Marines Lead in Distinguished Service Cross Totals
General March announced the U S total of 3818 Distinguished Service Crosses for gallantry. Marines led with 664 crosses, far ahead of the First division’s 800 and Third’s 283. National Guard divisions scored strong totals, while infantry topped all branches with 2042 decorations. air service 251. medical 238.
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Ashington
Peyton
New England National Guard
National Guard
National Army
Rainbow
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina National Guards
New York National Guard
New York
March
Air Service
Medical Corps
Engineers
Signal Corps
M. C
Boy Scouts Sell War Savings Stamps Across Nation
The THD savings division credits the Boy Scouts of America with selling 42,367,265.75 dollars in stamps during 1918. About 250,000 boys, from 2,156,095 signed pledges, aided January 1919 collections of 1,479,721.75 dollars. Top seller G. Schuyler Tarbell Jr. of Ithaca, NY, led with 77,165.25 dollars. Scoutmaster Hodgsoff of McKeesport PA and James Campbell of Lorain OH also ranked high, with Robert Clover of Grange IL leading Seventh Federal Reserve district. The piece lauds scouting as a major wartime effort and moral force.
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United States Treasury
Boy Scouts of America
United States
G. Schuyler Tarbell, Jr
Ithaca
Hodgsoff
McKeesport
James. Campbell
Loraine
Gordon Bush
Athens
Federal Reserve District
Robert Clover
Grange
Young Clover
Wilson
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Montana Memorial Urges Congress to Allow Retention of Uniforms
Montana lawmakers urged Congress to permit honorably discharged soldiers sailors and Marines to retain one suit of uniform outer clothing for ceremonial use. The measure cites Army Regulation 1165 and led to a bill reversing prior orders requiring turn in of uniforms.
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Congress
United States
House
Senate
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Montana
Congress of the United States
Port of Missing Men Seeks Lost Soldiers Across Nation
Thousands of letters pour into the surgeons general office seeking aid from the Port of Missing Men division. Across the country families and friends report missing sons who went to France and urge officials to locate them, with requests listing last contact details and names of places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surgeon General
United States Army
France
Haya
Archiy Hospital
New. York
Newport Nowa
Washmm
Alsace and Lorraine in war warning from Erckmann Chatrain
Ariadne Gilbert argues that Erckmann-Chatrain warned of German designs in The Plebiscite and that Alsace and Lorraine history holds lessons for today. The piece reflects on lost provinces, German spying and the need for Allied vigilance.
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Alsace
Lorraine
France
Germany
Erckmann-Chatrian
Erckmann-Chatrain
Ariadne Gilbert
St. Nicholas
Rich Chinese Province Shantung Prominence and Resources
Shantung, a mountainous province 100 miles wide, stretches 200 miles along the Yellow Sea. It covers about 55,070 square miles with Mount Tai as a historic sacred landmark. The region features limestone mountains, fertile valleys, a water-rich plain, and crops like cotton tobacco indigo wheat and millet. The Grand Canal crosses north to south and the Hoang Ho river flows through the western and northern plains.
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Shantung
Japan
China
Mwaifuland
Yellow ‘Sea
Mount Tai
North
Hoang-ho
Great Plain
Periscope Directs Pantodrama In New York Musical
A pantomime in New York used a submarine periscope as a novel musical director view from the orchestra pit. The Chicago composer/director sat far below the stage, raising the periscope to watch players and beat time for the orchestra while the audience gradually realized the device.
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New York
Chicago
Coffee to replace booze per Porto Rico prediction
Man named Gorzy from Porto Rico predicts coffee will supplant alcohol in his homeland after prohibition. He cites Dent statistics showing Puerto Ricans drink 75 percent more coffee now and says there is no demand for spiked soft drinks while coffee shops replace corner saloons.
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Manuel Gorzy
Gorzyl
Porto’ Rico
Gorayl
Mesis
New Paris shows off Parisian evening wraps and jet fashions
A Paris cor respondent describes Paquin designed evening wraps for the peace conference era. Silk and satin linings, silver tissue, and long tassels create fairy queen effects in subdued tones. Other trends include dramatic collars, oversized sleeves, and heavy jet accessories.
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Paquin
Paris
Chantilly
Danderine Promises Dandruff Removal and Hair Growth
An advertisement claims Danderine eliminates dandruff and itching within ten minutes and delivers new hair growth after weeks of use. It describes easy application with a cloth, promising hair that becomes tight, fluffy, and lustrous. Buy Knowlton's Danderine at drug stores or toilet counters for a small price.
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Knowlton
Adv
Pat shows black eye after night dispute in town
A Sunday morning Pat appears publicly with a noticeable black eye. A friend comments on the argument, but Pat says Murphy's wages ended up in his pocket, implying a quarrel over pay.
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Pat
Tye
Murphy
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is promoted as a physician’s prescription strengthening medicine that helps the organs perform their natural work. The ad urges readers to obtain a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Cards for money and Cuticura remedies in ad verse
A social quip about a husband who plays cards for money and a humorous retort. An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap as skin and dandruff aids. A sailor joke follows, noting salt as the reason old salts are called sailors.
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Icra
U. S. Army
Oward
Legislature of
Marines
UNI
Judit
Fletcher
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