Corporal York and the Southern Traditions That Shaped Him
The piece profiles Alvin York, a Tennessee conscientious objector turned war hero after killing 24 Germans and capturing 132, with a background in the hilly Southern Appalachian region. It traces his Methodist and Holiness influences, family life near Pall Mall, Fentress County, and the frontier ethos that shaped his courage, independence, and reverence for liberty.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Chicago Daily News
Nashville
Tenn
York
Pershing
America
Boonesboro
General Ferguson
King’s Mountain
Allegheny Mountain
Corporal York
Clemens
Smne
Memens
Mark Pwain
Ile
Jamestown
Pentress County
Yorks
Tridning
Houta
Shows Great Increase in Use of Artillery
Washington American soldiers in the battle of St Mihiel expended nearly 83 times as much artillery ammunition as in the Union effort at Gettysburg. A War Department table highlights the rise in artillery use before infantry action, noting peaks at Somme 1916 and Messines Ridge 1917, prior to tank development.
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Washington
St. Mihiel
Gettysburg
War Department
Somme
Messines Ridge
Two Women Seek New Life After Love Triangle with Doctor
In Chicago, Mrs Lucille Cicotte and Miss Lyda Thomas describe a four year entanglement with Dr. Cicotte. They each claimed he loved them both, pressed them to promise marriage, and faced revelations of ongoing contact after his choice. They seek divorce and a fresh start, hoping to move past the affair.
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Triangle
Doctor
Chicago
Ir. J. Cicotte
Erbstein, Heyman and Sellick
Lucille Cicotte
Jacob Hopkins
Lyda Thomas
Alexander H. Heyman
Doctor Cicotte
Mrs. Cicotte
Lyda
Tyda
Miss Thomas
Lucille
Safe signs warn burglars in Steubenville stores
In Steubenville Ohio merchants display a warning sign about cracksmen and burglars who use sledge hammers. The note explains the safe is mine locked and urges caution to prevent amateur thieves from damaging safes.
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Steubenville
Oliag
Goode
Ohio
August Flower and a Household Remedy Advertisement
Green's August Flower touted as a worldwide remedy for constipation indigestion and liver trouble with nervous dyspepsia symptoms. A priestly tone claims a few doses relieve issues and urges readers to ask a pharmacist.
That Friend and the Spare Theater Ticket
A humorous exchange reveals a man with three tickets asking what to do with the extra. He decides to offer the spare to the man they visit between acts so he can sit with them, avoiding another separate outing.
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Albert
Secret engagement sparks rumor in street talk
In a Brooklyn Citizen excerpt, a woman defends her concealed engagement, noting a quarrel over a rumored betrothal as rivals spread gossip about proposed unions and social expectations.
Mystery of the Portrait and the Fallen Picture
A man named Husteed obsesses over a portrait in his mansion. The image, believed to be of a wife or daughter, falls from a nail and causes a lump on his head. The mystery centers on why the portrait unsettles him and what it signifies.
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Corpont York
York
Tavidines
Patrick Horns
Holiness Church
Toliness Church
Diagnosis in a comic exchange at a Kansas City Star scene
A worried husband describes his wife’s dramatic illness to a doctor who ridicules the idea she talks nonstop and jumps topics. The physician suggests removing the party line telephone as the cause, noting she has been listening in too much. The remark ends with a wry aside about fortunes from curiosity.
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Chickam Ga
Anshan
Ty N.chapelle
Ridge
Love Confession
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Wrigley
Renee
Cuticura
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