Slacker remarks across papers referenced in war commentary
The Minneapolis Tribune notes that jailed slackers would be easy to locate when mobilization begins. The Philadelphia Press argues Germany’s enemies face a moral collapse it supposedly lacks. The Davenport Times mocks empty benches for not supporting wartime labor. The Des Moines Register speculates slackers may be converts of the Safety First campaign.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Des Moines Register
Boston Herald Plattsburg Stands as Vindication of Gen Wood
The piece lauds General Wood as the embodiment of foresight and intelligence and asserts no administration can diminish his honor.
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Boston Herald
Plattsburg
Wood
Pope Peace Plan Critiqued for Restitution Gap
The Minneapolis Tribune flags a fatal flaw in the Pope's peace proposal, lacking a clear provision for full restitution of Belgium as far as money can achieve. The Boston Evening Transcript notes expected official word on General Wood being offered Fort Riley or Squashville Center. What Cheer Patriot questions cabinet choices during the emergency. Pittsburgh Gazette Times reports a son in law inquiry about spousal support during the war.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Belgium
Boston Evening Transcript
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Potato Prices Fall in America Prompt Replant Call
Prices of potatoes have dropped greatly in America prompting calls to replant this key vegetable. The note warns that similar gains are unlikely with coal meat milk and canned foods.
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America
Pennsylvania Railroad Reroutes Pay Change Confusion
Franklin Herald notes the Pennsylvania railroad cut wages for crews traveling Oil City to Pittsburgh to reflect tunnel changes but kept old passenger fare distances, suggesting management needs guidance to fix the misalignment and stop collecting fares for new mileage.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Pitts‘burgh
Pennsylvania Management
Franklin Herald
United States Seeks Thousand Service Dogs for France
The text notes the U S government plans to obtain a thousand service dogs for use in France. It mentions several hundred locally available dogs offered for donation and jokes about a garden-poking pup fit for trench work "somewhere in Germany."
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United States
France
Germany
Sending Fido to War: 1000 American Dogs for France
Washington reports Secretary Baker Surgeon General Gorgas and the war college back a Senate bill by Senator Brady Idaho to recruit 1000 patriotic dogs for war service in France. Most by voluntary enlistment these dogs would train at cantonments and serve as camp guards trench sentries scouts and aids to Red Cross workers in wounded recovery.
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Washington
Fido
Baker
Gorgas
War College Today
Senate
Brady
Idaho
Army
France
Red Cross
How a submarine operates and commands on board
The article explains submarine command structure with a captain as the central decision maker and the second officer ensuring interlinked systems. It covers diving procedures, ballast tank management, electric propulsion, periscope use, depth control, and torpedo firing conveyed via tubes and speaking tubes.
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Popular Science Monthly
Diphtheria Germs Multiply Fast and Spread
Diphtheria germs multiply rapidly, producing toxin within 24 hours. Infection enters the body through mouth or nose and can spread by kissing, coughing, sneezing, shared cups, or contaminated objects touched by an infected person.
Weight loss miracle in Seneca man drops 816 to 195 pounds
Dr I He Magill recalls shedding 621 pounds in weeks after a vacation. He credits persistent exercise and a journey from a mile a day in Texas to eighteen miles daily by San Diego, saying doctors doubted he could reach 200 pounds.
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Seneca
N. Y
Language suppression under the Russian Empire faced Ukrainian plight
T. Lothrop Stoddard recounts how Ukraine was denied a distinct language and culture by officials in 1860s Russia. Ukrainian writings were banned, education restricted, and many writers compelled to use Russian. Taras Shevchenko suffered ten years in Siberia for composing Ukrainian verses.
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Russian Empire
Petrograd
Russian Ukraine
Gogol
Kostomaroff
Taras Shevcheenko
Siberia
T. Lothrop
Consecration Poem From Brooklyn Eagle
A Dobson poem in the Brooklyn Eagle proclaims a pledge to world service and democratic ideals. It envisions a flag with Hope and Charity and a shield bearing Liberty and Justice, pledging unwavering effort until freedom and equal rights prevail worldwide.
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George F. Dobson
Brooklyn Eagle
Quotable Line on Ignorance and Intelligence
Publication fragment presents a quoted aphorism by Lowell contrasting dangers of ignorance with the power of intelligence. The line remarks that the volts of intelligence pose a greater threat to insurrections than ignorance.
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Lowell
Economy Through Co Operation
Editorial urging unity between front line soldiers and home front workers to maximize war production. It stresses efficient placement of personnel, a joint civilian military bureau, improved medical staffing, thorough medical exams for draftees, and strict cooperation across government divisions to sustain munition, food, and essential supplies.
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Pennsylvania
Northcliffe's Thorough Preparations for the London Mail
Lord Northcliffe spent a year preparing the London Mail before any sale of a copy. The fledgling paper issued daily for three months in near complete form as he scouted talent, evaluated material, and gauged public tendencies to ensure a decisive, informed launch.
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Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe
London Mail
Nortciliffe
Isaac F. Marcosson
Recruit Depot Named in Fort Thomas Kentucky
Fort Thomas Kentucky is designated as a recruit depot and turned over to the adjutant general. The new general recruit depot service will feed volunteers regular and national guard regiments and men mobilized under the draft to regiments at the front, while wounded soldiers return for rehabilitation and onward deployment.
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Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Adjutant General of the Army
National Guard
France
City Life Versus Country Life Jokes in Conversation
Uncle Eben jokes that in the country you go to bed tired and wake up feeling fine, while in the city you go to bed feeling fine and wake up tired. The quip contrasts rural ease with urban weariness in a humorous exchange.
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Ezra
New York
Eben—Waal
Grocer Says Customers Owe Him More Than Profit
A newspaper note quotes a grocer replying to a customer about high prices. The grocer asserts he is not earning more. customers simply owe him more money, reflecting price pressures.
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Detre
Free Press
Groundhog Returns Home After Two Decades Loneliness
Hezzie Sisk of Dalton reports a groundhog once raised by his son Sam twenty years ago has reappeared and now appears settled back with the family. The creature, gentle and apparently content, seems ready to spend its retirement with old friends.
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Madisonville
Hezzie Sisk
Dalton
Jersey Distillery Converts to Vinegar After Prohibition Move
Old Jersey plant at Applegarth plans to switch from whisky to vinegar production under the new food control law effective next Saturday. The J. D. Courtney facility, famed for Jersey Lightning cider, quit whisky last week and will repurpose equipment to make denatured alcohol and process more apples for vinegar.
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Old Jersey
Applegarth
N. J
New Jersey
J. D. Courtney
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Ohio River
Miss Lind
Issy A. Props
Issy
Goldman
Art” Helfant
Groundhog
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