Memorial Day Honors for Chaplains and Coast Guard Veterans
A memorial summary honors 23 Army chaplains who died in World War I at Arlington National Cemetery with inscriptions from the cenotaph and epitaphs. It also notes a 1928 obelisk commemorating 192 Coast Guard officers and enlisted men lost in World War II era service, highlighting Semper Paratus and the service history from 1790 to 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Coast Guard
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Coast Guard
Army
Elmo Scott Watson
I'nince
Atlantic
United States Army
Albert DB. Bell
Aurenus J. Howard
John G. Boone
Michiel W. Keith
John G. Breden
John C. Kerr
Thomas M. Bulla
John I. McCarthy
Patrick P. Carey
Arthur Li
Marsh
H. A. Chouinard
Timothy. Murphy
William B. Cornish
C.K. O'Flaherty
Walton
Danker
Charles D. Priest
William F. Davitt
Wilbur S. Sewell
John A. Denver
Daniel S. Smart
Harry Defman
William K.j.willby
Herbert P. Doyle
Arlington
United States Service
Congress
Revenue Cutter Service
Alexander Hamilton
Coast Guard Heritage and Sacrifices Highlight Memorial Day
The piece traces the coast guard and lighthouse service lineage from the War of 1812 through World War I, noting naval roles in conflicts, actions by vessels like the McCulloch and Hudson, and the Tampa’s loss. It honors 271 Army nurse corps members with seven Distinguished Service medals and lists 24 women awarded DSM, with birthplaces and ages.
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Ter Service
Coast Guard
Great Britain
Navy
McCulloch
Dewey
Manila Bay
Hudson
Cardenas
Cuba
Congress
Winslow
Wilson
Lighthouse Service
Secretary of the Navy
Germany
Little, Brown and Company
William Bell Clark
America
Atlantic
England
Gibraltar
Tampa
Army
Turk Harbor
Hir
Army Nurse Corps
Helen G. McClelland
No. 10
France
Beatrice Macdonald
Miss McClelland
Austinburgh
Ohio
Decisive World War I Battle and Allied Advance Highlight
The piece centers on the Second Battle of the Marnes in July 1918 and its role in ending German offensives, detailing Allied forces including the American First and Second divisions and French Moroccan units, plus profiles of Rene Kirby Smith and Major John St Starkey and the famed French gun Old 13-579.
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Creasy
the Mirne
Forest of
Cee, Sarers
Amer UN
Alleante
Amercin
Regar
Mungin
Foch
Petula
Kiest
Wase
Hubert Lee Bullard
Qrins
James G. Warbordy
Rene Kirby-Smith
Sewanee
Tenn
University of the South
Gen
B. Kirby-Smitth
Rene, Jr
Henry Kirby-Smith
Henry
Rene
Serbia
United States Military Academy
West Point
America
France
Batblemont
Nancy
John St. Starkey
Sixth Field Artillery
California
Huns
Starkey
Roadhouse
New Beet Leaf Hopper Migration Trap Described
The department reports a trap to locate source of beet leaf hopper infestations. A light wooden hex housing parallel screens funnels insects into a poison jar. A vane on top rotates to face the wind guiding pests down a tube into cy anide. Entomologists check the jar to map wind directions flight height and spread.
Famous Scotch Castle Sold from Castle Menzies Estate
The historic Castle Menzies near Alberfeldy in Perthshire was sold along with the Sarleyer Jodze grouse moor and salmon fishing on the Tay and Lyon rivers. The 1700 acre estate, long linked to the Stuarts and visited by Mary Queen of Scots, passed to new ownership as it preserves its famed trees and forestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonny
Prince Charlie
Menzies
Castle Menzies
Dr Pierce Pellets Ad Claims Liver Bowels Stomach Benefit
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as best for liver and bowels with one pellet for a laxative and three for a cathartic to aid stomach digestion.
Unclear Scene Involving Maurice Tver And a Garden
A film supervisor Maurice Tver grows curious about a Neverly Hills garden while enduring exercise aches. A visiting salesman pitches a product described as no devil-grass mice, claiming it makes a deal rake. The exchange features dialogue with Divar and a remark about an ideal rake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Tver
Neverly Hills
Divar
Los Angeles
High Scoring Wilburta and Jim Play Holiday Game
Wilburta and Jim played a simple Christmas game tossing wooden balls at a target. A heated argument followed over points with accusations of cheating and escalating boasts about ever larger totals.
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Wilburta
Jim
Tye
Mystery of Dollar Rooms at Whit Ig 12 Hotel
A reader recalls a confusing hotel ad claiming rooms priced from one dollar. The writer says they stayed in a so called dollar room at Whit Ig 12 and found it inadequate, leaving them awake all night.
Nugget of Wisdom on politics and friendship
A dispatch reflects on political wisdom noting that fools offer bad coins and citizens may heed or reject them. It suggests a ten year period to genuinely reveal who a society’s political friends are.
Oil firms clash over filling station margins
Competitive pressure squeezes profits at filling stations as multiple firms jockey for market share and customers in a tight petroleum sector.
Von's Pink Tablets Promise Quick Stomach Ulcer Relief
Stomach ulcer sufferer W H Pratt of Cumminsville Nebraska reports rapid relief after using Von's Pink Tablets. He says soreness ended in days and he could eat freely and return to work with no future trouble. The Omaha Von Co advertises a free booklet and home treatment without diet or operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Von
Pratt
FREI
Omaha von Co
Keelineo
Omaha
Nebraska
Adv
Lithuanian Postal Strike Threats Shave and Soap Ban Planned
In Koyno district Lithuania postal workers threaten escalation of a wage dispute. After months without a wage rise and an illegal strike, workers have stopped shaving and may ban soap to pressure the postal ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koyno
Lithuania
Pondering Compliment Notice Prompts Deeper Word Meaning
A man considers a complimentary notice and reflects on the deeper meaning of adjectives beyond the writer’s aim. The scene centers on interpretation and the power of language.
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Macdonald
New York
D. 8
Isabel Stambaugh
Pennsylvania
Amiens
Lillian Aubert
West Baton Rouge
Cecelia A. Brendan
Branchdale
Katherine Brown
Philadelphia
Sophy Mary Burns
St. Francis
Wis
Reba G. Cameron
Canada
Edna N. Coughlin
Kenosha
Alice H. Flash
Jefferson County
Annie V.goodrich
New Brunswick
N. J
Carrie L. Howard
CoTusa
Calif
Grace E. Leonard
Newark
Sayres L. Milliken
Brownsville
Jane G. Malloy
Kingston
N .V
Edith. A.mary
Wadsworth
Nev
Adele S. Poston
Spring
Castoria
Sune
Ene No Aie
Gallatin
Bozeman, Mont
London
West Jord &I
New York City
Nosellectees Comets F. D
Beall Pipe & Tank Corporation
Portland Oregon
W. H. Pratt
Cumminsville, Nebraska
Billings
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