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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1918
Page
4
The verse condemns German leadership in World War I, mocking the Kaiser and questioning divine favor as German forces falter. It contrasts “Me und Gott” with defeat, implying pride and religion are misused to justify aggression and victory. The speaker rails at Prussia’s flag and Wilhelm’s boast.
The poem My Bit In Flanders by Lulu Kerr is highlighted with a tale of Minneapolis soldier Sergi Stephen Sherman killed in action. His mother received a letter before death quoting verses from the poem, linking sacrifice, faith, and wartime duty with Calvary imagery and enduring brotherhood.
A vivid line stresses the aim of delivering a truly durable peace with substance and quality from Germany, not a shoddy product. The quote imagines a "yard wide all wool" peace, signaling insistence on genuine reconstruction and lasting stability rather than superficial arrangements.
The piece mentions Billy Masson reacting to Germany’s surrender and calls for liberty loan participation. It notes Waukegan barbers ordered to wear gas masks amid influenza, urges saving peach seeds, questions wartime hardship, and invites readers to submit names for the Washington honor roll for local enlistees.
The Pan German press urged Wilson to seize a moment to end hostilities but claims he failed by not accepting Germany's armistice plan and pushing for negotiations. It argues Kaiser will trumpet his peace terms and portrays a so called peace made in Germany as the Allies’ preferred outcome.
The Food Administration reports letters accusing Army cantonments of waste have been investigated by both agencies. No instance of enormous waste has been found, despite thorough reviews by the Administration and the War Department.
The Army warns camp reps to collect and forward kitchen waste for reclamation, notes lower per capita food waste than civilians, and asks Iowa residents to save fruit pits and nut shells for gas mask production. It also outlines a revised basis for selling flour with substitutes to avoid fractional-weight issues.
The Henry Evernham orchard west of Pacific Junction produced a top year in Mills County with about 23 car loads of Jonathan apples and a few Grimes Golden Willow Twig and Gala varieties. The 100 acre farm grossed over 30 000 dollars due to extra care and Missouri river bottom moisture.
The Fairfield Tribune critiques southeastern Iowa for lagging in Fourth Liberty Loan subscriptions. It notes Jefferson County's low assessment of three and a half percent and calls for analysis of local apathy while praising local patriotism and enlistment.
A Cedar Rapids woman argued with Evening Gazette staff about using Hun to refer to Germans. She objected that the term glorifies German crimes and urged calling the German by the crime, not nationality, to avoid praise for past atrocities.
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