Tribute to Memorial Day and fallen veterans
The article extols Memorial Day as a living tribute to heroic dead from Civil War to World War I, recalls battles like Bull Run and Gettysburg, and notes France's observance of Memorial Day with wreaths on statues in Paris. It cites historical shifts from Decoration Day to Memorial Day and mentions public displays of flowers and prayers at American graves abroad and at home.
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America
United States
Philippines
Uncle Sam
China
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Interir
Abraham Lincoln
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
France
Franklin
Lafayette
Paris
Romagne
Philadelphia
Glorious Lesson in Record of Devotion
Memorial Day tribute honors veterans from Lexington to Sedan and across seas. Sailors and soldiers linked by patriotism, sacrifice, and duty. The nation recalls how veterans shaped youth, kept the flag high, and urged future generations to defend liberty.
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Lexington
Sedan
Philippine Jungles
Oise-Aisne
Archangel
Panama
North Sea
America
Republic
Brookwood Cemetery Handover to U S Government
The Brookwood military cemetery in London is handed over by its British owners to the United States government. It contains 428 United States soldiers buried on the grounds.
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Brookwood
London
United States
Memorial Day unity beyond Blue and Gray in 1918 vision
The passage traces Memorial Day origins to honor all American lives in war and explains a pledge to end sectional animosities. It notes the 50th anniversary Gettysburg gathering in 1918 where veterans from both sides buried differences and the observance expanding to include all who died in World War I and others worldwide. It quotes Farmer's Wife.
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Gettysburg
No Discrimination in Legion of the Dead
Across American history a legion of the dead marches, from Lexington to Santa Anna’s citadel, Vera Cruz, and Shiloh. Farmers, boys, regulars, sailors, and horsemen are named as generations who served and died, linking past and homeland in a solemn tribute.
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Legion of the Dead
Lexington
Argonne
Shiloh
Jackson
Vera Cruz
Taylor
Santa Anna
San Juan
The
Republic
Indianapolis News
Airy midsummer millinery and balbriggan styles flourish
In a lively fashion note from Tulsa writer Tulsa Bottomley, readers are invited to envisage a summer of airy hats and sheer fabrics. Balbriggan sweaters, especially turtle neck slips, dominate as a key sports and casual wear trend, paired with light skirts and diaphanous hats in white and pastel tones. The piece highlights hair braid hats, georgette crepe, and organdie fabrics, plus wrap around and plaited skirts as youthful style.
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Georgette Crepe
Nuff
Bangkok
Tulsa Bottomley
Oeem
Weeters
Mewapaper Union
Mayor fines barbers for cutting women's hair without male consent near Sao Paulo
In a Brazilian town near Sao Paulo the mayor decreed fines of 50 milreis for barbers who cut a woman’s hair without permission from the father husband or other male family authority figure. The penalty equates to about six dollars.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Scientist predicts rapid growth wheat harvest in one day
A scientist forecasts a rapid growth serum enabling a farmer to plant wheat and harvest the next day. The claim envisions 863 days of uninterrupted grumbling as a humorous note from Humourist in London.
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Humorist
London
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