The Spirit of Sacrifice and the Christmas Duty
A reflective piece on selflessness during Christmas, praising unselfish acts while warning against praise or material motives. It cites children giving up desires to aid the hungry and homeless, and recalls Charlotte Brontë’s tale of piety. The essay urges readers to imitate childlike generosity and deny self for others.
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Santa Claus
Christmans Alsp
Jook Tke
Charlotte Bronte
Geryica
Bethlehem
Calais the French town near England with long history
Calais, a 60 000 resident seaport on the French coast near England, has a storied past from a small village to a fortified town. It is a popular tourist destination with a busy harbor and rail nexus but has seen occupation by English, Spanish, and French powers. The town’s proximity to England fuels prosperity and German interest, while customs officers guard a fortified citadel and relics of artillery.
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Calais
WiLhel
English Channel
England
Calais Iz
Parle
Calaly
Queen Mary
Mary
House Naval Committee
Trade Neutrality Debate Echoes in Congress
The piece argues against restricting wartime arms sales, defending neutrality and urging Congress to reject Hitchcock Works Bartholdt and Vollmer measures. It asserts the president enforces neutrality, notes international law permits civilian munitions trade, and warns against setting a dangerous, future breach. The author cites Schwab case precedents and laments political meddling.
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America
Europe
Washington
United States
New York
Hitchcock
Works
Bartholdi
Vollmer
Congress
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
Germany
Austria
Messrs. Hitchcock
Bartholdt
Vallmer
Call to Aid: Americans Should Give to Needy at Home and Abroad
The writer urges continued charitable giving during winter, noting both domestic and international suffering. While Americans should first help fellow citizens, the duty extends to aiding the needy in other lands as well. The piece highlights John Haynes Holmes on self sacrifice and generous relief.
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New York
America
John Haynes Holmes
Changing Crops in the South Due to War Pressures
The war in Europe accelerates crop shifts in the South away from cotton toward winter wheat. A Washington Agriculture Department report shows national winter wheat planted at over 41 million acres, up 4.1 million from last fall, with Southern states leading the growth: South Carolina up 20 percent, Alabama 85 percent, Mississippi 123 percent, Georgia 218 percent, North Carolina 75 percent, Arkansas 44 percent, and Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Virginia also rising.
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Europe
Southland
Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Virginia
Saloon case delays stretch in Waterloo and beyond
The Waterloo saloon consent case delays persist in Missouri and Iowa supreme courts, with decisions read into the record after years. Eastern dispatches note President Wilson’s late Christmas shopping, while debate on naval matters and sugar consumption highlights linger in national discourse. A New Jersey woman prepares for a journey as part of a peculiar body composition image.
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Supreme Court of
Waterloo
Missouri Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Bench
High
Eastern
Wilson
Governor Clarke’s legacy and next Iowa legislative aims
A Des Moines dispatch notes Gov. Clarke’s early 20th century program, urging workmen’s compensation, good roads, county reform, election reform, education improvements, blue sky law, and more. It praises nonpartisan action, but warns utilities lobbying blocked bills. The piece anticipates the governor’s cautious, conservatively progressive first message to the legislature.
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Des Moines
Gov. Clarke
Towa
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Utilities Commission
To the Heart of the Matter Progress in Old Men
An essay argues that aging nurtures individuality and doubt while youth clings to inherited beliefs. It asserts old men produce heretics and modernists, while youth seek positivity and ritual. The piece contrasts faith in youth with doubt in experience shaping real progress.
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Church
China
From the Far Flung Battlefields to a Giving Season
John Haynes Holmes urges widespread giving in The Survey, describing an unprecedented need and opportunity to help those in hardship as winter approaches, with the call extending through the nation and into the coming season. He frames giving as a civic duty and a chance to uplift communities amid ongoing global conflict.
Call to sacrifice for European relief during wartime
A civic appeal urges immediate universal aid from all to support refugees and wounded across Europe. It emphasizes sustaining national charities, maintaining church pledges, and expanding aid beyond pennies to dollars, calling it the hour of sacrifice and urging listeners to give beyond their means.
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National Consumers’ League
Association For
Europe
Red Cross Fund
Belgium
Committee of Mercy Fund
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Indianapolis Sun
Waterloo Evening Courier
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