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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
4
The article argues the senate rejected universal suffrage despite presidential advocacy linking democracy to wartime victory. It warns democracy pushed to extremes becomes socialism and stresses Americans must understand global realities before embracing sweeping democratic reforms.
A wartime poem depicts German leaders and troops suffering heavy losses as Allied guns roar. The Kaiser and his sons are shown in photographs and uniforms while German homes gloom with crepe and woe. Potsdam is invoked with the Kaiser and his sons hiding.
In Belgium and northern France, locals anticipate celebration once the German advance is halted. A Washington storekeeper, believing winter had come, removed window screens and now spends heavily on swatters and tangle-foot to curb flies.
Doe McGugin, manager of the Western Union office, returned from Chicago where he saw a man offer to bet a thousand dollars that the war would end by January 1. McGugin did not take the bet.
Mr. McGugin observed in Chicago that civilians raise their hats to the Stars, reflecting public admiration and respect seen during events in the city.
A community debates proper salutes to the flag as it passes in parade and warns against forgetting patriotic respect in wartime. A Washington clothing store worker explains he wears his three sons in the army by using their clothes, reflecting home front sentiment.
Turkey states it will adhere to the alliance with the central powers in all circumstances though it faces an imminent reduction of the alliance as events unfold.
The Teachers' Institute mobilizes a large contingent of educated women to the city attracting many who attend lectures and events.
President Wilson names James Kerney to head the committee on public information overseas. He will direct propaganda abroad and oversee international information efforts.
Public domain notice indicates the McClure Newspaper Syndicate holds rights in 1918 with copyright year 1918 stated and credits to the syndicate.
A German observer recounts 1917 Berlin chaos after England’s blockade, mobs tearing down signs and attacking perceived spies, the police rescue of a woman, crowds hurrying to Berlin, and the city’s wartime grimness. He notes food shortages, rationing, and the rise of graft and war profits as the regime tightened control.
A letter claims Germans risk disease due to neglect of elder care and hospital conditions in 1917, citing a hospital ward where many dysentery deaths occurred in two days. It also notes Gen. Dr. A Gyrosdenovitch, Montenegro's envoy to the U.S., a veteran of five wars, with wartime service in France and earlier in Montenegro.
Timeline shows departures at 4 10 am 6 30 pm 9 45 am 8 40 am and arrivals at 9 40 am 6 66 pm 6 25 pm with a leave 9 40 am note C B and Q.
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