Baghdad Triumphs and Trials Through Four Millennia
The article traces Baghdad’s rise and fall across 4000 years, noting Nebuchadnezzar's quay, Haroun al Rashid, Mansur, and the Caliphate’s destruction by Mongols. It highlights the city’s brick construction, canals, gardens, and famed markets, and its strategic role linked to trade between India and Persia. It closes by suggesting British influence could revive the plain as a granary.
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Agdad
Orient
India
Persia
Asia Minor
Tigris
Euphrates
Teheran
Samarcand
Ispahan
Kabul
Kandahar
Tyre
Sidon
Lydia
Acre
Dicker
Alexander
Constantinople
Jew
Moster
Eye
Adam
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Judah
Joshua
Ezra
Ezekiel
Daniel
Mansur
Arabian Desert
Great Valley
Sagdad
Arabia
Cordova
Spain
Europe
Haroun al Rashid
Haroun
Turkey
Hulagu
Jenghiz Khan
Timurluane the Great
Asia
Ismail
Caucasus
Bagdad
Suleiman the Magnificent
Richard of the
Dust Clouds Reveal Enemy Movements In Battle
Observers note dust clouds indicate enemy type and strength with cloud height and break patterns. An airplane must stay at least four thousand feet above ground for safety. For short distances under half a mile, couriers and horses outpace telegraph and telephone.
Memorial Day Tribute From the Nation to Its Veterans
The piece honors Memorial Day as the nation's heartfelt tribute to citizen soldiers. It lauds the nation's memory and gratitude while urging continued sacrifice to sustain liberty and national security established by veterans.
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United States
Men who fired last shots of the Civil War meet years later
Ohio man David Osyor, of Company F Ninth Ohio Cavalry, recalls firing at a Confederate sniper in the Durham swamp on April 17 1865 as Union troops built a corduroy bridge. He later met Amos Thompson, the Confederate sharpshooter he shot, and they agreed they fired the last shot on each side.
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David N. Oqosyor
Columbus Dispatch
Ninth
Ohio Cavalry
Durham Station
N. C
Joe Wheeler
Olgar
Osyor
Birmingham
Ala
Amos Thompson
Thompson
Durham Swamp
Osyar
Columbus
Ohio
Duty Before Men of Today at Homewood Cemetery
Rev. J. E. Norcross of Shady Avenue Baptist church spoke at Homewood cemetery in Pittsburgh saying humanity advances despite war. He warned nations and individuals reap what they sow and urged alignment with God to help America fulfill its unique destiny.
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Homewood Cemetery
Pittsburgh
J. E. Norcross
Shady Avenue Baptist Church
America
Tribute to Grant as Immortal Soldier and Statesman
A read poem honors Gen. U. S. Grant at a Washington church service. It extols his truth and selfless patriotism, praising his soldierly virtue and statesmanlike devotion to the country, and asks youth to emulate his example.
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Grant
Gen. U. S. Grant
Thomas Calver
Metropolitan M. E. Church
C Street
John Marshall Place
Washington
Grantl
Lesson on the Holy Spirit and His Work Pentecost Lesson
The article surveys John 15 26 27 and 16 7 14 focusing on the Spirit as paraclete truth speaker and helper guiding believers through persecution. It notes the Spirit Convicts the world of sin righteousness and judgment and promises guidance into all truth with emphasis on intimate disciple relation.
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Jesus
Jesus Christ
Satan
John
New Washington Hotel to Add Wing and Bond Issue
The New Washington Improvement company in Seattle plans to build a new wing at the New Washington hotel, doubling capacity and gross earnings. A $690,000 bond issue finances the expansion as tourism surges and hotel demand grows, challenging the notion that hotels must include a bar to profit.
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New Washington Improvement Company
Seattle
Washington
New Washington
Milwuakee Brewers Debate Beer Thirst and Temperance
Reflection on anti whiskey laws and Milwaukee beer culture notes a cooled kinship among distillers and brewers. The piece recalls parents escorting children to beer gardens, a threatened brewery strike over ration cuts, and a paradoxical claim that beer is a temperance drink.
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Milwaukee
Plato
Homer
Judge Gemmil Links Desertions to Alcohol Abuse
Judge William N. Gemmil of Chicago asserts that at least 75 percent of family desertions stem from alcohol use. He argues that crime suppression will fail while 7,250 licensed venues enable boys to become bandits and husbands to become wifebeaters.
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William N. Gemmil
Chicago
Court of Domestic Relations
Protect the Boys Stop Arsenic and Alcohol Dangers
Distillers to produce alcohol for industrial use in Kentucky. Four large distilleries plot exports to Europe. Jack London warned against intoxicants harming youths as public health note.
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Kentucky
Europe
The Men Who Want Saloons In Fort Covington
A March election petition to bring saloons to Fort Covington North Carolina gathered 43 signatures. Eleven signers could not read or write and made marks witnessed by literate supporters. Tax data show these signatures accounted for .0044 percent of town taxes, just over four tenths of 1 percent.
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Fort Covington
N. C
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Abd-Ul-Kadir
International Sunday School
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Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Holy Spirit
Doctors Against Alcohol
Michigan
Henry Stauffer
Fox River Valley Efficiency League
Emperance Oles
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Idistiller
John Barleycorn
Jack London
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