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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
5
A partially legible patriotic fragment appears to praise the country amid uncertain tones, with words suggesting loyalty and resilience. The text shows garbled letters and missing phrases, limiting any concrete event, date, or named entities.
A reader reports on unrest in Russia where soldiers and citizens protested Milukoff and rejected separate peace aims. The piece notes the provisional government’s courts, Milukoff’s leadership under pressure, and the complexity of Russia’s democratic path amid Allied diplomacy and border reconfigurations.
The excerpt urges individuals to maintain strict personal standards during wartime. It emphasizes living up to one’s own ideals, resisting conformity, and having courage to act according to principles despite criticism or risk. It encourages self-respect and steadfastness as scarce but valuable traits.
The Shipping Board aims to build five to six million tons of steel and wooden vessels in two years to counter submarines at a cost of about one billion dollars. If realized, the program should further the war effort though officials must be confident of victory. The piece also notes a roughly equal outlay for the U S fighting navy, including ten dreadnoughts and ten battle cruisers and auxiliaries.
Discussion notes the submarine war strategy shifting from mockery to seriousness as American involvement grows. It cites British statesmen statements signaling a tougher wartime posture and broader implications for Allied relations and naval policy.
A wartime column questions censorship and truth about U boats and British reports, urging open press access. local township records from Wakefield Township include meetings April 16 and May 3 1917 with appointments of health officers, township attorney, sexton, and various road and payroll details.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Jad Salts to relieve kidney trouble caused by overworked kidneys and high acid in the blood. It promotes four ounces daily in water before breakfast, describes the remedy as grape lemon juice lithia based, inexpensive, safe, and an effervescent drink suitable anytime.
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