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WWI ends: Front pages of Ames, Des Moines newspapers from 100 years ago

One century ago at 5 a.m. central time, World War I came to an end.

Overnight, the draft ceased, holidays were declared, and celebrations were had across the United States.

Here are the front pages of some central Iowa newspapers:

The Des Moines Register

Ames Evening Times

Ames Tri-Weekly Tribune

Iowa State Student

The Des Moines Register, 11 Nov 1918: “THE WAR IS OVER”

Page one of The Des Moines Register consists entirely of wire stories.

The story in the left hand column (”Washington waits for official word, truce is signed”) has a subhead of “Hears of the hun upheaval,” if you are curious how the press thought of the Germans at the time. The word “hun” is used a few other times on this page alone.

The Associated Press piece “Review of world’s greatest war now in dramatic finish” begins:

The German people, for a generation the obedient and submissive servants of their war lord, for more than four years his pliant instruments in ravaging the world, have spoken a new word, and the old Germany is gone.

The illustration is of an unkempt house labeled as Reconstruction and with a big War napping away. On the sidelines, sitting beside a nice basket of Peace, are his offspring Destitution, Hunger, Anarchy, Disorder, and Want. The next steps were already on the mind of Ding Darling.

On the inside pages, stories vary from more stories from Europe, notices on soldiers, some Iowa farming updates, a brief note about Yorktown no longer being under a quarantine as the Spanish flu waned, and a page celebrating the soldiers and the victory, plus some long editorials about the war.

Movies playing in Des Moines at this time included: Toys of Fate, De Luxe Annie, Laughing Bill Hyde, The Doctor and the Woman, The Yellow Dog, The Rainbow Trail, and Are Crooks Dishonest.

The Ames Evening Times, 11 Nov 1918: “RIGHT HAS CONQUERED MIGHT!”

Unlike the Register, the Ames Evening Times includes some local headlines on page one and most of its national headlines are popular/quick digest stories. The illustration is a denigration of Germany, blaming it for everything and now must finally pay for it.

Local stories included the declaration that the day was a holiday and stores would be closed for celebrations and the number of typhoid fever cases in Ames recent years had dropped, which stemmed from a statement from a medical officer that scarlet fever and diphtheria were on campus. The mayor disagreed typhoid fever should be a future concern for residents.

The other local story was the return of the Spanish flu. West Ames and especially campus had spent the past month under a quarantine that largely stifled travel. Here it was announced 100 students were possibly sick with the flu. The second wave had arrived.

Inside, it was largely business as usual with some local stories and occasional wire stories from Europe, but nothing celebratory or dedicated to the ending of the war.

What movies were playing in Ames? None. Movie theaters had been closed for a month and would remain so for another month.

Ames Tri-Weekly Tribune, 11 Nov 1918: “OUT GOES THE KAISER”

The Tribune doesn’t splash its front page with that much about the armistice, but some stories in the Times probably hadn’t reached the Tribune since it went to press hours prior to the Times. It notes the end of the war, conditions of the surrender, and the celebration in Ames. There is also a letter about what comes next.

A clean-up day for downtown Ames gets plenty of attention and was surely the original big story for the day. Other stories are common local stories for the time such as Spanish flu deaths, city council meeting, and a new ambulance in use at Iowa State.

The inside pages have nothing to do with the war ending. There’s new items from Gilbert and Huxley and then other lesser items about happenings and events in the Ames vicinity. There are a couple pieces about experiences of army men traveling overseas, but have nothing to do with the armistice.

Iowa State Student, 12 Nov 1918

The Iowa State Student didn’t publish on Monday, so Tuesday is the day it notes the end of the war. However, the item doesn’t get heavy treatment on the front. Since the day-to-day oversight of the Student was done by women, I am curious what their perception of it all was. The front page includes a handful of stories about women (”Told of sacrifice of French women,” “I.S.C. women pledge in excess of quota”), which was common for this term since most men were strictly quarantined. Being the day after the celebration, the Student mentions the Monday celebrations in downtown Ames, which included an effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm II — or Kaiser Bill as he’s called here — that was then burned and shot... the head flew off, too.

On campus, the girls ran the Campanile’s bells at 10:30 a.m. immediately after hearing news of the armistice.

Iowa State College celebrates peace with convocation

Victory bell proclaims victory for U. S. in world war Girls leave exams Girls rushed to victory bell to ring it until exhausted

The victory bell never rang for a greater victory than it did yesterday morning at 10:30 o’clock. About that time a small news boy appeared on campus with a huge pile of “Peace” papers. Swiftly the glad news spread to all parts of the campus.

Three girls who were taking an examination in architectural engineering, threw their papers to the winds and rushed to the victory bell. They were the first to reach the spot and rang the bell with all their might and main. When they were completely exhausted three librarians came down to take their place.

However, classes continued until 11:30 when the first celebration Iowa State College has had this year took place. Some 500 girls gathered on the steps of Central where led by Prof. A. A. Bailey they sang every patriotic and peppy song in creation.

All the S. A. T. C. soldiers on the campus turned out for the celebration, when some 2,000 of them headed by the navy band marched past Central Building with the band playing and girls yelling. “We’ll hike, hike, hike along the along the old turn pike till we reach, reach Berlin.”

The girls marched at the end of the procession around the campus, past dairy building and back to Central again where speeches were given by Acting President E. W. Stanton, Prof. F. W. Beckman and Major J. R. Lincoln.

The other big story, which receives better treatment being placed in the top left corner, is the return of the Spanish flu. After a few weeks of the flu’s waning, 100 men are sick and 6 women are, too, making the quarantine a top priority again. The football game against Iowa scheduled for Saturday was moved to Iowa City because of the new outbreak. Indeed the second wave of the flu had arrived. 

Other front page stories are about the war effort and items needed for those the Red Cross.

Inside pages include an editorial about how everyone should show some self control and not swear so much and several articles on former students and alumni in Europe, campus events, and briefs on faculty.

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Lethal Virus - Part 1/5

Part O N E || Part T W O || Part T H R E E || Part F O U R || Part F I V E Word Count: 1378 Requested by: mymisstina Themes: AU, Fluff Triggers: Slight mention of a needle (flu shot?) A/N: So, this was fully intended to be a one-shot. I planned it out to have a beginning, three middles, and an end and then a started writing... and writing... and writing. By the time I finished expanded on the “beginning”, I had more than a thousand words and I hadn’t even gotten to the good bit. I’m so sorry. Hopefully, this is wrapped up in three parts, but it may turn out to be five parts.

“Another year, another physical.” Changkyun groaned as the two of you made your way down the corridor. You couldn’t help but agree. You and your partner, Hyunwoo, were finally getting somewhere with the murder case you’d been assigned and, honestly, you would rather be working on that. As you approached the room, you both took a seat outside in the corridor to wait your turn. “How’s the murder case going anyway, Noona?” “Well, we think we have a lead, we just have to wait until the vic’s test results come back.” You signed. Four days ago, the body of a dead prostitute had been left out the front of the police department with a note saying ‘Who’s next?”. Forensics had taken one look at the body and ordered a hazmat site to be set up. It looked as if the woman had Ebola. Due to the nature of the death, it had taken a little longer for tests to be taken but you and Hyunwoo were fairly certain that a man by the name of Dr. Jungho Kim was the perp. Kim had been fired last year after results of a new medicine that his company was working on were stolen and were to be released today by the company who had stolen them. However, Dr. Kim hadn’t been seen in over two weeks. “We need to know the date of infection in order to know if it was our suspect or not, as he’s been missing for two weeks.”

“___ ______-ssi?” You jumped slightly as your name was called. You’d got so caught up in thinking about the case, that you’d forgotten that you were waiting to have a physical exam.

Standing quickly, you ignored Changkyun as he teasingly called out “Good Luck” and made your way into the room. You sat down opposite a man who looked… off. He wasn’t the doctor who had been performing the physicals since you’d joined the force, but that wasn’t it. He looked nervous. His white coat and the clothes underneath were slightly disheveled and, while he looked and smelt as though he’d showered, his hair wasn’t combed and he had a five o’clock shadow - but it hadn’t yet gone two o’clock. “First day on the job?” You asked, chalking his demeanor up to first-day-at-work jitters. While he didn’t look young, he looked young enough to have just graduated from medical school, perhaps a year or two older than you. “Please don’t worry about examining us, just because we’re police. People always seem to be nervous around police officers - but we’re human too.” You laughed as you stepped behind the screen that was set up for you to undress behind before moving to sit in your underthings on the gurney. “Thank you.” He said though you couldn’t help but notice how dead his voice sounded - much like his eyes. “My name is Dr. Park, I’ll be examining you today as well as giving you a flu shot. There is a new strain of influenza going around, so it’s been decided to vaccinate everyone who works closely with the public.” Though Dr. Park was smiling, you couldn’t help but notice that the smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Oh, did I say something wrong?” He started to get nervous again so you had to think quickly. “No, I’m sorry, I’m just afraid of needles.” The lie came easily to you as you showed a little aegyo, trying to act nervous to relax the doctor. You’d have to remember to say something to Hyunwoo and the rest of your department when this was over. Perhaps Changkyun would also notice something. The doctor laughed, though it sounded fake. “Perhaps we should start with the shot and then complete the physical to get it out of the way.” You’d barely nodded before he was wiping your upper thigh and jabbing you with the needle. You bit your tongue to keep from crying out in pain. You’d have flu vaccines before, but they had never been this painful.

Thirty minutes later, you were dressed and exiting the room. “See that wasn’t so bad. The rest are all men, but they’re just big kittens so please don’t feel nervous around them. You did well. Fighting.” You smiling encouragingly only to be met once again with that strange fake smile. Changkyun stood as you shut the door behind you. “How’d it go?” He asked. You felt conflicted. You wanted to mention the strange doctor to him, but you wanted to see if he picked up on anything without bias. Your pride kept you from mentioning the shot. You were the only female on your team and you had worked years to fight the stigma of being a female police officer and gain the credibility that you now had. You felt that mentioning how painful you found the vaccine to be would only set your work back by appearing weak. However you found it strange, perhaps if Changkyun mentioned anything about a painful shot, then you would say something.

You busied yourself with emails, using your smartphone, as you waited for Changkyun to be done. Soon you were lost in your own world, only to be drawn out of it by the sound of a door opening and closing. Changkyun was back. You stood and the two of you began to walk back to your unit. “Noona…” Changkyun began, breaking the comfortable silence. You could tell by the tone of his voice that he was considering his words closely. “Dr. Park… Did he seem a little off to you?” You sighed in relief. “Yes, like he was nervous but no matter what I said to help him relax, he didn’t… He just seemed fake.” “Yeah… Listen, I think we shouldn’t say anything to Boss. I know you’re his partner but I don’t think it would help our situation.” Changkyun was the youngest member of your unit and, not only were you a woman, but you were also quite young compared to the others. You could see where he was coming from but, at the same time, you felt uncomfortable keeping something from Hyunwoo. Not only had he been your partner since the day you arrived in 1st detective unit, he’d quickly become your best friend who you felt comfortable sharing everything with. Over the three years that you’d been working together, you’d even started to develop a small crush on him - not that that mattered. It wasn’t something that you could tell him, as he’d only ever treated you like a little sister. Not to mention, the man was your partner and the leader of your unit. It just wasn’t professional to have a crush on the man who was essentially your boss. “Alright, though I don’t feel comfortable keeping things from my partner, even if you can keep things from yours. Alright.” You sighed just as the door to your office came into view.

The office was relatively empty as you opened the door and entered the room. Only Hyunwoo and Hyungwon, Changkyun’s partner, were inside and at work. The other four members of your team must have been out on their own assignments. Hyunwoo, being the ever-caring boss that he was, noticed you first and stood to come greet you both. “How did it go? It wasn’t too stressful, you’re both healthy?” He asked, checking your both over. It was probably your imagination, but it felt as if he lingered a little longer on you. “Of course,” Changkyun grinned, walking past the two of you to his desk, patting Hyungwon on the shoulder as he passed. “As strong as an ox, did you expect anything less?” You smiled up at Hyunwoo and nodded. “Nothing to worry about, same old same old. He said our boss should treat us to some tasty food, though, because we did so well in fasting.” Your eyes crinkled up in a teasing smile. “Hey! That’s a good one!” Changkyun called from across the room. “I mean, yeah. Please buy us tasty food!” “I could eat.” Hyungwon added, not looking up from where he was furiously typing away at the computer. “Alright, since you both did so good, let’s take lunch and I’ll treat you all to something tasty.”