A Time to Rally Frank Lowden in Illinois Campaign
The piece praises Governor Frank O. Lowden for delivering a business state government and staunch Americanism during World War I. It lauds his resolve to counter treason, notes his strong stance in Quincy, and ends by urging Americans to rally while mentioning Count von Luxburg not being recalled to Berlin.
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Frank O. Lowden
Marcy
Lowden
Frank Lowden
Quincy
Count von Luxburg
Berlin
Stockholm
Germany and Her Friends Face World Judgment
The piece argues the American people would not celebrate Germany’s brutal acts if their ally were the foe. It denounces Germany, notes Austria and Bulgaria harbor humane traits, questions how those nations feel about Luxburg disclosures, and predicts Turkish indifference. It also comments on Russia’s shift from provisional government to republic.
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Germany
London
Nietzsche
Bernhardt
Bismarck
Austria
Bulgaria
Luxbury
Turkey
Matter with farming lacks organization and capital
Long critique arguing farming suffers from waste and confusion without system and management. Advocate Magid’s plan to treat farming as a manufacturing industry with large organized units under corporate control to boost profits, lower costs, and curb middlemen, urging business leadership in agriculture.
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United States
Magid Down
Georgia
Magid
Russia's path to liberty faces perilous challenges
A set of contemporary editorials from major papers discusses Russia's swift fallback from despotism to a republic, noting cautious optimism, internal troubles, and the need for a government with popular confidence ahead of an anticipated September congress.
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Rock Island Union
Russia
Peter Gets His Reward in The Green Forest
Peter Rabbit keeps Mrs Gobbler's secret and earns a reward as twelve young Gobblers hatch. Mrs Gobbler confides plans to move on to better feeding grounds while urging Peter to guard the secret from Mr Gobbler. Peter accepts the task and departs with a final glance at the nest.
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Peter
Po Se Rabbit
Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Gobbler
Green Forest
Mr. Gobbler
Big Tom
War Gardens Guide for Asparagus Crops
The piece advises regional asparagus care for winter. In mild zones cut tops and burn. farther north leave stalks to hold snow and protect soil. Between-row manure is recommended and plowed in during spring to boost yields. Asparagus is a heavy feeder requiring abundant nourishment.
France Vows to Restore Alsace Lorraine
Washington cablegram from President Poincare confirms France’s resolve to reinstate Alsace Lorraine in the republic. Joy Daniel Blumenthal, ex Alsatian deputy to the Reichstag, who visited Washington to present the Alsatian case to President Wilson, relayed the telegram responding to Soboken N J Alsatians protest against a German proposal to make Alsace Lorraine an independent duchy.
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Washington
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Poincare
Daniel Blumenthal
Wilson
Soboken
N. J
Prominent Iowa Statesman Dies at 69 in Davenport
W C Hayward former Iowa secretary of state for two terms and prior state senator from Scott county died at 2 30 Sunday morning after suffering a stroke Wednesday night He was 69 years old and prominent in Iowa politics with a long public career in Davenport Iowa and the state capital
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Davenport
W. C. Hayward
Iowa
Scott County
Town youths wounded in accidental blast during prank
In Our School Tuesday Orp Stebbins and Phil Wig Tylesworth were late to school with injuries from a dynamite prank gone wrong. Andy Anderson fired a makeshift cannon near Blaney’s Pasture to scare Germans rumored nearby, blasting the drainpipe weapon and injuring Torp and Phil while the town anticipated a larger scare.
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Orp Stebbins
Phil Wig
Tylesworth
Andy Anderson
Griggsy
Andy
Jennior
Blaney
Byville
Brigham
Torp
Phil
Hole
Dock Wilgus
Gobbler Family Reward for Truth of Word
Mrs Gobbler faces worries as a Munitions Factory burning in Rome is reported. A Petrograd dispatch notes a great fire at Putiloff factories causing mild ruble damage.
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Rome
Petrograd
Messagero
Notary
Putiloff W
Health of Navy Good Across Afloat and Shore Stations
Surgeon General Braisted reports the navy in generally good health both afloat and ashore. Only minor illnesses persist with measles and mumps in the Atlantic fleet, measles far less common than mumps at about ten cases weekly overall. Shore stations are in excellent condition except San Francisco.
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Navy
Washington
Braisted
Atlantic Fleet
San Francisco
Quebec Bridge Span Raised in Historic Central Lift
Spectators line the St Lawrence as the central span of the Quebec cantilever bridge is raised into position 150 feet above the river, marking a monumental engineering feat completed Monday.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Posit
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