Contraband of War and the Rules of Engagement
The piece explains contraband of war as goods that aid a nation’s war aims and notes examples like steel copper and wheat being kept from Germany. It imagines extending contraband to peace items and reflects on how war reports frame events and moves by nations, including a reference to negroes as contraband in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Kiel Canal
Stoke
United States
Elinor Glyn
Petrograd
Paris
Berlin
Iowa Plows Forward on Belgian Relief Car Load Shipments
Nineteen carloads of corn and four carloads of flour will leave Iowa within two days for New York to be loaded on the Belgian relief ship bound for Antwerp on December 10. Des Moines and Audubon shipments are already on the way. Chamberlain says cash purchases stay in the county of origin, with foodstuffs sent to Belgium. Canning firms join in, and Iowa canning companies plan further contributions. Statewide tag day likely surpasses $20,000.
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Les Moines
Iowa
New York
Antwerp
Des’ Moines
Audubon
D. S. Chamberlain
Belgian Relief Association
Mr. Chamberlain
Belgium
Bry
London
H. B. Matthews
Des Moines
The Planting Machine Aimed at War Burials
A satirical piece mocks a new wartime device described as a burial machine. It praises Yankee ingenuity while warning of absurdity and potential humane aims, noting Allied orders and a Chicago firm’s manufacture. The piece critiques mass graves and trench warfare with tongue in cheek humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Conquest of Self in Football and War News
The article argues football trains manhood by testing restraint and courage, stressing victory is secondary to personal conquest and school values. It laments primitive partisanship, urges self control in defeat, and highlights morale themes amid wartime relief and industry notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoyal
Hast
West High
International peace drive faces pacifist extremism in press debate
Chicago Tribune surveys the clash over active neutrality and peacetime strategy. It criticizes the Endowment for International Peace and figures like Jordan Mead, Carnegie, and Holt for soft approaches, calling for sane pacifists to challenge extremism and push for strong international law and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Eliot
Col. Rooseveltt
Arnerie Endowment For International Peace
Jordan
Carnegie
Ed Win Mead
Hamilton Holt
The
Independent
National Defense
American Peace Society
Lyman ‘Abbott
Bryan
Wilson
The Lesson of Loneliness and Solitude in Life
A reflective essay discusses loneliness as a force behind greatness, citing Jesus, Paul, Buddha and Mahomet, and contrasts solitary struggle with group effort. It argues that solitude fuels exploration, empire building, science and religion reform, while warning against fear of isolation. The piece also critiques sensational magazine depictions and advocates for ordinary women as heroines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Paul
Buddha
Mahomet
A Wish for Well–Read Illustrators in News We Read
The column advocates a law requiring illustrators to read and grasp the stories they illustrate. It argues readers gain satisfaction when pictures match the text and notes a recent magazine example where the artwork contradicted the heroine’s fate, prompting critique of illustrator discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
You
Aged Twins Celebrate Seventy-First Birthday
Letter from HARRIETT WOODWARD notes a Cedar Falls birthday item about twins who turned seventy, asking how many older twins have been found since. She cites Edwin L. Sawyer and her mother Mrs. Otis P. Woodard as longtime residents, both having lived in the area over thirty-six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tado Soe
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Edwin L. Sawyer
Otis. P. Woodard
Harriett, Woodward
Gov Blease Frees His 1480th Convict
Governor Cole Blease issued 107 pardons paroles and commutations in the state penitentiary and county gangs. Sixteen were serving life for murder thirty one for manslaughter and forty six were negroes. Since 1911 clemency has freed 1430 convicts and holidays sparked releases. One commutation cut a death sentence for murder to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
Cole Blease
State Penitentiary
Blease
Dr Gerrit Bennett Featured as Musician and Surgeon
Dr Gerrit J Bennett combines medical practice with music as a surgeon in the diseases of women and children field. His listing shows contact details at 1107 Grant Ave with phone numbers 66 and 1759 and office hours from 10 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Ave
Croker, 73, Marries 23YearOld Bride
Richard W. Croker, former Tammany Hall leader, married Miss Bula Denton Edmonson, a Cherokee woman aged 23, at Nathan Straus' home in New York. They left for a Palm Beach honeymoon at the Croker estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard W. Croker
Tammany Hall
Bula Denton Edmonson
Croker
Palm Beach
Fla
Nathan Straus
Corfi
Ceremony At St Agnes Church Fails Witnesses
The report notes that people believed the ceremony would be held at St Agnes church with witnessing, but were disappointed. Despite this, Croker did not avoid all guests and the Straus home street remained crowded with men and women. The piece also mentions London has 692 pawn broker shops.
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St. Agnes Church
Croker
Straus Home
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South Bend
Kenosha
Jackson, Mich
Union Mill Company
British Admiralty
Ton
Jordan Mead
Col. Roosevelt
Wilsop
Tay
Ruth Cameron
Gerrit J. Bennett
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier Ant
Lafayette Building
Ath ST. E
Snc
Waterloo
Norfolk
Regens
Farm Books
Mness College
Syndicate Building
Independent Meat Co
Commercial Street
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