Fabiles in Slang by George Ade
In a dim past era on the O and A H, four Nettie-like maidens in Musselwhite seek homes with front yards and hired help, while men pursue land and gain. A tale of marriage market schemes, accidental wealth, and shifty fates unfolds through Lib Jess Stel and Wes, Ike, and Perce, ending with a rural moral.
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Lib
Min
Stel
Jess
Cleopatra
Solomon
Shebs
Musselwhite
Wea
Heal
Wes
Ike
Wiz
Heinze
North Shore
George 5. Shaw
Chicago
Mayo Institute
Mary Street
J. Percival Trigwiltz
Perce
J. Percival
Army maneuvers to test modernized defense force in Midwest
The United States Army readies August maneuvers across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia. Major General Kilbourne explains a complete mobilization cycle to train with aviation and mechanized units, emphasizing quicker transport and surprise over a formal test.
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Wee
Middle West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Charles E. Kilbourne
Kilbourne
Lake Michigan
Childhood and Planes Across Oceans in Wartime Echoes
In an American prep school tale, young girls run a dog washing laundry amid war era chatter. Holland, Tugwell’s daughter, buys 13 heavy bombing planes in Baltimore and funds wartime production. Rev Webber urges a planned economy and abolition of capitalism, while global readers weigh America’s influence and aviation hubs like Miami and San Francisco.
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France
America
Cher Petit Pappa
Papa
Toto
Tugwell
Marcia
Mary Frances Cottrell
Joyce Helmick
Holland
Baltimore
Rooster Crow for Chapman Becomes Democratic Symbol
The Greenfield Indiana tavern known as Zs Rooster Crow is remembered as the birthplace of the Democratic Party emblem. Joseph Chapman inspired the slogan Crow Chapman crow after taunts from foes, the idea spreading via the 1841 Indiana Sentinel and other papers, making the crow a lasting party symbol.
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Greenfield
Ind
Joseph Chapman
Crow
Chapman
Hancock County
van Buren
Tippecanoe
Tyler
George Pattison
Indianapolis Constitution
Indianapolis
Indiana Democrats
Indiana Sentinel
Democratic Party
John Chapman
Greenfeld, Inc
Maneuvers Map Details Large Midwest Troop Exercise
The article outlines a major midwest troop maneuver with Blue Red Brown and Green state groups. It covers 40 000 troops in two phase offensives toward Nashville and Pittsburgh ending at Camp Custer Michigan. It notes GHQ Air force mechanized units, aircraft and anti aircraft efforts, fuel supply and radio coordination as key factors.
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Laboratory of the Army
United States Army
First Cavalry
Sixty-eighth Field Artillery
Nineteenth Field Artillery
Air Corps
Bruce Palmar
A. C. Sandeford
Field Artillery
C. D. Herron
Bilue
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Red
Tennessee
Virginia
Brown
Pennsylvania
Green
Mississippi River
V Corps
Second Army
Blue
Nashville
VI Corps
Blue Army
Pittsburgh
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
GHQ
Air Force
Middle West
United States
Car
Fort Knox
U S Government Runs Largest Bookshop Program
The government operates its largest book distribution, handling 500 million copies annually across 65,000 federal publications. The public documents division gives away fifty volumes for every copy it receives.
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U. S
Public Documents Division
Buckeyes Define Ohio In Tippecanoe Campaign History
In 1840 Harrison’s race popularized Ohio as the Buckeye state after Van Buren’s campaign faced backlash for calling his rival a log cabin hero. Miniature log cabins and buckeye imagery appeared across Ohio, plastered on wagons with frontiersmen drinking cider. Van Buren’s image damage spread east, aiding Harrison’s victory and sealing Ohio’s nickname.
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Buckeyes
Martin van Buren
Flory Andrew Jackson
White House
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Buckeye
Harrison
Washington
Tippecanoe
Ohio River
General Harrison
Newaonow Union
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George Ade
A. H
Nectarines
Padgett’s Siding
Sumac Ridge
Sis Hopkins
Dorothy
Congress
Jake
Rosy
U. S. Army
William C. Utley
Europe
Japan
Union
WANG
DI Lng
Brisonsies
Pan
Privente
Tatts
Brisbane
Rey
Webber
Asia
Africa
Union Theological Seminary
Charles C. Webber
Caesar
Carter
Rev. Webber
God
Lenin
Stalin
Union Theological Seminaries
Webbers
Swift
Paris
Miami
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cleveland
San Francisco
Oakland
Byndicare
Lobdominalat Y Setin
Arthor Brisbane
Tha Man
Frank
Hagen
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