Red Poppy Symbol of Armistice Day Origin and Spread
The article traces how the red poppy became Armistice Day’s emblem starting in 1918, crediting Miss Moina Michael of Athens, Georgia, for promoting it after reading In Flanders Fields. It notes adoption by the American Legion in 1920, its display worldwide through veterans groups, and large-scale poppy sales in Britain and other countries supporting disabled veterans and war orphans.
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Columbus
Moina Michael
Athens
Miss Michael
Hamilton Hall
Columbia University
New York
Colonel McCrae
Flanders Fields
Columbia
Straightway
Charles H. Brand
War Department
France
Red Cross
Georgia
The
American Legion
Augusta
Michael
Legion
Atlanta
Charles M. Galliene
Post No. 1
Cleveland
Ohio
National American Legion
Madam G. Guerin
Paris
Children's League
Canada
England
Earl Haig
British Legion
British Legionnaires
Azores
Egypt
Grand Canary Islands
Morocco
Nigeria
Sudan
Orange Free State
Bermuda
British Guiana
Trinidad
Borneo
British Malaya
Europe
British Isles
Italy
Holland
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Greece
Romania
Japan
China
Mexico
Asia Minor
North
South America
Western Newspaper Union
Learning to Trust Jesus in Thomas Doubt and Faith
The lesson surveys Thomas the twin as a skeptic yet faithful follower. It details Jesus raising Lazarus to strengthen believers faith and the way to God as truth and life. It notes Thomas demands proof, then Jesus offers evidence and blessing for believing without sight.
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Rene el
Golden Tex
Thomas
Lord
God
Jesus
Didymus
Matthew
Christ
Lazarus
Bethany
Mary
Martha
Mwe
Judea
Life Be glad of life quote basis for a short thought
A compact reflection on savoring life and its chances to love work play and observe the stars attributed to Henry Van Dyke. This card frame presents a timeless musing rather than a news item.
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Henry van Dyke
Ideals as Important as Plans Says Rev. Relsner
Rev Christian F Relsner says ideals guide life like an architect s plans. He argues that ethical aims shape action and character as surely as blueprints shape a building.
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Christian F. Relsner
The Majority One Man with God on His Side
A missionary worker cites a maxim about having divine support as a majority against the world.
Gold Medal Flour Promotes Home Baked Goods And a Moral Reflection
An in-home baking endorsement for Gold Medal Flour highlights its kitchen-tested quality prompting a friend to buy large sacks for herself and her mother. The piece also features a radio segment schedule and a philosophical column exploring conscience as a universal moral monitor across generations.
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America
Betty Crocker
Washburn Crosspy Company General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis, Mint
Mothers Learn Uses of Magnesia from Expectancy to Weaning
Dramatized guide notes Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for nausea heartburn morning sickness and indigestion during pregnancy and early motherhood. It claims gentle laxative action aids digestion and regular bowel movements and advises using 25c or 50c bottles endorsed by physicians for fifty years.
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Phillips
Magnesia
Lipton Sends Yachting Suit to Wax Figure
Sir Thomas Lipton visited Madame Tussaud's in London to inspect his wax figure and complained about its attire. He sent a yachting suit to be dressed in the outfit, and the museum promptly complied, the manager noting the suit fit the dummy well.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Madame Tussaud’s Museum
London
Sir Thomas
Water troughs removed from London streets
Four long historic water troughs in Main and High streets have been removed as workmen junked the metal bowls and broke the concrete bases, signaling the end of an era for horse drawn era infrastructure.
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London
Dramatic Exchange Cites Vanities in Abridged Play
A fragmentary dialogue quotes lines about not threatening and three acts left in a dramatist’s project. Guest responds that he must leave, citing pages Gates. Theเหม text ends with a maxim about vanity versus virtue.
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Gates
Objection “Experience” as Life’s Enduring Teacher
A ready-made philosopher declares experience the best teacher. A sardonic respondent counters that relying on a lifelong course of instruction traps one in perpetual schooling.
Weighing Guidelines for Men Over Fifty
A British physician outlines normal weights for men over 50 at six height levels with a Kruschen Salt weight loss regimen. It suggests daily morning doses, dietary cuts like pies and ice cream, and a four week trial costing 85 cents a bottle alongside indoor clothing-influenced scales.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Disabled Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
United States
Nev. P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute , of Chicago
Fred Braem, JR
Marshfield, Wis
Loos
KYW
WBBM
Talleyrand
Philadelphia Bulletin
Boschee
Ming
Kly
Boschee’s Syrup
Rochefoucauld
Talon
Drug & ‘& Chemical Gorp
Maiden
Mass
Jane Kay
Caral Y.c.h. Berry Co
S. Michigan Ave
Chicago
M Saneee
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
De-Armond Laboratories
Hamilton
California
N. U
Chigago, NO
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