Maubin Mosquitoes and Army Life Reflections
A Chicago News excerpt contrasts Maubin Burma’s famed mosquitoes with the Army recruitment scene. It notes extreme insect swarms under electric lights and fortifications of iron mesh, then argues military pay and pensions tempt saving, while many youths seek civilian work and ambition shapes enlistment. It also highlights Japanese servant manners and a stationer anecdote about a theology student engagement.
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Maubin
Burma
W. C. Scott O’connor
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Chicago News
Spain
Lincoln in rustic garb at Springfield parade
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln marched to the capitol grounds in Springfield wearing a linen duster over a worn waistcoat and a battered stovepipe hat. He walked behind the brass band with the Wide Awakes while neighbors watched with reverent awe and he greeted acquaintances with casual civility.
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Wide
Ebrass
Hearts that broke in town haunt a Chicago record
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald recalls a belief that many people in the town carry broken hearts, with a joking note about misreading a local phrase and misplacing blame.
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Blecca
Chicago Record-Herald
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