Merchant Marine On The Beach Sparks Doubt On Postwar Fleet
The Williston Graphic notes that postwar merchant marine plans falter as government ships lack bidders or leases. Experts admit hurried wartime vessels were costly, unsuitable for commercial routes, and unlikely to pay back investments. A local column also recalls a farm anecdote on fear and control with a note from editor Martin Mortenson requesting publication.
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Federal Shipping Board
Seven Seas
Absent Vote Explanation on Constitutional Amendments
Morten Mortenson, Sendist, District, explains illness prevented voting on the constitutional amendments. He notes he supported the measures in heart and soul and would aid their operation, expressing regret at missing the vote opportunity. The letter frames illness as the reason for absence and reaffirms allegiance to democracy.
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Senate
Morten Mortenson
Peace Conference Debates Boundaries and New States
At the peace conference the fate of Jugo Slav and Italian aims in the Adriatic coast, Fiume, Dalmatia and Albania is debated. Montenegro seeks self government, while Czecho Slovakia presses for broader access to the sea. Japan and China pushing territorial and imperial questions, Switzerland seeks sea outlet via the Rhine, and Greece claims Epirus and Thrace with Asia Minor islands in contention.
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Hapsburg
Croatia
Fiume
Adriatic
Dalmatia
Albania
Mountnegro
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Tsing Tau
China
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Baron Makino
Russia
Pacific
Equator
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Kian- Chau
Switeerland
Switzerland
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France
Rhine
Alsace
Loraine
Basle
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Prussia
Marshal Foch
Greece
Epirus
Thrace
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Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Venizelos
Smyrna
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Mediterranean
Taly
Igaria
Buea
Macedonia
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Czecho-Slovakia
Austria-Hungary
Bohemia
Moravia
Hungary
Saxony
German Silesia
Silesia
Galicia
Postwar Frontiers and Conflicting Claims Across Europe
The text outlines competing Polish and Ukrainian aims in eastern Galicia and Vilnius, Polish demand for Danzig and access to the sea, Lithuanian and Bolshevik claims to Vilnius, and Belgium’s reparations and territorial ambitions affecting Limburg, Luxemburg, and Scheldt access, with Holland resisting border infringements and open to treaty revisions.
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Belgium
Germany
Holland
Scheldt
Maastricht
Limburg
Lukemburg
France
War Correspondent From World War I Seeks Home Comforts
Alec writes from occupied Germany in December 1918 about longing for home life and meals between sheets. He notes scarcity under tickets, German hunger, and begging children, while recalling battle experiences and wishing to return with no trinkets, only intact hands and feet.
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Uncle Sam
Army of Occupation
Germany
Alec
Teaching children neat habits through home playrooms
A mother describes shaping a child’s habits via organized play spaces and regular toy care. She shares rules for tidying, shelving, and teaching responsibility, plus strategies for handling misbehavior and fostering teamwork in kindergarten readiness.
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Sadie
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Easy Pain Free Removal
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a painless corn treatment. A few drops applied to a corn cause soreness to renew then the corn lifts out with the root and skin untouched. One quarter ounce costs little and cures hard or soft corns or calluses.
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Cincinnati
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