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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
3
The Y M C A has placed massive orders for comforts for American troops in France. Cookies gum chocolate cigarettes jam marmalade and other items are to be shipped in substantial quantities before Christmas. The piece notes caution against over optimism about the Allied advance and urges restraint while recognizing recent gains.
The House Committee on Military Affairs praised Secretary Baker for handling the War Department amid partisan attacks. Congressmen stood behind him, noting similar criticism faced by Daniels of the Navy and urging Americans to remember Baker’s proven efficiency as critics push propaganda. The piece ends with stray notes about rain, roasting ears, and a stray campaign interlude.
A Guaranty Trust Company statement reported by North American highlights Allied economic edge over the Central Powers, noting about 96 percent of the global habitable area under the war flag as a huge merchant fleet rapidly builds to support war aims.
A poem titled Girl of Mine by Maj. A. Durkee reflects a father's longing to return from overseas duty. The page also recounts Daniel Boone’s bear story from Boys' Life and a data-filled survey on wartime costs, manpower, and losses, detailing allied and central powers statistics, debt, and human casualties.
A wartime exhortation claims breweries are Germany’s ally, consuming grain and coal that should aid France and ships. It argues abolishing breweries will help defeat the Kaiser, protect manpower, and advance democracy by ending the liquor traffic.
A satirical exchange claims Wilson moved time back one hour and redistributed railroads from white men to his son in law, reflecting a partisan cartoon in the newspaper.
Scout-I tried to ford a river with no crossing found. Scoutmaster-What did you do. Scout-Jest sat down and thought it over. Boy's Life
John Pull jokes that LT misreads Duthwaite as a scientist. He claims Duthwaite is only testing a new car horn he bought recently while discussing his studies of sound waves.
A burly musician asked Chief Bandmaster Richard Tainter for forty eight hours to go to town and repair his wrist watch. The note appeared in the Great Lakes Bulletin.
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