1917 Weatherbirds: Puns about the draft, plots and the fall of the czar
A hundred years ago, the Weatherbird was much more concerned with Liberty Bonds and military drafts than he is today. Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917; discussion of going "dry" was in the headlines, the Russian czar abdicated, and football helmets certainly looked different. A look at some of the Weatherbirds from 1917.
— Compiled by Beth O'Malley, bomalley@post-dispatch.com
A helpful reminder

Quick to pun

Darn it

Another gardening pun

A St. Patrick's Day poke

Quite the rhymer

Get it?

How's the weather?

Spring cleaning

Liberty Bonds

Fall in!

Home front

A Midwestern warning

A wartime pun

Whisky worries

Price concerns

Oh, the Browns

Old-time football

Snow in October

We'll show him

Please, Santa

The Weatherbird debuted on Feb. 11, 1901, and continues to grace the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.