First Division Memorial Planned for Potomac Park
The First Division memorial will stand in the White House grounds opposite the Corcoran Gallery in Potomac Park. It mirrors the West Point Battle Monument design and will cost about $100,000 funded by former First Division members honoring 4411 comrades who died in World War I. The design is by Daniel French and Charles Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Potomac Park
West Point
N. Y
Daniel French
Charles Gilbert
Coon Tricks Reddy Fox With River Water Meat Wash
In this 1923 McClure Syndicate tale Mr Coon is observed washing meat in the river before eating it. Reddy Fox plans to expose the habit, but Coon tricks the watchers by spilling a rock into the basket and soaking the assembled animals. The woodland crowd ends up muddy and humiliated.
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Coon
Reddy Fox
Mr.Coon
Reddy
Wately
Mr. Coon
Mr. Squirrel
Billy Possum
Mr. Rabbit
Mr. Badger
Hoe
Mr. Fox
Mr. Possum
Pune
Right Thing at the Boarding-House Table Etiquette
Mary Marshall Doffee notes dining manners at boarding houses. Introduction etiquette guides conversation, with women typically speaking first and older persons guiding younger guests. Good manners prevent social awkwardness and unite table companions.
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McCure Newspaper Syndicate
Jean Haskell Emerging Movie Star Prospects
Jean Haskell, daughter of a Seattle banker, is featured as a rising movie star. The 5 foot 5 inch, hazel eyed performer is a skilled musician, fluent in French, trained in classical dance, an adept rider and expert swimmer, and a Santa Barbara School for Girls graduate.
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Jean Haskell
Seattle
Wash
Miss Hackett
Santa Barbara School For Girls
The Many Names and Folklore of Anne
A compact portrait traces Anne and its variants from Hebrew origins via Hannah through European adoption In Britain France Italy and Spain the name spawned many forms and diminutives while the amber talisman lore links Anne to healing protection and safe voyages.
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Anne
Hannah
Samuel
Anna
Anna Verrennia
St. Anna
Europe
Anne of
France
Anna d’Este
Italy
Anna Marie
Marianne
Scotland
Annette
Nannette
Nanon
Ninon
Nichette
Ana
Anita
Annica
Nanna
Ninetta
Anhie
Ann
Nan
Nannie
Nancy
Annie
Annabel
Wheeler Syndicate
Ing
Depth In Clarity Portraits of Writing Style
A compact reflection on how straightforward prose can reveal depth, contrasting a clear fountainlike style with a turbid surface that seems profound. The quote emphasizes depth hidden beneath apparent simplicity in writing.
Sunday Rest Question Sparks Duns Retort
A brief exchange questions Sunday as a day of rest while the debtor replies that if others owed as many people as he does they would share the same view. The dialogue reflects financial pressures and social expectations in a lighthearted, anecdotal tone.
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Duns
A Line O' Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
A fragmented verse note praises fire as good and essential to energy and strength. The text muses on fire warming the hearth forging resolve and revealing inner power, with an abrupt cut in the middle and a stray tag from a newspaper syndicate.
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George Hudak
Youngstown
Ohio
George
Mary
Abn
Edna
Emma
A. H. Penfield
Springfield National Bank of
Springfield
Mrs. Harding
Florida
Ras Yaffari
Ethiopia
Nile
Menenu
Vienna
Count Ernst von Sturm
Emperor's Royal Hussars
Ignatius von Sturm
Ernest “Doc” Sturm
Chicago
Rudolph Schildkraut
Esther Stockton
Harry Weinberger
Apollo Theater
New York
God of Vengeance
Sholem Asch
Mary Marshall Doffee
Pliny the Elder
Mildred Marshall
By John Kendrick Bangs
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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