The Six Shilling Novel and War Time Policy Debate
The piece argues against taxing the six shilling novel as a luxury, noting its widening readership from the working class to soldiers and the public’s demand for affordable fiction. It stresses fiction’s democratic value, the wartime need for literary recreation, and calls for preserving circulation amid production costs and tax changes. It also contrasts Allied leadership with American presidential authority in the war effort.
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Lytton
Sterne
New Bridge Progress Eclipsed by Roaring War News
August half gone brings mixed headlines as McAdoo bans alcohol on trains with a pledge it will not return. Allied forces report more prisoners than casualties, signaling growing triumph while Lenine and Trotzky reportedly flee toward Germany. Anna Held dies after a bold, admired fight on stage.
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Europe
America
Germany
Western
Berlin
Supreme War Council of
Versailles
Foch
War Council
Washington Post
Allied War Council
General Foch
Wilson
United States
Supreme Council
Congress
Lenine
Trotzky
Moscow
Death of M. P. Belnap Removes Substantial County Citizen
The death of M. P. Belnap removes a substantial citizen of the county. Although 86 years of age, he was active to the last and will be sorely missed both in the community where he resided and about the courthouse where he was loved and respected by all who came in contact with him.
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M. P. Belnap
Court House
From Other Viewpoints War Report Hint
A quip from the Milwaukee News and a note from the Waco Times-Herald about Wilhelm and his six sons seeking a storm cellar, reflecting a newspaper’s light tone on looming conflicts and weather fears.
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Wilhelm
Waco
Texas
Times-Herald
Secretary Baker Rule on Baseball Players Work or Fight
Secretary Baker declares players must choose between work or military service in a wartime policy. The Los Angeles Times notes the decision carries strong common sense implications for professional baseball during the period.
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Baker
Los Angeles Times
American Wounded Return From Front In Humbling Train Scene
Paris dispatch recalls the first American wounded train from the latest offensive. A seventeen year old Chicago boy asks only for water before food, as Red Cross aids rush urgent care. Doughboys share smiles and salutes amid the crowd as ambulances reach base hospitals and a somber cortege to the cemetery closes the scene. Louis Cook of Rayville, Lonnie Shelton of Burdine, and their comrades describe a brutal French front and counterattack to reclaim the Marne.
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Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Chicago
Comrads
Red Cross
America
Louis Cook
Rayville
Cook
The
Marne
Lonnie Shelton
Burdine
Shelton
Mr. Bowie
Damn the Kaiser Song From France By Ammunition Train
A widely sung World War I tune from Sergt. Fred Ryberg of the 3rd Ammunition Train echoes American resolve. The march calls to keep rolling shells to Berlin, with lines praising Allied nations and vowing to persevere until victory.
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France
Sergt
Fred Ryberg
3Udth
Georgia
Berlin
the Kaiser
Woolsack origin and ritual in the Lords
The woolsack is the large red bag on which the lord chancellor sits during House of Lords deliberations. Its origin dates to Elizabethan laws restricting wool exports, a ceremonial idea to protect national wealth. Today a new chancellor is said to be appointed to the woolsack and to sit upon it.
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House of Lords
Elizabeth
Going Up Pearl Button Over Lake Hrie
An aviator takes his wife on a first flight. She fears they must land after dropping a pearl button. The pilot reassures her and jokes that the button is on the ground near Lake Hrie.
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George
Lake Hrie
Spirit of the American army shines in battle accounts
Veterans describe ferocious fighting as Americans repel German attacks. Arthur Baker of Doorway Kentucky earns praise after continuing to operate his gun despite a severe leg wound. Anton Zol recalls German disguise stunts by French and American troops. Elmer Sturtz witnesses two pontoon bridges destroyed by American artillery. Across accounts, the piece highlights courage, sacrifice, and the resolve of U S soldiers.
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Ted
America
Entucky
Arthur Baker
Doorway
Kaintukcee
Baker
Jcb
Henrie
Anton Zolof
Turner Ave
Chicago
Zouki
Elmer Sturtz
Weliseourg
Sturtz
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Warren Evening Times
Warren County
TIMES
Pennsylvania Avenue
E Times Publishing CO. (Inc
B. Walker
E. C. Lowrey
BE. W. Raneseil
T. B. Clawson
G. Lindenstein
United
Warren
Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian and
Philippine Islands
Canada
Hhe International Postal Union
Penn
McAdoo
National Railroad
Anna Held
Clara Morris
Julia Marlowe
Milwaukee News
Mrertiete
Ernest P. ‘Orr
International News Service
Everett True
James
Cho
England
Zor Ave
Darian the Kaiser
Swrpa PP
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