Verdun the Fifteenth Mascot Reaches Fort Sam Houston
A World War I era note recounts Verdun the mule, official Fifteenth field artillery mascot, born Verdun on April 16 1918 at Verdun. She rode with Battery E to France, endured shelling, marched to the Rhine, and ended up at Fort Sam Houston under First Sergeant Anthony D. Cone after quarantine aboard the Julia Luckenbach.
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Verdun
Earth
Rhine
Germany
Army of Occupation
Julia Luckenbach
Atlantic
France
Battery 2
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Anthony D. Cone
Battery 1
Longworth dies as Ella Young immigration case grows
Veteran Ohio congressman and Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth dies in Washington at 51 after pneumonia while wife Alice Roosevelt Longworth aids the medical team. Also in review: Miss Ella Young seeks a U S visa amid questions on public charge and a Canadian governor general vacancy highlight Ottawa announcements.
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Scholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Aiken
D. C
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Cincinnati
Longworth
Franklin School
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Cincinnati Law School
Cox
Nicholas Longworth
House
Ways and Means
Ella Young
United States
Young
Vassar
Smith and Mills Colleges
Victoria
B. C
Miss Young
State Department
Seattle
California
California University
Ages Earl of
Bessborough
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Ann
Hyde
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Mitchell
New York
Supreme Court
Sloover
White House
Mellon
Henry M. Rovinson
Los Angeles
Coolidge
Sailor’s sea sense saves crewman from certain death
A Houston bound Gulf Pacific freighter Point Reyes rolls through Jamaica bound seas when a lookout vanishes overboard after stepping onto lumber on deck. First mate A E Johnson spots the danger, orders lifeboat deployment, and the missing man is rescued after about 20 minutes in the water. The man credits a sailor’s instinct with saving his life and recounts the desperate choice between death and a chance at living.
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San Francisco
Houston
Texas
Biscay’s Bay
Britain
Point Reyes
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Pedro Shoals
Jamaica
A. E. Johnson
Johnson
Swayne & Holt
Line
Undefined quotes on genius and grit in modern world
A provocative critique argues that genius is overvalued while fault and misattributed credit flourish. It contends success comes from disciplined effort rather than innate talent and urges learning through hard work.
First Aerial Death by Own Action in Japan
Teruo Sudo twenty six jumped from an airplane over Ise after smashing the door and fell to his death in Japan. The incident marks the first aerial death by self harm in the country.
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Colorado
Bryan Untiecht
Bryan
Hoover
White House
Carnegie Hero Fund
Tokyo
Japan
Teruo Sudo
Ise
Daughter on Her High Horse Upset Over Cancelled Date
A family exchange shows a daughter annoyed by a cancelled date and a mother explaining she must stay in tonight while a father prompts the humorous question about why she is upset. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for daily health.
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Father
Mother
Why Some People Get More Amiable Treatment
The tone explains that amiability varies with how receptive others are to friendly conduct. Receptive individuals invite warmer interactions, while guarded or disinterested people prompt a more restrained response.
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West Point
Stars and Stripes
A. EB. F
Washington
Toorate
Sam Browne
Western Newspaper Union
Senator Bingham
Edward W. Pickard
Earl of
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W. L. M. King
House of Commons
Lord Byng
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Mr. King
Arthur M. Hyde
Agriculture
Ray Lyman Wilbur
the Interior
William D. Mitchell
Andrew Mellon
the Treasury
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Hitler
Hindenburg
Albert B. Fall
Blackmer
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Three Rivers
N. M
Edward L. Doheny
Mr. Fall
Bingham
Enator Bingham
Congress
Tilson
Thomas
Hart
Naval Academy
Robison
Navy
South River
Annapolis
Rear Admiral
Thomas C. Hart
Maurice Hirschmann
Lang
New South Wales
Australia
London
Scullin
Union
Mate
Tar
Plough
John Harr
Greensburg
Country Home
Dr. Pierce
Rinso
Frey
America
J.d.kellogg
Northrop & Lyman Co., Inc
Buffalo
W.N. Y
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