Custer the Last Cavalier in American memory
A retrospective on General George Armstrong Custer marking the 1876 battle of the Little Big Horn. The piece portrays Custer as the last of American cavaliers, tracing his West Point influence, Civil War rise, and final doomed charge against Sioux forces, noting his fame rests on a heroic death rather than battlefield tactics.
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United States
Little Big Horn River
Mont
Custer
George Armstrong Custer
Frazier Hunt
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Hunt
Charles the Second
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cullodenmoor
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Emmanuel Custer
Ohio
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Mexico
Flar
America
Rumsey Invincibles
Little Autie
Armstrong
General Scott
General Taylor
Monroe
Mich
United States Military Academy
West Point
Confederacy
Jeb Stuart
John Morgan
Union
Academy
Washington
Second Cavalry
Ately
Bull Run
Fifth Cavalry
McClellan
General Pleasonton
Michigan Cavalry
Custer Brat
Gettysburg
Sheridan
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Smashed Precedent at Oxford Exam Rebel Tie
An American student recalls being told to wear a dark suit white jumper and black tie for Oxford exams with strict prohibitions on any change. She wore a green necktie defying the rule and faced the examiner whose initial scowl softened into a smile as he acknowledged her rebellion.
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Oxford University
N. B
Facial Judgments on Character Through Lips and Eyes
A quotation frames how to judge character by facial features. It contrasts measuring a man by eyes with evaluating a woman by lips, noting the mouth and chin reveal emotion.
Distance units parsec and light year defined
A parsec is defined as about 3.25 light years, equating to roughly 20 trillion miles. It explains the astronomical distance measurement and links the two units for context.
Conscience and Other Things in a Hospital Tale
Sally learns of Bob Warren’s engagement while Red Hartshorn plays mentor and mischief maker to Neil Rogers. A web of gossip, jealousy, and neglect unfolds as three years apart tests love, pride, and honesty before Sally and Bob reunite in a hospital room.
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Sally
Bob Warren
Bob
Edh
Neil Rogers
Neil
Red Hartshorn
Red
Mr. Rogers
Sally Arnold
Germany
Camp Westlake
Camp Pineywoods
New York
Wall Street
Quick Way to End Liver Troubles Free Sample Offer
An advertisement touts Dodson's Lever tone as a fast gentle regulator of liver and bowels to purge poisons. It claims relief from headaches, biliousness, weak energy and poor appetite and invites readers to request a free sample bottle from Sterling Products in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Dodson
Sterling
Wheeling
W. Va
Children Learn to Make Own Decisions
Dr. Frank Howard Richardson argues children are not finished products and need independence to grow. Excessive focus on obedience to parents can yield only mechanical robots, he says, while fostering cooperation helps secure instant compliance with universal laws and duties.
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Frank Howard Richardson
Hygeia Magazine
Doctor Richardson
Mosquito Bites Reported To Cure Paralysis
J F Marshall of the British Mosquito Control Institute states that a certain mosquito species cured paralysis in some cases. In experiments the insect bit a malaria patient and then a general paralysis patient, producing partial and complete cures.
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J. Ff. Marshall
British Mosquito Control Institute
Hayling Island
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Pays Mothers Aid
A vintage advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a pleasant universal sweetener that neutralizes stomach acid for children and adults. It stresses ease of use, parental comfort, and medical endorsement, noting the product as a genuine prescription item and a trademark of the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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Hanford
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Phillips
Magnesia
Lydia E. Pinkham
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