Verdun battlefield remembered as horror and valor
Editorial recalls Verdun and Pickett's charge as the war's starkest failures and fiercest defenses. It notes massed German assaults at Dead Man Hill, brutal artillery storms, and French walls fending off waves of attackers, with veterans described in haunting terms and a wary eye on postwar politics and mail seizures.
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Jery Hill
Pickett
Verdun
Gettysburg
Meade
Lee
Ford Victory in Navy League Suit a Cautious Vindication
The federal jury found Ford mistaken about league members’ links to munition plants, ordering a $100,000 fine. The decision undercuts the Navy League’s case and may dampen preparedness zeal in the Midwest. Ford remains popular. many friends back him amid mixed pacifist views.
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Ford
League
A. Navy League
Henry Ford
Alleghenies
Middle West
Navy League
Household economics and fashion at federation convention
A New York dressmaker spoke at the National Federation of Women's Clubs convention stressing affordability. The program featured religious training, child culture, and housing talks, followed by a fashion show with gowns costing up to 600 dollars. Reporters noted western delegates shortened skirts despite her counsel. Also references judicial temperament and a potential presidential vacancy.
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New York
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Paris
Ignorance Costs in Health and Prosperity
A persuasive essay argues ignorance of healthy living costs lives and billions annually. It links health to productivity, urging readers to study personal hygiene, health news, and self-aware routines alongside professional study to sustain long term success and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
There can be little doubt now that the justice will thaw out
A compilation of editorials from Peoria Star Bloomington Pantagraph New York World Burlington Gazette Globe-Democrat Wichita Eagle and Chicago Post reflects on political stances and public mood. It notes continued thawing of justice opinions on Wilson era issues and questions governance in Mexico and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Star
New York
Villa
Peshing
Mexico
Globe-Democrat
Hughes
Parker
Mississippi Company Formed For Mississippi Valley Settlement
June 3 1763 the Mississippi company was formed by forty American and English gentlemen to explore and encourage settlement in the Mississippi valley.
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The
Mississippi Company
Mississippi Valley
Laugh With Us and Witty World War Jokes
A jumble of humorous snippets and brief anecdotes from wartime life and everyday manners. A British sergeant pitfalls a young man about enlistment in a coastal village while a Washington family names its sons George, Kolin dy Booker, and Spokane. A waiter advises coffee substitutes, a parcel banters, and an old Scottish tale recalls Red Cross giving.
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Ohio
Washington
Heaven
George Washington
Securit P
Kolin Dy
Booker Washington
Digger the Badger Wins Peter's Respect
Peter Rabbit discovers Digger the Badger brave against Yellow Jackets and gains sudden respect. Digger, a master digger with thick skin, tolerates stings as he enters a nest and emerges unharmed. The tale notes courage often masks simple resilience and ends with Digger bragging about finds and plans to share tales.
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Peter Rabbit
Digger the Badger
Peter
Brier Patch
Johnny Chuck
Digger
Badger
Mr. Badger
Yellow Jackets
In Our School by Paul West and Franks Moser illustrations
Friday at school was a big day with parents present and students dressed up. The event featured speeches by Steve Hardy’s father, Brigham and Griggsy, a humorous mishmash with the stiff cats, and a rambunctious poetry recitation led by Miss Palmer. Students applauded loudly, then dismissed for recess, removing shoes and stockings as joy overflowed, though some felt too full of happiness to cheer loudly.
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Steve Hardy
Welkum
Mister Hardy
Steve
Old Griggsy
Mister Brigham
Griggsy
Ex Brigham
Fatty Bellowes
Miss Palmer
Mister Bigham
Giggsy
Mark
Verry
Sam
Phil Wigglesworth
Phil
Mister Hennery Hood
Mister Hennery Longfeller
Hennery Hood the
Butcher
Gen Hicks
Gen
Genevieve
Torp Stebbins
Torp
Brigham
Fatty
Oase
Agen
Thare Collers & Vacashon
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Great Britain
France
Carranza
MR. Ford
Shackleton
Mr. Perry
Doc Cook
Senate
Brandeis
Justice Slughes
H. Addington Bruce
H. A. Bruce
By Webster
Ugh
George
H. T. Webster
Bey
Bloomington
Wilson
Brown
Himslf
Burlington Gazette
Texas
Austin
Wichita Eagle
Lloyd- George
Trish
Chicago Post
Quincy
West Point
Illinois
Percy Ames
Spokane Washington
Andrea
Kilmernock
Glesga
Paisley
Scotland
Red Cross Society
Agane
Pat
By Thornton
Mr. Sun
Mrs. Peter
Granny Fox
Paul West
Frank Moser
Excelsior Stove & Mfg. CO
Gus. Scheipering
Twelfth and
State Streets
the Ricker
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