Death of John Purroy Mitchell Astronaut and Former New York Mayor
The United States Army aviation service mourns John Purroy Mitchell a notable leader who served as New York Citys youngest mayor and drove a reformist agenda. He died in service at age about forty after volunteering for wartime duty, leaving a legacy of duty and high ideals that may have yielded further honors had he lived.
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John Purroy Mitchell
United States Army
United States
Mitchell
New York City
Altho
Mr. Mitchell
Hillquitt
Hillquist
Army
Minneola
Johnson
Miss Babe Pash Studying For Opal Moots Title
Mrs Tipton Bud's niece petitions for divorce claiming her husband first showed brutality about eight miles this side of Niagara Falls.
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Babe Pash
Opal Moots
Monarch
Tipton Bud
O’ Niagary Falls
Complaint of petty talk amid looming wars and illness
The speaker laments neighbors fixated on trivial ailments and remedies while grand events and battles loom. He contrasts grand concerns like Prussian conflict with local chatter about mumps, goitre, warts, lumbago, diets, and medicines, wishing for discussion of fighters and war.
Mysterious Realms Call to Check Out and Register
Readers are drawn to enigmatic realms beyond ordinary travel as a call to check out and register for exclusive access. The ad style promotes curiosity and membership in a shadowy service, promising entry to places few ever reach.
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E’er
May Ban Drinking Fountains For Sanitation
Water and Health Department officials pursue the bubbly drinking fountain on sanitation violations and water waste. Experiments test designs to achieve sanitary and economical fountains, but no results yet.
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Water and Health Department
Saloon in Your Home According to Elmer F Hoover
A satirical medical note proposes a home saloon scheme by buying alcohol from a wife. It outlines steps to avoid licensing, reward logic, and long term finances, ending with a tongue in cheek proverb about snakes in boots and a wife’s eventual fortune.
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Elmer F. Hoover
Quote exchange in courtroom humor over male vanity
The judge recalls a quip about male vanity as Milly and Billy spar over truth. Milly says men are more conceited than women while Billy argues every man has at times told a woman he is not worthy.
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Milly
Billy
Unclear: Prisoner on German Submarine Sinking Lincoln
Report claims a U.S. prisoner from Arizona aboard the German submarine that sank the President Lincoln on May 31 118. The message references Lieut BE Us M Isunace and suggests origin from Arizona.
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M. Isunace
U.S
President Lincoln
Isunes
Arizona
Highbrow term traced to Edinburgh volume of 1720
A 1720 Edinburgh publication titled The Rules of Good Deportment uses the term highbrow to describe proud behavior. The author notes that such conduct, whether in gesture or speech, is insupportable clownishness.
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Edinburgh
New Photograph Showcases Senator Edwin Jahnson of South Dakota
A new photograph features United States Senator Edwin Jahnson of South Dakota, currently serving his first term in the Senate. The image appears in a local paper highlighting his early tenure and public presence.
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United States
Edwin 8. Jahnson
South Dakota
Senate
Birds Sweet Songs Across Meadow and City Streets
A vivid sketch of birds singers including the bluebird by a brook with a tinkling voice, the bobolink with meadow melodies, and the house sparrow whose notes mimic urban sounds like hoof clatter and policeman whistles.
The Eager Life in William Jones’s Thought
The passage defines the eager life as life with genuine significance felt through motor activity perception imagination and reflection. It asserts zest tingle and excitement of reality as the sole positive sense of importance.
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William Jones
Wilsons Mt Vernon Address Outlines Postwar Aims
President Wilson declares aims for a world peace based on the reign of law and consent of the governed. He calls for destruction of arbitrary power, settlements by popular consent, universal adherence to shared principles, and a peace organization to check aggression and enforce justice.
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Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Woodrow Wilson
Organization of Peace
Daredevil escape from prison camp inspires American spirit
A bold escapee from a German prison camp crawled and hid for 72 days before leaping from a window and crossing into Holland. Wounded sentries and peasants were overcome as he fled to safety. His story, read now as a serial, exemplifies indomitable resilience and Allied morale.
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Holland
United States
America
Aranda Constitutions Exercise Favor for Candidates
Brief note praises candidates who run for office as they exercise and refrain from harming the country, reflecting a cautious political view.
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Aranda
End of Day Train Schedule Extract from 1918 Almanac
Fragmentary OCR shows westbound and eastbound passenger runs with numbers 25 3 91 26 92 and times around 12:62 a m and 9:10 a m. Local and through passenger listings appear, indicating a railway timetable note for January 20 1918. The text is garbled but centers on corrected train times and route designations.
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Lo West Lim
W. EB. LJ
Puppy’s Death Kept From Boy By Fearing News
A Chicago Tribune item notes a boy named Lyle, fond of his sick dog. To spare him distress, relatives hid the animal’s fate and later claimed it was unknown whether the dog survived. The tale highlights care taken to shield a child from grief.
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Lyle
Chicago Tribune
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Iowa
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RE. Huston
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Noble Grand
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Southwest Corner
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Westchester, Iowa
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