Mother's Day Tribute and Gold Star Mothers Visit
A Mother's Day essay and photo essay recall the origin of Mother's Day and its nationwide observance by act of Congress. It highlights Gold Star Mothers visiting the national shrine in Washington, the proposed government trips to Europe for mothers of fallen soldiers, and profiles of mothers who epitomize maternal devotion amid war remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Dickinson Sherman
Congress of the
United States
Sam
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Mother
Darlington National
Aghington
White House
Quowridge
Washington
Samuel Dickstein
New York
Secretary of War
Harope
House
France
Meuse-Arsonne
St. Michel
Somme
Oise-Aisne
Aisne-Marne
Iowa Progress and Public Works Across the State
Iowa towns report new markets and golf courses with contracts for clubhouses. Construction totals rise to 8.1 million. town improvements include paving in Knoxville and riverfront amusements in Des Moines. Bombarded by revival campaigns and public notices, counties note bank meetings, new corporations, and farm production insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
Page
Fremont
Taylor County American Legion
Clarinda May
L&td
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Charles City
Fairfield
Ilora
F. W. Dodge Company
Perry
Kirksville
Henry Larson
Postville
Knoxvill’e
United States Department of Agriculture
Page County
Farm Bureau
Helen Schultz
Red Ball Transportation Company
Knoxville
Polk County
A. H. Hoffman
Board of Supervisors
Salvation Army
National Shrine Home For Crippled Children
Public Welfare Bureau of
Bloomfield
Ottumwa
Riverview Park
Willet
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
State Executive Council
Assembly
Council Bluffs
Creston
Muscatine
Marengo
Elkader
Algona
Town Falls
Nevada
Sioux City
Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistics
du Duque
Cedar Rapida
Davenport
Iowa Agricultural Corporation
Irvin Moritz
Allamakee County
I Am the Carnation Address to Mothers on Mother's Day
A lyrical tribute in colored tones speaks to living mothers in red and mothers lost to death in white. The speaker imagines mothers’ love building a home in their children’s hearts and envisions deceased mothers hearing the message of love from above on this Mother's Day.
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Mothora
Canadian Travels 17 000 Miles to Marry Worran
A Canadian man crossed two continents and an ocean to marry a Greek girl and return with her to Skagway. The 17 000 mile journey cost nearly £1,000 and highlights long marriages. A Russian man also travelled eight months from the United States through Siberia to rescue his sweetheart in Europe Russia after hearing of danger from Bolsheviks. The tale ends noting a woman who changed her mind mid-journey and married another bachelor from a settlement.
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Skagway
Weat
Greece
Otal
United States
Shathie Ckweetheart
Tuam
China
Siberia
Russia
Modest Hope Detective Sworn To Uncover Truth
A dialogue driven snippet shows a self assured detective vowing to get to the bottom of a mystery while a client presses for restraint as tension mounts in a Boston Transcript style exchange.
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Boston Transcript
Happy Childhood Days and a Presidential Boom
A Washington Star quip recalls Senrator Sorghum recalling childhood praise that foreshadowed a possible presidential future. The passage also jokes about dental chairs testing nerve during prosperity, and adverts tout Cuticura products and a new patent medicine as potential big earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senrator Sorghum
Washington Star
Good-By Liza An Do N Yo Come Back Here
A brief weekly item notes farewell line quoted in dialect then references the American Legion. The piece presents a colloquial scene and suggests someone will not return until a job is secured. The source uses regional speech to convey departure.
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Liza
Rastus
Amertican Legion
Record hog slaughter hits new US fiscal year high
The United States slaughtered 48,600,069 hogs in the fiscal year ending June 30, a record exceeding previous totals by over 4,000,000 hogs. The figure reflects a surge in demand and larger production across major hog-raising states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mother Wretcher's Castoria Advertisement Recalled
An old style advertisement touts Castoria as a safe substitute for castor oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups claiming over 80 years of use. It promises no narcotics and lists physicians recommending it with directions on each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Castoria
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Nationial War Mothers’ Association
Indianapolis
H. H. McCluer
Kansas City
Herowich
Carrie L. Root
Gardiner
Mra
Bianchie A. Bellakr
Thomas ‘Spence
Kenosha
Wie
Rose Sargeant
Sacramento
Cal
William D. Oldham
Lexington
Lynn Boyd
New Castle
Ind
Carry Avery
Washington, D. C
W. A. Wilcox
Omaha
Frank DeKay
Blackfoot
Idaho
Dolly Wilson
Pilot Mountain
N.C
Arie
Mary Walker Lee
Sphiter
Retiem ‘E. Lee
Africa
Arctic
Anna
Ma) Smith
Vivian Kite
Newton J. Smith
Hoopeston
Ill
John P. Williams
Aurora
Rose Simit
Chicago
James Morris
Suresnes
Flanders Weld
Belgium
Brookwood
England
Towa State News
Dogar Howard
Worran
London
Monarch
Reid, Murdoch
York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Sharples All Steel
The
Sharples Separator Company
West Chester
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