Soldier's Medal Rise Marks Valor Award in U S Army
The Soldier's Medal established by act of Congress July 2, 1926 honors heroism not in combat. Eligibility includes U S Army personnel National Guard and Reserve units Navy Marine personnel with the Army, and foreign service allies serving with the Army. Civilians not eligible. Distribution began April this year with forty medals awarded by April.
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Congress
United States Army
Secretary of War
Gaetano Cecere
New York City
Commission of Fine Arts
War Department
National Guard
Organized Reserves
Officer's Reserve Corps
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Army of the United States
Army of the
United States
Army
Adjutant General of the Army
Quartermaster-General
Quartermaster Corps
Joel G. Holmes
Ordnance Department
Lake Denmark
Naval Ammunition Depot
Dover
N. J
Holmes
George W. Bott, Jr
Recollections of Frontier Life in Detroit News Memoir Excerpt
W I Holliday recalls spring flights darkening the sky with pigeons and the extinction of local birds. farm life endured with stumps for grain, oxen guiding wagons to the Golden West, wood fires and crude stoves, log schools, walnut walls, and handcrafts.
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Golden West
Detroit
W. I. Holliday
Detroit News
Shakespeare’s Forebears Face Church Citations for Debt
A 1992 record notes John Shakespeare and eight others were summoned for not attending church, feared process for debt rather than piety. The note ties to seventeenth century church laws and the Sun day Observance, referenced as England’s long-standing duty to attend worship.
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Cox
Manchester
Shakespeare
Stratford
John Shakespeare
London
New Meat Powder From Gluten Feeds Veggie Diets
Collier's Weekly notes a discovery of a meat powder made from gluten in white flour. The product allegedly gives vegetables a red meat flavor and has met strong approval in the Orient. American introduction is anticipated with wide acceptance.
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Stevivil
Titopaganda
Collier's Weekly
Orient
Americ
Home at Last Says Polish Reviewer Returns Home
Fragment from a Lusine Kolner Zeving column in Cologne quotes a traveler asking about towels. The remark notes a preference for wealthier hotels and humorously claims two fleas jumped from a trunk on return, highlighting domestic travel itch and comic tone.
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Lusii¢e Kolner Zeving
Cologire
Awful Story About Mrs Jones Reported
A Cologne paper notes a distressing tale concerning Mrs Jones shared in a daylight exchange with contrasts of emotion, describing the scene as awful and happiness as a paradox.
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Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Political Note Senator If you Marry me Campaign Promise
A fragmentary political note exchanges flirtatious lines about marriage as a pledge of happiness, raising questions about sincerity and electoral promises in the dialogue. The text hints at a campaign context and candidate assertions.
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Der
Sli
Fellows' Syrup Promotes Health In Weak Adults
Unhappy wives notice husbands growing run-down and irritable. The ad urges readers to give Fellows' Syrup to restore strength and vitality, improve appetite, banish nerves, and rekindle interest in living. It claims widespread physician use and urges purchase at local druggists.
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Nature
Grand Duke Boris Praises American Gallantry at Tollywood Sale
The Grand Duke Boris praised American gallantry at a Tollywood charity sale. He recounted overheard chatter about a girl selling toys to a young man who admired her booth. The man quipped about decoration using holly and berries versus mistletoe and yew.
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Boris
Reading the classics versus modern books dinner remark
Gene Tunney at a dinner honoring Hugh Walpole advised reading Tolstoy and Tacitus to judge contemporary "off color" books more wisely. He recounted a man scolding his daughter for classics ignorance and the girl quipped she has time only to read the ones she ought to.
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Rene Tunney
Hugh Walpole
Tolstoi
Tacitus
Impassioned Lover's Praise Sparks Witty Banter
A Washington Star item quotes a fervent suitor declaring the world at Miss Cayenne’s feet. She replies with dry irony that the world is already hers, turning flattery into a witty retort.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Weather Barometer Prank Reverses Afternoon Plans
In a light exchange a woman tunes the barometer to good weather and answers the question about altering the reading by noting her own afternoon outing as the reason. The brief vignette hinges on a domestic moment and weather cue.
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