Demand congressional probe into Leech imprisonment in Memphis
Editorial condemns the 1919 contempt conviction of T. L. Leech, editor of the Memphis Press, as judicial tyranny. It urges Senators Jones and Poindexter and Representative Miller to back a sweeping investigation of court power encroaching on free speech and a free press.
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Memphis Press
Leech
Memphis
Shelby County
Tenn
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Citizens’ Movement
Seattle
Tennessee
Congress
Jones
Poindexter
Miller
Keep Up Your Insurance After Service, Red Cross Advises
Capt. Sydney T. James announces a treasury decision allowing reinstatement of lapsed veterans’ life insurance within 18 months of discharge. Pay premiums from the month of discharge and the month of reinstatement if in at least as good health as at discharge. Also notes Rev. A. W. W. Little’s aerial runabout to Liverpool church.
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the Red Cross
Sydney T. James
Insurance Bureau of the Red Cross
Treasury Department
Treasury
Jack London Last Novel Hearts of Three Announced
The Seattle Star announces Jack London last novel Hearts of Three will be serialized in Pacific Northwest papers starting Monday August 11. London, born poor in San Francisco, led a life of adventure and penned tales read worldwide. The manuscript was offered by his wife and aims to reach masses before magazine or book publication.
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Jack London
California
Valley of the Moon
San Francisco
America
Seattle Star
Pacific Northwest
The Pageant Idea at Seattle’s Open Air Event
The war camp community service staged a large outdoor pageant at Dennyfield Sunday night drawing over 25 000 attendees. The piece praises pageants as wholesome entertainment and notes Seattle’s enthusiasm while questioning the struggle to sustain 50 cent dollars in funding.
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Seattle
Dennyfield
Monkeys Talk and Circus Echoes in Far East Hoax
A spoof item by O B Joyful claims naturalists found talking monkeys 5,000 miles east of Congress. The piece parodies fashion, beer, circuses, and Paris fashion with whimsical questions about rent, style, and razor use, ending with a quip about Germany.
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Congress
Naturalists
Hymn to the Father of Summer and Love
A lyrical homage praising Summer as the source of sun warmth life love and joy. The speaker Phyllis and the beloved describe nature from fields and animals to wheat and poppies while celebrating their secret romance and spiritual praise of summer's creator.
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Phyllis
Ahildren
Timothy
August milestones in royal and military history
The passage reviews key events tied to dates in August: Henry I of England’s 1100 accession and charter restoring Edward the Confessor laws. William II Rufus’s death and reforming reaction. Charles VI of France’s insanity beginning at age 12. the 1816 Niemes Massacre escalation. Farragut’s 1864 Mobile Bay victory aboard the Hartford. Sheridan’s 1888 death and Civil War campaigns highlighting his Winchester to Cedar Creek ride.
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Henry I
England
Edward the Confessor
William the Conqueror
Henry
William Rufus
New Forest
William
Charles VI
France
Niemes
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Hartford
Morgan
Gaines
Philip Sheridan
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Cedar Creek
The Old Gardener on Pansy Planting Prices
The gardener notes high prices for pansy plants this season and says a dollar worth of seeds yields many plants. Start now by sowing in a cold frame or seed bed, keep soil moist, protect with straw, then transplant as plants grow. Light winter cover helps early spring bloom.
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