Acres of white crosses mark American graves in France
Miss Psie Goddard describes how army rules against placing flowers on graves keep American cemeteries in France uniformly cared for. Flowers may be left nearby or in flower beds, but not on individual graves, preserving a solemn, impressive field of white crosses. The YWCA and Red Cross run rest huts at Romagne, Bony, Belleau Wood, and Fere en Tardenois for visitors and relatives.
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France
P ¥Sie Goddard
Wellesley
Miss Goddard
Red Cross
Romagne
Bony
Belleau Woods
Fere-en-Tardenois
Kermit Roosevelt Proves His Skill As Expedition Photographer
In 1909 during Roosevelt's African safari Kermit Roosevelt replaced the missing professional photographer. He photographed with maturity and skill, delivering a masterful image of a herd of elephants from a tree perch. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Scribner's editors praised the result.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
United States Poised to Lead Civilian Aircraft Industry
Several American commissions report the United States leads in civilian aircraft orders and preparations for a wide aerial network. They cite ongoing mail service, growing aerial routes, and post office use of military planes as proof of capacity to meet immediate demand from manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Regal Woman Orders Onion Omelet At Parisian Styled Eatery
A refined and strikingly dressed woman sat among diners at a restaurant, drawing admiring glances. She spoke in a high pitched East Side voice and ordered an onion omelet which was served as she joked with her knife.
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New York Evening Post
Young Grant County Farmer Delivers Bull Calf Message
Seven year old Edwin on a Grant county farm informs a neighboring buyer that their bull has a new calf and will be ready tomorrow. The line between child mischief and business talk appears blurred as he speaks with surprising gravity.
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Little Edwin
Grant County
Indianapolis News
Campaign to end unsightly billboards grows in Chicago
The Better Community Conference art committee plans permanent status and frequent meetings in Haineis cities to curb ugly signage. Prof Rob Hieronymus urges action to remove large painted ads while promoting artistic advertising. Lorado Taft backs beauty over blight. The measure passed unanimously.
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Haineis
Chicago
Rob. Hieronymus
University of Ilinois
Illinois
Lorado Taft
This Is Your City Keep It Clean Washington Star
APPLIES TO ALL CITIZENS This is your city. Keep it clean. Be careful and considerate of streets and parks as you are of your home. Do not litter premises or streets. use proper waste disposal and take pride in the city’s appearance.
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Washington Star
Bidding Vacant Lots of Weeds in Pensacola
The city may mow weeds on vacant lots owned by non residents at its expense if owners cannot be reached. Costs could be assessed against the property at tax time and reimbursed when collected. The measure aims to address weed problems and hold non resident owners accountable.
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Pensacola
Tensacola
Mobile
Ala
Child in Tooth Tale Echoes Family Gags
A four year old girl Mary Ellen explains her front teeth decay after an uncle teases her about talking. She dryly retorts that her grandma wore hers out by talking too much and needed new ones, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
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Mary
Ellen
Farmers cultivate roadside flowers near Chillicothe
Along the pike north of Chillicothe a local farmer and his wife beautify the road by planting about a hundred feet of flowers outside their fence. They provide rich soil and diligent care to keep blooms fresh and vigorous, nearly cloaking the picket fence with color.
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Chillicothe
Ohio State Journal
Get a Garden Instancves of extreme old age are more commonmong those who exer cise themselves with gardening than any other employment.
A stray clipping notes that long life appears linked to gardening activity. The item highlights the belief that elderly longevity is higher among people who work in gardens compared with other jobs.
Better Citizenship Through Home Rule
A civic note argues that every map becomes a better citizen by embracing home rule as a path to local self governance and responsible community leadership.
Wireless in the pocket using umbrella and pocketbook
London News reports a device using an umbrella as an aerial and a pocketbook with a miniature receiver to pick up wireless messages from nearby stations. A damp earth connection and a high resistance telephone are needed, with the user acting as a human wireless station. The pocketbook costs about five dollars.
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Paris
Berlin
Moscow
London News
Tilefish Reappears After Long Vanishing Period
A Manchester Guardian report recalls the tilefish dramatic rise in 1879 near Nantucket and its sudden disappearance by 1882. By 1915 a government boat found renewed stocks off Nantucket and along the New Jersey coast, with grounds expanding and the mystery of 83 years unresolved.
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Kirby
Hutchings
Gloucester
Mass
Nantucket
New Jersey
Manchester Guardian
Intrigue gets a French twist in English usage
Brander Matthews notes in Harper's Magazine that the word intrigue shifts from meaning a covert plot to a sense of puzzling doubt as French usage seeps into English. He predicts twofold meanings may endure, though warns novelty usefulness will decide the language's fate.
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France
French
Brander Matthews
Harper's Magazine
Bachelors of Sheridan Host Fashionable Dance Night
A Sheridan Post account of a hall given by the bachelors to their married friends features well dressed attendees and appreciated supper. A mishap occurred as Dr Newell tore his pants while bowing, but the event otherwise ran smoothly with obliging waiters and lively participation.
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Sheridan
Dr. Newell
Edith Roberts in White Youth and More Film Pairings
Edith Roberts stars in White Youth portraying a schoolgirl who defies past home rules and uses the eighteenth amendment as an ally in romance. Supporting cast includes Arnold Gregg Alfred Hollingsworth and Thomas Jefferson with Hattie Peters and Sam Kennella adding humor. Also featured are Constance Binney in The Stolen Kiss based on Little Miss By The Day Phantom Foe and a Mack Sennett Comedy. Lyons Moran present A Shocking Night a fast moving farce set between 5 pm and 5 am with Alta Allen Lillian Hall Lionel Belmore Clark Comstock Florence Mayon and Charles McHugh in supporting roles.
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Edith Roberts
Arnold Gregg
Alfred Hollingsworth
Thomas Jefferson
Hattie Peters
Sam Kennella
Constance Binney
Lyons & Moran
Alta Allen
Lillian Hall
Lionel Belmore
Clark Comstock
Florence Mayon
Charles McHugh
Sins of Rosanne shines with a daring heroine
Ethel Clayton stars as the unlikely film heroine in Sins of Rosanne a Cynthia Stockley South African story saved from infancy by an Malay widow's daughter near the Kimberley mines She becomes entangled in a diamond smuggling plot with a sinister jeweler romance frees her from danger and victory by Miss Clayton The cast includes Jack Holt Fred Malastesta Tom Forman directed the picture Mary H O Connor was the scenarist.
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Ethel Clayton
Cynthia Stockley
Miss Clayton
Kimberley
Rosanne
Jack Holt
Fred Malatesta
Tom Forman
Mary H O'Connor
Funeral of Comrade William S Goodwin at North Cemetery
William S Goodwin died at the Soldiers Home last Thursday night and was buried in the Soldiers' lot after an 11 o'clock service in the Mortuary chapel. The funeral was led by Rev Anson B Howard with GAR committal rites by Babbitt Post No 15 officers. Bearers were Soldiers' Home comrades. floral tributes came from Babbitt Post No 15, Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps, and Herbert F Bennett Camp Sons of Veterans.
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William S. Goodwin
North Cemetery
Anson B. Howard
St Michael’s Church
Babbitt Post
GAR
Goodwin
Boy Scouts Week Ends With Hike and YMCA Game
Boy Scout Week closed with an all day hike to Camp Takarest and a YMCA basketball game. Troop 1 beat Mohicans 5 to 4, then attended a movie at the Y. Troop 1 conducted a fire building contest led by Scoutmaster Fred W. Coggeshall with Manning first Burke second Newman third.
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Takarest
Y.M.C.A
Mohicans
Fred W. Coggeshall
Harvey Manning
Alfred Burke
Herbert Newman
Providence
Lincoln's Spirit Dream Calls for Noble Deeds and Unity
A poem in which Bernard Hirshberg envisions Lincoln's spirit moving through cities to awaken nobler conduct and heal a nation scarred by war and hate. The speaker pleads for guidance to replace malice with charity and to restore brotherhood, echoing Lincoln's famous creed.
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Bernard Hirshberg
New York Times
Lincoln
Y M C A Bowling Averages Feb 9 1921 Standings
The Feb 9 1921 YMCA bowling page lists team standings and player averages. Top teams and leading bowlers are shown with scores and rankings, reflecting early 20th century league play.
Barbosa Man Dies in Town at 38
In this town on February 13 Manuel Barbosa aged 38 years died. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Bristol Citizen
Mrs. Mary O Rourke of 39 Bourne Street testifies Doan's Kidney Pills stop backache and kidney pains during housework and after colds. The ad urges buying at 60 cents, noting FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York as makers.
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Dean
Bristol
Mary O’rourke
Bourne Street
Doan
Hokara Skin Tonic Promises Clear Soft Complexion
The ad touts Hokara as a safe antiseptic skin tonic and cream that soothes rough skin and pimples in days. It claims the product is affordable with a guarantee of best ever used or money back and lists prices 35c, 60c, and $1.00 sold by W. H. Buffington, druggists.
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Okara
W. H. Buffington
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