Veteran sergeant major Brannan retired after 23 years of frontier service
The Sixteenth Infantry honors Sergeant Major William F. Brannan in a parade at Camp Dix and a formal retirements observance. General Summerall and General Edwards praise noncommissioned officers for building morale as Brannan, with a long record from 1898 to 1919, leaves the army to live with family in the West. He receives a gold purse from fellow soldiers and departs in civilian clothes.
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Charles W. Duke
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Jones
Davidson
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G. T. Phipps
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Lacey
William F
Jack”) Brannan
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Western Plains
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Eighth Infantry
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Argonne
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Jack” Brannan
Sixteenth Regiment
Flag of Our Country Adopted by Congress in 1818
The U S flag, fixed by law on March 4 1818 and raised in Washington on April 15 1818, features 13 stripes and a blue field with a white star for each state. The act, approved by President Monroe, sets stars to rise on July 4 following each new state admission.
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United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
Union
Moni
Superstitions Around Room Numbers at Local Hotel
Hotel guests show little concern for numbers 13 or 23, despite myths linking them to bad luck. Some rooms labeled with these numbers remain in use, while staff note no clear pattern of guest complaints or avoidance.
Superstitions Tie to Bed Direction Angers Hotel Guests
Hotel clerks state bed orientation affects guest comfort and is a source of superstition. Guests find dark rooms spooky and protest bed directions, arguing heads pointing a certain way disrupt sleep and bring ill omens.
Reasonable Supposition at Gabe Hornboggle’s House
A neighbor recalls a haunting scene at Gabe Hornboggle’s home with furniture moving and objects levitating. a gun fires and a dog is shot. The tale sits amid tall tales from Mount Piggy Arkansas and a quip about bone-dry licker.
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Gabe Hornboggle
Gabe
Mount Piggy, Ark
Kansas City Star
Two Girls Do Not Speak to Each Other
Edith notes she has two female enemies who refuse to speak. Mabel responds that she considers herself fortunate.
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Edith
Mabel
MisRead Rules and Racial Slurs Surface in Comic Tale
A dated humor piece recounts a white mistress chiding her black lover’s white clothes and a maid’s blunt reply. Another vignette shows a language barrier mishap as an Englishwoman’s sign language misleads a Russian servant leading to ruined furniture and a sulking cook.
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Sarah
No-title note on invitations and bills in city life
A reflection contrasts a woman's view of wedding invitations as social victories with the reality of a daughter treating them as monthly expenses. The piece criticizes how many men pursue useless knowledge while daily life reshapes expectations and priorities.
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Dallas News
True Unselfishness in Proposals Amid Modern Life
A quirky Idaho Yarn note contrasts a man asking a woman to marry him with today’s fragile comforts. It quips that little victory arises from a grudging, grumbling obedience, highlighting social humor about marriage and selflessness.
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Idaho
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California Pelican
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Pryce Cench
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Mason City
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