Lafayette We Are Here Myth Debunked By War Memoir
The piece corrects a popular World War I story claiming Pershing said Lafayette, we are here. It confirms Col Stanton spoke the line in Paris and clarifies the counter-attack note actually came from Maj Gen Joseph T. Dickman. It notes Allied views of American troops and Bowden’s British service anecdote.
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Lafayette
General Pershing
France
Washington
Pershing
Picpus
Paris
America
Col
Charles E. Stanton
Wilson
French Chamber of Deputies
Chateau Thierry
Robert L. Bullard
Omar Bundy
Joseph T. Dickman
Chateau-la-Coultre
R. H. C. Kelton
de Montdesir
Neral Dickmanie
London
Carleton G. Bowden
Boise
Idaho
Memphis
Tenn
Bowden
Ottawa
United States
Western Newspaper Union
Wisdom for Today on Fair Play in Sport
The piece urges that winning matters less than following fair play rules and demonstrating good sportsmanship, noting that credit should be given where due regardless of victory or defeat. It emphasizes integrity and respect in competition.
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Mel’herson
Birds Pay Tribute to Ninon Vallin Golden Voice
French operatic star Ninon Vallin recalls a life tied to birds and music. She says a love of singing began in church and led to early gigs in Lyons and Paris, a charity performance, Da Costa booking her for a major South American tour, and a career that has never paused.
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Ninon Vallin
St. Francis
France
Madame Vallin
Lyons
Paris
da Costa
South America
Great Aviator Denies Speed Demon Label
Frank Hawkes, famed as the speed salesman, takes a day off from flying to insist he is not reckless or racing for records. He argues in American Magazine that he sells speed as honest, attainable by anyone, emphasizing conservative, steady acceleration rather than freak speed.
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Frank Hawkes
Typhoid Vaccination Pioneers Ferdinand Vidal and Wright
Ferdinand Vidal, a native of Algiers and Paris professor, collaborated with Chautemesse on preventive typhoid vaccines and discovered bacterial agglutination in 1895 used for diagnosis. Sir Almroth Edward Wright, pathology professor, made typhoid vaccination practicable in 1896 97 and inoculated over 3,000 soldiers in India in 1898.
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Ferdinand Vidal
Algiers
Paris
Chautemesse
Sir Almroth Edward Wright
India
Longworth on Women in Senate and House
The late Speaker Longworth quips that the senate is the natural place for women and jokes that curiosity drives women to seek senatorial honors, noting the senate as the arena where everything on earth will be investigated.
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Longworth
House of Representatives
Senate
New Helicopter Tested By Oehmichen Near Paris
Tests of a new helicopter form invented by French engineer Oehmichen were reportedly successful at Velentigny near Paris. The first test achieved an absolutely vertical flight of 200 feet with stable ascent and a controlled descent.
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Oehmichen
Velentigney
Paris
Oelmichen
Pictorial Aid to Identify Insect Pests Sent to Farms
The United States Department of Agriculture distributes "Monster" insect pest pictures to farming districts to help farmers recognize and combat public enemy species.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Old-Fashioned New Yorkers Don Red Flannel for Rheumatism
A yearns-for-era note from a Woman's Home Companion mentions 100000 New Yorkers wearing red flannel in winter to ward off rheumatism. Supremely So features a bride asking happiness of her groom who replies with a quip about paying off his car.
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New York
Growth Through Housing Builds City Sized Like New York
The article notes that every four years the nation completes enough homes to form a city the size of New York, while a separate observation from Woman's Home Companion states that most people heed rumors because rumors often precede facts.
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New York
Woman's Home Companion
C. James Garofalo
Fifth Avenue
New York City
N. Y
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