West Point shapes men through duty and discipline
The piece explains how cadets from diverse backgrounds enter West Point to endure a two month preparatory phase, then four years of military and academic training. It details rank structure, intramural sports, drill, field exercises, and the emphasis on personal integrity, responsibility, and gentlemanly conduct as core aims, culminating in officers and gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aring
United States
United States Military Academy
West Point
Corps of Cadets
Uncle Sam's
Hudsonp
Atak Shh
Cingy Raseedasted Saatoe Mew
Academy
Hudson River
Ufe
McClellan
United States Army
George Washington
Military Academy
Bhat
Western Newspaper Union
Illinois Victims and Events Highlight Busy Year
Charles Clinton Wolf of Freeport aged 79, former publisher and Mason, dies. Dr J D Haran, 73, physician in Fairfield, dies after 37 years of practice. Mrs Elida Fowler, 101, displaced from Flagg Center home destroyed by fire. Robbers loot two Galesburg filling stations, escaping with cash and a safe. Loren McKennie 34 and Attie Mosley 45 killed near Benton in crash. Glen Shafer 19 dies from accidental shooting by friend. Charles F Brown 72, stock buyer, dies of pneumonia in Flora. widow Minna Hanna Brown survives. Charles Combs 15 dies after being struck by car in Bartonville. Illinois liquor commission allows miniature liquor at Century of Progress with fair approval. Illinois National Guard encampment dates set for August 4 to 18 ending at Chicago fair. S A McDonald 89, last Benton G A R member, dies, Civil War survivors in Franklin County dwindle. Gunman robs Joliet bank secretary. father Henry Pohl 83 and bookkeeper Alene Reece present. Laundry boiler explodes in Robinson. Dona Lee Seenny dies. Miss Rockford race sees 23 entrants for Centennial expo. Civilian Conservation Corps arrive near Bloomington for soil erosion work. 400 brush dams built, terraces planned on 18 farms. Rockford postmaster Arthur L Johnson ends 12+ years. Lawrence P Luby acts as postmaster. May relief funds total 8.31 million for 1.04 million indigent. 283,936 families to be served. A K Reese elected president of Illinois School Band Association. Arthur Holt named director of subsistence gardens for Illinois emergency relief. succeeds J C Readey.
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Charles Clinton Wolf
Freeport
J. D. Haran
Fairfield
Elida Fowler
Flagg Center
Galesburg
Loren McKennie
Altie Mosley
Benton
Charles F. Brown
Minna Hanna Brown
Charles Combs
Bartonville
Peoria
Jacob Younge
American Commercial Corporation of
Pekin
Clinois Liquor Control Commission
Millinois National Guard
Adjt
Carlos E. Black
Chicago
S. A. McDonald
Benton Post
Eighty-first Illinois Infantry
Franklin County
Frederick W. Pohl
Peoples’ Loan and Homestead Bank
Joliet
Pohl
Henry Pohl
Alene Reece
Robinson
William Séenney
Dona Lee
Marguerite
Rockford
Civilian Conservation
Arthur L. Johnson
National Association of Postmasters
Lawrence P. Luby
Luby
Johnson
Wiliam Hefferan
Ilinois
Cook County
Downstate
A. K. Reese
Elgin
Wart Removal Request Sparks Revolver Purchase Talk
In a terse exchange a hardware clerk objects, while a woman insists she needs wart removal and then declares she wants to buy a revolver. The scene pairs medical anxiety with a pistol purchase impulse in a confrontational moment.
Postum Free Week Offer Advertised
Read the offer from the Postum Company promising a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it Adv.
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Postum Company
Milking Spot Lawyer Presses Witness in Dairy Farm Testimony
A lawyer questions a witness about milking behavior at a dairy, asking where the act occurred. The witness replies briefly that it happened a little back of the center, noting the setting and attempting to clarify movements during the milking process.
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Malden, Mess
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Pome
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