Debaters Face Chance at Lumen Society
Ramsey endures a tense debut before the Lumen Society as Dora Yocum argues that all war is morally wrong and Germany’s invasion of Belgium was unjust. Ramsey’s panic and stuttering display contrasts with Dora’s confident appeal while fraternal seniors push him to improvise a closing rebuttal.
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Mitchell
D. Yocum
Buddy
Fred
Ramsey
Lumen Society
Gabriel
Colburn
Brother Colburn
Dora
Germany
Belgium
Reichstag
R. Milholland
Mer'ly
Debated youth Ramsey Milholland and his loves
The synopsis follows Ramsey Milholland from a Civil War era parade with his grandfather to his school days, his rivalries with Dora Yocum and Milla Rust, and his entry into the State university, highlighting his awkwardness, first love, and ambivalent ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Milholland
Ramsey
Dora Yocum
Dora
Milla Rust
Milla
State University
First Negro Slaves in Florida and Early American Trade
The article traces early African presence in the Americas from 1526 to 1619. It notes two negro slaves with Narvaez in Florida in 1528, possible earlier involvement at San Miguel de Gualdape, and subsequent spread with explorers and colonists. It cites historians Bancroft and Stakély and mentions the Treasurer bringing slaves to Jamestown in 1619 and the De sire built in Marblehead in 1636.
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United States
Narvaez
Florida
Memedez
San Miguel de Gualdape
J. J. Shea
Jamestown
H. H. Bancroft
Arizona
New
Mexico
GC. A. Stakély
Magazine of American History
Earl of Warwick
America
Desire
Marblehead
J. BR. Spears
Red Jacket of the Seneca a Noted Iroquois Orator
Chief Red Jacket, known as Shagoie watha or He Who Causes Them to Keep Awake, led the Seneca in council and resisted missions while warning against white ways. Ill during 1827, he was stripped of chiefs and died January 20, 1830, buried in Buffalo New York.
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Hat Demosthenes
Cicero
Red Jacket
Shagoiewatha
Salem
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Buffalo
N. Xye
Little Turtle’s Battles With Harmar and St. Clair
A historical account recounts Little Turtle, leader of the Miami, resisting Harmar’s 1790 expedition and St. Clair’s 1791 defeat. It notes Washington’s anger over military losses, the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the Treaty of Greenville, and Little Turtle’s pledge to keep peace until his death on July 14, 1812.
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George Washington
Arthur St. Clair
Washington
Hin Wer
Little Turtle
Michikiniqua
Ohio
Indiana
Josiah Harmar
St. Clair
Braddock
St. Clair’s
Anthony” Wayne
Black Snake
Wayne
Fallen Timbers
Greenville
Suppressing a Squeak At Macclesfield Silk Town
In Macclesfield England a quarry owner faced a fine for driving a cart that squeaked the brakes an old law requires a brake noise suppressor though he argued carts now rival many motorcars in noise Macclesfield known for silk making has an ancient silk rustling prohibition as well.
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Macclesfield
England
Rockefeller's wealth powers grand Pocantico Hills estate
A Kansas City Star feature portrays John D. Rockefeller as master of wealth and control. His Pocantico Hills estate employs 500 workers at high wages to enact his visions from moving hills to transplanting trees, creating dramatic improvements and barriers to suit his design.
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John
D. Rockefeller
Kansas City
John D
Pocantico Hills
Save the Woodpeckers and Forest Health
The leopard moth faced from Europe threatened urban trees, but rural woodlands remained largely safe as native birds and woodpeckers controlled the larvae. Old Mgr. Peckerwood, a tree doctor, notes woodpeckers protect forests by extracting moth larvae from holes and feeding on them.
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Mgr. Peckerwood
Europe
Boston Common
Harvard University
Cambridge
Origin of caucus rooted in Boston history and protest
The Detroit News explains that caucus, though Latin in appearance, originated as a Revolutionary war memorial from Boston. Local ropemakers and calkers denounced British rule at public meetings later mocked as callers meetings by Tories, evolving into today’s electoral term.
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Boston
Rome
Ropemakers
Calkers
Detroit News
England
Country Life Becomes More Desirable in Radio Era
Capper's Weekly notes how grocers use radiophones to broadcast staple prices to farmers and neighbors. It predicts widespread rural access to music from major cities and eventual at home viewing of Broadway productions, urging urban to rural living as airplanes and safety improvements advance.
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Des Moines
Capper
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
St. Paul
Denver
Dehydrating Foods At Home With Ovenlike Apparatus
Popular Mechanics Magazine reports home food dehydration is now possible with an ovenlike device from a New York company. The unit uses multiple trays for the food and a heated water humidifier underneath to maintain the proper temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
New York
The cleverest man in England Lloyd George
A London workman calls Lloyd George the cleverest man in England and jokes that to beat him you would have to rise early, only to find he had already been up all night waiting for you, as quoted by the Boston Transcript.
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Wideawake
England
London
Lloyd George
Boston Transcript
Tanlac claims turn families healthy and happy across North America
The advertisement quotes numerous testimonials from a wide range of U S and Canadian families praising Tanlac for restoring health and energy. It cites individuals from Los Angeles Albany Toronto and across the United States and Canada claiming improved appetite, vitality, and wellbeing after taking Tanlac. The piece urges readers to obtain Tanlac from a local druggist to revive the family’s health.
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Taniac
Mr. Gingras
Tanlac
United States
Canada
John Widner
Roosevelt Ave
Los Angeles
Calif
John Marquis
Manchester
N. H
Belmont St
Chicago
Frank R. Richards
South Wood St
New York
Chas. H. van Colt
Fourth Ave
Albany
Eivery
Bert Hewer
East Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
Virginia
J. F. Robertson
Danville
Union
Nebraska appoints first poet laureate in 1921
The article notes there is no national poet laureate and that Nebraska became the first and only state to appoint a poet laureate in 1921, naming John G. Neihardt as the honored figure.
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America
Nebraska
John G. Neihardt
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Cure All
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming sworn testimonials and wide sale It offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with ten cent payment and lists large and medium bottles at drug stores
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Clock Returns to Twelve Explained in A Joke
Dialogue notes why a clock resets at midnight with a boy naming thirteen as unlucky and a companion offering a playful retort about luck. The line captures a humorous exchange on numbers and time.
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Elsie
Bobby
Man Gives Advice, Loses Track of His Own Business
A man known for dispensing guidance also tends to intrude on others affairs, revealing a contrast between his eagerness to advise and his skill at minding his own business.
Independent Motives Mark Marriage Decisions
Some women marry to gain independence while some men choose marriage for the same reason.
Red Cross Ball Blue Endorsed Worldwide
Ad claims Red Cross Ball Blue is the finest product of its kind and asserts every woman who has used it knows this statement to be true.
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Ramsey Miltioll
Irwin Myers
Visi
Ramegey
Doubleday, Page & Company
Elmo Scott Watson
Western’ Newspaper ‘Union
THE
Harmar
John D. Rockefeller
Louis Gingras
Harrison Ave
Providence
R. I
Poets Laureate
Ness
Fletcher
Bellans
Her
Atlas Trust Securities Co
Central National Bank
ST. Louis, MO
Isabel
Bayer
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