Reaping the whirlwind on the Russian front
A skeptical analysis blames a limited mindset of the Russian peasantry for unrest after the revolution. It cites fraternal talks with German soldiers, German influence and propaganda, Kerensky’s warnings, and fears of panic and suppression of knowledge feeding a deadly harvest of ignorance as Russia reaps the whirlwind of death. It also notes American views of the German chancellor and Michaelis’s portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aivete
Russia
Kerensky
Germany
Romanoffs
Revo- Kerensky
Joyriding must be eliminated in wartime cars
Ralph Stewart, a devoted suitor to Lucy Pepperell, faces wartime fuel limits and a confiscation of Percy Rushford’s Damarack sport car after a government edict orders joyriding curtailed. A sweeping fuel shortage triggers personal changes as neighbors adjust to a redirected drive for duty and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Stewart
Damarack
Percy Rush
Gure
Rush- Stewart
Fiord
Ralph
Lucy Pepperell
Percy Rushford
Lucy
Percy
Hindenburg
New York
Washington
Central
Congress fights food bill over wartime spending probe
The article condemns Action 23 of the food control bill for eroding executive prerogative and risking war-effort disruption. It argues Congress would gain sweeping power to investigate all government purchases, inviting endless witnesses and probes, while the President remains the one to make hard wartime decisions. It urges a war council instead of perpetual congressional intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lever
Congress
Congressional Committee On
Great Britain
Nore
Fatty
Ex & Torp
Andy Anderson
Vacation Tales From a Summer Youth Page
In a rough, humorous voice a boy Fatty recounts schemes and mischief with friends about injuries, fevers, and an upcoming Sunday school picnic. The piece pokes fun at local figures, imagines daring pranks, and ends with a caution about green dye in the die house crick today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crick
Spotty the Turtle Answers Peter's Questions
Thornton W Burgess narrates Spotty the Turtle dating eggs and babies on Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit asks about how Spotty’s mate, Mrs Spotty, and the sun warmed eggs that hatched. Spotty explains birds and reptiles share eggs and that the sun warmed them rather than parental incubation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spotty the Turtle
Peter
Thornton W. Burgess
Potty
Turtle
Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Spotty
Spotty
Jimmy
Jimmy Skunk
Treating Children as Comrades Not Miniature Adults
A reflective piece urges treating children and adults as peers, not as hierarchies. It argues against patronizing children and insists on equal respect, citing Mary Austin on child psychology and childhood self-perception as kings and heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Mary Austin
War Gardeners urged to dry and evaporate surplus produce
The piece emphasizes conserving scarce cans by drying or evaporating surplus fruit and vegetables. It promotes sun drying, oven drying, or a small evaporating machine to prevent waste and extend supplies for the home front.
Insanity ruling sends Charles Bennett to Jacksonville hospital
In Pittsfield Illinois Charles Bennett was adjudged insane by a county court commission and taken to the state hospital at Jacksonville by Deputy Sheriff William Perry. Bennett, longtime county farm inmate, joins a list of local residents noted in a broad daily roundup including military exams, civic club events, wills, and travel notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Ill
Charles Bennett
Jacksonville
William Perry
Bennett
Karl Kern
Quincy
Navy
Peoria
Anna Clague
Birthday Club
George Carnes
Griggs
Margaret Carnes
Maysville
Grigesville
Carnesa
Clyde Hillman
New Salem
Otto Garner
Ada Farrington
Macomb
State Normal School
F. A. Seeger
Bourcke Williams
Bloomington
D. I. Willams
Alice Benson
John B. Gragg
Milton
Edward Chapman
Spokane
Wash
William Stone
Fred Beaumeau
17Th Artillery
Camp Robertson
Sparta
Wis
Jane Stebbins
The
Congregational Church
State Hospital For
F. N. Wells
S. B. Peacock
Bourcke C. Williams
Lawson Williams
Carl Kern
Rose Clayton
New York City
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By Webster
H. ‘T. Webster
Herr Michaelis
Paul West
Frank Moser
Atty Bellowes
Brigham Torp
Stebbins
Torp Hasent
Stupfy
Baleh
Polise
Treglar
Byville
Anny
Andy
Grandfather Frog's
He Turned To Mrs. Spotty
Frank Crane
Tommy
W. S. Gilbert
Frank E. Raymond
Alger
Mich
Caticura
Dept. H. Boston
Mattie Merrill
Jane Stebbing
Elmer T. Doocy
Truman Allen
Pike County
Clyde Euliman
New Satem
Eather James
Meredosia
Howard Rhodes
Ethel Storck
Roy Besuman
Wesleyan University
Amelia
Barr
Kee
Ron Aster
Fadler
Allel
Keeley Institute
Dwight
IIL
North American Hatters’ Union
J. E. Spears
Pree
C. H. Weiss
Maine Street
J. W. Daniels
G. H. Liesen
Treai
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