Michigan's Hidden Slavery History in Detroit
The Detroit News notes Michigan once held enslaved people, including many in Detroit from 18th to 19th centuries. Slaves arrived via Indian captives and New York and Caribbean imports, with 1773 census listing 46 men and 89 women, 1872 tally of 170, and last slave freed by 1886 as abolitionism grew and Detroit became a corridor to Canada.
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New York
Detroit
Northwest Territory
Underground
Canada
Venereal Disease Menace and Public Health
War Department drives a public health campaign highlighting venereal disease risks among service members. The piece warns of high preservice infection, shells out dangers of gonorrhea and syphilis, urges trusted doctors, condemns quacks, and emphasizes prevention by avoiding prostitution and shared sexual objects.
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War Department
Philis
The Y M C A Work Expands in the Far East
The Y M C A extends rapidly through Macedonia, Serbia and Turkish lands. C W Bates leads operations from Salonica with centers in Vranja Nish Monastir and Belgrade. Percival Whitley assists in Northern Bulgaria while Howard Bradley places the Red Triangle in Constantinople.
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Macedonia
C. W. Bates
Salonica
Serbia
Vranja
Nish
Monastir
Belgrade
They. M. C. A
Percival Whitley
House of Commons
Bulgaria
Howard Bradley
Constantinople
Brother's Death Telegram Follows Family To Illinois Theater
Relatives Lyle and Velma Beck of Mattoon Illinois saw a wartime film in a local playhouse that showed their brother William alive and smiling among doughboys. A War Department telegram earlier had announced his death in France, making the moment striking and surreal for the siblings.
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France
Lyle Beck
Velma Beck
Mattoon
Ill
War Department
Washington
William
Velma
Lyle
Quotable Fragments on Knowledge and Prosperity
A reflective quip notes that with age comes less certainty and more modest ambitions, suggesting even the wise would earn more as prophets than toil in ordinary work. The wry line contrasts youthful overconfidence with earned wisdom.
The Head of the Family in the Composed Household
An inquisitive scientist claims the average American family has 4.6 people. The article riffs on who counts as the .6 citing the elderly man as the missing portion of the household.
Depressing Reflection and Daily Thought Snippet
A compact pair of quotes from the St Louis Globe-Democrat and Diogenes appears as daily reflections. The Globe-Democrat notes right ends enduring delay, while Diogenes remarks that calumny is the clamor of the insane.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Daily Thought
Madmerr
Diogenes
In Every Profession. Not all the quacks practice medicine.
A Topeka Capital quotation notes that deceit exists beyond medicine, saying few quacks appear in every other calling. The remark frames skepticism about expertise across professions.
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Topeka Capital
The Noblest Mind and A Bedewed Thought
The fragment cites a quotation from a daily thought noting the noblest mind and prudent purse strings with a remark by Charles Lamb urging not to shut purse strings against painted distress, reflecting a literary musing on prudence and charity.
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Charles Lamb
Optimistic Thought He That Is Valiant
A historical proverb-like remark avers that true courage avoids committing acts of murder and crime, emphasizing moral restraint and valor in action. The line frames bravery as resistance to violence rather than aggression.
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Valiant
Tax sale of Lumpkin County lands in 1919
Taxes due on several parcels in Lumpkin County Georgia trigger sale at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in June 1919. The lots include Lot 1054 in the Fifth District First Section containing about 40 acres, part of Lot 220 and Lot 280 in the 6th District First Section, with undivided interests. Ownership listed as unknown. Feb 25 1919.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Ladd
United States
Dahlonega
W B. Townxsenn
Lampkin County
Lumpkin
State of Georgia
Georga
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Michigan
Georgia State Board OF Health
Atlanta
Ndahlonega, GA
Far East
Lady
J.ess
WJM
Faleasoa
McEver Gonpany
Gainesville, Ga
Cardus
Cardui
I. Jr, Shi
H. Watson
Keeps
Spearer
Sheriff's Sales
J.M. Davis
Mrs. TS. Settlefield
Homer Head
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