The Fixity of Nationalities Retold in a Shifting Europe
The piece argues that the Austro Hungarian empire dissolves into its national components, tracing the rise of Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, Polish, and Bohemian identities. It highlights language, culture, and political independence reclaiming sovereignty, while noting Americans adopt English and American life, as old rulers fall.
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Budapest
Agram
Croatia
Galicia
Europe
Germany
Austria
Russia
Aspresen
Posen
Modest view on Austria's collapse and postwar future
The author argues Austria is shattered into several states and unlikely to sustain a renewed war with Germany. Turkey is said to have surrendered and Germany's position appears weak. Some Austrian forces may resist briefly, but the breakup of Austria into multiple entities suggests new alignments and shifting power dynamics. The piece contemplates Germany's future targets and actions.
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Austria
Turkey
Germany
Armistice Terms and Peace Conference Hopes
The essay argues for modest American influence at the peace table after WWI. It notes European casualties dwarfing U S losses and urges recognition over territorial gain. It calls for naming heroic individuals from the war and preserving memory for families and history.
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United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Germany
Sing Sing Closes After Sneezing Episode
A fanciful report claims Sing Sing prison closed when a pickpocket inmate sneezed. Guards and staff joined the chorus, the doors were shut, and inmates placed under quarantine though officials say no outbreak occurred. Other prisons in the region await entry to Sing Sing amid influenza fears.
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Sing Sing
Tie
Coon Dog Price Probed Amid War and Whiskey Jokes
A Missouri tale jokes about profiteering as a coon dog sells for 365, a far cry from the usual 2.50 in the Ozarks. Six San Antonio men were arrested for intoxication, and most were too ill to appear in court. A verse recounts Napoleon atop a mound during a storming of Ratisbon with a boy rider and a wounded soldier, capturing a moment of bravado and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
San Antonio
The Battle Tactics In Open Warfare Trench Drills
A veteran officer explains open warfare concepts with emphasis on trench warfare, offensive and defensive attacks, bombardment strategies, and the two main attack types. It covers planning, surprise maneuvers, reconnaissance, rehearsals, signals, and the brutal realities of sustaining advances and reorganizing captured trenches.
Provoking Aphorisms and War Time Humor
A garbled collage of jokes and quips on honesty wealth sleep and love mixes with wartime satire. It includes puns about advice prices sneezing and fear, references to Liberty Bonds and Kaiser Bill, and humorous misquotes from the Marihuana Gazette and local columns. The piece reads as a lighthearted, magazine style clippings page.
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Marectie Wave
Marihuana Gazette
Mme le le
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Order of the Golden Fleece
Berlin
Department of the Army
Texas
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Road TO Victory
Rene Noimes
San Antonio Light
Chicago Daily News
Wrench’ Army
Transeet
Paul Scott Mowrer
Malmaison
Chemin-des-Dames
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Riga
Verdun
Marne
North Sea
Switzerland
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Bedhe
Winsheington
Italia
von Ludersdorff
The
Holland
San’ Antonio
Fe W. E. A
Mercedes
Ludendorff
Sco Thief Association
Ol Man
P. Nurious
Linkent
Eagle Pass
Kaiser
Missouri
Tages Acitung
Real Sport
By Briggs
Gies Avery
Henry Dom
the Tribune Asaoc
New York Tribune
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