What a 50 Dollar Bond Will Buy in War Time
A 50 dollar Liberty Loan bond is described as funding inch shells for submarine hunts, coal to power a destroyer beyond 100 miles, complete sailor apparel, and four months of soldier sustenance. The piece urges readers to support Company F in Houston, framing the bond as sustaining victory and promoting perpetual peace, invoking Farragut’s “Damn the torpedoes” stance.
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F Boys
Houston
Baylis
Ill
Pike County
Pressure grows for independent German voices against militarism
The author urges spokesmen beyond the military bureaucracy to challenge loyalties to the Hohenzollerns and militarism. Citing Sam Gompers and Patrick Henry as models, they argue a Waterloo moment may teach restraint while noting Americans increasingly lean toward arming themselves and opposing Potsdam policies.
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Sam Gompers
Rhine
Reichstag
Patrick Henry
Potsdam
Napoleon
France
Elba
Germany
President names Col. House as ambassador at large
Information scouts and EACE advocates warned they risk harming the country’s chances for success. They may claim the United States government is advancing toward peace by naming Col. House as a sort of ambassador at large. The move does not commit the government to an early settlement.
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EACE
United States
Col
Ee M.house
Setion
House to lead new diplomacy effort with allied nations
The article notes the President plans broader freedom for a diplomat similar to the ministerial role. He will travel widely to gauge public opinion in allied and neutral countries. Confidential talks with premiers and foreign affairs secretaries are expected, recalling Colonel House’s peace mission to Germany.
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House
Germany
Wilson
Permanent Peace by Dr Frank Crane
Dr Frank Crane argues that ex president William Howard Taft leads the League to Enforce Peace to back world tribunal decisions with force. He cites support from Bryce and Lloyd George and notes peace requires a world unit with a central authority to enforce rulings. He contrasts national peace mechanisms with global need for a credible overarching power.
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Willam Howard Taft
Mr. Taft
League
Earth
Everyody
World League
Htigants
Bryce
Lloyd George
England
France
Italy
Holland
United States
United States Supreme Court
Congress
British Empire
Germany
Russia
America
Peter Rabbit Ducks. A Burgess animal tale then and now
Peter Rabbit contemplates which path to take through the green meadows as night falls. Flitter the Bat misidentifies Peter for Heaty the Owl, guffaws, and apologizes after explaining he was chasing a bug. Peter learns Flitter sees and catches prey in flight, while Pete relies on caution and instincts.
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Peter
Flitter
Heaty the Owl
Futter
Fuitter
Fabius Orchard Sold for Four Hundred Dollars
Moritz Happel of Fabius township sold his apple crop from his acre orchard to Quatt orchi Co of Hannibal for 400 dollars on the tree. Orchard mostly hosts Jonathan and Ten Davis apples.
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Hannibal
Moritz Happel
Palmyra
Fabius
His & Acre
Quattrorchi Co
Jonathan
Ten Davis
Frankie Connell
Marion County
Tnion Township
Philadelphia
Round Grove
Benbow
Todd
White
Mothers’ Club
Janie McPike
Fiva Hoeman
Tillie Reber
Farl Snider
Scott Cunningham
Miss Root
Kirksville Normal School
Warren Township
Cooper School
Miller
South River Township
Oakwoot
Birth of The Star Spangled Banner Friday Charity Event
Liberty Indiana hosts a Friday evening opera house program to present The Star Spangled Banner for Red Cross funds. Five reels under Mr and Mrs Bliss with ten cent admission. Community knitters prepare twenty five sacks and twelve sweaters as a heater upgrade proceeds at Liberty High School. Various local residents travel or attend events in Quincy Bushnell and Chicago.
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Opera
Liberty
J. Bliss
Liberty High School
W. Harnard
Henry Barnard
Pleasant View
John Buttz
Quincy
Will Barnard
St. Louis
Gertrude Clary
Bushnell
George Chain
Roy Norcross
Hugh Kulish
Walter Heberlein
Richard Kulish
Clara Arp
Adam Lentz
BE. P. Maher
D. J. Klauser
Chicago
EF. S. of
Illnois
Blauser
Maher
C. S McCollum
Red Cross
France
Olan Morgan
Milton Brown
Ruth Hood
Martha Seehorn
Andy Andersons Army Riot At Nutting Wood
A school group under Andy Anderson’s lead drills all day in his fancy uniform. He forces classmates to march, bullies peers, and orders nutting at Blaney’s woods while demanding nuts from others. Ex Brigham quits, half the guards threaten to quit, and Andy ends up marching home alone. Notes mention drafting a composition on German invasion tomorrow.
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Andy Anderson
Andy
Fatty Bellowes
Lilac Grimes
Lile
Ex Brigham
Blaney
Torp Stebbins
Eleck
Isself
Seymour Memorial Basketball Practice Games Recap
Seymour Memorial High School played two town teams in Elliott's hall. The first team lost by one point 11 to 10, while the second team won by an unspecified margin. Olan Morgan led the first team and Melvin McCollum the second. Additional notes cover a farewell for Miss Nina Bevermer, teacher movements, Red Cross work, and an upcoming literary program including a Monroe Doctrine debate.
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Payson
Charles W. Seymour
Elliott's Hall
Olan Morgan
Melvin McCollum
Seymour
Brown
Sccarborough Morgan
Hibbard Dunn
Ehsb
Peeley
Krapp Maher
Morgan
Bunn
Maher
L Krapp
Hibbard
Scarborough
Welhl
Scarboroigh
Groves
Holmers
Blauser
McColtham
R. F. McVay
Bullard
Albsmeyer
Ll. F. Hollenbeak
Lawrence
Cee Eee
Dunlap Baker Wieiveneee
R. Gowee
Waack Warner
R. G
Langan
McCollam
Warner
Dunn
The
W. S. HY
Nina Bevhemer
Thelpsic
Ohio
Export list clears confusion on unrestricted Allied exports
Washington Oct 3 The exports administrative board issued a list of about 600 articles that may be shipped without an export license to the Allies and to most neutral countries except those of Europe. The list includes a few items previously license required and reserves the right to reclassify any article to the conservation list at a future date.
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Washington
Europe
Exports Administrative Board
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Riverside Coal Co
J. L. Frese
Prop
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H. T. Snyder Jeweler
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Terry Produce & Seed CO
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Maine St
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Quality Bicycles
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Poling & CO
T. C. Poling
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Walter H. Bennett
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