Memorial Day Observance and History Described
Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers from Civil War to recent conflicts, with veterans groups and the Grand Army of the Republic sharing in ceremonies. The piece recalls Logan's 1868 order designating May 30 for decorating graves, notes observance variations across states, and traces the Grand Army's origins and aging membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
South
James Redpath
E. H. Hawks
Charleston
S.C
Logan
Grand Army
United States
North and West
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
American Legion
North
Mason-Dixon Line
New Jersey
New York
B. F. Stephenson
W. J. Rutledge
Fourteenth Ilinois Infantry
Sterman
Meridian
Miss
Springfield
Meaning of the Colors of the American Flag Significance
Elizabeth Gregg explains the flag's colors and symbolism. Red stripes honor sacrifice for independence, white signifies constitutional purity, and blue represents a heavenic dome under which all people may breathe freedom. The piece frames the flag as the unconquerable world emblem.
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Heaven
Elizabeth Gregg
Sydney to Build Big Arch Bridge
Sydney New South Wales will begin six year construction of the Sydney Harbor bridge linking Dawes Point to Miller's Point. The arch span will be 1650 feet, cost about 20.54 million dollars, built with Australian labor and materials. The project will employ 1200 to 1500 workers and connect central station to North Shore suburbs, transforming harbor transit and city access.
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New York
Sydney Harbor
Sydney
Miller’s Point
G. C. Imbault
Dorman Long Company
England
London
Hell Gate Bridge
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Firth of Forth
Williamsburg
Commonwealth
Australia
New South Wales
Dorman Long & Co
J. J. C. Bradfield
Ralph Freeman
Engi
Neer
Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
Africa
Blue Nile
Khartoum
White Nile
Giz Abu Gama
Imbault
Milson’s Point
North Shore
Mosman’s Bay
Central Station
Canada
Scotland
East River
Manhattan
Golden Gate
Brooklyn
Queensboro
Hell Gate
United States
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
San Francisco
Hudson River
New Jersey
Golden Gate Bridge
Anchorage
Bread price cut in Paris and Seine department
An order reduces bread price in Paris and the Seine department from 1 franc 30 centimes to 1 franc 25 centimes per kilogram. The prefect of Paris signed the measure.
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Paris
Department of the Seine
France
Alien Jazz Bands Hit Musicians in France
Foreign musicians invade French orchestras causing unemployed French players to rise to 500 in the Paris district among 6,500 professionals. A 10 percent foreign quota is evaded by workers posing as road-menders in devastated regions, replacing French musicians in hotel and restaurant bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Musicians’ Union
Paris
Being Bride Is Great Until Boy Claims Her
Kansas City Kans Fifteen year old Helen Kannally has a husband and seeks annulment as her father William J Hartford asks the court to void the marriage. Helen met Charles Kannally at West Point high school and says they eloped to Claine to marry. The judge reserved decision until Kannally is arrested for allegedly falsifying her bride’s age.
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Kansas City
Kans
Helen Kannally
Helen
William J. Hartford
Charles A. Kannally
West Point High School
Charles
Claihe
Thomas Buckner
Kannally
Smelt Run At Sandy River Draws Hundreds Of Fishers
Hundreds of fishermen daily line the banks of the Sandy River in Kelso Washington scooping smelts with various nets and dippers. The annual run carries six inch fish from salt water to the river headwaters creating a wildlife phenomenon unlike any other western river. The fish move in solid masses and fill the shallow rapids.
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Kelso
Wash
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Nebraska Mother
Mrs Job Ovak of Louisville Nebraska credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from female troubles after twelve years of marriage and a three year old child. She reports using 36 bottles and keeping it in stock at home. A nationwide canvass found 98 out of 100 buyers benefited. the product is sold by druggists everywhere.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Potassium iodide boosts sugar beet yields in study
French scientists report that adding small quantities of potassium iodide to fertilizers significantly increases sugar beet yields. Larger amounts reduce sugar yield. The iodide is thought to enhance how plants utilize sunlight energy to convert food into plant substance.
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Red Cross
Sidney
South Wales
Rockhampton
Queensland
Freemantle
Western Australia
Illawara
Manly
Narrabean
Spit
Great Mersey Docks
Liverpool
Lydia E. S
Pesky Devils
Quietus
Lexington
Aspirin
Bayer
Nan
Mee
Jaques Capsule CO
Plattsburg, N. J
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