Lincoln's Birthday Celebrated Amid Mountain Homecoming
Cumberland Gap Tennessee hosts a three day Lincoln Congress marking Lincoln Memorial University’s twentieth anniversary. Noted leaders and governors attend as mountain students, many working to fund and train as social missionaries raising a million dollar endowment.
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Memorial University
Tenn
Lincoln
United States
Virginia
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Lincoln Memorial University
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Andrew Jackson
Europe
South
Daniel Boone
Embyro Lincolns
Cumberlang Gap
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Washington
Lincoln Memorial University brings mountain youths to leadership
Scenes from Lincoln Memorial University show students learning outdoors, using a microscope, working in the print shop, and sewing classes. They grow their own food and rely on self sufficiency as they prepare to improve the shiftless mountain homes the graduates will one day transform.
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O. O. Howard
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White House
Cumberland Gap
Howard
General Howard
Lincoln Memorial University
Cassius Clay
United States
Russia
America
North Carolina
Lincoln Memorial
University
Kate
Ing
Cumberland Mountains
Abbotsville
German Horse Races Continue Despite War in 1917 Calendar
Berlin reports that racing will go on in Germany with the Racing Association listing seventy four racing days for the season of 1917. Major events include the German Derby Hamburg Derby and Berlin Derby.
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Germany
Berlin
The
Racing Association
Hamburg
Not Posted Character Sparks Dickens Dodger Tribute
A reader notes a great Dickens character the Artful Dodger and hints at an automobile story in a playful comment. The brief expresses enthusiasm for the literature and a light curiosity about a car theme.
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Artful Dodger
Are You Being Slowly Poisoned Anuric Cure Ad
An advertisement claims uric acid causes gout and rheumatism. It promotes Anuric as a double strength remedy from Dr. Pierce, says it clears uric acid, relieves pain, and advises buying a 50 cent package or sending 10 cents for a trial pack.
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Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Poems Worth Remembering for Third and Fourth Grade
A curated set of pale faces and bells. The verse sketches childhood scenes from Barefooted street runs to mother calls and fading gates. It weaves Robin of Sicily and the Lady of Shalott through medieval tents and Camelot dreams in compact, period tone.
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J. Whitcomb Riley
Camelot
Shalott
King Robert of Sicily Continues in Grade Six
The sexton hears knocking and shouting at the church door and, fearing thieves, discovers a disheveled visitor. King Robert declares his identity, prompting the sexton to curse and open the door to a haggard, half naked intruder.
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Robert of
Sicily
Pope Urbane
Valmond
Allemaine
Robert
House of Prayer
The Bad y of Shalott Grade Seven Fragment
Fragmented excerpt from Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott with lines about Camelot river scenes. The text mentions fields, towers, lilies, willows, and the river flow toward Camelot, describing an island and gray walls overlooking a flowered space. This appears as a stylized classroom excerpt rather than a complete article.
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Camelot
Shalott
Riots in Chinese Parliament lead to legal actions
In Peking several Chinese Parliament members sue colleagues over injuries from a violent fracas in the House of Representatives during the constitution conference. Chairs and ink bottles were used as weapons as both sides blame the other and mediation fails. A separate Manila note reports silk worm discovery suggesting a potential silk industry boost from castor oil plant leaves.
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Peking
House of Representatives
Philippines
Nuxated Iron Promises Quick Strength Boost for Women
An advertisement cites Dr Ferdinand King and Dr Schuyler Creques claiming organic Nuxated Iron cures iron deficiency in American women. It asserts iron loss causes pale complexion, weakness and fatigue, endorsing two five grain tablets thrice daily. The piece promises dramatic strength gains in days and offers money-back guarantees.
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Rane
Tron
Ferdinand King
New York
America
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