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.
Beth O'Malley
Beth O'Malley is the reader engagement editor.
