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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
8
A Memorial Day poem urges homage to all veterans and civilians who served the nation, praising banners and flowers as symbols of national gratitude. It honors great souls who labored in civilian life yet aided the country’s welfare, calling for public tribute on Memorial Day 1925.
A tribute to American soldiers in World War I recalls the First Division and its triumphs at Cantigny and Soissons. Veterans remember the courage, the marches, and the decisive Verdun front, with 5586 names bronzeed as the nation honors their sacrifice and vows a future reunion.
In Washington a stately marble shaft rises at the south of the War and Navy building. A photograph shows the statue of victory perched above the memorial honoring the fallen of the First Division in the Great War.
An old New Orleans woman recollects meeting General Lee on his last retreat from Petersburg toward Appomattox. She recalls Lee declining wine at Summit and asking a servant’s comrade’s details to help locate her son Dolly, who had joined the army, showing his duty despite looming defeat.
The passage urges memorial day devotion without fear and asks those bearing responsibilities to rededicate themselves to patriotic aims. It calls for communion with heroic spirits, pledging to keep the Spirit of America fresh and fragrant like the flowers offered in tribute.
A widow recalls Memorial Day parades and the steady loss of veterans through new wars. She speaks of family sacrifices, the sorrow of each generation, and a prayer that future generations may not endure similar losses. Written in reflective tone from a 1926 Western Newspaper Union wire.
A veteran laments lacking wartime reverence in America and recalls a Japanese parade of fallen soldiers at Port Arthur and Moulden. He longs for public reverence on Memorial Day, imagining crowds honoring Union soldiers from the Civil War era and the World War I and II dead, while noting Grand Army of the Republic membership totals.
A tribute across the seas recalls the nation’s courage and asks all to keep faith with the same ideals that inspired the troops of 1861 and 1917. The note honors sacrifice and unity in times of trial as the flag of Liberty stands.
President Coolidge selected Congressman William E Hull of the Venonia district to attend the October Buenos Aires conference with leading engineers from around the world. South America plans a broad round construction program following a 1910s rural shift toward concrete highways. Hull’s advocacy of hard roads and the Illinois Highway Improvement generation is noted for shaping state bond issues and road policy.
Augustus Lukeman of New York is appointed as the sculptor for the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial, succeeding Gutzon Borglum. A statement from the executive committee highlights Lukeman’s National Sculpture Society ties, education, and notable works including statues of McKinley, an equestrian Asbury, and the Red Hook doughboy memorial.
Julius Kruttschnitt, longtime ally of B. H. Harriman and since 1919 chairman of Southern Pacific's executive committee, will retire after 48 years of service on the eve of his 71st birthday. The move prompts a major reorganization with William Sproule directing operations from San Francisco after May 31, while Henry W. De Forest will succeed him as chair of the executive committee and board in New York.
A federal reform plan advances with completion of a 100 capacity cottage system at Alderson West Virginia. Congress appropriated 909100 for the prison. a 200 acre farm is secured and negotiations begin for 300 more. Dr Mary B Harris named head, a Bucknell alumna and former superintendent with a career in New Jersey reformatories and policewomen association.
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