This Michigan Daily article announces the passing of the Espionage Bill in the United States Senate. The senate voted with overwhelming majority for the introduction of a law that would punish anyone who interfered with military operations or…
Shortly after the United States entered the war in April 1917, the United States Congress passed the draft. The goal was to raise an army of two million American soldiers through selective conscription to fight the war abroad. Details such as age…
Selling Liberty Bonds was a national campaign to raise money to finance the war. The first advertisement directed at the University of Michigan students, faculty and staff is printed in the Michigan Daily on June 4, 1917.
The Michigan Daily announces the passing of the war resolution in the United States Senate. The resolution passed 82 to 6 and was to go in front of the house from there.
This 1924 issue of the The Progressive names Carl E. Schmidt as the head of the Steuben Campaign Committee, which advocated for prominent anti-war voices.