George Parker survives hospital scare after guard duty
A Brooklyn private in the Seventy-first regiment faced a deadly turn in Kingston New York hospital when a delirious bedmate attacked him for fifteen cents. Tony the bed-ridden spine patient helped summon help and the assailant died the next day.
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Ello
George T. Parker
Brooklyn
N. Y
George
United States
Seventy-first
Kingston
Rondout Creek
Kingston City Hospital
Tony
When King George Received the Big News from America
Samuel Morse, famed inventor of the electric telegraph, pursued art in youth under Washington Allston and studied in London with Sir Benjamin West. West recounted the moment the King received the Declaration of Independence during Morse's portrait session. Morse later returned to America, became president of the National Academy, and in 1844 demonstrated the telegraph from Washington to Baltimore, launching a new era.
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Washington Allston
United States
Allston
London
Benjamin West
Royal Academy
West
Morse
Ernest Greenwood
Amber
Amperes
Mr. Morse
England
National Academy
America
Europe
Washington
Baltimore
Kansas City Star
A Worthy Object Will Power in Human Action
A man must have a worthy object in view to bring out his best and awaken will power. Seeing ownership, partnership, management, or increased reward beyond a salary inspires effort. Doing good to others yields greater good to oneself.
Fenster and Jones Visit Country Field Quip
Jones de Vere Jones spends a day in the country and greets a farmer. A scarecrow heulely claims is one of the oldest inhabitants, but the farmer replies it is only a visitor like him, not a relic of the land.
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Jones de Vere Jones
Law of compensation guides balance in life and society
Ray S. Ayers argues in the Detroit News that action and reaction restore balance in all things from budgets to morals. He warns that excess in power, money, or appetite disrupts order and must eventually be corrected by individuals or future generations.
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Theokepi
Belgian Congo
Africa
Baron Constantin von Neurath
Germany
Junker
Nazi Party
Wuerttemberg
Rome
Mussolini
Ray S. Ayers
Detroit News
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Alan Villiers
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