Memorial Day 1926 Reflects Civil War Reconciliation Across Generations
The piece honors Memorial Day as a global observance for war dead and recalls Civil War reconciliation. It notes dwindling veterans, with about 120,000 Blue and Gray survivors, and highlights cross‑partisan gestures and postwar leadership roles by former adversaries. It cites G A R and United Confederate Veterans efforts, and rifles the lasting impact of unity on national growth.
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United States of America
Europe
France
Belgium
England
North
South
New York Times
Grand Army of the Republic
Mason-Dixon Line
Louisville
Lee
National
Washington
Johnson
General Grant
Wisconsin Eighth Infantry
Abe
G. A. KR
United States
Attleboro
Mass
Bishop
Petersburg
Sherman
New York
In Memoriam Poem Reflects Fallen Soldiers
William F. McGurk reflects on soldiers who march no more with imagery of caissons, flags, and crosses. The poem links memories of Normandy, France, and Morro to ongoing tribute as poppies bloom and ships sail. It honors departed servicemen from earlier battles and distant seas.
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Argonne
France
North Sea
Normandy
Morro
William F. McGurk
Kansas City Star
Veteran recalls Civil War battles and a Cold Harbor loss
T. J. Martin of Ponca City Oklahoma, age eighty, recalls fighting in the Civil War with claims of 17 000 killed outright in battles such as Malvern Hill South Mountain Antietam and Gettysburg He says he was wounded at Harper s Ferry and held at Libby Prison He recounts exchanging a prisoner to save a friend and notes Cold Harbor with 3000 losses in ten minutes.
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T. J. Martin
Ponca City
Okla
Daily
Oklahoman
Malvern Hill
South Mountain
Antietam
Cold Harbor
Honors after years for 1918 influenza dead at Arlington
Twenty three sailors and marines recovered from Rio de Janeiro graves were buried with final Navy honors at Arlington National Cemetery on November 2 1923. Flowers from Mrs. Coolidge were placed on the graves by Red Cross and War Mothers in a ceremony honoring the dead.
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Rio de Janeiro
Arlington National Cemetery
Navy
Formation of the Grand Army of the Republic
After the Civil War soldiers discussed uniting and sent letters to other regiments until the Grand Army of the Republic was formed. Maj. B F Stephenson organized the first G A R post at Decatur Indiana in 1866 and served as its first commander in chief. He was born in Wayne County Illinois in 1822 and practiced medicine at Petersburg Illinois when the war began.
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Cleveland
General Grant
President Hayes
President Garfield
Arthur
New York
Harrison
McKinley
McClellan
Burnside
Lew Wallace
Carl Schurz
Justice Holmes
Major Putnam
Henry A. du Pont
Lees
Braxton Bragg
Pickett
James B. Gordon
Wade Hampton
Kirby Smith
Commonwealths
North
South
Manassas
Vicksburg
Wilderness
Appomattox
Grant
Sherman
Johnston
Joe Johnston
Hood
Hayes
David McK
Key
Tennessee
Pete” Longstreet
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
New Orleans
Louisiana
New
Orleans
Longstreet
Turkey
Garfield
United States
District of Georgia
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
Department of Cuba
Bunker Hill
Henry Watterson
Army of the Tennessee
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
G. A. BR
United Confederate Veterans
Pension Bureau
Southland
Hampden Osborne
B. F. Stephenson
Decatur
Stephenson
Wayne County
Ill
Petersburg
Bayer Aspirin Proclaimed Safe in Bayer Package Claim
A vintage advertisement asserts Bayer Aspirin is safe when the Bayer Cross appears on the package or tablets. It touts decades of use by millions and doctors for colds headaches neuritis lumbago toothache rheumatism and neuralgia. Handy twelve tablet boxes cost a few cents and druggists offer 24 or 100 tablets.
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Bach
English Press Praises Duchess of Athol For Speech
The Evening Standard commends the duchess of Athol for fluent house speeches calling her mind masculine and clear in intention. It contrasts her calm disposition with Miss Wilkinson and Lady Astor, noting she does not need to read speeches.
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Evening Standard
Duchess of Athol
Lady Astor
Miss Wilkinson
Unclear verse prize satire stirs editorials
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram quotes a free verse prize entry that skewers stock hype and personal finance. The anonymous piece mocks catching and buying speculative stocks while noting a controversial personal transformation.
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You and I
You
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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