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This section provides editorial notes on the source of the poems, indicating they were originally published in Ring Lardner's daily column 'In the Wake of the News' in the Chicago Tribune from June 3, 1913 to June 20, 1919.
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This section provides editorial notes on the source of the poems, indicating they were originally published in Ring Lardner's daily column 'In the Wake of the News' in the Chicago Tribune from June 3, 1913 to June 20, 1919.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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““In the Wake of the News” is a daily column in the Chicago Tribune for which Ring Lardner was the primary contributor from June 3, 1913–June 20, 1919.”
Ring Lardner wrote the Chicago Tribune's daily column 'In the Wake of the News' from June 3, 1913 to June 20, 1919.
Establishes the publication context for the poems in this section.
