March of American troops to France 1917 on Flag Day
June 14 1917 marks the departure of the first American Expeditionary Forces division from Hoboken to cross the Atlantic. Pershing Harbord Hines Williams and other generals prepared the vanguard as French readers watched wary yet hopeful.
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Hoboken
N. J
Atlantic
American Expeditionary Forces
John J. Pershing
James G. Harbord
John L. Hines
Army
Clarence C. Williams
Merritte W. Ireland
Hugh H. Young
William F
Uncle Sam
St. Nazaire
Wilbur Forrest
The
New York Herald Tribune
France
America
Paris
United States
Sixteenth Infantry
Mr. Forrest
England
Cantigny
Marshal Foch
Chateau Thierry - Rheims - Soissons
Villa Cotterets
Rheims
Germany
Union
Frocks Brighten With Stitch Flowers For Spring Styles
Fashion urges flowers on dresses this Spring and Summer. Embroider large and small nosegays with running or single stitch. Choose colors in wool silk floss or chenille. Pattern 5801 includes transfer motifs 734 by 8% inches and 514 by 6 inches plus six motifs 3% by 3% inches with color suggestions. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, 259 W Fourteenth Street, New York.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
W. Fourteenth Street
New York
N.Y
Wisdom of Ancestors vs Human Nature in Governance
The passage argues that ancient rules aim for posterity but fail due to human nature. It insists on studying people before making laws and notes that fine jokes or wit influence social bonds. It also implies that a trusted friend, termed “worth his weight in gold,” surpasses loose praise.
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Baltic
Tellig
Artemus Ward's Rise from Printer to America's Jester
The Nation's Jester born Charles Farrar Browne in 1834 Maine and later Artemus Ward became a famed humorist. He started as a printer in Maine and Cleveland, wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, edited Vanity Fair briefly, then published Artemus Ward His Book which sold wildly. Ward's humor amused President Lincoln, who used Ward’s excerpts in a cabinet meeting that preceded the Emancipation Proclamation. Ward died in 1867 leaving a lasting imprint as America’s beloved jester and a noted English humorist.
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Twenty - Eighth Infantry
St. Nazaire
Charles Farrar Browne
Artemus Ward
Maine
Browne
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York
Vanity Fair
Ward
Lincoln
White House
Stanton
America
England
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Elmo Scott Watson
Pershing
Aisne
Les Americains
Statehouse
Boston
Massachusetts
Athaliah
Devell
Lathan
Anne Hutchinson
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Joan of Arc
Rouen
Women’s Clubs of America
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Gen. Pershing
Charles P. Summerall
United States Army
Washington, D. C
Robert Lee Bullard
Adilerika
Mabel Schott
Adlerika
H. L. Shoub
Aiken
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