Flag to France carried by Arthur Kimber in WWI unit
The first United States flag designated to depart for Euro theatre battlefields went to France under Arthur Kimber, a guard with the second Stanford unit of the American Ambulance Field Service. The War Department ordered Kimber to deliver the flag, a gift from the American League of California.
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United States
Eurogee
Arthur Kimber
Stanford
American Ambulance Feld Service
War Department
Kimber
France
American League of California
Dark Doings in Long Beach Campaign Tale
A Long Beach man recalls a mayoral bid with a tale of a colored ally promising votes. He says the official count found 101 votes, and the friend explains that only fifty of the “colored votes” crossed him, revealing a charged racial anecdote from a past election.
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Long Beach
Cal
Missa Bess
Jess
Unique Metaphor From New York Food Riot Reports
Mary Dewhurst writes in The Outlook about a New York food riot where a hungry woman before the board of estimate scolds officials about laws and relief. She declares they cannot mute their wind by removing sails, underscoring urgent hunger and government inaction.
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Mary Dewhurst
New York
Board of Estimate
Friends Make Tommy a Lot
Sir Alfred Pearce Gould spoke at Kilturn on drink and soldiers in a London Times report. He warned hospital care must shield soldiers from outside drink and cited a paralyzed man ruined by a visitor.
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Alfred Pearce Gould
Kilturn
London Times
Radish Seed Pods Used For Pickling And Food Uses
The young tender radish seed pods of certain varieties are used for pickling like capers. The Madras of rat tall radish is grown for pods eaten cooked and also used in pickle making per United States Department of Agriculture data.
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Madras
United States Department of Agriculture
Memorial Day Reflections Unite North and South
James M. Pierce writes on Memorial Day as a time to honor fallen soldiers and remember shared sacrifice. The piece laments division, urges unity, and suggests reading patriotic verses at ceremonies to reinforce national fellowship.
Call of a Blue Coat from a Distant War
A worn blue coat whispers from a storeroom door inviting a return to the past. The sleeve echoes a longing for memory and service, recalling the distant year 1905 when a national uniform symbolized duty and leadership.
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Uncle Sam
Copper and oil boom as war fuels western mines
The report details wartime mining activity across the west with new development at the Jackman molybdenum mine near Kingman and expanded copper output in Globe and Cresson districts. It notes oil drilling near El Paso, Milner pump plans, and rising mine production in Colorado and New Mexico, including significant dividend payouts to Wellington Mines shareholders.
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Arizona
Jackman
Wallapai Mountains
Kingman
Globe District
United States
Colorado
Silverton
Pitkin
Julesburg Oil Company
Telesburg
MitContinental Ol Company
Milner
State Mining Commission
Columbine Ol Company
Pueblo
Cresson Consolidated Mining and Milling Company
Akron Oil Company
Raleigh Mining Company
Bonanza
Shirley
Sunnyside Mining Company
Eureka
Kerstone
Aspen
Gilpin County
C. H. W. Mining Company
Hampton
Russell Gulch
Tungsten Mountain Mines Company
Breckenridge
Ten Mile
Wellington Mines Company
New Mexico
Oll
Eddy County
Bullard Peak
Silver City
Magdalena
Waldo
Copper Jack Mining Company
Aden
Dona Ana County
State Corporation Commission
Empire Zinc Company
Hanover
Burro Mountain
Chicago
el Paso
All Found Their Way Home Cow Returns After Battle
Albertus McCreary recounts a Civil War homefront episode. A family cow from near town is believed lost amid three days of fighting. On day four the cow returns bearing a neck and side bullet wounds, yet survives. Cattle from the field had wandered ten miles beyond the line and later regrouped in town.
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Albertus McCreary
McClare
Memorial Day Call to Love the Flag and Country
A Memorial Day piece urging patriotism as 1917 faces grave dangers and hopeful resolve. It honors veterans, auxiliary groups, and children who lay flowers on graves, urging the young to uphold the principles for which soldiers fought and to keep a lasting love of country alive.
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the Republic
Daughters of Veterans
Relief Corps
Teach Children the Lesson on Memorial Day Observance
The memorial day remarks note fewer veterans attend military exercises and urge children to preserve and cherish the patriotic tradition of laying flowers and raising flags on graves. The speaker emphasizes that future generations may lack personal Civil War recollections and calls for reverence.
Memorial Day Meaning and Duty to America
The piece extols Memorial Day as a sacred anniversary, urging loyalty to America. It asserts the holiday centers national rights and privileges and calls for special reflection on duties and responsibilities.
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Nniversary
America
Operation Averted Philadelphia Woman Suffers No More
A Philadelphia woman describes severe monthly cramps and persistent side pains eased after taking Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health after doctors offered little hope and says she finished three bottles cured and willing to publish her letter to help others.
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Philadelphia
the New
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs. Taos
Mican
Hartville Street
Phila
Rochambelite Explosive Poses Terrifying On Western Front
The Argonaut reports Rochambelite, a new explosive used by French forces on the Verdun front. When ignited it becomes molten metal and a vast volume of gas, shattering vessels, burning into flesh, and demoralizing German troops as it spreads destruction across the line.
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Hind
Verdun
Tha. Hiy
Townturns Back on Tramps in Unemployed Crisis
Town leaders in England refuse to shelter or feed tramps citing unemployment. Guardians aim to deter vagrancy and force the nomads to stay away, while local groups vow to avoid the Place.
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Saloniki
Mobile
Chicago Tribune
Pacific Coast
Manchuria
James M. Pierce
Homstead
Dhain
Corps
Western Mining and Oil News
Sscarn Newspaper
Union News Service
St Louis
Boulder
Wyoming
Vernon
Glenrock
Sparks Butte
Douglas
Superior of Company
Elk Basin
Ohio of Company
Sage Creek
Lander
Gettysburg
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