Names Likely to Lead New National Army Unveiled
The article notes major generals and brigadier generals will be drawn from existing regular army officers, with several brigadiers from colonels or lieutenant colonels. It highlights Col John W Heard and Col Joseph T Dickman as strong possibilities, and recalls Heard's Medal of Honor actions in Cuba and Dickman's reforms-friendly record. It also mentions Col Grote Hutcheson, Col L W V Kennon, and Col Walter K Wright as probable brigadiers, tying their past exploits to future commands.
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National Army
Regnlars
Senate
Regular Army
John W. Heard
Fifth Cavalry
Heard
Congress
Bahia Honda
Cuba
Wilson
Joseph T. Dickman
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Dickman
France
Benavides
Gonzales
Chaparral
Texas
San Juan
Chaffee
Peking
Forbidden City
Grote Hutcheson
Blutcheson
Reilly
Hutcheson
Fourteenth
L. W. V. Kennon
Jennon
Crook
Philippines
Benguet Road
Philippine Islands
Kennon
Lawton
Walter K. Wright
Twentythird Infantry
Syracuse
Wright
New York
West Point
Uncle Sam
Life Is a Very Funny Proposition by George M. Cohan
A reflective verse on the human condition notes life as a funny proposition. It ponders meaning birth and death, wealth and health, fate and doubt, ending with the assertion that happiness and hardship alternate as the curtain falls.
Coast Guard Stations to Receive Rescue Airplanes
Coast guard stations will be equipped with airplanes for rescue and observation work. A water sample technique is described with a bicycle pump blowing air in water as a worthwhile practice when water in a minnow pail cannot be changed often.
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Coast Guard
Japanese Kizuki Bay A Quiet Coastal Temple and Rock
The Bay of Kizuki in Japan is a popular seaside retreat with a long sandy beach, hotel and casino, sacred temple, and a notable rock spire. Visitors enjoy open beaches, family scenes, music, and fishing in a river protected harbor as sunset paints the bay.
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Bay of
Kizuki
America
Orient
Four Year Old Plays Father Mother Then Asks About Children
A Philadelphia Star clipping recalls a four year old lunching with his grandmother who, at his suggestion, acts as father while she plays mother. After grace he imitates his dad and asks if the children said anything cute today.
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Philadelphia Star
Vendor Promotes Barrel Skirt In Front Of Husband
A shopman extols the new barrel skirt saying no lady should be without one. The husband quips that she should be within it, revealing a humorous exchange in a sales setting.
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Tryly
Seven Smiths at House Debtor Collection Fails
A collector tracks down seven people named Smith at a single house. Six deny owing and the seventh ejects him. The employer insists the money is owed and orders a return to collect.
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Smith
Secret of the Bee Loved in Court Banter
A quirky exchanges scene features a judge questioning a soldier friend about engagements. A playful reply jokes about being "bee loved" and a pun on beehive as a nickname. The dialogue highlights wit amid a legal setting.
Kidney remedy praised by Spartanburg druggist
A 1916 letter from V Kaminer of Kaminer's Drug Store in Spartanburg South Carolina praises Kilmer and Co kidney medicine. He reports fifteen years of selling it with high confidence and recommends the remedy as one of the best in its class.
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Kaminer
V. Kaminer
Spartanburg
S. C
Fletcher's Castoria Endorsed by Local Doctors
Doctors described as flesh and blood with souls and hearts respond to calls day and night. They testify to the good Fletcher's Castoria has done, is doing, and will do for children, stressing it is not an experiment and urging purchase. The message claims real human doctors in the neighborhood endorse the product.
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Fletcher
No Vacation Trips in Germany Urges Public to Stay Home
The Prussian ministry of communications issues an urgent appeal against travel. Citizens are urged to remain at home except for health or recuperation reasons. No holiday trains or excursion rates this summer, though extra trains may run in emergencies. Food is plentiful, but the only certain way to obtain it is to stay at home.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
Germany
Prussian Ministry of Communications
Cuticura Promoted for Daily Skin Care and Relief
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing the face and Cuticura Ointment for healing, advising daily baths, gentle drying, and twice daily application. A free sample offer with a book is available by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston, with the product sold widely.
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Dept L
Boston
Wartime Economy and Temperance Sketches
A brief humor feature contrasts a temperance reformer questioning a girl about beer with the girl’s wry reply that her father drinks only to soak bread. The piece uses comic dialogue to poke at wartime rationing and social habits amid shortages.
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Stern Newsp
Liberty Boys
Edward B. Clark
George M. Cohan
Kizuki Bay
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Castoria
Otitie
C. J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
Chicago
M. V. Macinnes
Seffferson Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Eed Reme
B. R. Schiffmann Co
St. Paul, Minn
Chase Srothers CO
Rochester Nurseries
Rochester
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame
Indiana
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
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