Equality talk and Shaker origins in early American ideals
The article recalls early advocacy for women's equal rights two years before the Declaration of Independence and traces the Shaker community from its founder Mother Ann Lee to Watervliet New York. It notes Shaker purity, communal living and self sufficiency, along with their industries such as revolving harrow nails and planing machines, and their influence on later ideas in biodensity and social organization.
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Girl 18 Athletic Star Plays Real Golf Ball
Independent Kane-L report describes Kenoyer's famed star in a whimsical, but unclear tale involving golf ball antics, accidental roof damage, and a peculiar incident with acid and formaldehyde. The fragmentary text mentions egg, a boy named Mit Kenoyer, and a high price tied to polishing diamonds, all in a murky 19th or early 20th century tone.
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Gold Confiscation Fines American Tourists in France
An American couple, Mia Tennant of Hagerstown and her husband, traveling through Paris to Geneva, faced strict French customs. A female inspector seized five $20 gold pieces from Tennant's envelope, later devaluing the value and fining her 100 francs for attempting to carry gold out of the country. The incident highlights tight gold controls and harsher treatment for travelers.
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Kyoto High School boys suspended over confidence vote
Kyoto Japan reports that the boys of the high school faced suspension after a failed confidence vote regarding the principal. The vote stemmed from alleged mishandling in discharging older professors, and a final decision to suspend the boys followed the lack of agreement between the principal and officials.
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Boya Way
Man With Double Brain Agerican Lesson Profile
Hayward Thompson, ex service man from Denver, is described as having a "double brain" after war injuries. One hemisphere controls writing with the right hand while the other governs the left. He resumed writing after hospital release, with the Veterans Bureau and Colorado American Legion aiding his memory recovery and past associations.
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Lyward Thompson
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Veterans’ Bureau
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Lis
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Veterans
Koreau
Colorado Department of the American Legion
The Real Unknown Soldier
A mangled tale follows a nameless battlefield youth found as a Baltimore street infant. Reared as John Evangelist Smith, he grows to enlist with the Fieth regiment and fights in many engagements until the armistice. His unknown grave inspires a future memorial and a national yearning for the nameless lad who never knew his mother or father.
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Owo Brothers
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Mary's
Nyer'sens Gil
Tauiines
Wells Wawkes
Toledo Lawyer Wounded on Armistice Day
Rolf, a United States naval officer and former executive oiler, was severely wounded when his ship was sunk by a German submarine on Armistice Day November 11 1918 near La Pelig. After months in hospitals in Toledo and on the continent he returned to America and resumed the practice of law in Toledo.
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United States
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America
Voting Rights Denied in Several States Cited by Legion Weekly
A writer in the American Legion Weekly claims soldiers and sailors along with felons and Indigenous peoples are barred from voting in multiple states. The World Almanac is cited to note enforcement during wartime occupation, listing Indiana Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oregon Texas Washington among affected states.
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American Legion Weekly
Abmanac
Indiana
Mirgouri
Noth Dakota
Osle
Oregon
Toxna
Washiugtadn
Tanlu e praised as remedy amid medical claims
A clipped collage of product pitches and anecdotes includes a man noting Tanlu e relieved years of indigestion and nervous spells, a diplomat quip about Chinese perceptions, a Lake Eyre mystery note, and a stray joke about cripples. The fragmentary text hints at advertisements and miscellaneous observations from a Detroit News page.
Fragmentary 1776 Marine Committee Order Read Vague
A damaged OCR note references a September 6 order by the Marine Committee with garbled attire descriptions. It mentions green fabrics, white rain gear, pocked symbols, and apparel details as part of a formal uniform directive for sailors.
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Fleuillei
Urider
Marine Commttiee
Traffic Trouble Hinders Crossing at Busy Intersection
A garbled excerpt from an old Alabama newspaper describes confusion at a crossing near the junction of Limeouth and Sprawe. The report hints at a traffic problem and a tense exchange among bystanders and officials.
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