The Average American in Wartime Era Reflections
A fragmented column debates the average American’s physique mental health and role in society citing studies by Maj. Gen. Ireland and broad comparisons across states. It touches on health education, mate selection, and evolving industry figures like Ford, ending with cautions about universal success rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritte W. Ireland
Army
Rhode Island
North Carolina
South Dakota
Hoe Island
Kansas
Episode Defines A Incident In A Story
A word of the day explains episode as a separate incident or digression within a larger narrative. It traces origins to ancient Greek playwrights where it denoted the part of a tragedy between choral songs and relates to the modern sense of an act in a play.
Life by Berton Graley Poem Fragment
Fragment from a Berton Braley poem presented as it appears in the era’s daily verse. It depicts idealized love making the world seem fair, with references to glamor, happiness, and hopeful dreams. Copyright 1922 NEA Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton Braley
Berton Graley
NEA Service
Germs On Your Hands And Girlish Athletics In France
Dr R H Bishop warns hands spread germs through everyday actions like handshakes money and literature. He urges scrupulous cleaning after contact to avoid disease. In France twenty thousand girls and women now compete in track and field with aims to form a unified national team for international games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Bishop
France
Paris
Army
Fersning
Hiwassee Legend of Notley and Pretty Fawn Told by Indians
Miss Fannie Lee Levertte renders the Hiwassee legend in which Notley, son of a Catawba chief, wins Pretty Fawn the Cherokees prisoner. He finds where waters unite East and West, pleads to marry, is refused, Yet he later becomes Cherokee chief and helps peace with the Catawbas while Hiwassee finds happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Lee Levertte
Hiwassee
Hiawas-see
Notley
Hiwasse
Hilwassee
Hiwarsee
Heart to Heart Talks by Mildred Rutherford
An excerpted devotional column by Mildred Lewis Rutherford urges living for God over self. The piece contrasts self centered life with divine life, calling the latter the Life of Rest and noting the struggles of the self focused path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Athens, Ga
Hiawassee
HEART
Athens, Go
Berlin University Greets American Scholar On Latin America
Professor William R. Shepherd of Columbia University addressed about 400 at the University of Berlin on “The Republica of Spanish and Portuguese America and Their International Relations.” He praised Latin Americans as past masters of politics and urged greater Western consideration of their role in world power dynamics.
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Berlin
William R. Shepherd
Columbia University
New York
University of Berlin
Shepherd
Republica
Copsular
Friedlander
Bonn
Brandl
Penck
Vogel
Spranger
Sternfeld
Brinkthaein
Sering
Heymann
Koerner
Walter Nernst
Magnificus
University
United States
Fight at Princeton bridge and Winder battle tale told
Larry Gantt recalls Col Carson’s account of the Princeton bridge clash and the later Winder engagement. He notes local interest from Athenians, recounts memorial ceremonies for a federals grave near Pentecost, and details the four mile march to a camp on a tan yard site now cleared. The narrative blends memory, local names, and Civil War logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Carson
Princeton Bridge
Winder
Richard J. Pentecost
Ono
Bob Carithers
Srb
Carithera
Jug Tavern
Kilpatrick
Georgia
Mr. Carlthera
A. A. Camp
Pentecost
Barrow County
Knoxville
Col. Careon
Breckinridge
Mr. Retitecoat
British woman Ms Wintringham pushes reforms in Parliament
Mrs M Wintringham the British born MP and Lady Astor advocate reform on divorce grounds for wives matching husbands and gradual prohibition. She praises Lady Astor, notes shared aims yet distinct party votes, and recalls her entry to Parliament after her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
M. Wintringham
Lady Astor
M. PB
Mrs. Wintringham
Wittringham
Bible shipments reach China amid war and politics
The American Bible Society announced a massive shipment to Peking, sending 187,000 bibles from Shanghai to its sub agency there. It was the largest single shipment in the Society’s China work, backed by a year earlier record mail consignment. Some packages were stolen along the Yangtze River but the books were eventually delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York
Peking
American Bible Society
Shanghai
Szechen
Yangtec
Qu Deverea
Old battle ground near Winder recalls Civil War history
An elderly Southern planter recalls a long past fight, noting the wounded and dead, the exact camp location, and burial sites. The rural battle site lies four miles from Winder, now overgrown and peaceful, with local ladies later reinterring a federal soldier's body, reflecting national healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthers, Camp
Winder
Destructive German Air Raids On London 1917
The report describes vivid German air squadrons in 1917 with scarlet, yellow, green, and blue planes over London. It recounts June 14 and July 7 raids, killing and injuring hundreds, including women and children, plus French reprisals and Dunkirk intercepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dunkirk
Tra
Lesen
Cobleng
Hindenburg
Cust
Ary Tas
Messines ‘Ridge
London Metropolies
England
Germans Would Build Safe Zeppelin For America
German Zeppelin makers pledge to produce a large airship for United States use while addressing past disasters. American officials say the firm will stake its reputation on safety and will deliver a ship around next summer at Lakehurst New Jersey under German control with German crew. First Lieutenants Fulton and Pennoyer will oversee the project in Berlin and Friedrichshafen amid weather and technical contingencies. Delivery timing hinges on conditions, with 15 months estimated for construction and initial testing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
United States
Zeppelin Company
Nimed
America
England
Italy
Naval Department of the
Department
Fredrichhafen
Zeppelin
Garland Fulton
R. G. Pennoyer
Lakehurst
N. J
United States Naval Department
Army
United Pirates
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