Memorial Day Vision: Unity of Blue Gray and Khaki
The piece recalls Civil War heroes from Gettysburg and Antietam, notes the blending of Blue and Gray into Khaki in 1898, and honors veterans while urging reverence for memory. It cites Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, and Harding, urging national unity and civic resolve beyond war’s scars.
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John Dickinson
Sherman
Grant
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Sheridan
Stuart
United States of America
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Gettysburg
Antietam
Bradford
Civil Star
Union Veteran Legion
McKean County Historical Society
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Vermont
Illinois
Connecticut
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Seven Seas
United States
Miles
Wheeler
Spain
Hudson River
Philippines
Hudson
Washington
Arlington
Harding
Augusta
Georgia
Atlanta
American Republic
Erate
Republic
South
Abraham Lincoln
Yale Bull Dog Statue Plans Appear Doomed
The Yale Daily News reports 28 of 25 class secretaries opposed to a proposed bronze bulldog statue on campus. Letters criticise the statue's esthetic effect beside Nathan Hale and other famed Yale figures. Alumni had proposed raising $8,000 for the sculpture.
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Yale
Yale Daily News
Nathan Hale
Cuticura Advertises Baby Rash Relief Kit
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes That Itch and Burn with hot baths of Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings of Cuticura Ointment. A touch of Cuticura Talcum adds fragrance at finish. Prices listed at 25c each. Advertisement.
The Startling Fashions of Yore
A five year old helping his mother with attic cleaning uncovers 1895 fashion magazines and spots the old ladies’ attire. He remarks that the wasp waists and long trains make the women look as if they have no legs. The Kansas City Star notes this humorous observation from a bygone era.
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Kansas City Star
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Health Ad Claim 40 Years
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine for catarrh treatment with a local ointment and an internal tonic. It claims quick relief via topical action and blood flow through the mucous membranes, offering sale through druggists and citing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Noise Wins What Does the Professor of Greek Earn
A humorous exchange notes a Greek professor earning about $3,000 yearly while the football coach makes about $12,000. The speaker quips about the large crowds for Greek recitations, highlighting the irony with a joke about cheering crowds.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
The Real Thing Hair Tonkc Quip
A humorous exchange in a Boston Transcript style script shows a clerk praising a hair tonic while a customer jokes a friend bit a cork from a bottle and woke with a mustache. The brief mocks advertising banter and product claims.
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Boston Transcript
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Argonne Forest
M. Clyde Kelly
Inkernatin
Bayer
Cnaldea
Lloyd
Roma
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Heywood-Wakefield Co
Dept
Menominee
Humphrey
Nebraska St
Sioux City
Iowa
Martin
N. Y
Billy
Mother
Northwestern Yeast Co
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