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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
7
The poem pleads for mercy amid world conflict. It laments the toll of war on soldiers and civilians, with women and starving children at home. It asks God to hear prayers for peace and respite from carnage.
A Russian girl Misa Akimov recounts fleeing Moscow on the last train before war, describing frontier struggles, searches for deserters, and a chaotic Berlin halt. In Chicago, the Herald urges Americans of European birth to remain neutral and not let Europe’s conflict spill over, stressing allegiance to America first.
The article sketches a postwar redraw of borders including annexations of German and Austrian Poland and Galicia to Russia, surrender of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia, Alsace-Lorraine to France, Lombardy to Italy, and other territorial shifts involving Finland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, and Corsica Sardinia. It envisions a great Slav empire in the Balkans and divisions among France, Germany, Italy, and Austria.
Amsterdam reports that Britain faces a crucial maritime battle as the German fleet looms over British seas. The piece argues the Allied victory would disrupt German strength, while Russia would endure defeat, and Austria risks destruction, with the world facing immeasurable loss as civilization regresses.
The narrator recalls a dawn at Gettysburg on the fourth day, slipping through lines to aid the defenders. He credits his comrades and Meade’s restraint, ponders whether Potomac forces could have destroyed Lee’s army, and hints at continuing wartime reflections in a larger introduction to future installments.
Mr Bundy discusses public questions including court reductions, electing public officers by popular vote, tenant protections, local laws, fining judges for delays, legislative transparency, and road labor reform. He argues for accountability and local self government, and promises to do his best if elected.
The ad touts selling the best goods at the lowest prices to build a big business and solid reputation. It invites the reader to write and request the product line, claiming the offer is hard to refuse.
The State Industrial College offers four year courses in Agriculture Horticulture Stock raising Dairy Veterinary Medicine Civil Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Chemistry and Dyeing Cotton Manufacturing and Agricultural Teaching. It lists a faculty of 61 men 78 students and 25 buildings with entrance examinations July 9 at county seats. Catalogue requests go to Registrar E B Owen West Raleigh NC.
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