Favorite Lyrics and Poetic Reverie Across War’s Renaissance
A columnist plans to print favorite lyrics from classic poets and singers. He reflects on poetry’s revival during wartime, cites Keats, Marlowe, Jonson, Shelley's Indian Air, Byron, and Raleigh, and muses on the power of lyric beauty to comfort and inspire readers.
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John Keats
Sheehan
Statza
Pe Shaughnessey
Marlowe
Ban Jonson
Raleigh
London Tower
Hindaburg Bluster and War Bond Appeal
The piece mocks Hindeburg's promised German offensive and urges national unity and wartime finance. It urges farmers to combat plant diseases, promotes the Lincoln Patriotte army, and touts liberty bonds while warning against tax slackers amid wartime peril.
War Cyclopedia Promoted For Public Information
The War Cyclopedia pamphlet series edited by leading American historians offers a compact reference on war facts and issues. George Creel foresees using history as an arsenal, while the Lincoln Patriotic Army promotes Americanism through patriotic education and aims to endure beyond wartime.
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Committee On Public Information
Public
Washington
George Creel
Lincoln Patriotic Army
Lincoln Memorial University of
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Dandelions Murphies and Thrift Bonds An Iowa Parable
A Marshalltown Times-Republican piece recalls a tale of dandelions spreading across Iowa from three potatoes brought by an immigrant family. It compares thrift bonds to seeds, arguing saving habits grow like wildflowers, and ends with a note on newspaper production quirks.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
New England
Iowa
Mike Haverty
Ballyehogan
County Wicklow
Ilinois
Kathleen Haverty
Ireland
Mother Murph
Melody
The Plain Man With a Camera Rules
The article praises photography as a fine art and offers simple rules for amateur photographers. It advises shooting with one to three figures, avoiding distant landscapes, choosing simple backgrounds, and prompting arrested motion rather than stiff poses to capture natural, graceful images.
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Camno
Amatteur
Towser and Tabby Wish to Change House Roles
Towser the dog and Tabby the cat narrate their daily life beside the kitchen stove and fire. They dream of swapping places with their mistress and master, only to wake and reflect on fairness, chores, and the consequences of wishes. The tale ends with a caution about wanting others’ lives.
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Towser
Tabby
Fowser
Mme
Tawser
Hiss Master
Tam
Towenr
Practical Health Talks By John B. Huber Column
This health column by Dr John L. G. Huber offers guidance on disease prevention physical and mental hygiene sanitation and health promotion. Readers may send general questions with a self addressed stamped envelope for answers while prescriptions or individual diagnoses are discouraged.
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John B. Huber
A. M
John LG. Huber
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Dreams Feelings and Nightly Thoughts Describe Sleep
A fragmentary discussion explores how dreams reflect physical and mental health. Healthy individuals report contented dreams while neurasthenic or melancholic states bring distressing visions. Cites poor sleep, “spiritual visitations,” and possible psychological effects leading to obsessions or hysterical symptoms.
We Are Here to Stand With Our Allies
Frank E. Wolfe reflects on Allied resolve in World War I. He recalls rallying sparks from France Britain and other nations and lauds General Pershing’s Lafayette tribute. The piece warns of dire consequences if the Allies fail, including invasion of America and an era of global tyranny.
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America
Nasana Post
Stesn
Frank E. Wolfe
No Man’s Land
theiKasier
Lear
Marne
Neuve Chappelle
Ger. Pershing
Lafayette
France
Belgium
Berlin
Mooney Case Appeals Clemency After Mistreated Evidence
The Mooney case from San Francisco, convicted of murder on tainted evidence, seeks executive clemency or a new trial via special legislation. California courts say res judicata blocks relief despite widespread belief of a grave miscarriage of justice.
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Mooney
New York Evening Post
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
German Moral Talk Mixes God and War in Kaiser's Telegram
The Kaiser's envoy sends a congratulatory telegram to the Reichstag vice president praising victory and moral duty, but the piece contrasts German and Allied moral systems. It argues Germans invoke a different, blasphemous morality and warns against equating their categorical imperative with Western ethical norms.
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New York Times
Russia
The
Reichstag
Isant
Germany
Bank directors killed in Covington bandit raid in Chicago reports
Chicago Post says two Covington Kentucky bank directors were slain during a meeting hijacked by bandits. A director who led police fire killed a bandit, prompting talk of arming bank boards with police or military protectors against raids.
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Chicago Post
Covington
Chicago
Plausible Plan Text Reads Like Wartime Memo
Journal contemplates transparency with the enemy and internal readers. It argues censors would doubt the message and that the enemy would not believe a full disclosure anyway, suggesting caution in information control during conflict.
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Journal
Arch villain label shocks German chancellor says critic
The Kansas City Journal reports Chancellor von Hertling calls England an arch villain. The remark draws sharp reaction as critics note the chancellor’s own face revealed in a mirror during grooming.
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Kansas City Journal
von Hertling
England
Whale less days and asparagus cellulose discovery
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes whale meat as a beef substitute but no whale supply exists, hence seven whaleless days a week. It also mentions asparagus waste turning into cellulose materials, credited to a German scientist.
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Louisville Courier-journal
Hoover
Letters From Waterloo Boys in the Service
Sergeant Loren Berry of evacuation hospital unit No 1 in France writes about daily German air raids and a near miss from a bomb. He describes praise for Red Cross symbols, vivid trench life, and soldiers eager to return home despite danger. He notes a 10 pound bomb creating a large crater and streets pocked with holes from air raids.
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Loren Berry
France
Mother Earth
Muddy
Paris
We Are Building Ships Says Shipping Board Officials
New York World reports shipping board officials project 10,000,000 tons of ships yearly by December 31 as war demands grow. February totals reached 120,700 tons. March expected 188,725 tons produced and 220,591 tons launched with a possible 500,000 tons monthly rate.
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New York
France
Shipping Board
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