Promotions in United States Army Slow in 1925
Washington reports promotions will lag as budgets limit officer advances. Large wartime gains reversed by demobilization, with many officers returning to civilian life or losing wartime ranks. About 19,900 officers on the active list await advancement, needing resignations, retirements, or seniority-based moves before higher ranks.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Medical, Veterinary and Dental Corps
West Point
The Golden Bed Chaos in a tangled family scene
Fragment from a period piece shows Captain Malin Stade Tate and relatives debating life, money, and marriage with scattered dialogue about a dead wife, a store, a hog farm, and a nation of small-town tensions. Names include Matty, Holtz, and Lafe as characters navigate moral and social expectations.
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Tenele Bate
Webeht
Set Ee
Captain Use
Werle Lafe
Lodas
Winers
Matty
Holtz
Henry
West
Malin Stade
Sidia
Admal
Lafe
Holtz Tursday
What We Would Do Without Buttons
A humorous Harleston Gazette Sunday feature from January 18 1925 follows Bert who marries a highborn woman and leaves the back woods for Chicago while pondering life on farming, health, and household tasks as Aunt Brownie notes the value of buttons in everyday life.
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Key Wert
Bert
Bottone
Chicago
Buttons
Brownie
Harleston Gazette
Gyurer
Jstreuim
United States
Clay
al Cery
Farry
Florida
Streetheart
Cardus
Deata B. Hawks
Bristol
Mrs. Hawks
Carolus
Draggista
Fragmentary recollection echoes from a distant memory
A disjointed reminiscence recounts Henry's boys selling Kun and hogs, while Admah explains his shift to candy from hops. The speaker contemplates lost sons and reflects on the changing times and a distant Spanteh war memory.
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Henry
Admah
Stinecy
River town memories and family supper in old days
An evocative narrative recalls a river town street scene and a family gathering aboard a steamboat era home. The piece weaves portraits of locals like Aunt Brownie and Uncle Admah with vivid details of a harbor view, a large house, and Stephanic talk around a Captain and kin.
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Klteken
Admah
Tiver
Hike Mine
Rainbow
Senator Clas
Distant Table Talk As Civil War Echoes Surface
Narration recalls a family meal with Aunt Brewhie managing the kitchen and Uncle Lafe serving strong drinks. A Yankee and a Confederate kitchen talk contrast at table, with ham, sausage, and fried chicken as generations discuss pride, status, and regional loyalties. The scene features Aunt Brownie and Uncle Tate amid homey banter and lingering Civil War era tensions.
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Brownly
Adimah
Lante
Brownie
Hans
Uncle Tate
Peakes
Atterburys
Carters
Uncle Lata
Danderine Hair Treatment Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair product that makes hair look thicker and fuller after brushing. It claims the solution tones and stimulates hair to grow, reduces shedding and dandruff, and keeps hair healthy and youthful with regular use.
Back Hurts Flush Kidneys Remedy Admits Timid Salca
An old advertisement touts flushing the kidneys with a harmless salica and rad iatis to stimulate kidney activity. It urges water intake, a glass of dalhe aprontal before breakfast, and a salad made from grapes and lemon juice with Uthia to purify kidneys. It recommends physician checks twice yearly.
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Wien
Lavex Claim Promises Instant Asthma Relief
A French scientist’s method Lavex allegedly stops severe asthma attacks in three minutes with a harmless treatment. The ad offers free postpaid trials to ten thousand sufferers and asks for names and addresses to prove the cure, with no obligation or cost.
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J. B. Guston
Regal Ride
Kansas
Clix
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Fort Hustis
Edward FH. Stens
Washington, D.C
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Quartermaster Corps
Army War Collage
Washington, DC
E Peint
Quartermaster School
Thiladelphia, Patt
Down
Pegram
Vayvaley
Ptacast
Edward J. Morgan
Infantry
Port Leavenworth
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William FP. Morrison
Field Aartillery
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Ned
Victor
Foster
Cavalry
Army War College
Ned DB
Mehkopt
Eld Artillers
Army WarcoHere
Edward GG. Sherburne
Sth Infantry
Manila
P. J
Walter W. Hess, Jr
Pensylvania National Guard
Philadelphia
Michael F. Davis
Air Service
Scott Felt
John F. Day
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Sindon
Texas
Stuart, MacDonald
28Th Infantry
Wort Ningate
Walter H. Sutharland
Finance Department
Jeffersonville
Ind
Michael SN. Greeley
Scott Field
Richard Allen
Fort George Wright
Spokane
Wash
Aly
Sam Houston
John Gross
Field Artillery
Fort
Arl KE. Lo
Epivary
Fort McIntosh
Thomas HR
Howard
Fort Sam Houston
Willian H. Webb
Enast Artillery
Fort Shafter
By Wallace Irwin
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Stade Dal Lung
Hamilton Toutel
Nile
Sycatudre
Gueie Lace
Admiah
Trerkon
Cutiura
Katie Maddox
Choccolocca
Ala
Eanesie
Dept
Mareen
Mass
Danderine
Adv
Cardui
Goodyear
W.cox
Partment Store
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