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1974

Stories Published in this Year

Saluting a departing general, the British dazzled Philadelphians with the grandest party the city had ever seen; the tiny army that had toppled the general bided its time nearby

A Shooting And A Wedding. | August 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 5)

An Unfortunate Affair at Fullerton Which at the End is Amicably Adjusted.

The West Virginia Mine War | August 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 5)

BLOOD FLOWED IN THE PERENNIALLY TROUBLESOME COALFIELDS IN 1921, WHEN THOUSANDS OF MINERS DECIDED THEIR RIGHT TO ORGANIZE WAS WORTH FIGHTING FOR

At Bath the British can catch glimpses of their rebellious daughter country’s history in an unusual museum

He was Irish, but with neither the proverbial charm nor the luck. Generals are not much known for the former quality, but the latter, as Napoleon suggested, is one no successful commander can be without. And John Sullivan was an officer whom luck simply passed by.

Barnstorming The U.S. Mail | August 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 5)

“GENERAL,” F.D.R. DEMANDED, “WHEN ARE THESE AIR MAIL KILLINGS GOING TO STOP?”

Eliot Of Harvard | August 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 5)

A stern but brilliant Yankee revolutionized American higher education while president of our oldest university

Yanks In Siberia | August 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 5)

SENT ON A HOPELESSLY VAGUE ASSIGNMENT BY WOODROW WILSON, AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A FEROCIOUS SQUABBLE AMONG BOLSHEVIKS, COSSACKS, CZECHS, JAPANESE, AND OTHERS

They Were There: | October 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 6)

“I have not yet begun to fight”

The Senator and the Lady | October 1974 (Volume: 25, Issue: 6)

Eleanor Roosevelt thought the "young man from Massachusetts" was a fine senator, but too inexperienced to be President.

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