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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
3
Philip Gibbs in the New York Times extols French soldiers as the empire’s backbone. He notes their grave bearing and unflinching stance before death, contrasting them with exhausted myths of a defeated nation. He calls France and its soldiers the core of Allied resolve and unity.
Reform moves through three stages from initial pioneer effort to broad propaganda and finally to a new pro prohibition political structure in Pennsylvania. The piece credits temperance groups and even large corporations shifting to the dry side while criticizing Republican dominance and urging a coalition of Prohibitionists Democrats and dry Republicans to overhaul the system.
The piece argues for reform in governance before trust in office, urges early and strict fly prevention campaigns in camps and cities, cites Typhoid and Spanish War lessons, stresses screening of concentration camps, and calls for preparedness with the June 5 enlistment and Liberty Loan efforts as context.
Brief syndicated quotes reflect public opinion on Ireland home rule and World War I. The Rochester Post-Express cites a New York figure doubting Irish self rule, while the New York World notes Nicaragua declaring war on Germany. The Baltimore American comments on war’s unintended effects and the Detroit Free Press cites German propagandists likening Hindenburg to Moses.
The Evening Times outlines meat substitutes including Milk Cheese Peas Fish Eggs Nuts and Beans with sample meals for breakfast lunch and supper. It provides cottage cheese sausages and wheatless bread recipes with step by step directions and a closing joke.
WRIGHT A PATTERSON describes Billy Jones wounded in France after a German attack. A comrade retrieved him from No Man's Land and medics moved him through trenches to field and base hospitals. Red Cross nurses tend him, part of a broader drive to fund and sustain the war effort and save lives abroad.
Washington notes show President Wilson’s selection of prominent wartime aides with varied political ties. Names include Taft, Hughes, Ryan, Settinius, Garuch, Schwab, Hurley, Vanderlip, Mayo brothers, Willard, McRobert, Davison, Hoover, Garfield, McCormick and others across Republican, Democrat, and American Red Cross affiliations.
Marcel, a fifteen year old boy who has become a man through hardship, leads a French family after war ruin. The Red Cross aided their return to self sufficiency, supplying food and healing pride as Marcel completed agricultural training and rebuilt the farm for his mother and siblings.
A patriotic poem by Vesper C. Smith extols the Red Cross and its workers. It urges American readers to contribute to a One Hundred Million Dollar Red Cross Fund to sustain comfort, strength, and aid for soldiers and refugees overseas, reinforcing a wartime call to sacrifice for victory.
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