The Unknown Soldier and Memorial Day History
By Elmo Scott Watson the feature recalls the Unknown Soldier buried in Arlington National Cemetery and how Memorial Day honors all American soldiers. It traces the origins of the tomb from 1866, the 1868 memorial day observances, and notes the small number of World War I unknowns due to dog tags. It contrasts Civil War identification failures and highlights the symbolic national tribute.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Onh
Maine
California
Minnesota
Louisiana
Belleau Woods
St. Mihiel
Somme
Smith
O’brien
Cohen
Schwartz
Smedskl
Ort
Paul Two Lances
Hils
Ody
Atlantic
Ariington
United
President Coolidge
America
Arlington
Rappahannock
Pestice
John A. Logan
Mother Harth
United States
War Department
A. BK. F
Humber
Aoith
Wa Department
Indiga
South
Teory
Heford
Cilicia a Maritime Province of Syria and Cilicia
Cilicia was a historic maritime province on the southern Asia Minor coast between the Mediterranean and Syria. Its major city Tarsus, birthplace of St. Paul, sat along the Rome era trade route benefiting Pamphylia Lycaonia and Cappadocia. About ninety years earlier Cicero governed Cilicia and nearby Cyprus.
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Cilicia
Asia Minor
Mediterranean ‘Sea
Syria
Pamphylia
Lycaonia
Cappadocia
Tarsus
St. Paul
Cicero
Cyprus
Resourceful Preacher Advises Discontinuing Church Services
An outbreak of scarlet fever in Durham Connecticut led a resourceful preacher to advise discontinuing church services. The measure aims to curb transmission while public health officials assess options and communities respond with caution.
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Durham
Conn
Church
Pervices
Reverend Gonso Delivers Sermon Broadcast to Parishioners
Reverend Raymond Gonso of the Congregational church preached his Sunday sermon to his flock despite not all parishioners owning radios. The prepared sermon was broadcast through the malls to members of his parish.
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Raymond,Gonso
Congregational Church
Important Member She Do You Mix With Ba Cetty
A divorce lawyer converses about social mixing and personal life in a dialogue marked by informal exchanges and pointed questions. The exchange hints at reputational concerns and professional boundaries in social settings.
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Bacety
Road costs reach nearly one billion annually, study says
Thomas H. MacDonald of the bureau of public roads reports that the annual outlay for building and maintaining country roads totals about 1 billion dollars. Revenue comes from gasoline taxes in many states, automobile registrations, auto taxes, and related sources, with government aid notably smaller.
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Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
MacDonald. Saye
Amal Opa
New Jersey
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
MacDonald
World highway growth and car taxes highlighted in report
A survey notes Japan has the highest car tax, setting a 312.13 dollar annual levy for cars over 20 horsepower. It reports on dustless travel on Michigan trunk lines, Paris underground auto passages planned to ease traffic, and a 7.5 million dollar forest road fund for 1928. It cites 550 million dollars voted for highway projects in the past 12 years and cites two factors behind narrow roads: ignored future traffic and false economy, noting rising US accidents amid safety efforts.
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Japan
Roads Renumbered Under Permanent Indiana System
Indiana renumbers all state highways under a permanent schedule adopted by the Federal Bureau of Roads. North and south routes receive even numbers while east and west roads receive odd numbers to conform with federal route guidance.
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Phils
Theederal Bureau of Roads
Youth Speak Easier Rules Bring Fewer Lies
A dialogue notes changes in youth conduct with fewer calls for excuses and less need to hide actions that used to require lying to avoid trouble. The tone reflects a liberal shift in social norms.
Opera Is Popular, Film Like The Cinema Says Audience
Fragmentary remarks praise the opera and cinema with fragments about listening to music and attending performances. The text resembles casual chatter on culture, noting enjoyment of opera and film as entertainment.
Kansas Board Predicts 143 Million Bushels of Winter Wheat
State Board of Agriculture projects a winter wheat yield of 143,200,000 bushels from 10,407,000 acres with 86 percent of normal condition. Abandonment 13 percent of planted area, wind damage minor in central belts, moisture abundant since March, Hessian fly may trim yields in some central counties, and southeastern floods hurt soft wheat. Local variances include hail in August damage and vigor issues in Marion McPherson Harvey and Sedgwick counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Central Wheat Belt
Dickinson
McPherson
Rice
Barton
Marion
Harvey
Sedgwick
Reeder elected worthy grand patron of Kansas Order of the Eastern Star
C W Reeder of Hays becomes the worthy grand patron at the Kansas Order of the Eastern Star annual convention. Miss Mabel Scott Eldorado is elected Worthy grand matron. other officers include Mrs Mattie Davis Liberty and Roy Clauson Coffeyville. Pittsburg selected as next convention city.
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Pittsburg
Thompson sues Cherryvale board over paddling injury
Ben Thompson of Cherryvale sues the Cherryvale board of education for 25000 dollars claiming his son Carl Thompson a 13 year old Cherryvale student was paddled by peers acting as a citizenship committee and suffered serious injuries.
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Independence
Ben Thompson
Cherryvale
Board of Education of
Thompson
Carl Thompson
Resignations at St John’s College End Twenty Year Leader
Winfield professor Charles Scaer will resign at year end after thirty-three years on the St John’s College faculty. President A. W. Meyer also announced his resignation after more than twenty years. In Wellington a man named Wag ner Jr. died after an injury from a plank strike. James N. Wagner Jr. was treated at Hatcher hospital, Lyons. In Sterling farmer William Brown remains hospitalized paralyzed from a fall. Medicine Lodge reports a tornado earlier with three deaths and a later fire causing $40,000 loss.
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Winfield
Charles Scaer
St. John's College
A. W. Meyer
Wellington
James N. Wagner
Perth
Hatcher
Lyons
William Brown
Sterling
Medicine Lodge
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs elect officers
The Emporia convention of the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs closed with officer elections. Miss Ernestine Leaaure of Arkansas City was re elected president.
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Emporia
Kansas
Federation of Business and ‘Professional Women's “Clubs
Ernestine
Leaaure
Arkansas
Women Gain Ground Yet Face Health Tradeoffs
A 50s era text notes women enter most occupations, from factory work to professions, yet warns economic independence may harm health. It cites Mrs Elizabeth Chamberlain of 600 Monmouth St Trenton New Jersey who praises Lydia B Pinkham Vegetable Compound and offers to answer letters from other factory workers seeking it.
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Elizabeth Chamberlain
Unionall
Lydia B. Pinkham
Chamberlain
Monmouth St
Trenton
N. J
The Only Exception Riddle Exchange on Marriage
A man congratulates a friend on marriage and praises his wife as accomplished in literature music art and science. The friend humorously adds that she is at home everywhere except at home.
India Population and Rail Infrastructure Highlight Vast Systems
The report notes India has a population of 247 million with only 7 million able to vote. It cites 40 000 miles of railway, 27 000 miles state owned and employing 400 000 workers. It also reports irrigation on a grand scale with 20 500 000 acres served by 60 000 miles of canals.
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India
One Reason Teacher Tommy and the Hair Suspended Sword
The tale centers on Tommy's fear while a sword hangs by a single hair over his head. He worries the hair may fall into his soup during dinner, creating a tense, child sized dilemma and a witty moral about courage.
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Tommy
Democles
London
Gangs Study Finds Girl Participation Higher in Youth
A Chicago survey shows for every ten boys in gangs one girl joins a gang as well. Among adults, including bridge clubs, the proportion would reverse.
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Chicago
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Ad Encourages Use
Snowy linens are pictured as a homemaker’s pride and the ad urges keeping them bright by using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry at all grocers.
Men Keep Legs Serviceable for Escape
In danger, men rely on trained legs to run and reach safety. The text stresses keeping leg readiness for swift flight and pursuit avoidance.
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