Germany Defends Realist Peace Voice in WarWarnings
Prof Wundt rejects renunciation peace and Prof Reinke argues peace comes only through power. Haeckel warns against utopian peace visions as German leadership claims strength and expansion. The piece frames Germany’s wartime realism, condemns idealism, and portrays military advantage as essential.
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Metlecs
Lonvain
Haeckel
Reichstag
Wundt
Reinke
Germany
A Worth While Victory In War Savings Effort
The Waterloo Service league aided Americans in fighting German influence by educating a German-born citizen. A reluctant donor who avoided the war savings canvass ultimately subscribed forty times his original W S S gift and purchased a large portion of the third liberty loan bonds. The league views this transformation as a greater achievement than larger subscriptions alone.
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Waterloo Service League
Germany
League
Uek
Austria and Germany and the fate of Austria Hungary
The piece argues Austria Hungary faces dissolution under German influence, comparing its fate to Napoleons Spain and predicting loss of independence. It warns of a pan German empire shaping Central Europe, with Slavic groups seeking liberty and alignment with Serbia and Russia, urging Allied action to support Balkan unity.
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France
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Louis XIV
Madrid
Napoleon
Spain
Austria
Charles
Berlin
Vienna
Russia
Italy
Flagsburg
Hapsburg
William I
Bohemia
Moravia
Fiume
Cattaro
Hungary
Elba
Sava
Mitteleuropa Wlill
Gulf of Riga
Ukrainia
Lithuania
Poland
Roumania
Bulgaria
Europe
Rome
Rhine
Mitteleuropa
Austria- Hungary
Brest-Litovsk
Health Pleuris y and reader questions from Dr Currier
A health column discusses pleurisy symptoms, causes, and complications with notes on how it affects breathing and chest pain. It includes reader questions on nervous breakdown fitness for work, hypnotism, and loss of taste or smell, with Dr Currier offering general guidance in typical column format.
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G. L
Currier
Andrew F. Currier
Courier
Two Kinds of Soldiers Reflect Allied Initiative Over German Machine
A British officer observes German troops advancing in solid ranks with indifferent morale, contrasted with Allied soldiers who improvise under pressure. The piece argues initiative and flexible tactics win battles, not rigid drill, claiming Allies will prevail. It cites reports from the Indianapolis News about German atrocities and a professor's view that Germany seeks European supremacy.
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Chicago
Inez
Tadizaapolis News
Russia
Belgium
France
Ther
Germany
Europe
Moscow
Spahin
Travelers' Hardships Curtail Transcontinental Rail Service
Editor notes from Burlington Gazette and Cedar Rapids Republican on June 2 curtailing transcontinental passenger service from Chicago west. Luxurious trains, local routes and thru trains cut back. travelers may need to sleep in upper berths. War realities loom as trains cut back and wood starved war economies shift resources. Walnut trees felled for gun stops. calls to spare small trees and plant more walnuts for future needs.
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Burlington Gazette
McAdoo
Chicago West
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Poetic musings on love and strength endure
Fragmentary verse reflects on learning from love and pain. It contemplates enduring strength as a guide to lasting lessons, implying inner growth through emotional trials. The lines hint at teaching through hardship without specifying events or people.
Do It Now and Then Some in Daily Life
A writer recalls mottoes about urgency and proximity guiding business and life. He notes a woman entrepreneur balancing near tasks with important work, urging readers to look beyond the immediate and avoid letting what is near at hand distort true values. He adds that friendship and reading choices reflect the same impulse to see beyond the easy, accessible option to focus on what matters most.
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Mr. Endicott
Tom Jones
Young Men's Christian Association
Charles Smith
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Tam
War chest scheme sparks doubt in national chamber plans
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports doubt over a proposed war chest fund for counties and cities. The U S Chamber of Commerce refused to approve it at Chicago's annual conference, warning against centralized political charity control and raising concerns about hidden promoters and potential misuse.
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Dubuque
Best Fund
Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Memorial day urged as solemn war observance in Iowa
Waterloo May 18 readers urged by the editor to heed President Wilson's Memorial Day proclamation. The note stresses worship, prayer, and sacrifice over recreation, with Presbyterians and United Presbyterians of Black Hawk County planning joint patriotic and devotional observances at Cedar Heights followed by a shared meal and addresses. John Robertson Sacartn
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Waterloo
Fc 15
United States
United Presbyterians
Black Hawk County
Cedar Heights
John Robertson Sacartn
Single tax proposed for Zaqnist Republic
Springfield Republican notes Zionist convention endorsing a modern single tax for a proposed Palestine republic. It frames land values as community wealth, contrasts with New York’s vast land value, and critiques elite ownership while linking to broader wartime politics and policy debates.
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Springfield
Republic of Palestine
Philadelphia
New York City
America
New York
Palestine
Madam Fox's Garden Part I
Madam Fox saves money to plant a garden full of roses lilies and flowers and plans to buy seeds. Mr Fox pretends concern and takes Madam Fox to town with her money while plotting to steal the silver. He and Tim Coon head to a meadow race where a gold medal hangs enticingly.
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Madam Fox
Mr. Fox
Ning
Tim Coon
Tim
Bully Frog
Tom Turtle
Bunny Rabbit
Bunny
Nan's Letter Home From a War Farm in Rickmansworth
Lonadon May 5 letter describes visiting a boy at Shepherd's farm near Rickmansworth. He works with prisoners and local youths, while Miss Brearey drives a double harrow with four draft horses. A 15 year old girl manages a dairy herd and cares for 14 calves, with pride from farmer Mr Ayre. The piece celebrates hardworking farm girls, patriotism, and evolving labor rights amid wartime.
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Lonadon
Sis
Shepherd's Farm
Rickmansworth
Misa Brearey
Hoa
Jng
Charles NT
Miss Brearey
England
Ted
Ayre
Mr. Ayre
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