Smithsonian annual report highlights advances across science fields
The Smithsonian's annual report reviews progress in astronomy physics chemistry geology zoology entomology and anthropology. It includes articles on military supply resources, plant dormancy and chilling, wild bird protection, insect studies, and prehistoric cliff houses, with 28 articles and numerous plates and figures.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Arthur D Little
Lise Ves
United States
Walter E. Collinge
United States National Museum
L. G. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
J. Walker Fewkes
H. Holmes
Ales Hrdlick
Winter Exercise for Middle Age Needs Steadiness
The London Times medical correspondent urges middle aged readers to adopt winter exercise to counter sedentary living. He cites time as the chief barrier and suggests squash, swimming, or home routines, noting weekly consistency yields health and a weekend lift rather than exhaustion.
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London
London Times
Fragmentary cries of a cryptic British notice
A garbled OCR fragment references an unclerical reprospect and remarks by Rev. Stud and Woodbine Iy. The text names England and a British parade or report, but key nouns, verbs, and context are unreadable. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the fragment.
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England
Woodbine
Stop a Clock Willie Sermon Provokes 1200 at St Mary's
A preacher sparked a crowd of 1,200 in St Marys church with a lecture on gifts of God and gender, claiming men soak up knowledge and instinct drives women, while a separate Atlanta case fined Martin Baldwin for sleeping in church and failing to wake at end of service.
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Willie
St. Mary’s Church
Atlanta
Martin Baldwin
Booster for His Hometown Bert Hutchings Led Legion in Kansas City
Aldbert E. Hutchings served as general chairman of the third annual American Legion national convention in Kansas City, which hosted the largest ex service gathering since the war. A longtime civic mover, Hutchings helped launch the Kansas City Advertising Club and led multiple local service efforts. He organized Liberty Loan campaigns in the Tenth Federal Reserve district during World War I and commanded a Seventh Missouri National Guard company before serving in the motor transport corps at Camp Meigs and Camp Berritt.
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Kansas City
Bert Hutchings
Aldbert E. Houtchings
The
American Legion
Hutchings
Motor Transport Corps
Regular Army
Camp Meigs
Camp Berritt
Headquarters Motor Command No
After The Fake Promoters Targeting Ex Service Men
A critical report warns of fake promoters exploiting unemployed ex service men through money-raising campaigns. These groups mimic legitimate charities, hide true disbursements, and avoid accountability. The American Legion cautions the public to demand its endorsement before contributing.
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American Legion
Legion
American Legion Weekly
Woman Named State Adjutant Honoring WWI Service
Miss Honorah Sue Gittings of San Francisco becomes the first woman named state adjutant of the American Legion pending a permanent appointment. She was among the first women to serve in World War I, joining the navy as a yeomanette in 1917. Bryan Advocates Bonus for Ex Service Men. William Jennings Bryan supports a bonus with flexible options cash land insurance or other rewards funded by those who profited from the war.
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Honorah Sue Gittings
San Francisco
Legion
Cal
American Legion
Caffernia Department
Miss Gittings
Navy
Bryan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Leaves Senate for Legion Commander Clarence W Seymour
Clarence W Seymour resigns from the Connecticut state senate to accept the post of state commander of the Connecticut American Legion elected last September. A Yale graduate in arts and law, he served in the Connecticut cavalry on the Mexican border in 1916 and in France with the One Hundred Eighteenth Field Artillery Thirty first Division. He was a member of the military committee of the 1921 general assembly.
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Clarence W. Seymour
Haerrfard
Conn
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of the
American Legion
Legion
Seymour
Yale
Connecticut Cavalry
Merican
Plattsburg
France
One Hundred and Eighteenth Field Artillery
General Assembly
Police Woman Mrs. Rose F Taylor Pioneer of New York Force
Mrs Rose F Taylor is the sole woman member of the Lafayette Post in New York City. Stationed at the 47th Street station for ten years she joined wartime service in July 1917, serving in France with hospital units and at front. She later led a bureau locating lost girls and conducted regular inspections of dance halls and similar venues.
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Rose F. Taylor
United States
Lafayette Post
American Legion
New York City
New York
Savenay Worls
Motile Hospital No. 10
Taylor
New York Post Gtadiate Hospital
Woman becomes state vice commander of American Legion
Mrs Amy Robbing Ware of Robbinsdale Minnesota becomes the first woman in Minnesota to hold the office. She arrived at the convention in Winona by airplane and was nominated by Dr E Withrow of International Falls who served with her in the Argonne. Mrs Ware is the third generation as a war nurse and authored Echoes of France.
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Amy Robbing Ware
Robbinsdale
Minn
Army Nursing Corps
Minnesota
American Legion
Ware
Legion
Winona
E. Withrow
International Falls
Argonne Forest
Mrs. Ware
France
Rankin Drew unit stars for publicist Legion post in New York
The Rankin Drew unit in New York City credits its 90 publicity men with high visibility among America’s 11 000 Legion posts worldwide. The post is named for the first American actor to die in France and hosts an annual New York Hippodrome show. proceeds go to charity. William F. Deegan could not attend Providence events but sent a representative by air. Richard T. Bell flew 150 miles in 100 minutes aboard a Fokker piloted by Bert Costa.
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American Legion
United States
Rankin
New York City
Post
France
New York Hippodrome
William F. Deegan
New York Department of the
Providence
Bal
Richard T. Bell
New York Department
New York
Fokker
Bert Costa
Wise Men Visit Jesus in Bethlehem Christmas Lesson
A December 25 lesson text recounts the Wise Men or Magi from the East seeking the newborn King, guided by a star, worshiping the infant Jesus, and presenting gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh. The narrative notes their faith, Herod’s plot, and God's providence guiding them to Bethlehem.
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Jesus
Baleam
Chaldes
Jerusalem
Christ
Jesus Christ
Tesus
Hell
Bethlehem
God Son
Mary
God
Herod
Joseph
Egypt
Meditation on creation and joy in virtue
The quote reflects delight in God and creation through senses, virtue, and wisdom. It contrasts earthly pleasures with higher joy found in God, and notes the shift from sense to reason as part of divine work. The passage also cites theological reflections on creation and illumination of the spirit.
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Jeremy Taylor
God
Bacon
At the Top of the Stairs in Barracks Prank
A military anecdote recounts a corporal escorting the officer of the day when he unexpectedly finds the colonel and about a dozen officers at attention on the upper floor. A gas mark drift triggers laughter as the humor unfolds.
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California Fig Syrup Ad And Clerkly Gossip
A nostalgia filled clipping includes an old advertisement for California Fig Syrup promising to cleanse bowels in sick children. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful and notes genuine label details. The second piece humorously critiques a new reporter’s focus on births and deaths with a pun about cemetery epitaphs.
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California
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