal, and munitions before troops can be fielded, and productive labor must be protected.
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Iowa
Red Cross Seeks Nurses for Front Line Service
The American Red Cross and Surgeon General Gorgas urge young women to start nursing training for service in France or to replace nurses heading to the front. About 3,000 nurses will be needed. training is free including tuition, board and uniforms. The need for nurses will continue after peace, with enrollment limited only by teaching and clinical facilities. Information to enroll is available through any Red Cross chapter.
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France
Gorgas
Nama Canal Zone
Panama
Red Cross
Red Cross Membership Dives into 23 Million Mark
The American Red Cross reports 23,475,000 members nationally after the Christmas campaign, up from 6,000,000 before the drive. Central Division led with 3,600,000 new members, while other divisions added substantial numbers despite poor weather, boosting local chapters with many new workers.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Minots
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Southwestern
Atlantic
Gulf
Lake
Mountain
New England
Northern
Northwestern
Pueilc
Pennsylvania
Potomac
Southern
Have You Joined the Army Tone of calls to enlist in WWI
The piece urges every reader to enlist or contribute to the war effort, noting thousands already fighting in France and hundreds training in camps. It highlights civilians at home building ships, rifles, cannons, cartridges, and shells as part of the army of freedom. It ends with a direct prompt to join.
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France
Army of Freedom
Chronicle
War Savings and Thrift Stamps Urge Women and Children to Serve
A wartime call declares women and children have a role in supporting the war through thrift. It urges saving, foregoing unnecessary luxuries, and buying War Savings and Thrift Stamps to lend money to the government with good interest. Enlist today in the thrift army.
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Sam
Humans Live Like Dogs In Near East Refugee Crisis
A cablegram via the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, routed through the U S State Department, reports extreme destitution in the Near East as winter nears. William T Ellis describes refugees in Urmia living on stones, in ragged tents, starving and sick, comparing their condition to Oriental street dogs while noting American relief has been a national triumph but need remains overwhelming.
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American Committee For
State Department
Washington
Near East
William T. Ellis
Tifls
Russian
Caucasus
Uramia
Madison Square
New York
America
Peter Patriot Buys War Savings Stamp Moral Lesson
Peter saves his penny and buys a War Savings Stamp, totaling twenty-five cents lent to the government to fund the war and bolster business. Sammy Slacker spends frivolously and saves nothing, a cautionary tale of squandered wealth and national loss.
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Peter Patriot
Sammy Slacker
Peter
Sammy
Toast to the flag and patriotic verse with 1886 affidavit
A fragmentary notice combines a patriotic verse about the flag and a 1886 sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney asserting F. S. Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for any case of cataract cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a 1918 birth notice for Donald Ford in Berwyn Illinois.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. 3
Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Stock and Grain Prices and World War Era Promotion
Stock and Grain values are listed with corrections by Van der Zyl Bro and Pella Produce for various commodities and eggs. The note includes old hens, roosters, ducks, and other stock terms, followed by an anachronistic promotion for The Thrice-A-Week New York World from 1918, touting low prices and bundled subscriptions with The Chronicle.
A Wint to the Aged and Cold Recovery Advice
A note urges readers over sixty to rest in bed for one or two days after catching a cold. It claims quicker recovery with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and reduced danger of the cold leading to serious illnesses, attributed to F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
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Times- Republican
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Berwyn
Ill
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Vander Zyl Bro
NEW York World
Vander Linden
BAZAR
A. J. Visser
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
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P. A. Edmund
Wagner
Aschenbrennner
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
iCalls
Main Street
Vander Ploeg & DE Reus
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Vander Zyl Bros
TOWA
F. F. Carpenter
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
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