Siege of the Lost Battalion Heroic Stand in Argonne
The 194 American soldiers led by Maj Whittlesey held a pocket in the Argonne from Oct 3 to 7 1918 facing German assaults. Surviving men endured shortages and a perilous bombardment before relief forces broke through. The story is explored in The Lost Battalion by Johnson and Pratt, which debunks myths including the Go to hell line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlevaux Valley
Argonne Forest
France
la Palette
Thomas M. Johnson
Fletcher Pratt
Bobbs-Merrill
Reichsarcht
Potsdam
Robert Alexander
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne
Charles W. Whittlesey
Three Hundred Eighth Infantry
Seventy-seventh
Briarville
Whittlesey
Seventh
Leak
Harrington
Lowell R. Hollingshead
Major Whittlesey
Hollingshead
154Th Brigade
307Th Infantry
McKinney
Knz
Lieut. E. Meade
First Corps
Alexander
Johnson
Captain McMurtry
Cable
Linotype
New England
Johnson and Pratt
Charles Whittlesey
United States Army Signal Corps
Roach Surveys Film Themes From Newspaper Clippings
Hal Roach reports that 72 percent of current film themes derive from newspaper clippings with general news, crime stories and love columns dominating. The piece notes Roach’s film There Goes My Heart with Virginia Bruce and Fredric March, plus sidelights on Corinne Griffith and other Hollywood figures, including Sabu and Seth Parker, as they navigate publicity and career moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Roach
Riviera
Fredric March
Mr. Roach
Prevent Disease in Dairy Cattle through Prevention
Dr mane zx extension dairyman stresses that prevention trumps treatment for herd health. Proper management and feeding, aiming to mirror nature, reduce disease risk and may shift vets toward preventive work. Emphasizes roughage importance and warns grain toxicity without adequate roughage supplementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mane
Zx. T . Extension Dairyman
Wera University
Yellow Skinned Birds Signal Past Laying Performance
Hens with more yellow pigment in the beak and shanks indicate poorer past performance as layers. Birds fed normal corn store pigment first in the beak then in the shanks when not laying. Best poultrymen use this color cue to cull unprofitable birds, often at night with a flashlight to spot them on the roost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Herald
Cleanliness, livestock feed, and farming practices span the feed lot
The article highlights poultry yard hygiene to reduce lice and mites, notes wage comparisons for corn and wheat as animal feed, and cites Iowa station findings that ground corn offers 20 to 25 percent more feed value than ear corn. It also mentions Guernsey cattle lineage, autumn lighting practices, and early cotton marketing patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Crochet Doilies for Every Day Pleasure Pattern 5998
Indulge your love of luxury with doilies for buffet or luncheon tables in three practical sizes 15 by 28, 12 by 9, and 5 by 5 inches. Use finer cotton for smaller pieces. Pattern 5998 includes instructions, illustrations, stitches, and a photograph. send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Bryan's Brevity Cuts Short the Chautauqua Benediction
Boston Globe notes a Bryan anecdote where the silver tongued orator ends a long program with a simple benediction after a preceding speaker. Two elderly men critique the pacing, praising the next speaker as well. The exchange reflects on performance length and audience reception during a Chautauqua season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Boston
Globe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Newspaper Union
Elmo Scott Watson
George G. McMurtry
G-Man
Sabu
Virginia Vale
Corinne Griffith
Corinne
George Marshall
Pershing
Ee Arlington
W. E
Ana
Cuba
London
Alexander Korda
Robert Flaherty
India
Seth Parker
Jonesport
Phillips Lord
Seth
Parkers
Dick Tracy
Fred Waring
Hollywood
Priscilla
Rosmary Lane
Johnny
Virginia Bruce
Brazil
Guernsey
Alderney
del Tlanta
Bryan
Leonardi
B. Leonardi & Co
New Rochello
Ralph Waldo, Emerson
Kidweys
Cevon John Alden Standish
Monrovia
Calif
WNU
Spacia
Sean
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!