Rural Motor Express and its impact on farming
The Rural Motor Express concept links trucks with tractors, boosting farm efficiency by hauling milk eggs and produce to city markets. Local farmers form coops to share large trucks, but better roads are essential to support growing heavy-haul traffic and future nationwide expansion.
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Highways Transport Committee
Council of National Defense
Maryland
Patriotic Lawyers and Doctors Serve Soldiers Free Legal Aid
War service boards formed under bar associations will provide free legal aid to active duty soldiers and their families, working with draft boards and the Red Cross. Doctors in military service will ensure patients are cared for by fellow physicians with fees directed to the doctors' families. States ban German classes and language use in schools and public life, with further restrictions on German speech in public spaces.
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McAdoo
Draft Boards
Red Cross
Language, Industry, and War Echoes in Public Debate
An analysis of language as culture amid wartime Germans and German influence, with observations on oil industry profits, railroad wage norms, and tax notions. It notes past leadership salaries, a push to English supremacy, and bold war headlines alongside biting humor about enemy terms and praise for American resilience.
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New York
United States
McAdoo
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mellen
Rurmor
Wall Street
New Haven
From Other Viewpoints on War and Diplomacy
A compilation of editorials mocks German and British conduct in the war era. It parodies Berlin diplomacy and suggests British air power, while the German public’s loyalty to the Kaiser is questioned. The piece uses satirical quotes from multiple papers to underscore wartime attitudes.
Partisanship Refuted as War Leadership Draws Republicans
Washington reports that the Wilson administration has relied on leaders from both major parties in war work. Notable Republicans like William H. Taft and Charles E. Hughes are cited in roles with the War Labor Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, and Shipping Board, among others, illustrating cross party cooperation in national service.
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D. C
Wilson
Taft
William H. Taft
United States
Mr. Taft
War Labor Board
Central Committee
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Party
Charles M. Schwan
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Edward F. Curry
Illinois
Charles Pier
Chicago
Fleet Corporation
J. C. Hayworth
Edward B. Burling
State Department
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Lester W. Woolsey
Department
Treasury
L. 8
Baker
Europe
Frederick P. Kepple
Columbia University of New
Edwin R. Settininus
Emmett J. Scott
Alabama
Scott
Booker T Washington
John J. Pershing
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Geo. W. Gothals
Enoch H. Crowder
William Crozier
Leonard Wood
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Robert Bacon
Department of Justice
John Lord O’brein
A. Bruce Bielaski
Secret Service
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Federal Railway Wage Commission
War Trade Board
Albert Strauss
Alonzo E. Taylor
John Beaver White
Frank C. Munson
Clarence M. Woolley
Council of National Defense
Walter 8. Gifford
Grosvenor B. Clarkson
A. W. Shaw
Henry P. Davison
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charles D. Norton
Har
Garfield
Politt
Herbert Hoover
California
Police the Garden Insect Pests and Sprayer Options
A National War Garden Commission bulletin explains how to combat garden pests with sprays or dusts. It lists sprayer types from hand squirt guns to bucket pumps and compressed air units, and urges readers to request a garden primer by mailing to Washington with a stamp.
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National War Garden Commission
Washington
In Flanders Fields and Other Verses Mixed Nonsense
A damaged poem mix blends the World War I memorial wartime lines with stray verses and garbled names. The text references In Flanders Fields, cross rows, torches, and a pledge to keep faith with the fallen, alongside stray lines about Polly and unidentifiable authors.
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Ilinois
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Missouri War Industries Board
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