Sergeant Ellis to Claim Bride in France Plans Revealed
St. Louis report details Sergeant Michael Bills, a war hero, planning to discharge soon then travel to France to wed Mile. Alga J. Masson of Charleval. Bills, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, will marry after visiting his foster parents following a return from battle near Paris. The article also notes other Missouri notices and local matters.
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Sergi
Michael Bills
Pershing
United States
France
Belmn
Mile
Alga J. Masson
Charleval
Paris
Bills
Bilis
Elison
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Miss. Masson
Kansas City
Madeleine Babin
Lee Shippey
Mary Woodson Shippey
Shippey
Rabin
Shipey
California
Woman's Right to Choose Life Partner Through Timeworn Privilege
A column cites ancient lore on a woman’s liberty to select her partner during leap year and to claim a silk gown and kiss if spurned. It traces laws from Scotland 1288, France, and legends around Columbus, Florence, and Genoa, with a 1606 London book noting women’s sole privilege to declare affection during such years.
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Scotland
Lepe
France
Florence
Genoa
London
York
Couldn't Stand It A Little Boy Refuses Christmas Basket
A Frankfort boy balks at a Christmas basket tradition. His mother had sent a basket to a husband's employee with candy and candy animals from her own children. The two children who received it recalled last year's gift. They admired the contents as they opened it and ate. The boy then blurts out that those candy animals were the same ones his mother had given them the year before.
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Frankfort
Indianapolis News
Endurance Test in La Jolla Sign Outside Museum
A fragment from a La Jolla tale describes Nelle and her mother visiting a museum on their first sightseeing tour. They pass a sign reading Man-eating shark Fifteen cents admission and return hours later, with Nellie asking if the shark is still eating. The piece also notes a Pan American congress push for an international aviation training ground for parcel post services and a joint commission to study cross continental communication.
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la Jolla
San Diego
Nelle
Nelte
Nellie
Oan
Jip
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Pan- American Financial Congress
Washington
Americas
United States
Nutty Club Talk on League of Nations Sparks Mockery
At the club, a speaker lectured about the League of Nations for an hour. A member ended with the remark that captured the tone, “That is the situation in a nutshell.” A spectator cried, “what nut!” in response.
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Gasser
League of Nations
Boston
Wild Geese Experiments and Language Notes
A compact clipping surveys a spring migration of wild geese across eastern North America and notes a New Zealand society’s recent import of ten additional pairs to bolster a domestic flock. It also references social quips about perception and a stat about global languages, mentioning America’s 1624 varieties.
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United States
Arctic Circle
New Zealand
Changed Orders and Hard Times in Amherst College
President Merkelsohn of Amherst laments changed financial conditions and hears of professors forced into manual labor. A siege building scene yields a wary job offer in architecture while a weary professor dreams of coal shoveling. The piece ends with a wry line on money buying happiness.
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Amherst
Belek
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