Kultur and Culture in German Civilization Debate
A discussion distinguishes Kultur as the nation's organized efficiency and subordination of individuals to the state, versus Bildung culture as the enlightened individual’s values. It argues Germany hosts Kultur with limited independent culture and notes leaders shaped by Kultur, not culture.
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Frank Jewett Mather, Jr
Germany
Queen Mary's Wartime Tea Sessions With Charities
In wartime London Queen Mary hosts weekly teas for charity and relief workers. She leads discussions in her guarded boudoir with Princess Mary serving cakes. The sessions yield charity ideas, photos from the front, and close with a handshake at six.
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Mary
London
Marie
Denmark
Edward
Alexander III
France
Britain
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Prince of Wales
Romance of the War Ends In Proxy and Real Marriage
Miss Mildred Colliton, once to wed Lieut. Lesle M. Cowan of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on June 12 1914, was faced with a proxy ceremony when Cowan was ordered to India. Cowan died in France after the war began. She then traveled to Jamaica to marry Courtney Badinridge, the proxy’s friend, in a non proxy ceremony.
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Mildred Colliton
Lesle M. Cowan
Oxfordshire Light Infantry
India
Courtney Badinridge
Lieut. Cowan
France
Jamaica
Badinridge
A Cheated Christmas Tale of Billie Burke in Cheat Mountain Camp
An old timer named Uncle Sam recalls Billie Burke a troubled youth turned generous rescuer who left his home on a snowbound Cheat Mountain trail to buy dolls and candy for poor children in Durbin. His sacrifice ends at a cliff, leaving fellow lumberjacks moved by the story and the spirit of Christmas.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Peraun
Department the Interior
Ottawa
W. Cory
Cheat Mountain
Billie’ Burke
Billie
Billie Burke
Sam
Bill
Pop
Reform School
Blooming
Wal
Red Sulphur Spring School
Durbin
Santa Claus
Paxson
Santa
Widder
Philadelphia
North American
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