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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1918
Page
10
The piece notes how war reshapes reading and writing, classing literature as necessity and opium at once. It highlights reader tastes among soldiers and workers, praises realism, laments sensationalism, and argues war catalyzes honest literary reform and broader humanist vision.
The speaker cites Vicente Blasco Ibanez and John to contrast apocalyptic ruin with hope for a new harmony. He urges readers to join in building a righteous peaceful world, aligning writers and poets with humanity’s wartime effort for a better earth.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the ex crown prince in a first class carriage en route to Wieringen Island where he is interned. He wore a brown sporting suit and said he has been treated decently in Holland and does not know how long internment will last. He has had no word from his father for weeks and expects his return to Germany depends on events there. He is accompanied by Majors von Mueller and von Mauldtmes and Freiherr von Zobeltitz. He noted the Dutch army impressed him and his luggage includes a fur coat, rug, and a few bags.
Waterloo residents debate meeting the city quota for the united war work campaign as Rainbow division veterans return from France. A Waterloo father whose son serves with the Rainbow division paid his original allotment of 300 dollars, saying the city must back up its soldiers or risk disappointment. Reports show more than 6,000 dollars remains to reach the quota with funds coming in slowly.
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