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...first eclipse of the sun in the northeastern part of the U. S. within memorable times. Already well-laid plans are under way for observing the eclipse. Scientists are broadcasting the event to the public in order to gather such data as lay observers can collect...
Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics, and Mohammedans divide the country with their quarrels. Bands of Jugo-Slavs, Bulgarians, and Greeks war incessantly upon each other. The government finds it impossible to collect taxes from obdurate and crafty mountaineers, and at repeated intervals the government is administered from the decks of Italian cruisers, while the land heaves with rebellions. Ninety percent of the people neither read and write, nor wish to. Some of the people sigh for union with Italy, others look longing across the artificial border to Jugo-Slavia; but neither power is willing to, or would be allowed...
...Imposition of demurrage charges on undelivered collection-on-delivery parcels and return to senders, postage collect, under certain circumstances...
...gift of 25 cents is all that is asked. This entitles the donor to membership in the Belleau Wood Memorial Association and will help towards establishing the contemplated $100,000 Endowment Fund which the Association has been endeavoring to collect throughout the United States in order to have a permanent fund with which to keep the historic battlefield in good condition. Contributions may be mailed or left in the Crimson Building in care of D. B. Fleming...
...letter sent out in Pennsylvania to collect funds for the G. O. P. treasury: "We have in LaFollette and Wheeler a Lenin and Trotzky. . . . The American dollar, of 100 cents value, will help this defensive fight against a rampant radicalism...