Memorial Day and the Nation's Care for Its Dead
The piece discusses Memorial Day as a national tribute to soldiers and sailors who died for the United States. It notes government efforts since 1900 to mark graves with headstones, reinterrment, and monuments, including Confederate dead buried in northern prisons. It highlights pensions, the vast costs, and the Civil War era as central to national memory and veteran care.
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United States
War Department
Ndt
Doen Ho
Nur
Philippines
National Cemetery
San Francisco
Jessa
Elmira
Camp Douglas
Chicago
Point Lookout
Sinns Point
N. J
Alton
Camp Morton
Ind
Camp Chase
Columbus
Markling
Eouth
Congress
Pension Office
Washington
Pension Service
Uncle Sam
No Escape Remarks on Auto Mobile Arrest
A fragmentary quote from Mr. Chugging recounts an arrest over his automobile. He claims excessive speed was not the issue and hints at a misunderstood incident involving a police program overheard during the event.
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Chugging
Undefined postponement cryptic note appears in archive
A fragmented OCR snippet notes an indefinite postponement with scattered phrases about time pay and administration. The readable pieces offer no clear event, date, or named entities to identify a specific news item.
Man's Preference in Love Quotation Cited
An 8. C. Nethertole quote favors youth over wit for kissing and notes a wife’s guessing burden grows with less spoken. The blague mentions a Red Cross Ball and laundress Ady smiling at the event.
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William
8. C
Life's Tearfulness and Stage Woes Highlight Weeping Actress
A dialogue ponders marital strain with a quip about actors and actresses causing tears at matinees, highlighting the emotional toll of public performance on a wife. The exchange hints at backstage friction and theater life without naming individuals or dates.
Wise Man Mra Excite-Oh Doctor and Fainting Checks
A fragment shows a comic exchange about a husband fainting at check signing and a doctor advising to prevent fainting until after signing. An advertisement warns to examine CASTORIA for infants bearing the signature of AMT Litt and notes Fletcher's product claims. The passage includes Biblical quotes and a moral contrast.
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Fletcher
Tree dispute at country place ends with delayed removal
The owner and gardener argue over whether to cut a tree. The gardener Sambo insists it should come down. He cites blocking light to the greenhouse, old age, and that it was cut last night as reasons.
Boy’s Friend John F Gunkle Receives Letters
Hundreds of letters arrive monthly for John F Gunkle known nationwide as the boy’s friend and nicknamed Guck. He favors enrollment of tough neighborhood youths and awards his badges to them. One letter asks for a badge to quit bad habits like swearing chewing and smoking.
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John F. Gunkle
Guck
Gunk
Best Friend A Woman Speaks On Postum
A health ad contrasts coffee with Postum, claiming caffeine harms the nervous system and heart. It recounts a Wise woman who stopped coffee, switched to Postum, gained weight, and saw relief from heart palpitations and nervousness, noting her children also favor Postum.
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Postum
Hoe
Statra
Post
Why did the bride elope with the groomsman joke
A humorous exchange asks why a bride ran off with the best man. The punchline rests on the word best, playing on wedding roles and mock romance.
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Realty Ass'n, Dept
Sitaka
Pera
Delta Land Co
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Ark
Muirhead
Bourson
Dewrhon Remedy Co
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The
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
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