Beautiful Burial Places of American War Dead
The article extols the Belleau Wood slope graves and the eight European American cemeteries, led by Romagne with 18 977 bodies. It notes 80 511 Americans buried in Europe, 2 percent unknown, efforts to identify the dead, and maintenance by the War Department with civilian staff and a Paris central office. It highlights grass challenges and lawn plans, plus the contrast with British and French grave methods.
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France
Belleau Wood
Romagne
Suresnes
Argonne
Belleau
Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Europe
Rebhers
Belgium
England
Thiacourt
St. Mihiel
Nesses
Bony
Nesles
Army
United States
War Department
Ode to the fallen Torchbearers in lilac time
A elegiac poem by John H. McGough in the New York Times honors fallen soldiers who gave their lives for freedom. It praises their sacrifice, notes the soldiers’ path of glory continues beyond death, and invites homage as spring lilac time marks their memory.
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John H. McGough
New York Times
Memorial Day Remembrance Amid Thinning Blue Line
A veteran group quietly carries the memory of Civil War era service as Memorial Day parades honour their contribution. The era's last surviving members face shrinking numbers and an eventual end to their visible testimony of the North and South's divided past.
Atlantic Visitors Reported By Local Farmers
A D Dean and wife were Atlantic visitors Friday. The Farmers' Coop offered to ship cattle and hogs. Mrs Alpha Nelson and sons Jim mie and Robert spent Friday in Atlantic.
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A. D. Dean and Wife
Atlantic
Alpha Nelson and Sons
Jimmie and
Robert
For Sale Strawberry Plants and Raspberry Plants
For sale strawberry plants Dunlap progressive ever bearing priced at 1.50 per hundred post paid. Cumberland Black cap raspberry 3.00 per hundred not postpaid. Contact Chas. C. Ruhr. Phone Green 429 Atlantic.
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Cumberland
Chas. C. Ruhr
Atlantic
Red Top Steel Posts From Holmes Lumber Yard Ad
Mrs. Robert Scott and Mrs. L. J. Hofmeister spent Friday afternoon in Atlantic. Nelse L. Larson of Creston, former manager of the Coffey and Irwin interests in Anita, was in the city Thursday for business and to greet neighbors. The Farmers' Coop advertises best trading.
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Holmes Lumber Yard
Robert Scott
L. J. Hofmeister
Atlantic
Nelse L. Larson
Creston
Coffey & Irwin
Anita
Farmers' Coop ad and paper order note
Saturday marks the first real summer day. A call for truck hauling is requested. Mrs. Sarah Bosley of Bates, formerly of Anita, now near Fairfield Iowa, orders the old home paper sent to her address.
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the Farmers’ Coop
Sarah Bosley
Bates
Anita
Fairfield
Iowa
Klansmen in Brinkley Threaten Negroes as Exile Warnings
Homer E. Boatright, Rock Island veteran now with Southern Railway at Wheatley Aransas, forwards a handbill showing threats to Negroes to abandon homes and crops in Brinkley and nearby areas. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan denounce the act and promise to pay a reward as evidence of their interest in protecting law abiding Colored people of Monroe county.
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Ku Klux Klan
Arkansas
Homer FE. Boatright
Rock Island Railroad Company
Southern Railway Company
Wheatley
Aransas
Brinkley
Knights of the
Monroe County
Reward offered for notices to Colored residents in Monroe county
The notice offers a reward of one hundred dollars for evidence leading to guilty parties who write or post messages instructing Black residents to leave their homes. It claims the Brinkley Klan No. 2 pledges support to protect residents and punish offenders, stating it is composed of law-abiding citizens of Monroe county.
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Knights of the Ku Klur Klan
Monroe County
Settlement of Estates a Specialty in Law Practice
Attorney at law P. Ziegler offers settlement of estates as a specialty plus general law practice, opinions on abstracts, and collections.
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P. Ziegler
Attorney AT Law
Wood preservative product at Holmes Lumber Yard
Carboline wood preservative listed at Holmes Lumber Yard as a treatment product. Claims to kill mites.
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Holmes Lumber Yard
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Flanders Field
Brookwood
British Isles
Earth
Bongers Bros
Red Mill Cafe
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
G. M. Adair
Citizens’ State Bank
Colorado
Yellowstone
California
Alwaye Ellering
Golden State Limited
Iso Gorge
Rocky Mountain Limited
J. T. Monnig
Co. C. Gardner
Royal Union Life Bidg
Des Moines
Milady
Beauty Shoppe
Mrs
Agnes Musgrave Alexander
King Apartments
Audilantic
Ked
Loonw A
Kodak Films
F.M. Alexander
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Brinkley Klan
Realm of Ark
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
A. FE. Higgins
the People’s Meat Market
C. A. Thompson
Anita and
Vicinity
Karm
Fire and Life Insurance
Forshay
Ohio
Red River
Reid’s Dent
Silver Mine
Calico
C. E. Malone Seed CO
Atlantic, Iowa
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