Why We Fight by Clarence L Speed
The article argues for U S entry into World War I, accusing Germany of spying, treaty-breaking, and submarine warfare that killed civilians. It portrays Germany’s conquest aims, violation of Belgium’s neutrality, and push toward world domination as justification for American war mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Speed
The
Union League Club of
Chicago
Germany
America
United States
Europe
Serbia
Belgium
Mitteleuropa
Baltic
Persian Gulf
Russia
Kiel Canal
Lusitania
Nazil
England
France
Hbr
Anna
In the Name by Lucy Price
A wartime exhortation calling on women of Flanders and Belgian and French mothers to buy bonds to support the war effort. It invokes mothers, daughters, and children, referencing German aggression, bombed hospitals, and Paris on Good Friday to urge purchase of bonds.
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Flanders
Paris
Working Overtime Invest in Liberty Loan Bonds Now
The piece urges turning idle money into investments by buying United States Liberty Loan 4% bonds for 50 or more dollars. It argues bonds earn steady interest, are safe, and always work for the investor, likening them to a tireless friend that pays every six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Liberty Loan
Make Bullets of Pennies
Editor of Emporia Gazette urges Americans to fund the Liberty Loan and turn pennies into bullets for democracy. He says German war efforts rely on every coin and commodity and Americans must match with patriotic financial support to defend freedom at home and abroad.
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America
Germany
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Lucy Price
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Keeley Institute
Dwight
Paul F. McNamara
R. A. Smith
Spring Valley
WM. Hawthorne
J. L. Murphy
Peltier Bldg
Store Spring Valley
J. J. Moran
Physician
W. St. Paul
Lltmory
Cassiday Bros
Peel
J. H. Franklis
Jagodzinski
Hll
DR. Ladue
DR. A. Rummell
Castoria
Brown Bros
Apex Suction Cleaners
St. Paul St
Apex Electric Mass. Co
Brown Bros., Distributors
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