Move to Save Dewey Flagship Olympia
Veterans and patriotic groups push to preserve the U S S Olympia as a historic relic. The Navy department says disposal is not decided and preservation will be considered before any final decision. Olympia served as Dewey flagship at Manila Bay after earlier duty under McNair and Gridley.
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Washington
U. S. S. Olympia
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Congress
Manila
Navy Department
F. W. McNair
Japan
China
Sandwich
Hawaiian
Olympia the U S Navy flagship's varied service history
The Olympia served globally from the Spanish American War era through World War I and beyond. It acted as flagship in the North Atlantic and Eastern Mediterranean and transported the Unknown Soldier to Arlington for burial in November 1921.
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Manila Bay
Spain
Panama
Smyrna
Dominican Republic
United States
Olympia
Nova Scotia
New York
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Black Seas
Philadelphia
Arlington Cemetery
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Plymouth
Washington Navy Yard
Army
Navy
Morning exercise cited as character clue in bank leader debate
A finance figure critic quips that the bank head is “a guy who exercises every morning” amid heavy publicity for morning workouts. The remark suggests a need to interpret sarcasm and context in the discussion of his character.
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New York
Time Lock English Idea
Grant Dixon described as a driven bank president whose success comes from brute strength and energy rather than superior thinking. Louis Weitzenkorn’s pay piece is prepared for production. A Long Island house party scene features guests grousing about dull hospitality. A banker moves into a Park Avenue three story penthouse costing 400000 with 40000 yearly maintenance plus rent. Time lock history notes invention in 1831 by an Englishman.
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Louis Weitzenkorn
New York
Long Island
A Good Story by Thomas Arkle Clark
Dean of Men at Illinois reflects on his father’s lack of direct guidance, the enduring value of stories, and how reading shaped his life. He recalls early limits on fiction, his lifelong love of novels, and cites Bruce Barton and biblical parables to emphasize storytelling’s power to transform.
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Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
Father
Dickens
Thackeray
Scott
Cooper
Dumas
Hugo
Bruce Barton
Badger Fans Hope For 1912 In Wisconsin Football
Hungry Badger fans chant this is our year as Coach Thistlethwaite known as Gloomy Glenn vows no prediction of a 1912 Big Ten title but says Wisconsin will be a serious contender.
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Badger
Thistlethwaite
Glenn
Wisconsin
Bis
Poets Revisions Shaped Final Beauty of Classic Verses
The Boston Herald notes revisions shaped Gray's Elegy written in a country churchyard and Poe's To Helen. It contrasts the final beauty with earlier drafts where elements like Rome and Greece evoke grandeur did not appear.
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Gray
Poe
Helen
Reece
Rome
Boston Herald
Birds Flock to Sanctuaries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Canadian bureau of natural resources notes thousands of seabirds at the Gulf of Saint Lawrence sanctuaries. Magdelen islands Perce Rock Bonaventure and northern shore rookeries protect breeding birds under Migratory Birds Convention act. Gaspe coasts sanctuaries set 1919 1925 under Dominion and Quebec control. M. O. Bowen air mail pilot on Cheyenne Pueblo route sounds a motor horn upon landing.
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Ottawa
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canadian
Bureau of Natural Resources
Magdelen Islands
S Rock
Bonaventure
Gaspe Coast
Gulf
Department of the Interior
The
St. Lawrence
M. O. Bowen
Cheyenne-Pueblo
California Fig Syrup Touts Happy Children and Health
A vintage advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a long standing remedy for constipation and vitality. It cites a Nebraska mother’s praise for her daughter Roma Lucile and urges buyers to seek the genuine product labeled California on the carton.
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California
H. J. Stoll
Valley P. O
Newbraska
Roma Lucile
West
Glimpses of Everyday Beauty in a Quiet Moment
Observations celebrate unnoticed scenes from sunlight on a lake to a cobweb in the breeze. The writing finds grace in ordinary details like a white dandelion, a gray road winding over a hill, and the city’s angles.
Epoch making device provokes capitalist challenge
A dialogue quotes an inventor declaring a new machine epoch making and a capitalist demanding proof. The scene references the extraordinary claim and a counter challenge. A separate line notes mustard gas concentrations so weak as one part in 3,000,000 can burn skin and heal only after weeks.
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Christian
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Card Stresses Stomach Comfort
An advertisement urges parents to use Phillips Milk of Magnesia to soothe children’s stomachs and neutralize acid. It promotes the product as pleasant tasting, superior to harsher remedies, and endorsed by physicians. The ad notes Milk of Magnesia as a registered trademark of the Charles E Phillips Chemical Co since 1976.
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Charles E Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Louis Seigel
Rochester
Oswegatchie
Dewey
G. W. Gridley
Western Newspaper Union
Lights of
Human Dynamos
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Feriha Tevfik
Miss Semine
Miss Araksi
Grant Dixon
Park Avenue
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Lad
Perso
Dad
Ersoms
Hope OF Badger
Lucile
Doan
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