Spelling Matches Improve Winter Evenings
Winter evenings are quiet and some avoid movies. Some read libraries and write letters but struggle with spelling. Spelling contests in Indiana sparked county and state matches, improving classroom spelling and fostering pride in accuracy.
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Indianapolis News
Thousand Island
Indiana
Why He Wanted Arm Straight
A Canadian officer badly shattered his left elbow chose a stiff straight joint over a weaker bent one. He arranged with his tailor to lower the pocket so he could reach it by hunching his shoulder, allowing him to use a hunting rifle and a billiard cue.
Thirteen His Lucky Number and the Army
The fragment recounts a soldier’s misfit day on assigning roles with a sergeant confusing tasks. A bookkeeper is identified, followed by another job as an electrician. The narrative touches on a unit numbered thirteen and events around a thirteenth day with mention of deployment to France during World War I.
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Serkenat
Privite
West Forden Avenue
New York
Ile
Cxrop
Regiment No
Marine Corps
Pramee
England
London
Henry VIII
Old Stow
Christhin Science Monitor
No valid headline detectable from provided text
The input contains non-informative character strings and numbers without a readable news item or identifiable entities to summarize into a newspaper card. No actionable people, places, organizations, dates, or events are present.
Marines Recruiting For Limited Service In France
Recruiting officers report a May 14 telegram announcing enlistments for special limited service in France. Eligible men aged 18 to 35 may join to relieve troops overseas, proceed to Quantico, and be discharged upon return to the United States. Local posts and postmasters can aid logistics if no station exists.
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Marine Corps
France
United States
Frane
Quantico
Flrat
Charles Gorkum
Western Recruiting Station
Granite Block
Spokane
Wash
The
Register
Cokeville
Future of Flying and the air travel dream
The piece reflects on past attitudes toward heavy air tech and pilots. It notes how earlier generations mocked aviation pioneers like Langley and the Wright brothers, comparing early workers to fools and cranks. It mentions vast investments in aviation fortunes and the role of the Loulevilie Courter-Journal.
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Langley
Wright Brothers
Darlun Green
Cranke
Jules Verne
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