Memorial Day at Howelton for Unknown Graves
On Memorial Day in Howelton General Bowers and Captain Graham preside over a moving ceremony at the cemetery near the soldiers’ monument. A boy guard plants a flag and wreaths for his soldier father Calvin Hunter, as Hunter’s son Harry and Jasper Bowers place flowers at the monument in a gesture honoring unknown graves.
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Flaza
Howelton
Graham
Geageman
Diite
Phil Sheridan
Gralain
Vander
Euus
Calvin Hunter
Company B
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment
New York Volunteers
Hunter
General Bowers
Howeston
Thirteenth
Ben Martin's
Southland
Gray
Bowers
Virginia
Harry Hunter
Jasper Bowers
Moon Folklore and Lapland Reindeer Life
Folklore centers on the moon with legends of the man in the moon and Sunday punishment. The Lapps rely on reindeer for mobility food and clothing, wearing fur skins year round despite a warm Arctic summer with continuous daylight.
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Arctic
Lapland
Picture Prompt Sparks A Marine Artist Joke
A playful exchange features an artist who jokes about painting a portrait of a couple kissing and labels it a “Few Smacks” while noting his marine-artist identity. The quip hinges on the pun between art and military slang.
Progress in Smyrna fig culture spreads to southeastern states
The U S Department of Agriculture reports caprifig distribution from Loomis has revived many sterile Smyrna trees in California and beyond. Since 1917 caprifigs were established in Brunswick Georgia, enabling caprification and bearing. Many new caprifig varieties and seedling figs spread to California Arizona Texas with several promising fruits for fresh use or canning.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
California
Loomis
Brunswick
Injury to Gooseberries in Early Season Mildew Control
H E Vasey of Colorado Agricultural College notes gooseberry mildew causes damage early each season in American English varieties. A grayish fungus forms on stems leaves and fruit. Effective control uses potassium sulfide spray one ounce per two gallons of water applied when buds break and repeated every two weeks for five or six applications if mildew has been problem in past years.
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H. E. Vasey
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colorado
America
Scarce Apple Trees and Related Horticultural Notes
Apple trees from nurseries will be scarce and expensive this season. Currants and gooseberries are grouped due to similar needs. Ensure wires around young trees are not too tight where labels sit. Gooseberry pruning follows general rules. Fruit forms on one year wood and old wood spurs. Blasting holes for apple trees helps when soil is dry and may harm when wet.
Honest opinion on disagreement and belief
The remark questions whether people with opposing views are inherently wrong. It invites reflection on the confidence and biases that drive belief and challenges readers to consider respect for different perspectives.
Housewife Smiles at Basket of Clean Clothes
A housewife smiles with satisfaction as she admires a basket of clear white clothes, praising Red Cross Ball Blue. The scene notes prices at grocers at 5 cents.
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Red Cross
The Milk Bottle Only. Skagit County Times
The Skagit County Times quotes the Boston Transcript remarking that the first duty of the American people is to prepare the youth for life and the bottle of life.
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Skagit County
Boston Transcript
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Ad
Cuticura relieves itchy rashes in babies with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Finish with Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Ad promotes 25 cents each, available everywhere.
Colosseum Closed for Repairs For Years
Mr. Filmhound notes the Colosseum in Rome has been closed for several years for repairs so he skipped visiting and chose current picture houses instead.
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Miss Quizzer
Rome
Colosseum
Filmhound
Nowo
Amateur actor snubbed in London stage plot
A pompous local amateur demands a leading role in a London produced drama. The professional director insists on casting judgment, and at the first rehearsal the amateur discovers he has no part except the "first banana" in a fruit-market scene.
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Tie Grampton Dramatic’ ‘Society
London
Foolproof Can Opener Pitch Causes Mild Riff
An agent visited this morning to sell a new kind of can opener described as foolproof. The buyer quips that even a brainless woman could use it, noting husbands can avoid cuts and mess, preventing spills and swearing in front of neighbors.
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Henry
Birmingham Age- Herald
No Mustache for British Tar Policy
A Royal Navy bluejacket is barred from growing a mustache. Those who attempt facial hair face a fine equal to one month’s pay.
Asking a Little Too Much Under Circumstances
The show manager demanded actor Wellington play three roles in one night in The Silent Foe Henderson Uncle Bill and the Spider. Wellington refused stating it cannot be done as the three parts overlap in a scene with Henderson and the Spider fighting while Uncle Bill intervenes.
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Wellington
Henderson
Spider
Bill
Diamond Dyes Advertise Easy Gemlike Dye For Textiles
Ask for Diamond Dyes. Don’t buy a poor dye that fades or streaks. Each package includes simple directions so any woman can diamond-dye a rich fadeless color. Guaranteed perfect results even if you never dyed before. Druggist has color card.
Grand Canyon Conversation with the King of Belgians
Samuel G. Rlythe recalls a fall scene at the Grand Canyon of the Colorado where he speaks with Albert the king of the Belgians. The king notes the impossibility of using the canyon to drive a German army, given historical limits.
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Grand Canyon of the
Colorado
Albert
Samuel G. Rlythe
Saturday Evening Post
Flour substitutes for sentiment in austere times
Mrs Torkins praises a bouquet from Charley but notes bread is costly and scarce. She quips that next sentimental thoughts should be expressed with flour, highlighting frugal wit amid shortages.
Banana Peel as Nut Fact Sparks Debate
Readers debate the classification of the banana peel as a nut in a playful exchange. The remark prompts curiosity about edible plant products and culinary definitions, drawing comments from local readers and a humorous tone.
When a man blushes a woman is apt to wonder
A lighthearted note on social cues suggests blushes from men can invite curiosity and amusement in a conversation, reflecting playful gendered banter and perceptions in social interactions.
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