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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
4
The Sullivan county readership endorses Republicans for continued wartime leadership. They dismiss Democratic claims of disloyalty and praise Mr Bland for Congress while favoring a peaceful victory. Voters aim for stable policy, postwar recovery, and orderly governance as they elect officials.
A Kansas City Journal summary reports a Republican stance on wartime unity and peace terms, condemning the Kaiser and calling for strong congressional input. It highlights Hays as a rising party organizer and his Kansas City visit to rally loyalty and support for the war effort and Liberty Loan.
The piece notes Will H. Hays, a Indiana state chairman, is elected Republican national chair and quickly positions himself as a strong party leader. It recalls past chairmen since Mark Hanna and contrasts Hays with era leaders while Secretary Tumulty weighs challenging him.
The Czecho Slovaks in Bohemia Moravia and Silesia total 9.5 million seeking independence from Austria Hungary. They vow to aid Allies in the war and form a future state with 12 million people, while Jugo Slavs Croats Serbs and Slovenes totaling about 13 million press for a unified South Slavic nation as Europe’s security through allied victory.
Fiddler crabs in the Philippines stand still for long periods scanning the landscape for enemies. They ignore noise but retreat or bluff when danger approaches, and aggressively wave the large claw if a female crab nears.
The piece notes that sailors believed a hat blowing overboard foretold a crew member would drown, a superstition used to delay departures. It says the omen lost credibility as deck hands began staging the wind’s omen to gain extra days ashore with families.
The word general derives from Latin generalis meaning belonging to a race or kind, tracing back to genus. In Caesar’s and Pompey’s era the term signified an imperator not a military rank. The modern title general primarily denotes an officer with broad command.
A historical note on the term colonel tracing its Spanish roots from coronel and columna. It details how the word combines column with crown and explains the pronunciation shift toward kernel.
Experiments in two Scottish mills tested wheat and oat straw for pulp yield and utility. Oat straw yielded pulp at 35 percent of bone-dry weight, with fair results. Scotland reportedly has a surplus straw supply of 420000 tons.
A World War I era piece on 1.5 million women joining munition work in the Midwest and the front line role of female labor. It covers torpedo inspections, recreation programs run by the YWCA Blue Triangle, dormitories, and government and private efforts to support women workers as part of the second line of defense.
A wartime sermon urges presenting Jesus of Nazareth as the sole savior and moral strength for American youth drafted into training camps and frontline combat. It recalls Peter’s healing and warns vice endangers soldiers, urging the church to proclaim Christ amid Europe’s great conflict.
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