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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
3
Faith Hunter Dodge recounts Memorial Day memories among battlefield flowers in France. The piece visits Verdun, Belleau Wood, Argonne, and Soissons, noting hundreds of American graves with roses, anemones, and lilies, and details cemetery locations and Red Cross support for relatives.
A poem honors soldiers who died in war with flags, flowers, and a volley over graves, praising the noble custom and the silent pledge to the principles for which they died. The lines elevate sacrifice in New York Sun voices.
A grieving report describes a soldier buried in France with a large wooden cross bearing his name. The narrative notes a French burial ground with peasants’ stone crosses and mentions a table of principal American burials and how to reach them, highlighting Romagne as the largest American cemetery with 23,061 graves from the Argonne drive.
A garbled fragment depicts bugle calls and musket volleys as a plea to spare sleeping soldiers. The disjointed lines evoke a farewell and a hesitation about waking the troops to battle or death.
In a poetic fragment a speaker praises heroes buried at graves while a flag and light loom over land. The text hints at a commemorative atmosphere with reverent references to Our Heroes and flowers laid in tribute.
Fragmentary lines pay tribute to a silent group who safeguarded a banner of stars and now lie in rest without further call to earth. The text recalls peace, memory, and sacrifice without detailing dates or identities.
The Chicago Herald and Examiner echoes Lincoln at Gettysburg, urging Memorial Day be a rededication of living Americans to democratic ideals. It warns against mere flowers and eulogies and calls for taking up the fallen torch and advancing the cause with renewed devotion.
The article extols breakfast as the day’s start and harmony. It offers practical serving tips for varied appetites from light to hearty, with hot drinks, warm breads, eggs, bacon, and cereals, emphasizing regular small meals for those with low appetite and older readers.
The fragment cites Bulwer’s view that a sage must preserve the stomach’s coats and the enamel of teeth at every sacrifice. It notes that some evils admit consolation but dyspepsia and toothache offer no comfort.
Home cooks explore Crumb Griddle Cakes With Dates, Brownie Flapjacks, Enchilades, and Spanish Pancakes with rice and chicken liver, plus notes on sassafras buds used as gumbo filet. The text highlights cooking steps, ingredients, and regional Creole flavor influences.
Mrs. Chapman Catt called women in business more honest than men for example they cannot be bribed. A senator challenged with no and she replied men have a price while the senator quipped that many women especially these days have their figure as a price thus concluding a sharp exchange.
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In a fog bound morning Farmer Giles and his laborer trek eight miles toward market. The worker, hearing a voice ahead, realizes the driver is his master obscured by mist. The bullock and driver vanish into the fog as they reach market.
A brief exchange quotes pessimists doubting forecasts while an optimist retorts that they never borrow. The line reflects a humorous streetwise take on financial strain and attitude.
Georgie asks what a feebly is in class and misreads a sentence as feebly-growing down on his chin. The teacher corrects him while the text shows a humorous misreading of a noun adverb mix.
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as the safe choice for headaches neuralgia rheumatism and toothache. It urges taking only genuine Bayer tablets, notes the Bayer Cross on tablets, and mentions small tin boxes of twelve at low cost with larger packages from druggists.
A Louisville Courier-Journal reader explains why she scans every proposal item, noting she reads even life, steel, or naval stores notices under that section. The quote highlights curiosity about government or business notices in the newspaper.
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