West Point Opens Doors to Army Rankers from the Ranks
A 1927 feature notes seven former buck privates from the regular army rising through West Point prep programs to join the academy. Cadets Kurstedt Schwab Holmer Lovell Williams Wesner earned high honors, with 184 others admitted from ranks. The piece celebrates merit, discipline, and democracy at the Military Academy.
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Horatio Alger
Luck
United States
Sam
Fortune
Unting
Military Academy
Uncle Sam
Hudson
Iowa
Wall Street
West Point
Sam Browne
America
Cadee
Hans W. Holmer
Medford
Ore
John T. Holst
New Haven, Conn
Cyril Br
Willams
St. Catherines
Ontario
John R. Lovell
Ottumwa
John A. Schwab
New York City
Charlie Wesner
Green Lake
Wis
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Lovell
Academy
Regular Army
National Guard
Corps of Cadets
Army
West Point Preparatory
Army Barracks
Mghta
United States Military Academy
Cyril E. Williama
Canada
Harold A. Kuratedt
Weehawken
N. J
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Hane W. Holtner
New Haven
Conn
Shaw mocks American marriage amid easy divorces
The article quotes George Bernard Shaw ridiculing the ease of obtaining divorces in the United States at a London dinner. A joke about marrying on a Friday leads to a retort about divorces by Monday. It also touches on Vulcanization science and Thomas Jefferson’s exploration idea inspired by John Ledyard in 1780.
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George Bernard Shaw
ST “T
London
Jefferson
Thomas ‘Jefferson
Pacific Coast
John Ledyard
New England
Rubber molding techniques shift to steam heated presses
The Bureau of Standards notes rubber is not poured molten but molded in steam heated presses. Mold temperatures must be high enough to render rubber plastic and let it take the mold shape. Hard rubber contains at least two percent...
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Bureau of Standards
Bobby Jones Home After Defending British Open
Bobby Jones arrived in New York with his father and Joe Kirkwood after successfully defending his British Open title. A close-up photograph shows Jones prominently.
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Bobby Jones
New York
Joe Kirkwood
Copper Crystal Breakthrough At General Electric Labs
The largest copper crystal weighs twelve pounds and shows 18 percent higher electrical conductivity. Experiments explore latent properties of single crystals. A note by Henry hints at social mischief. a French line adds a curious aside about travel and a carriage.
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General Electrics Company
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