20 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1918
Page
1
The passage ridicules calls for a wartime Liberty Loan push led by McAdoo and mocks political partisanship. It contrasts demobilization with peace efforts and skewers Democratic critics, hinting at partisan tensions and public sentiment during the war.
The article discusses state adoption of wartime inflation and price policy ideas, criticizes wartime spending and governance, and cites Senator Chamberlain’s report on the War Department’s failures ten months after entering the war. It questions who bears responsibility for administration faults.
A lengthy speech questions wartime policy and Civil liberties as America mobilizes for conflict. At a St Louis GOP meeting William Hale Thompson urged protecting free press, expression, and assembly, warning against surrendering fundamental rights while the nation fights overseas.
A jittery column details visitors and activities across several towns. Mentions Alma Hughes and Myrtle, a Valentine party for Miss Florence Fisher, Hermann Missouri travel for eye concern, J F Newcomb Belgrade, Belgrace visit, Emma Gideon Caledonia visiting Mrs. Jamison, Rise Glennia Veargain home from Fredericktown, James Woodrow departing for Wheatland Wyoming, Kath Robinson business trip to St Louis, Matt Vineyard moving to De Soto, Bergen Rameey of St Janis, and upcoming political candidate talk in neighboring counties.
A brief item notes printing work completed at the Journal office. No further details available in the readable text.
A soldier from Camp Lewis American Lake Washington describes the vast cantonment housing 50 000 men the layout shaped like a horseshoe with sunrise drills and early rising. He notes the mix of drafted peers regular soldiers and western workers learning discipline through intense rivalries while highlighting new skills from training including languages shorthand and math.
An Oregon County meeting by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture shows farmers wasted distance hauling corn to markets and searching for pasture. One farmer drove nearly forty miles per load to buy or sell corn, while another spent days seeking pasture before finding it near a neighbor.
A garbled excerpt describes unusual drops and a crowd watching a shopkeeper’s goods, with unclear actions and scattered phrases. It references a person named Yape and a phrase prom Actansawyer, plus remarks about things dropped that resemble edible items and a lingering curiosity in the setting.
In a humorous exchange, a long delinquent subscriber quips about paying up while editor Joshua Lott of the Smileyvilla Express responds with a teasing remark about a pleasant surprise. The scene unfolds with sarcasm and small-town newspaper vibes.
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