Weekly War News Digest From Washington DC and Front Lines
A digest traces wartime actions across the United States and Europe. It notes postal bans on sending coin and currency abroad, ordnance shipments for French and British fronts, and American merchant shifts from German interests. It also covers political gossip, local reform debates, and proposed bills on public works, morality, and war needs.
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Washington, D. C
Local Decoration Week Events Highlight Community Spirit
Gettysburg Dunker Brethren hold love feast at Oakland church and a Red Cross meeting at the fairground near Troy draws auditors. Miami County fans plan a patriotic Decoration week with a large turnout and home talent in the school auditorium. Graves of defenders and fraternal members receive decoration while prayers and oratory fill the day.
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Red Cross
Fair Ground
Troy
Miami County
Township Name Change Drive Overseen By Uncle Sam
Palestine holds a busy Saturday with a procession to the courthouse where residents petition county commissioners to rename the township Liberty. The diary notes veterans, donors, and a Red Cross meeting at Mrs. Agnes Kerring’s, plus a rescheduled Disciple Children’s Day to June 9.
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Two Cincinnati Parades Compare Liberty Parade Lines of 1914
A Cincinnati comparison highlights the recent Liberty Loan Parade as an honor to the city next to the 1914 wets parade. The piece lists numerous participating groups from military units to civic organizations, clubs, unions, and immigrant associations. It notes Prohibition as part of the war program and mentions a new army order barring soldiers’ camps near wet towns.
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Drying Progress Across States and Cities in 1919
In April hundreds of saloons were voted out in Illinois and Wisconsin. New York saw 700 saloons ousted by April 20. Texas closed 1,500 saloons by war authorities. Massachusetts Legislature ratified the Federal dry amendment. By May 1 Michigan and New Hampshire also went dry, with 3,250 and 500 saloons closed respectively, and Chicago reported 1,000 saloons closing for lack of best.
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New York
Texas
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
Chicago
Outlook bright for Ohio dry amendment in November
Columbus reports an optimistic campaign mood as dry organizers push for a statewide prohibition vote. Leaders say workers are determined to close breweries and saloons and that a patriotic drive to remove beer, seen as pro-German, will mobilize signers to the petitions.
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Columbus
Ohio
What Can Be Done Here Dry Denver Solves Brewery Losses
A Denver report describes transforming the old Cours brewery in Ohio after prohibition. When operating as a brewery it handled $80,000 monthly and 89 workers. Now it produces malted milk and pottery, with $150,000 monthly volume and 200 employees, and pay is 25 percent higher.
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