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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
2
A 1917 Roanoke Rapids column rails against German WWI foes with patriotic verse. It critiques allied policy and drafts, calling for stronger enlistment support, higher pay for soldiers, and maintained neutrality while urging readiness and unity. The poem mocks Kaiser Wilhelm and underscores wartime mobilization.
An onslaught of anti Allied rhetoric frames German cunning as a lesson in military psychology. The piece mocks Allied pursuit of retreating forces and claims captives are trained strategists rather than prisoners. It ridicules Yankee misreading and praises German cunning while veering into praise for Red Cross moral virtue and public health education.
A lament in verse condemns Kaiser Wilhelm II for the Lusitania disaster. It warns of ghostly hands and rising tides that will drown the German leader, calling him a scourge and invoking biblical and royal imagery as a haunting royal sign. The piece cites Annie Johnson Flint in the New York Times.
The State Board of Health urges men and women to join the Red Cross and organize First Aid Classes. The relief work is highlighted as urgently needed during war famine or disaster and the American Red Cross is internationally recognized and Congress chartered with War Department audits ensuring funds are safeguarded.
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