Europe Exhausted Yet US Could Turn Tide in War
A wartime analysis argues that Germany can sustain forces at current strength but cannot expand without crippling industry. Britain France and Italy could raise half a million annually without hurting labor, while the United States would alter the balance. War fronts are wearing down fighters. reserves and health reduce effective power by spring.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Deaths Debits and Credits in War Front Losses
The piece argues Germany and its allies will lose millions to wounds disease and hospital returns next year reducing fighting strength. It compares future armies and urges rapid American deployment of 600000 troops to disrupt German plans and force surrender within a year. It frames U S entry as decisive for morale and military superiority.
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Basil M. Manlyton
Europe
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Col. Ferster
Hil Belloc
England
Germany
Austria
France
United States
America
Nobly Worded Call for German Loyalty in 19th Century U S
An old Franz Sigel speech urged German Americans to remain true to the Union and American ideals. He asserted pride in German heritage while affirming allegiance to the United States and warned that disloyalty would betray immigrant sacrifices for a new homeland.
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Germany
Franz Sigel
Gerand
Navy league attacks on Daniels linked to nickel firm directors
The text argues Col. Robert M. Thompson and other International Nickel Co. directors allied with war contractors suffer from Secretary Daniels price reductions. It claims Daniels forced cut prices on armor plate copper and steel, benefiting the navy while cutting profits of nickel and related industries. It urges readers to recall these alliances during any future campaigns.
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Robert M. Thompson
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Lichel Thompson
International Nickel Co
Thompson
Oxford Copper Co
International Nickel
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Col. Thomph
Navy League
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Feeling German Autocracy Grows Amid War Strains
The piece notes rising sympathy for German autocracy in the nations at war, with Turkey portrayed as unlucky and despised for its alliance shifts. It argues Germany fears losing influence in Europe while Turkey faces hunger and political pressure as autocratic leaders seek advantage.
Editorialettes on Generosity and Public Utilities
The piece riffs on civic aid limits and Tammany influence while critiquing public utilities. It opines on societal roles, eugenics era anxieties, and marriage prospects, noting a world of constrained benevolence and geopolitical tensions with Germany and Switzerland.
Dear Book of a Man on the Edge
In a fragmentary diary voice a man laments nagging wife Lena and a rough return home after a night with friends. He admits money troubles and a recent win in a baseball pool kept in his vest pocket with toothpicks. He finds solace only in a dear little book he calls a confidant.
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Lena
Book
Camouflage talk echoes through wartime strains
Blunt riffs on rising milk and coal costs. hints of wartime camouflage in daily life. Farmers, grocers, and lovers are mapped to price pressures and deceptive appearances as the piece reflects on shortages and social antics amid conflict.
Helping Hoover clubs to fight food sharks at home
A reader suggests the nation form "Helping Hoover" clubs among producers and consumers to support the food supply effort. The idea envisions a central organization to counter food law obstructions, boost information, and reduce consumer costs without harming producer prices. The writer pledges cooperation to launch the movement.
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Hoover
Hoover” Cluba
Cc. Stoht
Hohn Says He Will Remain Home On War Work
Ralph D. Hahn of 1206 Olivett Avenue, who has claimed exemption as representative of Eastern steel firms supplying shipyards in Seattle, disagrees with his father on war service. The elder Hahn said war was hell and urged him not to go. Ralph Hahn states he is more valuable at home and is arming an ambulance at his own expense.
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Olivett
Eastern Steel Companies
Seattle
Star
Hohn
Ralph Hohn
Nineteen IWW Workers Held as Prisoners in Spokane
Nineteen Industrial Workers arrested after a drunken brawl Wednesday in Spokane will likely be released late today. Authorities say the evidence against them is too weak for prosecution.
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Spokane
Peggy and Ed Trowbridge ride the Brute in a county fair match
At a rural riding contest Peggy Trowbridge proves to be the better horsewoman aboard the unruly Brute winning the blue ribbon while Eve Dawson is outmatched on the Flute. Edwin learns Peggy dreams of electricity in the house and he confronts his fixation on material comforts, choosing love over possessions.
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Big Ed
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Ed Trowbridge
Eve Dawson
Rube
Arma
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Twick
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