Great War Song History From Star Spangled Banner to Marseillaise
The article surveys American and European national songs from Yankee Doodle to the Star Spangled Banner and Hail Columbia, recounting Key’s Fort McHenry experience, Hugo Hopkinson, George Root, and Confederate tunes. It notes the Marseillaise origin and its revolutionary impact, along with other era composers and wartime melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Adams
Detroit Free Press
America
France
Germany
Columbia
Oliver Cromwell
New England
Francis Key
Key
Admiral Cockburn
Fort Sir Henry
Young Key
Mr. Hendon
Horace Greeley
Ford
Anacreon
Coumbia
Joseph Hopkinson
Fox
Philadephia
Washington
Actom
Americ
SF. Saath
Andover Seminary
Reagh
Georgia
Henry C
George F. Root
Chicago
Root
Charles Carroll Sawyer
F. H. Smith
Abraham
J. Adwns
Johnny
Patrick
Gilmore
New York
Dan Emmet
Bryant
Emmet
Mason and Wixon
Mimet
England
Henry Carey
St. Cyr
Louis XIV
Ly . de Brenon
Lully
Siegeranz
James
Ward VI
London
Carl Hauser
Mr. Hauser
Carl Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Hairpins as Handy Tools in Andromache’s Desert Island Fantasy
A New York Graphic piece personifies Andromache extolling hairpins as versatile survival aids from pet care to construction. It narrates tales of clever use in school, rescue on a ledge, and a mother rescuing a child with improvised hooks and wires, illustrating the device’s imagined practical ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
Andromache
Schonberg-Cotia
Oime
South Sea Island
Madaig
The Surgeon and the Sentry
In this Army tale a surgeon, unable to sleep from a sentry’s cough, doses the guard with a strong medicine and convinces him to take it. The next day the officer reports complaints of assault and a “poison dunk” mix up, as the correct man was never the one who received the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Dietrich
Isle
Han
Soreat
de l'Isle
Marseillaise
Army
Navy
A Few Rules for Waitzers
A compact tip sheet from Chicago Inter Ocean outlines posture rules for waiters. It covers attitude, discreet effort, leg and knee use, foot placement, and timing of rising and descending, urging graceful motion learned from practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
His Opportunity
Mr Hankinson proclaims deep and earnest love to Miss Kajones during a company meeting as Miss Garlinghouse provides music with a lighthearted vaudeville tone. The scene shifts to singing with Tum ti tum tums as fishermen’s ballad hums in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribnne
Mr. Hankinson
Miss Garlinghouse
Tim
Hankinson
Iss Kajones
Laura
In the Dry Season Scene in Detroit Dam Scene
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a man near a wheel by a dry channel with a dam spanning the river. The passage notes drought and asks if the area will endure a hot season and water shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Miller
Naliller lingly-Beranges
Full Dress Fibs and Ballroom Tricks a Candid Talk
An elderly club raconteur warns the young man about social tricks in ballroom culture. He recalls dances swapped, full programmes, torn gowns, and broken heels used to delay or dodge partners, urging caution and honesty over vanity in social courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Kissing as a Fine Art
A Philadelphia Record piece quotes a professor describing kissing as a science of practice. It lays out deliberate, cautious steps for a man to kiss a woman, including posture, hand placement, eye contact, and gentle lip contact to induce a thrill without force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
Toothpick Plant Flourishes in Harbor Springs
The Harbor Springs Michigan toothpick factory is one of the nation’s largest wood product plants. It uses exclusively white birch to produce about 7,500,000 toothpicks daily. Logs are cut into 28 inch bolts, steamed, veneered, then sliced into ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Springs
Mich
Toothpick Factory Output and International Shipment
Describes a toothpick production process with pete and token pieces separated, boxes packed by workers, mainly “comely looking squaws,” and cases sent worldwide. White birch toothpicks are neat and marketable with factory price $1.90 per 160 000 picks, small boxes sold at cents each, offering 100 picks per cent and broad affordability.
Courtship of Amanda Quickstep and McPelican
In a Chicago Tribune feature a shy Alfred McPelican woos Amanda Quickstep in a dim parlor. She engineers a proposal scene with engravings on view, drawing his courage as the two confess love and plan marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Miss Amanda
McPelican
Piowengg Dombey
Walter Gay
Walt
Mr. McPelican
Archig
Walter
Amanda
Alfred
Ajax
The Feminine Way Money Order Difficulty
A humorous Drake's Magazine piece recounts a woman's comic struggle to complete a money order form. Clerks enforce strict rules as she questions each blank, misreads lines, and asks about pay location, recipient, and tracking, while a line of customers waits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake’s Magazine
Sqatner
Chicago
Thaois
John Smythe
J. Newman Smythe
Newman
Joseph N
Smythe
Editor Apology Details Newspaper Woes in Lemar Item
A humorous Lemar Iowa correction note laments past errors and lists the many small tasks an editor must perform to produce a paper. The column ribbing covers budgeting, printing, distribution, and customer criticism while noting readers’ doubts about the paper’s value.
Why We Sink in Quicksand
The piece explains quicksand forms from mica particles and water. Smooth mica spheres slip, causing sinking. jagged sand grains lock, producing compaction that resists movement. The text notes that sand mixed with water can act like a solid when crowded together.
Henry's Wife's Baby in a Turbulent Parlor Scene
A farce excerpt shows Mrs Youngwife and The Caller awaiting Lucius the baby as Henry returns home. The scene escalates over a sleepy infant, a cold house, and domestic tensions, ending in a theatrical storm as Lucius remains central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly H. Pike
Lucius
Winnipeg Prelate Treated With Ceremonial Respect At Breakfast
A Canadian bishop visiting Winnipeg was hosted with formal ceremony by a church magnate. A maid was dispatched to lightly announce breakfast, but the bishop’s door was opened with a comic delay as a muffled reply proclaimed the meal was waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cn Vost
Winnipeg
Bridget
Sealskin Prices Surge and Duty Impacts Trade
In Chicago a leading house head salesman notes a 40 percent rise in sealskins, tracing the increase to London salted skins and higher duties. He predicts a near 60 percent domestic rise, and observes how scarce goods drive women to seek them regardless of cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
London
Sealskin Purchases and Winter Hardship at Avenue K Store
A customer recounts a September purchase of a sealskin coat by Ann for $26 down and weekly $6 installments. Her husband, poorly dressed in extreme cold, paid $7 in small coins the next day. The tale highlights envy and the strain of fitting fashion into a tight budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue K
Ann
Awkward wedding farewell from Mushy couple
A humorous sketch captures Mr and Mrs Mushy bidding farewell after their wedding trip. He leaves for four hours at the office while she wavers between joy and mock despair, promising endless kisses and a stubborn longing for the other. The scene ends with a widowed bachelor’s doubt about marriage lasting.
All About Alphabets with Two Hundred Letters
A December St Nicholas piece asks young readers to consider world alphabets. It contrasts many scripts with 1 to 50 letters and notes children will learn letters early, imagining future language play with Ethnopic or Tartaric blocks for practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Aseenly
Thas
Noisy porch quarrel ends as child exits scene
A polite but heated argument between a couple in San Francisco ends abruptly when their child, playing nearby, leaves the room and the parents stop arguing. The scene captures familiar domestic tension and humor as voices clash over who is right.
Childhood Pranks Recall Happy Schoolyard Days
A Chicago Herald piece recalls a man’s reminiscence of childhood times. Neighborhood games like top time kite time and marble time spark a memory, as a boy shouts a mock dare and the crowd races the fence with playful mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Loften
Nice Discrimination in a Pittsburgh Drug Store Scene
A Pittsburg Dispatch piece notes a drug clerk who tests customers with witty prompts about whiskey for medicinal use. When asked for own use he gives a quart bottle and if for wife only a small four ounce vial, illustrating sharp humor and strict labeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
All Tastes Suited. Blankets at Various Prices
Dealer offers blankets in great variety to a polite customer. Prices shown include $5, $10, and $20 per pair with options described as warm and attractive. Customer expresses surprise and requests display of two-for-a-quarter deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Bowser Marriage Tale Provokes Witty Bridal Tour Talk
In a humorous Detroit tale Mrs Bowser grills her husband over old letters and memoranda from their wedding trip and courting days. He denies every entry while she reads excerpts claiming kisses, tears, and affectionate rents across their bridal journey from Detroit to Chicago. The back and forth mocks married life with sly digs and playful crochets about love and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Mr. Bowser
Toto
Mrs. Bowser
Tam
Chicago
Tremont House
Birdie
Sarah
Indianapolis
A Financial Deal
A barn-storming actor corners a fellow traveler in a snatch of dialogue about quitting and a manager’s offer. The manager will raise the actor’s salary by 40 a week if he stays, with an advance of 50 cents requested.
The Foibles of Human Nature in The Bookkeeper’s Tests
A Wall Street bank bookkeeper, steeped in psychology, spends spare time testing ideas with humorous experiments. He believes people exaggerate minor troubles and will go out of their way to avoid non existent threats, often presented in lighthearted sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
Wall Street
Acrobatics Misadventure Halts Narrow Desk Passage
A chaotic scene unfolds as workers crowd a narrow passage near a desk. A figure named Crees attempts to navigate but collides with the blotting paper and wall, injuring his spinal column amid a string of acrobatic stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet
Crees
Fragmentary Victorian verse and humorous sketches in a scrap collection
A jagged mix of verse fragments and comic bits from a 19th century periodical. It includes a sentimental fashion fantasy about Nell, a domestic scene with a child called John, a love lyric about a kiss, and a humorous tale of pipe smoking with dialect in a nursemaid exchange.
The King and the Pond Poem Fragment
A poem narrates a speaker who rejects royal and papal power over love. The King and the Pope seek control, but the speaker proclaims sovereignty in his own heart, protected by a beloved companion sitting beside him. The verse blends regal imagery with intimate devotion, ending with a claim of personal supremacy in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
When Love Passed By in Harper's Magazine
A farmer declines Love's invitation to abandon his ploughing and harvest to chase romance. Love passes by, then returns briefly, leaving the narrator weary and haunted by faded hopes and regret. The poem contrasts toil and emotional longing with the ache of missed opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Franchil@iemany
Jennie Jones
Jack
Miss de Vere
Cee Hopkins
Hopkins
Opkins
Miss Smith
Ylain
Archimedes
Lemar
Globe
Anl
Ana
Henry
Styla
Youngwife
Mrs. Youngwife
Elen
Zenas
Yung
Horace
Lawould
Goodby
Perenne
Saori
San Francisco Chronicle
John
MR. and
Detroit
Loral
But
CN. M. L
Judge
Nell
V. D
Journal of Education
Thampa
London Spectator
Chicago Mail
Auill
Norah
Meershom
Charles Henry Webb
Harper's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!