Unknown Soldier to be buried with Armistice Day rites
Plans for Armistice Day burial of an unidentified American soldier mirror England and France. Arlington National Cemetery would host the ceremony with Marshal Foch likely as guest. The tomb would symbolize national gratitude, unity, and strength, joining Civil and Spanish-American War dead.
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England
France
America
Marstl Foch
Westminster Abbey
Arc du Triomphe
United States
Great National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
Spain
Minister’s Sermon On Extravagance Sparks Wife’s Hat
A minister delivered a sharp sermon on women's extravagance this morning while his wife wore a S75 hat, appearing to trigger the rebuke. No further context or background provided.
Train Conductor Delays After Passenger Complaint
A clipping shows a crying child seeking her mother as a conductor explains train delays. The piece mixes a stray remark about keeping skirts for safety and a quip about being behind schedule. An advertisement for stockings from International Stocking Mills in Norristown Pa appears amid unrelated lines.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises $100 Cure Guarantee
A Victorian era advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a universal cure covering all disease stages. It claims constitutional treatment, blood action, and mucous surface cleansing, with a $100 pledge for any failure to cure. Ends with distributor in Toledo Ohio and mentions Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil as cheap emergency aid.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Tox Ledo
Ohio
Thomas
Mystery Heir Claims 1822 Bank Stock Bequest
A genealogist tracing Thomas Willin’s 1822 will uncovers a certificate for seven Bank shares left to Spencer F Queene or Alfred Watkins Seymour in a New York estate. The case, tied to a Seattle restaurant origin and family ties through Troy, New York, reaches court amid merger shifts and a statute of limitations defense by the bank.
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Spencer
Alfred Watkins Seymour
Seattle
Thomas Willin
New York
Troy
N. Y
Bank
Metals National Bank
Supreme Court
J. Wagner
Back GIVES OUT You tax the kidneys kidney pills ad
Shepherdstown residents recount relief from kidney trouble with Doan’s Kidney Pills. Mrs Snyder of Shepherdstown says a 1916 attack caused back ache and irregular kidney action, improved after using Doan’s. by 1921 she reports no recurrence and continues to recommend the remedy. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Shepherdstown
John Snyder
Shepherdstyun
Stil Pharmacy
Snyder
Dean
Doan
Boy compares days to a passing train of cars
A reflective line depicts a boy named Frank comparing the days to a train of cars with Sunday as the engine, while he plays a game of rhyme and locomotion on a primitive plan. The scene conveys a childlike sense of time and routine.
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Frank
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