Marksmanship and Spirit Shown Explain Yankees War Success
Chapter continues with Lt Blalock’s sharpshooting saving the day by shooting a carrier pigeon revealing a deeper German advance and a commanding regiment. The narrative recalls examples of courage, injuries, and tight leadership as officers and NCOs push through shelling, gas attacks, and grim combat to hold positions and inspire men.
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Shuang
Chateau Tuerry
Blalock
Marne
France
Kolinsky
O'Rourke
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Promises Cure
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for nasal catarrh and repeated colds. It claims to cleanse the blood and mucous surfaces, be taken internally, and offers testimonials and a $100 reward for any uncured case. Toledo, Ohio company W. Cheney & Co. promotes the product.
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Hall
W. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
National Roads To Aid The Federal Plan
Farmers nationwide show strong interest in a proposed national highway bill now before the Senate. Senator Townsend says federal aid will be strengthened, not weakened, and the plan aims to connect states with a national highway system under federal control, while preserving existing laws and state cooperation.
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Washington
Congress
United States Senate
Townsend
Michigan
Senate Committee On
Ner
Senate
France Buys War Stock From AEF Worth $400 Million
Washington August 29 The War Department reports France will purchase 400 million dollars of all AEF property in France except items reserved for U.S. troops. Payment to be in ten year gold bonds at 5 percent from August 1 1920. Bonds redeemable in gold or francs. The deal covers fixed installations and materiel with an original cost over a billion and current value around 749 million after 25 percent merchandising deduction. France would pay 404 million.
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Washington
France
United States
War Department
Special Liquidation Commission
Commission
Carnegie’s vast fortune largely given away in life
Andrew Carnegie died leaving an estate between 25 and 30 million dollars after giving away more than 350 million over his lifetime. The will, filed for probate in New York, earmarks 960 thousand for public and charitable uses and about 300 thousand in annuities to friends and relatives including 10 thousand to Taft and Lloyd George and 5 thousand to Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Preston. Household staff receive 600 to 2,000, and servants at Skibo gain 1,000 each. many others, including Walter Damrosch, John Morley, and Beatty, receive annuities. The will favors Carnegie’s wife and daughter Margaret, and imposes a condition that beneficiaries not seek to thwart the will.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Lloyd George
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas J. Preston
Carnegie
Margaret
Roswell Miller
Tuo
Robert A. Franks
Llewellyn Park
Orange
N. J
George Irvine
Walter Damrosch
Henry S. Prichett
Thomas Burt
John Wilson
John Morley
London
John Burns
Douglas Stewart
Mr. Beatty
Carnegie Museum
Wooodward
Carnegie Foundation
Skibo
Carnegie Estate
Scotland
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Twenty-sixth Infantry
Public Ledger Company
G. P. Putnams
Steidel
D. S.C
Samne
Baxter
Upton
Saxter
Kunz
Germany
Dogan
Debbs
Bad
Dto
Dobbs
Otober
Ownek
Tiedoon
Leutenant
Cathers
Jackson
Bath
Gustafson
Freml
San Francisco
Suissons
Ridgely
Bill Smith
Bill Jones
Bill
Fontaine Woods
Cantigny
General Headquarters
American Expeditionary Forces
Aumont
Gem City Cleaners & Hatters
Hampshire St
Plymouth
Stetson, Borsalino Knox and
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Quincy’s Live Store
J. W. Daniels
J. E. Spears
Aay Ifm
Maine ST
Hirsh-Wickwire Clothes
C. H. Weiss
G. H. Liesen
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