Propaganda and hoaxes across wars and papers in history
A historical collage recounts wartime propaganda with a fake soap factory photo and caption swap, plus anecdotes about misused images. It references Allied and German actions, and a Chicago Daily News turkey joke leading to a hoax around a Georgia cotton mill funeral.
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AJ Hen
Eugene Field
Chicago Daily News
Sharps and
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Stone
Pnvict
Arthur
Brisbanne
Megan
Georgia
Brisbane
Clark Howell
Station
Covington
Dolls Of Yesteryear Letter To Santa Recounted
A nostalgic snippet recalls a little girl Christina asking Santa for a new head for her damaged doll twenty five years ago. The letter requests a doll with real hair curls and eyes that open and shut, reflecting on dolls whose bodies outlasted many heads and the fate of antique figures.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Dolly
Christina
Doll heads and dolls at a department store memory
The narrative recalls a sister choosing between a dressed and an undressed golly doll after wax heads were replaced by a department store display of doll heads. Mothers favored undressed dolls for inspection, while sisters lingered over silk dressed dolls with fur muffs and plumes, in a Western Newspaper Union item.
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Johnnie
Sister
Dolly
Jess
Western Newspaper Union
Gingerbread dolls bring joy to small town bakery window
John Carlson recalls his mother’s wish to craft gingerbread dolls for the Christmas display. Despite doubt, the display draws growing interest and second purchases, as Mrs Carlson notes the true reward lies in joy and giving rather than profit.
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John Carlson
John
Hulda Carlson
Reopening the Old Homestead Sparks Christmas Romance
Natalie Parker receives a bundle of Christmas gifts from a stranger during a snowstorm and discovers Bruce Draper. After a chaotic return to Hillsboro, they reunite in Natalie’s sister Edith’s home and vow love as the old stone house is revived with family.
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Arnold Harlow
Hillsboro
Benjamin Parker
Natalie
Amanda
Natalie Parker
Bruce Draper
Bruce
Edith
Parker
Harlow
Harlow’s
Edith’s
Arnold
Phillip
Peter
Marjorie
Western Newspaper Union
Answers to Ask Me Another questions on science and history
The piece lists ten reader questions and concise answers. It covers mercury properties, comparisons between nations, Scotch plaid meanings, early telegraph and telephone messages, veneer quality, mutilated money redemption, secrecy of treaties, origin of the Lost Battalion name, daily tolls at the George Washington Bridge in 1936, and speeds of a .22 caliber rifle bullet versus a fast baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of Brazil
United States of America
United States
George Washington Bridge
New York City
Santa Barbara
Calif
Morning Press
Waller. Johnson
National Rifles Association
Unclear science facts brief list from OCR
Four fragmented facts include a freezing point of minus 37.96 degrees F and boiling point of 675 degrees F a claim that the United States of Brazil is 272000 square miles larger and a note on clans or regiments indicated by wearers. The first telegraph message is quoted what hath God wrought.
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United States of Brazil
Quotations on courage humor and achievement
A compiled string of famous quotes from Bruce Burton Albert Einstein Sinclair Will Durant B M Baruch Jack Dempsey A J Jennings and others on desire humor war vision and self improvement. The collection presents varied insights into ambition effort and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Burton
Albert Einstein
Sinclair Letwis
B. M. Baruch
Durant
Jack Dempsey
A. J. Jennings
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China
J. v So Artera
Army
Germany
Dolls of
Frances Grinstead
Blanche Tonner Olllin
Queene
Natty
Pia
Peon
The
Wincharger Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
Nan
American Chain.& Cable Company, Inc
WEED
Coma Be Sona, Inc
Sais Neon
Reaxapesy
Canaan
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