Why Uncle Sam Bought Virgin Islands
A fragment notes naval officers at St Thomas discussing the Virgin Islands. The council included Admiral Montgomery M Taylor Capt George C Dur Capt Walter Gherardi and Capt Albert Marshall. The passage describes a flight over the Virgins with Lieut Com Paul Bates and Lieut H T.
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St. Thomas
Montgomery M. Taylor
George C. Dur
Walter Gherardi
Schounzet
Albert Marshall
The
Virgins
Paul Bates
H. T
Secret Bases at Culebra and Caribbean defense plans
A defiant air runs through a long analysis of U S strategic aims in the Virgin Islands. It argues that Culebra and nearby Crab are key to protecting the Panama Canal and controlling Caribbean air routes, with naval and air bases seen as essential for future defense and power projection.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Uncle Sam
Virgin Islands
Washington & Treasury
William H. Seward
Lincoln
Denmark
Seward
Istory
Sam
West Indies
Alaska
Russia
United States
Antiles
Cuba
Porto Rico
Haiti
Jamaica
Trinidad
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Santo Domingo
Baitishes
Dutch East Indies
American Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Santa Cruz
St. Thomas
St. Jane
Charlotte Amalie
Crab and Culebra
Spain
Gaele Sam
Virgins
Crab
Culebra
Culetta
Moneuvers
Caribbean
Advanced Base Board
G. &. Spencer
G. SN
United States Navy
New York World
Island of
United States of America
Islands of the Virgins
America
The
North
South America
Earth
Sulley
Navy
Bates
Gherardi
Marshall
Corneil
Canal
Americas
Aeromarine ‘Company
States
Nering Customs Center
Mayr
Gibraltar
Indian school in Michigan teaches Anglo-Saxon manners
An article describes a Michigan Indian school educating children from four tribes in Anglo-Saxon customs. A teacher notes the boys show humor and recounts a cross shaped drill where partners must go first, reflecting attention to dignity and tradition in a setting mixing cultures.
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Michigan
Otte
Drilose
Alfred Crane
Miss Smith
Indiana National Systems
Alfred
Parody Verse Sparks Quick Wits in The Challenge
A fragment from The Kansas City Star quotes Adrian Ross as he improvises verses to any provocation. The piece mentions lines like Where there’s a will there’s a way and Where they frill there’s a fray, hinting at quick, playful verse exchanges.
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Adrian Ross
Challengeli Bing
Norlin
Bray Hodgetts
Jane and Peter wed despite her father's wrath
Jane, a young woman who maneuvers suitors, faces her father’s prejudice as Peter Brown, a determined lawyer, asks for marriage at the Armory ball. She secretly marries him in a rushed ceremony to escape the arranged path, then returns to confront her father and the consequences of her impulsive choice.
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Warry
Jane
Peter Brown
Dandi
Bun
Peter
Jane Darlies
Tate
Veter
Courtship of June and Peter Ends In Fatherly Conspiracy
In a dramatic scene June confesses she ran away to marry Peter. Her father, catching the elopement, praises Peter and reveals a planned scheme to guide the couple’s marriage, claiming prior friendship with Peter’s father and a practiced hand at steering outcomes.
All Peoples of Earth Value Cheese Through History
History shows cheese as an ancient product spreading from Greece to Rome and across Europe. By the Eighth century Germans used cheese, Romans influenced England, monasteries popularized cheese in the Dark Ages, and by the Tenth to Fifteenth centuries Europe built notable cheese markets, some still operating in Switzerland.
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Greece
California
Europe
Germany
England
Szes
Switzerland
Language policy in early Congress proposed by Roger Sherman
The passage recalls a 18th century debate where an ultra-patriotic Continental Congress member urged renouncing English and creating a new national language. Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed retaining English and forcing Britain to adopt another tongue. The idea faded and was never pursued.
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Congress
Brander Matthews
Continental Congress
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Sherman
Irrepreasible Youth at Harvest Service Decor
Miss Phyllis Lytton, a church worker and young actress, helped decorate the church for a harvest festival. The vicar praised the display, noting full representation of fruits flowers and vegetables. A choir boy spoiled the moment by saying loudly we have more bananas.
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Phyllis Lytton
Miss Tones
Father of Drama Aeschying: Soldier and Playwright
Aeschying of Greece, famed as the father of the drama, fought in the Persian invasion including Marathon and Salamis. His experiences spurred early dramatic writing, with over sixty plays. Only about six survive, among which Prometheus, the Persians, and Agamemnon stand as world classics.
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Aeschying
Marathon
Salamis
Withdrawn blow in courtroom ends with judge rebuke
During a two trial session a belligerent lawyer hurled insults at opposing counsel and dodged punishment as he cried I withdraw. The aggressor finally failed to dodge a punch, kissed the carpet and was summoned to appear in court. The judge sternly admonished him and noted another withdrawal.
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Hmeg
Acroual
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A Kankakee Illinois woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from weakness and during the Change of Life. She reports renewed strength, easier housework, and urges others to use the remedy as her doctor recommended. The advertisement claims many women have benefited and that druggists sell the product nationwide.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kankakee
Ilinois
Inlaw
Lydia EH
Pinkham
Harry Couto
N. Harrison Ave
Kankebee
Minois
Flying safer than automobiles claims disputed by AP
An Associated Press report from California argues that air travel appears safer than cars based on over ten thousand flights from Clover Field in twelve months, yet notes three accidents and cautions against blaming aviators for public overestimation of flying risks.
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Clover Field
Associated Press
Santa Modes
California
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