Poem on Armistice Day Voices a Call to Remember
A William E. Brooks poem from The New Patriotium edited by Thomas Curtis Clark and Eather A Gillespie urges the living to honor the dead. It laments demagogic rage and calls for steadfast action against war.
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William E. Brooks
New Patriotium
Thomas Curtis Clark
Eather A. Gillespie
Meeting at Compiegne Ends World War I Armistice
An official account recalls the Armistice commission meeting at Compiegne that ended World War I. Foch, Weygand and British observers faced German delegates Erzberger Oberndorff Winterfeld and Wanselow as terms were read and signed at 5:15 PM on November 11 1918 marking a historic ceasefire.
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New York Herald Tribune
Armistice Commission
Forest of
Compiegne
Marshal Foch
General Weygand
Braft
Herr Erzberger
Count Oberndorff
General von Winterfeld
Tle
Wilson
Marshhal Foch
Weygand
Germany
von Wanselow
von Helldorf
Spa
von Winterfeld
Marghal Foch
Helgoland
von’ Lettow Verbeck
Agendh Wis
Erzberger
Wemyss
Versailles
Hug
Public School Nurse Reads First Grader Exam Question
A public school nurse conducts a routine health exam for a first grade girl. She asks the child to interpret the word born and asks where she has lived, prompting the child to say she came from heaven and that her mother once lived in the country in Indianapolis.
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Misa E
Miss
Inndianapolis
Indianapolis News
Clean ah Bag of Water
Eating rich foods may cause kidney trouble by acids that overwork and irritate kidneys. Begin drinking water and four ounces Jad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys, relieve bladder irritation, and neutralize acids. Jad Salté lithia drink supports urinary health and is widely used.
Unable to See Into Newton's Giant Mind
A Kansas City Times excerpt recalls Isaac Newton's light refraction study with soap bubbles. A neighbor misread his experiments as childlike play and observed him watching bubbles until they burst. Newton reportedly humbly compared himself to a boy on the shore finding pebbles while truth lay undiscovered.
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Isque Newton
Newton
Kansay City
Comic Snippet and Publicity Jokes From Old Ads
A collage of quips on marriage money and memory from a bygone era. Includes a playful exchange over prospects in marriage, a jab about debt memory, an ad for a laxative cure with 40 cent price, and notes on officeholders forgetting their past roles.
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E. W. Grove
Man Draws Line at College Yell Says Washington Star
Quote suggests a man who believes all he hears is easily swayed, while remaining firm when faced with college rally enthusiasm. The remark reflects skepticism about sensational sports or campus culture.
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Washington Star
Stop the Pain Cole’s Carbon Salve Ad
Advertisement claims Cole's Carbon salve stops burn or cut pain and aids quick healing without scars. Invites druggists or orders by mail from The J We Cole Co Rockford Illinois. plus a quip about a bridge party and a small boy's naturalness.
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Cole
J. We Cole Co
Rockford
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