War Message of Wilson Distorted to Suppress Passages
The German government received an abridged version of President Wilson's April 2 1917 war message. The U S Committee on Public Information prepared a copy highlighting passages omitted in Wolff Telegraph Bureau reports. The text argues the German suppression distorted public understanding and calls for war measures to defend neutral rights and democracy.
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Wilson
United States
Germany
Committee On Public Information
Wolff Telegraph Bureau
Calls for Boys to Serve in National Effort
The piece presents President Wilson urging boys aged sixteen to twenty one to join the United States Working Reserve and contribute to the war effort. It includes a letter praising the Boy’s Work program and argues productive labor supports front line forces while maintaining schooling. It contrasts university aims with mature citizenship and civic responsibility.
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Wilson
Unltet
United States
Uber
Howe
Growing a Character What You Are In The Face Of Testing
The passage argues reputation is others view of you while character is your true self shown under pressure. It notes friends praise virtues and enemies misjudge, but real worth appears only when emergencies demand decisive action. You discover what you can be when motives meet obstacles.
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Patewary Tantala Netore
Arire
Milian
Greonay
Meneer
Berm
Wayne
Congress
Naraver
United States
bin Ciesen
Sepeire
Ray
Teea
Ant
Neekin
Germany
Ois
Cldlerms
Rizhin
All over but they may return in an hour
An elderly couple, shaken by bombs and gunfire, left a hotel and asked a stoic constable if the raid was finished. The officer, misreading their fear as curiosity, told them it was nearly over but the danger might return in an hour. Sightseers hurried away.
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London Chronicle
Chiseers
French aviator credited with three enemy aircraft
Lieut. E. Ret of the French aviation division is credited with downing three German planes near the firing lines. The arrival photograph was taken at an Atlantic seaport on his arrival.
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Lieut. E. Ret
Atlantic
Advice to a Young Man by Thomas Jefferson
A reading of Jefferson urges renunciation of fame or science if their pursuit leads to moral compromise. It counsels acting as if the world watches, choosing dishonorable action never, and continually exercising virtuous dispositions to make them habitual, like a limb gaining strength.
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Thomas Jefferson
Touched and Quarreled Morning Exchange
In a terse double exchange a minister and a deacon discuss a delicate episode from this morning with evasive replies and implied intimacy. The dialogue hints at a moral or social tension within a church setting.
Relic of the German air king on sale in Paris bids rise
A rare relic from Boetke the German air king surfaces in Paris with a pleer cut from his racing machine canvas. The stitched crosses mark the planes he downed. The item draws high bids from war relic collectors seeking the priceless memento.
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Boetke
Pleer
Paris
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