Memorial Trees Honor Missouri World War Dead on King's Highway
308 Missouri boys who died in World War I are commemorated along the King's Highway in St. Louis with 80s trees bearing gold stars. Each star lists the hero name, unit, and service branch. Planted on Arbor Day by American Legion members, the trees stand as living memorials with mothers helping affix stars to the sycamores and oaks.
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Missouri
King’s Highway
St. Louis
American Legion
West Point Cadet Charles Barrett Honored as Honor Man
Charles J. Barrett former buck private in the rear rank rose to the highest ranking cadet at West Point as honor man of the 1922 class. He served in France with the 29th Division and helped lead examinations for West Joint amid his duties as regimental commander, editor of the school magazine, and chairman of the board of governors.
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Charles Barrett
Buck
Great Academy
West Point
Charles J. Barrett
Military Academy
Barrett
Frrance
West Joint
Marshal Foch Aide to Blind Veteran at Institute
Marshal Ferdinand Foch tours the United States as guest of the American Legion. A blind veteran asks directions to the wounded soldiers institute and is guided inside by a passerby who later reveals he is Marshal Foch. The janitor’s curt reply underscores a moment of human kindness and duty.
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Ferdinand Pech
France
American Legion
T'aris
Nina
Marshal Foch
Memorial Trees Planted by Washington American Legion Post
Washington post of the American Legion planted 530 memorial trees to honor 5230 veterans who saved lives in World War I. Wreaths resembling Legion insignias and American flags accompany each tree as part of annual Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Washington
PD. C
American Legion
Two Strike Brule Chief and Sioux War Leader in Wounded Knee
The Brule chief Nom-pa-a-pa known as Two Strike refused to sign a Rosebud treaty noting he felt the pen took away something each time he touched it. He fought in 1866 67 and 1876 77 and led at Pine Ridge during the Ghost Dance era before becoming a diplomat in Washington.
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Washington
Rosebud
South Dakota
Brule
Two Strike
Colorado
Pine Ridge Agency
St. Francis Mission
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Brute i
Short Bull Sioux Chief Who Saw God and Warred With Ghost Shirts
Short Bull or Tatanka Vtecila, Brule Sioux chief, once herald of a millennium, led the Ghost Dance after believing in Wovoka the messiah. The movement spurred Wounded Knee and his later return as a prisoner of war, blamed by his people for the conflict and deaths.
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Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Short Bull
Tatanka Vtecila
Nevada
God
Pinto
Wovoka
Jack Wilson
Wounded Knee
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
A Memory of Moving Pictures and Living Pictures
A judge recalls the old days when audiences preferred living pictures over moving ones, contrasting nostalgia for simpler entertainment with modern cinema. The remark frames a reflection on change, memory, and cultural shifts in how people experienced film.
Picklin Time Evokes Orchard Aromas in 1922 Verse
The piece salutes the kitchen cabinet and the scent of picks in season. It blends memories of apples, posies, and old fields with a playful nod to pickling time in a Western Newspaper Union verse from 1922.
Bananas in Bacon Fat and Cream Desserts Menu
A vintage recipe fragment lists frying bananas in bacon fat with curled bacon and scores of sweets. It includes cherry juice dessert, Brook Trout baked in cream, peach pie fillings with whipped cream, Krimmel Torte, and a peach-cream sauce for cakes. Mae Terhlinck quote closes the item.
Inexpensive Easy to Make Best Recipes
A collection of simple cakes pies and savory dishes with instructions for Spanish Bun Chicken Pie Roll Jelly Cake Peach Marmalade Calves Hearts en Casserole and Pea Scuffle. Includes ingredients prep steps baking times and serving notes for thrifty home cooks.
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Mike
Permanent Good Results in Repairing Damaged Trees
The guide outlines five principles for successful tree surgery. Remove all dead or decayed wood, sterilize and waterproof cuts, fill deep cavities for healing, and monitor the work yearly to address defects promptly.
Thinning Fruit and Soil Amendments for Healthier Crops
Guidance on removing surplus peaches plums and apples to maximize size and quality by thinning to three to four inches apart. Recommends poultry manure for grape vines raspberries and other fruits and applying lime and wood ashes to soil for a good start.
Poorly Balanced Sow Ration and Laying Hen Watch
Poorly balanced sow rations can cause weak or dead piglets. Excess protein is as harmful as too little protein. Monitor laying hens for unusually large or small eggs and soft shells to aid breeding selection.
Alcoholic drink samples offered at New York street address
Ad card for ACETA CO. at 4G Cedar St New York selling rye bourbon scotch gin brandy and non alcoholic flavors for home use at $1.50 per dozen sample for 1 quart 25 cents each. Particu lars free. Slogan about mean men admiring wealth.
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Aceta CO
Cedar St
New York
War boosts cotton and linen prices and care tips
The war has doubled the prices of cotton and linen. Consumers are advised to extend fabric life by washing with Red Cross Ball Blue. An advertisement from grocers notes the laundry tip and products.
Boy asks mother to shelter hungry dog overnight
In a short tale George pleads with his mother to feed a hungry dog and asks if he may keep the animal for the night. The mother agrees after witnessing the dog’s need.
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George
Nother
Illinois Waterway Linked to Atlantic and Gulf Routes
Immediate construction should begin on the Illinois waterway to join the Great Lakes St Lawrence system with the Mississippi river network. The project, backed by a $20 million bond, would expand Chicago’s role as a distribution hub and connect to Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville and New Orleans among others, opening Gulf ports and international routes.
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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Chicago
United States
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Louisville
Ohio
Chattanooga
Nashville
Tennessee
New Orleans
St. Louis
Mississippi
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Missouri River
Middle West
Gulf Ports
South America
Orient
West Coast
Illinois
Conditions Not Materially Worse Than They Have Been
The speaker argues that youth today are changing but not dramatically worse than in the past. He notes war unsettled society and that younger people share in this, yet sees no radical moral or behavioral revolution. He urges continued wise direction and education at home, church, and school.
Mourning for Late Trains Ignites Train Travel Curse
A weary traveler complains of a villainous station as the train runs behind schedule. A fellow passenger explains with solemn tone that the refreshment room staff wear black because they are in mourning for the late trains, a wry quip on delays.
Breaking It Gently
A Boston Transcript diary snippet notes a sensitive approach to delivering tragic news. It mentions Mfaud’s pet dog being run over and hints at a subsequent revelation about her husband, stressing a careful, gentle delivery to spare heartbreak.
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Mfaud
Boston Transcript
Cherry time dispute with a boy and a switch
In a rural scene a boy named Richard sneaks green cherries from the orchard despite his mother’s warning. She threatens punishment, then spots him and forms a plan with a small switch. The boy pleads that leaving the switch on the tree would grow into a fine limb someday.
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Richard
Happy the man without irritabilities
A brief remark notes that a man free of irritability likely lacks creative imagination, suggesting a trade off between emotional calm and inventive thinking.
Don’t Be Fanatical Form of Insanity Says Cited Critic
A quoted critic warns that fervent zeal can border on insanity, urging moderation in rhetoric and actions. The remark reflects concerns about extreme beliefs influencing public discourse and personal judgment.
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Western Newspaper Union
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Mary
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University of Chicago
Parker’s
Hispox Chemical Works
Patchogous
J. G. Heckel
Box
Bradford
West Texas Military Academy
San Antonio
Texas
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