The Red Poppy as Armistice Day Emblem
The Red Poppy becomes the Armistice Day emblem through Miss Moina Michael of Athens Georgia whose poem and efforts inspired widespread adoption. The idea spread from Columbia University to the American Legion and allied groups, with poppies now sold by disabled veterans to aid veterans and orphans. The article notes international adoption, including Britain France and many other countries, making the poppy an enduring memorial symbol.
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Columbus
Moina Michael
Athens
Michael
Hamilton Hall
Columbia University
New York
Flanders Fields
Columbia
Miss Michael
Dean Talcott Williams
Columbia School of Journalism
Gear Workers’ Committee
Preston
Grover Cleveland
Rodman Wanamaker
Straightway
Charles H. Brand
War Department
France
Georgia
The
American Legion
Augusta
Legion
Atlanta
Charles M. Galliene
Post No.1
Cleveland
Ohio
National American Legion
Madam BE
Guerin
Paris
Children’s League
England
Marl Haigh
British Legion
British Legionnaires
Azores
Egypt
Grand Canary Islands
Morocco
Nigeria
Sudan
Orange Free State
Bermuda
British Guiana
Trinidad
Borneo
British Malaya
Europe
British Isles
Italy
Holland
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Greece
Romania
Japan
China
Mexico
Asia Minor
North
South America
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Equator Lulaby Tale From the Living Map
David converses with Equator a sleepy Living Map figure who explains his unique place around the world and his wish for visitors. The Equator jokes about being a real person of the map and offers to sing a lullaby about his lone audience and the rhyme of quator while revealing his kinship with latitude and longitude.
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Equator
David
Tye
North Pole
South Pole
Davin
The Game of Cowboys
A party game using a skipping rope with two cowboys chasing bulls. The cowboys hold rope ends and try to loop a bull. caught bulls exit. The last two remaining become the next cowboys. Best outdoors with plenty of space.
Beryl Slims Doll Sparks Family Lesson
In Style Beryl receives a doll from her aunt. Days later her mother discovers a hole in the body and sawdust being emptied. Beryl defends the act as slimming the doll, insisting she only meant to help.
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Beryl
Nerve of a Doughboy Remembered by a Frontline Doctor
Rachel Delaney of the 543rd Engineers recalls a Meuse-Argonne hospital scene where a wounded man, missing limbs, urged the doctor to hurry his own amputation to save comrades. The doctor praised the man’s extraordinary nerve as he treated others nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ife
Rachel Delaney
Five Hundred and Forty-third Engineers
Remington Reveals New Three Shot Upland Game Gun
A Remington Arms Company advertisement promotes a new three shot shotgun designed for quail grouse pheasants snipe woodcock ducks rabbits and all upland game. Readers are urged to request a descriptive folder by mailing to Remington Arms Company Lon Newly New York.
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Remington Arms Company
Lon
New York
Shubert Comments on French Ratification of Debt Settlement
Lee Shubert, back from France, discusses the French ratification of the Mellon-Berenger war debt settlement. He notes uncertainty in both nations about whether the settlement should be viewed favorably or unfavorably and likens public opinion to a bachelor’s hesitant reply to marriage inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Shubert
France
Mr. Shubert
Sleeping guest rescued from hotel mattress fire
Harold McNutt of Baltimore stayed at a Watsontown Pennsylvania inn and slept through a mattress fire for nearly an hour. A hotel clerk detected smoke, forced the door, and with others pulled McNutt away as the mattress erupted in smoke and flames began to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watsontown
Ind
Harold McNutt
Baltimore
McNutt
Suit Over Razor Blade Cut In Paris Court Awarded Damages
M. Tizkowilcz sues former client M. Du bois for 2400 lessons damages after a safety razor cut his hand at a friend’s home while washing after examining goods. The Paris court awarded the full claimed amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Tizkowilcz
Clent
M. Dubois
Take the Lead Against Superior People
A motivational note urges individuals to seize leadership and outperform those deemed superior. It champions self reliance, bold action, and personal initiative to rise beyond social hierarchies.
Reward for Constipation in Children Promoted by Fig Syrup
Mrs. Chas J Connell of St. Louis endorses Virginian California Fig Syrup as a safe remedy for children's constipation. The advertisement claims it relieves weak diets, feverishness, and lack of energy by regulating bowels and improving appetite, noting doctors endorse the product for 50 years. All drugstores stock the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chas
J.x Connell
Cleary Ave
St. Louis
Quote on marriage and leisure from Pele Mele Pitris
An evident exchange questions the idea of marrying in haste with witty reservations. The speaker counters that matrimony grants no leisure after the wedding, reflecting a humorous view of married life.
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Pele Mele
Pitris
Timely Advice Tourist Cin mining town
Exchange notes a hotel proprietor saying the town can be healthful if you settle, but otherwise an unhealthy place for new arrivals. The remark frames a caution about settling in a mining town.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Canada
Disabled Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Darcy
Quator
Bayer
Dean’s
Doans
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