President Wilson Outlines Open Peace in Open Covenants
President Wilson, in a joint address to Congress, restates war aims aligned with Britain’s Lloyd George. He calls for open covenants, freedom of seas, removal of trade barriers, and the evacuation of Belgium and Russian territories, arguing for a just peace based on universal rights and democratic ideals. He vows no secret understandings and urges support for Russia’s liberty and a new world order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
David Lloyd George
Srest-Litovsk
Russia
Germany
Austria
Ihoyd George
Great Britain
Russ
United States
Roumania
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
General Association of Nations
Lemmning
Germans Deport Belgians as War Labor Draws Uproar
Excerpts from Ambassador Gerard's testimony and British and Hungarian sources condemn German deportations of Belgian workers to Germany. The dispatches describe forced labor, shell production, and reprisals, while figures like Hoover and Whitlock stress international outrage and the brutal impact on Belgian civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Reichstag
Gerard
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany
Haase
Dittmann
Holland
von Bissing
America
Cardinal Farley
Grew
Ludendorf
Land boom in wheat era invites farmers to Western Canada
An advisory note argues after the war grain prices may slump slowly but farming will expand. Wheat prices are set at 2.20 in the U S and 2.21 in Canada, with farm returns around 2.00 per bushel. It urges buyers to seek low land prices in Western Canada, noting high profits from 50 to 60 dollar per acre farms and free homesteads with a ten dollar entry fee, and to contact Canadian Government Agents for literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Ady
Instinct of the Profession Prompts Child Doctor Dream
A four year old boy named William asks his mother if he can be two doctors and to have two autobeds and a knife. He says he wants to cut into people to see if they are sick, revealing a childlike fascination with medicine. The Indianapolis News reports the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Indianapolis News
Paradox in Gendered Cause and Effect Quip
A witty line contrasts logic and gender by claiming a man’s action has a cause while a woman’s action has its cause. The remark prompts reflection on attribution and fairness in reasoning.
Garfield Tea and Pellets Ad Mix Remedies and Nonsense
An ad-promotional fragment touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as liver bowel and stomach aids with a dosing claim. It also markets Garfield Tea as a nature’s remedy of selected herbs. A line disparages bunkoing a talkative woman and notes men are shaped by their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alsace
Poland
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Brest-Litovsk
Pat Fey
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Balkans
Hans
Whitlock
Berlin
James TW. Gerard
News Zona
Budapest
K. G. Ossiannilsson
Havre
New York Evening Post
Roulers
Flanders
Ostend
Courtrai
Mavre
Washington Post
Bruges
Huy
Landsturm
Mr. Hoover
Bunko
Marine
Bette
Marinine Eye Hemedy.Co
Chicago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!