Soldier songs through American wars from Yankee Doodle to Sound Off
The article surveys how soldier songs across American conflicts reflect daily life, humor, and morale. It notes Revolutionary and Civil War staples like Yankee Doodle and Battle Hymn, and profiles the 1917 18 World War I hit Hinky Dinky Parley Woo, with context from Lieutenant Dolph and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation of New York
Edward Arthur Dolph
United States Military Academy
West Point
Philip Egner
Lawrence Schick
Peter B. ‘Kyne
John Brown
Wigor
Dolph
Anthony Wayne
Paulding
Richard Shuckburgh
America
Abercrombie
France
Madelon
Dixie
Maryland
Hinky Dinky
Zodiacal influence in medieval medicine linked to body parts
In medieval beliefs the zodiac governs human life with each sign ruling a body area Aries head and face Taurus throat and neck Gemini arms Cancer chest Leo heart Libra loins Scorpio private parts Sagittarius hips and thighs Capricorn knees Cancer heels Aquarius legs Pisces feet A doctor faces a stubborn long-lived patient case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aries
Ram
Taurua
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Aquarius
First British Flyer Found by Royal Aero Club Panel
A committee of three appointed by the Royal Aero Club confirmed Col. J. T. Moore-Brabazon as the first British subject to fly a heavier‑than‑air machine in the British Isles. The flight occurred between April 30 and May 2, 1909, reaching 50 to 80 feet, covering a quarter to half a mile, then turning and crashing without injury to the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Royal Aero Club
J. T. ©. Moore- Brabazon
M. P
Nyagfee
Marriages and Divorces Decrease in Kansas in 1928
Kansas 1928 shows 19 679 marriages down from 19 800 in 1927 while divorces rose slightly to 4 081 from 4 074. Rates per 1 000 population were 10.7 for marriages and 2.22 for divorces. Wyandotte led in marriages. Sedgwick led in divorces. several counties reported minimal or no divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Department of Commerce
Department
Wyandotte County
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Stanton and Greeley
Shawnee
Gove County
Grant
Haskell
Logan
Stanton
Stevens
Woodson
Sunday Campaign Planned by Dodge City Churches
Protestant churches plan a six week revival with Rev. W A Billy Sunday starting November 3. A tabernacle for 4 000 will be erected on Boot Hill the noted frontier burying ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
W. A. “Billy
Boot Hill
Frontier Burying Ground
Letters From Home and Foolish Expenditure Cartoon
A captioned scene shows two youths watching watermelons with the line about letters from home. A second panel jokes that music lessons are costly and a radio gives equally terrible results.
Private Keep Out Lands as a General Says Tribune
A remark from Terre Haute Tribune jokes that a private with “Keep out” signs owns enough land for a general. The quip plays on signs and status while noting fashion and medical advice snippets from a chaotic reader page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Tribune
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Elmo Scott Watson
Pauvre Madelon
Francis Scott Key
Topeka
Kansas Gas Companies
Public Service Commission
Commission
Twives of the Gas Companion
Newton
Elma Loewen
Nila Bright
Coronado
Syracuse
Vivian Scraper
Lansing
Security Benefit Association
Sal
Horton
Bran
Post’s
POST
P. Co., Inc
Stance Inay
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vigor
Lynn, Mass
Cuticura
Malden
Mass
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