William Bayard Hale Called Pro German Propagandist
A critique portraying William Bayard Hale as a paid propagandist for Germany while composing pro German material for U S newspapers. The piece notes his 1915 open letter to President Wilson urging peace and questions whether his views were sincere or coerced by German interests. It compares Hale to Edward Everett Hale as a prophet who failed to influence the war’s outcome.
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Edward Everette Hale
William Bayard Hale
Hale
Edward Everette
Senate
United States
William Bayard
Commonwealth
Wilson
Germany
New York
The Surrender of Prussia on the Sea
A poem-like scene depicts German battleships wavering toward British shores as flags fall and sailors weep. The Kaiser and Prussia are mocked for a doomed navy, with British power looming and Prussian ships drifting toward a grim fate beneath the waves.
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Prussia
Wilhelm
Will to victory ends Hale’s prophetic role in war
The passage praises Allied soldiers in France and Belgium who never faltered and kept faith in eventual victory. It notes that the expected triumph may have seemed distant through 1916 to 1925 but arrived with America’s rise, marking the decline of William Bayard Hale as a soothsayer.
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France
Belgium
Uncle Sam
William Bayard Hale
Washington Laughs At Street Car Strikes And A $141 Gift
A Washington businesman receives a Christmas surprise of 141 dollars in silver from his wife who, since July, quietly took small change from his pocket and saved it. She explains the lesson on saving with a humorous burglary tale and a pile of coins on his doorstep.
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Washington
Proposals on Kaiser's Fate and German-American Soldiers
Des Moines Register notes allies have not yet demanded the former Kaiser while hinting any such demand would come after delivery. The piece adds a remark that no pro-German Black individual is known and praises Black soldiers for their conduct despite voting limitations in some states.
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Kaiser
Des Moines Register
Decorah
The Star Spangled Banner Read at Baptist Convention
Fragmented rendering of the national anthem at a Baptist Convention with performers faltering on words and lines. The piece highlights fragile voices and the remaining brave singers striving through the familiar lyrics amid uneven performance.
Goal Always to Be Sought Quote
The author reflects on desire as an elusive aim beyond reach with perpetual pursuit. A ceaseless chase framed as a lifelong prospect rather than a present experience, and labeled as an enduring, unknowable future.
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Gomi
Clikford Raymond
Negro Troopers Army Fun Makers
Kansas City reports on humor in the Army with Negro troops at sea and in trenches. Anecdotes include jokes about watches, shells, cotton drafts, ocean fears, and shoe gains, reflecting wartime impressions and the era’s racial language.
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Negro Troopers
Army Fun Makers
Newport News
Attenshiun
Just Girl, After All
A vivid street vignette describes a young woman in khaki pants and flannel shirt with a cap and leather pouch, appearing like a wartime laundry wagon driver yet adjusting her appearance with a nose dab and cap fix in a street mirror.
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Los Angeles Times
Service on Wheels and Red Cross Roll Call
The article describes mobile relief in modern warfare with rolling canteens delivering hot bouillon coffee tea cocoa lemonade and sandwiches to frontline troops. It highlights the autoechar mobile surgical hospital and urges public support through the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call December 10 to 24.
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American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Red Cross Sunday Promotes Christmas Roll Call
The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call week begins with a special Red Cross Sunday on December fifteenth. From every pulpit across the country the Red Cross message is shared. Sunday Schools are urged to host programs, display Red Cross posters and service flags, and ensure all members wear membership buttons by week’s end.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
German Prisoners Rebuild Belgian Homes Under Red Cross Aid
German prisoners are used to construct homes for Belgian refugees in a village built by the American Red Cross. Many prisoners work in France harvesting wheat to ease the burden on women and elderly men left on farms while the fighting continues at the front.
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American
Red Cross
Belgium
France
Red Cross Faces Expanded Role From German Retreat
In France the German retreat creates vast Red Cross needs. Housing homeless refugees, reconstructing villages, and supplying clothing, sewing machines, food, and medical gear become urgent. New tuberculosis safeguards and 96 provisional hospitals are planned for winter. The slogan is to visit every baby in France and save 40,000 lives.
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France
Red Cross
Sinter
Red Cross Opens Shoe Factory for Belgian Children
American Red Cross sets up shoe making efforts in Limoges France to supply shoes for Belgian children and other colonies in France. The program aims to provide footwear to all children in the areas under its care.
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American Red Cross
Limoges
France
Red Cross Symbol Ties Healing to Mercy
Text quotes a rabbi from Cleveland Temple presenting a religious interpretation praising the Red Cross as the symbol of healing and reconciliation. The prose blends themes of repentance healing truth and sacrifice across mortal sins and wars.
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Chad
Pohl
Abbasi
Cleveland
The Peace Table and After by Clarence L Speed
The author argues the postwar map will create a ring of eastern nations around a diminished Germany. Poland Czecho Slovakia Ukrainia Roumania Yugoslavia and independent Hungary must gain ports loans and infrastructure to resist German expansion, with the United States and allies guaranteeing their successful establishment and growth.
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Clarence L, Speed
War Committee
Union League Club of
Chicago
Germany
Neas
United States
Belgium
France
Italy
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Ukrainia
Roumania
Jugo- Slavia
Hungary
Teutons
Gerorman
Baltic
Cermany
Jugo Slavia
Adriatic
League
Red Cross Takes Home to the Boys
The article notes American Red Cross convalescent homes for U S soldiers abroad. It highlights home like surroundings and social activities to aid recovery as furloughs are unavailable across the ocean. It mentions six homes currently in operation run by American staff.
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RED Cross
Bughey
American Red Cross
American Girls Cheer Wounded Soldiers in Paris
Reports to the American Red Cross from Paris detail wounded U S soldiers arriving after the Franco American drive north of Verdun seeking comfort from cheerful American women in charge of canteens. They prioritised talking with the hostesses before continuing to hospital, expressing gratitude and morale boost from the visits.
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Paris
Verdun
Red Cross
Experimental Red Cross Dairy in France Milks 20000 Wounded
The American Red Cross established an experimental dairy at a base hospital in France. The French government loaned 1000 cows to produce milk for about 20000 injured fighters daily. Army doctors say fresh milk aids speedy convalescence of wounded men.
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France
Refugee families find work at Leghorn shoe factory
In Leghorn Italy a small shoe factory under American Red Cross protection offers work to refugee families from Spreziano. The plant provides wages, food and clothing for more than two dozen families, aiding their survival amid displacement.
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Leghorn
Italy
American Red Cross
Spreziano
Pullmans Move Near Engine For Safety On Trains
Statesville Record notes a new train car order with Pullmans beside the engine, then day coaches Jim crew car baggage and express cars. The change aims to keep steel cars near the engine to reduce risk in wrecks where lighter cars ahead cause greater loss.
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Statesville
N. C
Railway Time Table Corrections East and West Bound
Corrected to June 1 1918 Eastbound and Westbound trains listed with arrival departure times for No. 12 Express No. 26 Lo Pass No. 88 Lo Frt and Washington Branch services. Daily except Sunday schedules noted with local passenger and freight trains and station agents names.
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Washington
H.W. Russel
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