Flying Ciruses Of Famous Aces Tour Cities
Expositions scheduled in April across St Louis Louisville Memphis and Little Rock showcase a three nation flying circus of American French and British aviators airborne demonstrations over major cities. German Fokker planes captured from Pershing’s forces join the displays under War Department and Victory Loan supervision with aerial combat stunts and war photography accompanying city parades and field arrangements.
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United States
Europe
France
England
Bureau of Publicity
Victory Loan Organization
Frank R. Wilson
Military Aeronautics Branch
The
War Department
Leon Richardson
General Pershing
Newport News
Washington
Treasury Department
St. Louis
Louisville
Memphis
Little Rock
Federal Reserve District
Mineola
Long Island
New Orleans
San Diego
Signal Corps
Memorial 10 Be Erected for 10 Dead at Ole Miss
A June 16 unveiling on the University of Mississippi campus will honor gallant sons who sacrificed for country and humanity. The roll of heroes includes Reynolds of Taylorsville, Orr of Verona, Beanland of Oxford, Brown of Kosciusko, Campbell of Hesterville, Carlton of Union, Davis of Tylertown, Duncan of Ripley, Gillespie of Greenwood, Jones of Raleigh, Sivley of Raymond, and others. the class of 1869 reunion and campus tours mark the commemorative events.
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Ole Miss
Robert Roy Reynolds
Robert Mathew Campbell
Hesterville
Marshal Montgomery Carlton
Union
Lemuel Clarence Davis
Tylertown
Oran Duncan
Ripley
James Gordon Gillespie
Greenwood
Anselm Patrick Jones
Raliegh
Roger Montgomery
Tunica
John Hughey Moody
Hohenlinden
Will Lewis Pigford
Lumberton
Abner Potts
Hubert Sage
Cockrum
Andres Harry Sivley
Raymond
Thomas Frederick Wasson
Kosciusko
Charles Fitzgerald Dies at University Hospital
University and community mourn the death of Charles Fitzgerald 28 father was a Jackson Mississippi post office inspector and two sisters live in Memphis and Jackson. He had long been ill and spent many years on campus abed. Classes were suspended as students traveled to Jackson for the funeral train.
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University
Charles Fitzgerald
University Hospital
Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Cal
Jackson
Mississippi
B. S. Striel
Bea Herrin
Memphis
Madie Fitzgerald
Lester to Represent Ole Miss in M I O A Contest
Diane Lester won the preliminary M I O A contest held in the chapel, edging Hindman Doxey. Lester will represent Ole Miss on the University campus in May. the judges praised both speakers and the medal will be awarded this year at Ole Miss.
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Chapel
Diane Lester
Hindman Doxey
Lester
Ole Miss
Powers
America
Doxey
United States
Let Us Show Speed In Victory Liberty Loan Drive
The message urges rapid support for the Victory Liberty Loan, comparing it to the bold courage of the doughboys who went over the top. It calls for swift, decisive action to back the war effort through financial contribution.
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Victory Bonds
See It Through Victory Bonds Poem
A wartime exhortation urging citizens to support Victory Bonds to repay loans and fund veterans care. It contrasts faded battle with peacetime obligations and calls for financial commitment to secure the gains of the war and aid returning soldiers.
CHAP AND CHAPERONE Hear a Banter on Curiosity
The hub and wife exchange a witty line about questions and motives as a playful domestic moment appears in the Boston Transcript. The husband teases the wife for being inquisitive, calling her the most curious woman he has met.
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Hub
Boston
Transcrip
Woman’s belief on shoe sizes shocks audience
Mabel proclaims a woman has suffered for her belief. An admirer asks what belief. She answers she can wear a No. 4 shoe on a No. 6 foot, provoking further curiosity and disbelief.
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Mabel
Notable Medical and Legal Figures in Memphis History
A fragment lists individuals including an attorney from Jackson Mississippi and Allston Madden West of Memphis Tennessee. West is described as MD 1870 tutor at a university, MD 1876, and professor of chemistry at Memphis Medical College from 1887 to 1898, identifying a physician background in Memphis.
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Jackson, Miss
Allston Madden West
Memphis Medical College
Memphis
Tenn
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Frank Merriam Howell
Somerville
Venn
Milton Calhoun Hutton
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Texas
Georgetown
Joseph James Angus Johnson
Victoria
Thomas Chalmers Johnson
William Schenck Johnson
Frank Archaleus Critz
Chancery Court
West Point
James Tickle Downs
Dallas
Laffayette Graves Durr
Robert Burdwell Fulton
University of Mississippi
Miller School
Z. Butler Graves
Summitt
Luman Sumter Handley
C. S. Ney
Bob” Millie
Hazelhurst
Samuel Wilde Evan Pegues
Interior Department
Washington, D. C
John Whitfield Shields
Greenville
John Thompson Stephens
Grenada
Robert Harvey Thompson
Code
Mem- Cea Aaa
William Calvin Welle
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