Grandeur in Our Fareswells and the Draft
A Quincey tribute to the draft and selective conscription as thousands paraded through the streets. The piece defends the new army, praises Col Wood and the 143rd, and urges support for the selective draft and republican ideals amid war. It places the event in a national struggle between monarchy and republic.
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Quincy
America
Congress
France
Adams County
Berlin
Jonathan
John Bull
Wood
143Rd
The Great Adventure Calls Men for War Service
A vivid editorial notes men seek the great adventure of war while drafts and ads tempt with promises of travel and danger. It contrasts voluntary enlistment with selections made by national policy and reflects on soldiers eager to reach France, return uncertain, training months away.
The Prig and Social Smoothness in Life
A discussion on social conduct warns that priggishness harms interactions. Citing Arnold Bennett, it defines a prig as pompous, obsessed with display, and easy to become through study and knowledge. Society frowns on presumptuous talk and unasked displays of superiority, labeling such people conceited or a deadly bore.
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Arnold Bennett
Hymor
TA Prig
Reddy Fox Invites Gobblers For Shadow Time Walk
Reddy Fox plans a Ground Forest stroll with Big Tom and Mrs Gobbler but Old Man Coyote disrupts his scheme. The pair decline before shadow time, citing their rule to stay off the ground after dusk, leaving Reddy sulking at his Old Pasture home until the next chance.
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Hen Reddy Fox
Oldman Coyote
Big Tom
Mrs. Gobbler
Old Man Coyote
Reddy
Green Forest
Reddy Fox
Brer Fox
Springfield Adds Deputies to Curb Streetcar Riots
Springfield Illinois September riots prompt deployment of military authorities police and sheriff deputies after 17 arrests and $15000 in streetcar and company property damage. A D Mackie manager plans a city request for riot claim damages under state municipal liability law. Authorities report riots over and believe disturbances arose from liquor at a Labor Day Bloomington celebration.
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Springfield
Iil
A. D. Mackie
Bloomington
Brazil Declines to Send Troops and Lease Ships
Rio de Janeiro reports a denial by the war minister that Brazil will not send troops to Europe and that the navy minister will not lease interned German ships to the Entente. The piece also notes a shift to domestic ads as women seek extra income and suggests renting a spare room via Want ad.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Europe
Avoiding Rigidity: Learn Without Showing Off
The passage argues against wearing learning as a boastful display. It warns that conceit makes a person tedious and socially shunned. It advises continuous learning combined with modest conversation to avoid priggishness and improve life prospects.
FOR WAR GARDENS Onions best stored after harvest
frost can spoil onions for keeping so harvest early and dry them well. cure by lying on ground three to four days turning occasionally, weather permitting. store in ventilated boxes in a dry place to prevent rot. advice ends with a humorous note about a woman and tights.
Our School Tuesday Amid War Fever and Odd Rules
The diary entry describes students returning to school after a holiday labeled Labor Day. Union-like "Junior Home Guards" myth surrounds attendance, with rumors of being soldiers and not needing classes. A mix of confusion, humor, and cautious optimism follows as desks and routines are described and a stern teacher asks if they are glad to return.
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Garda
Iliken
Torp Stebbins
Stebbins
Torp
Jewnior
Missus Stebbins
Swiss Refuse Conference Invite at Stockholm
Geneva Sept 5 Swiss authorities say Switzerland will not be officially represented at the proposed conference of neutral nations at Stockholm. They argue that after America entered the war smaller nations will have little influence and the question of re victualling is a private matter to be settled separately.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Stockholm
America
Onward With God Greeting Cables From Kaiser
Berlin September 5 telegraph from London reports Emperor William greeting the Empress with the phrase Onward with God Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria reports the capture of Riga by Russian forces and a turn in the Baltic campaign May require confirmation from military authorities in Berlin
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Berlin
London
William
Leopold of
Bavaria
Riga
Emperor’s telegrams hail Riga victory and iron will
The Emperor expresses congratulations to Prince Leopold and the Eighth Army on the capture of Riga. He praises far-seeing leadership and steel-hearted will to victory and urges to press onward with God.
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Prince Leopold
Riga
Eighth Army
Fatherland
Weekly Casualty List from London War Report
London reports 15,614 British casualties in the past week with 364 officers and 3,880 men killed or died of wounds. Wounded or missing total 10,524 officers and men.
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London
Wife’s Advice Misreads Business Woes, Says Old Saying
A proverb suggests marital advice misreads a man’s failing business, claiming downturns stem from ignoring his wife’s counsel. The line frames family dynamics as a humorous lens on economic trouble.
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San Francisco
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Fersonality
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Gorry
Pizzer
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Humur
Hata
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Weer
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H. PT
Webdsten
H.l.mencken
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Paul West
Frank Moser
Asseau
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