Status Updates From September 1918: War, Plague...

"Wilson, thanks in large measure to Creel in his relentless propaganda campaign, faced a real challenge. How to convince the American public, fed a steady diet of heat for Germany by his own administration for almost a year and a half, to embrace peace rather than punishment?"

Yeah, anger is admirably useful for a while, but like a fire and can easily get out of control.

I like the updates on the surrounding media and culture that pervade baseball arts. Through the decades. David Halberstam is great at it. Updates on the 1918 World Series, the one interrupted by war and flu, were conveyed by carrier pigeon.