Training Men to Do Uncle Sam's Naval Fighting
About 8,200 recruits are being trained at the Great Lakes naval station to form the nation’s first line of defense. Camp routine mimics a college football camp with Chief petty officers as coaches and Lieut. John Philip Sousa directing bands in training 242 musicians. Plans aim to train up to 20,000 men, with Camp Paul Jones housing 5,000 and housing naval militia from Michigan and Missouri. Recruits come from many Midwest states and bring diverse trades, while support facilities, athletics, libraries, and side jobs help sustain morale as Captain W. A. Moffett leads the effort.
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Great Lakes
Ill
United States Naval Training Station
John Philip Sousa
C. G. Smith
University of Michigan
W. A. Moffett
Paul Jones
Michigan
Missouri
Navy
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Kentucky
States
Lake Michigan
United States Navy
National Songs and Their History Through Sonneck’s Research
The article discusses the study of American national songs led by O G T Sonneck of the Library of Congress. It explains how these songs evolved from Fort McHenry to Hail Columbia and America, with notes on origins, influences, and the use of foreign tunes in American anthems.
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Columbia
Joseph Hopkins
Germans Desert Army Deserters Rise as War Wears On
Special correspondent describes large scale desertions along the Dutch border as soldiers in Belgium and Germany endure famine and low morale. A Russian general claims Germans would eat dust rather than surrender, while Dutch views on German brutality and discipline emerge amid informal cross border hospitality and coffee.
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W. J. L. Kiehl
Chicago Daily News
Hague
Holland
Cadsand
Bruges
Belgium
Germany
Maastricht
Cleveland Youth in Marine Corps Praises Mom’s Pie Worth a Million
Art Lippert of Cleveland writes home from the Marine Corps saying the food is good but his mother's pies would fetch about 20 to 25 dollars and taste like a million dollars to him.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Marine Corps
Art Lippert
Service
Fuss Among Local Seeks Divorce Over Hair Dispute
Katie Fuss files divorce in Elyria Ohio alleging husband Steve Fuss fussed up her hair and showed a clump to friends to prove he won their dispute.
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Elyria
Katie Fuss
Steve Fuss
Origins and History of National Songs Revealed
Sonneck recounts the creation of The Star Spangled Banner and Hail Columbia. It notes Key penned the draft aboard a British vessel, the first public appearance in 1814, and the song’s rapid spread through Baltimore papers. It covers Philip Phile as the likely composer of the music for Hail Columbia and traces Yankee Doodle’s printed first appearances in America and Europe.
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Baltimore
Key
Joseph Hopper Nicholson
Baltimore Patriot
Baltimore American
Columbia
Philip Phile
Philadelphia
America
Journal of Transactions
Boston
Castle William
Postcripts of Inventions Highlight Oddities and Deals
A French scientist uses a secret process to turn flowers fruit and animal tissues into metal. A Minneapolis inventor offers an adjustable road scraper doubling as a snow plow. A new copyholder for typewriters moves copy by a lever. A Frenchman’s tool smooths collar edges and doubles as a button hole opener. An English aviator safety suit features parachute pockets and inflatable protection. Nebraska inventor patents wire netting frames to cover cars and catch hats or veils.
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Minneapolis
Nebraska
Youth as a gift and driving force in society
A reflection on youth praised as an inexhaustible, divine gift inspiring effort and endurance. The excerpt notes how communities center their labor and compassion on young people, celebrating their vitality and potential as a guiding light amid life’s ills.
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H. D. Sedgwick
The
Atlantic Magazine
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O. G. T. Sonneck
Division of Music
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Nicholson
Marlborough
Patuxent
Patapsco
Heaven
France
Congress
England
Our City
Samuel F. Smith
Admiral Preble
William C. Woodbridge
Europe
Lowell Mason
God Save the King
Park Street
Mr. Sonneck
Uhlans
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Von
Berlin
S. Unter Einem Kaufmann
U. S
Francis Scott Key
Walters Gallery
James Aird
Glasgow
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