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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
3
A reader notes The Times credibility for war reporting and contrasts it with another Warren paper. The piece outlines Czecho Slovak history and current independence efforts, tracing their roots from medieval times through Austro Hungarian rule to alliance with the Allies. It then shifts to a school readiness advisory urging pre school physicals eye exams and dental care to prevent illness and save costs.
The columnist jokes about Prohibition and war anxieties affecting daily life. References to suffrage demonstrators in Washington, Red Cross sock knitting, and shrinking drink options suggest a light editorial take on social pressures. Also mentions changes in Sunday habits and thrift stamps amid wartime.
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes suspicion Germany may use Max Harden in a last peace offensive while the war’s reversals impress American soldiers in Italy who are laying railroad tracks. The piece also hints at Italians who once worked in America now serving at home, observing developments.
Newton C. Parks reports from somewhere in France on July 16 about attempted dispatches, illness from Spanish flu, bursts of shellfire, and dangers faced by press teams near Chateau-Thierry. He describes cars hit by shrapnel, a chauffeur knocked from a vehicle, and the unsettling sight of dead enemy remains.
The piece outlines Liberty Bond financing powering U S war production. It cites June output of 27 million cartridges and 10 142 rifles daily for Enfield and Springfield types, plus spare parts for thousands of rifles and Russian rifles. Since entry, 2 034 815 584 cartridges, 1 886 769 rifles, 82 546 machine guns produced. daily cartridge output at 15 million. The Fourth Liberty Loan will fund ongoing war work. A closing aphorism notes growth of bald lawn as wizardly achievement.
The National Geographic Society details Baku as Russia’s great oil hub on the Caspian, with 27 000 wells, ancient temples nearby, the Kis Kale tower, and the 1915 output of seven million tons. It notes rail and pipeline links to Batum and Rostov, plus drydocks and factories shaping Transcaucasus trade.
A poem by L. J. Price reflecting on wealth and sacrifice during wartime. The speaker recalls laughing at money destined to aid a distant war effort and admits underestimating gold as death rains on Flanders.
The United States has loaned allied nations a total of 6,091,590,000 dollars. Average monthly advances run about 4106,000,000 dollars.
In a Youngstown Telegram item, an observer notes a pair of Amazonian marchers on stage while a father in the front row explains to his son that the chorus are “the shock troops.” A San Francisco Chronicle joke imagines sleep talking as a good idea for daytime speech.
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