Argosy v082 n02 [1916-05]
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1916 Rumpler Werke Berlin-Johannisthal. Flugzeuge
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Published at: https://digitalpostermuseum.com/1914-1918-world-war-i/ww1-germany-propaganda-collection/
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Thus concludes the letter collection for 1916.
As we move on to 1917, I will tag only the most interesting letters, as I do not want to clog the tags related to Felix Yusupov and his family.
The entirety of the correspondence can be perused on this weekly-updated blog, which I have set up for the purpose of providing educational material and research support for whoever is interested in the Yusupovs.
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Overlooking the battlefield, the Ossuary of Douaumont watches over one of the most significant sites in European memory. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses the remains of more than 130,000 French and German soldiers who fell during the 1916 battle, reminding us of the inhuman scale of the fighting.
At its feet stretches the Douaumont National Cemetery, a vast military burial ground where thousands of white crosses line up as far as the eye can see. Facing them, the ossuary’s tower rises like a stone sentinel, a symbol of remembrance and reconciliation.
In 2026, we commemorate the 110th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Verdun (February 21, 1916), one of the longest and deadliest confrontations of the First World War. Today, Douaumont remains a place of silence and memory, where every step recalls the price of peace.
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Petition of the Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Association, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Remonstrating Against an Amendment to the Constitution Extending Suffrage to Women
[[MORE]]Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or TabledFile Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 64th Congress
MRS. FRANK FOXCROFT, CHAIRMAN
25 HILLSIDE AVENUE
TELEPHONE CAMBRIDGE 5706
MISS ALBERTA M. HOUGHTON, TREASURER MRS. CHARLES B. GULICK, SECRETARY
58 GARDEN STREET 59 FAYERWEATHER STREET
CAMBRIDGE BRANCH
OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS ANTI-SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., February 15 1916
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
The Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Association, including in its membership more than 1,400 women of voting age, and
representing a membership fo 36,761 in the State at large, respectfully petitions your honorable bodies not to give your approval to the proposed
woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution.
We believe that the basis of the suffrage should be determined by each State for itself; and that it should not be changed except by the votes of the
qualified electors of each State.
In view of the fact that the eleven States which, during the last four years, have rejected suffrage amendments to their Constitutions, have a combined
population nearly five times as large as the combined population of the eleven double-suffrage States, we hold that it would be wrong to sanction a
measure, the avowed purpose of which is to enable the minority to override the majority, and to do this without submitting this revolutionary change
to the voters in any State.
Believing that we express the views of the vast majority of American women, we ask you to vote against the proposed amendment.
[handwritten] Lily Rice Foxcroft [/handwritten]
Chairman.
[handwritten] Alllee Hathaway Gulick [/handwritten]
Secretary.
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Annie Keeping — to Prince Yusupov
Southfields, London — 31 December 1916
Your Highness,
Thank you for the cheque for £20.18.8 which I received today. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity. The money will help me through many difficulties during the winter months, and Arthur will also feel very grateful.
Arthur has written cheerfully and hopes to be released this year. He assures me that Your Highness understands that I receive his wages from Mr. Woodhouse; if so, I fear Your Highness must have thought me selfish when I asked your help or parcels for Arthur. I receive £6 on the first of each month from Mr. Woodhouse, for which I thank you sincerely.
Arthur hopes all is well with Your Highness and anxiously awaits the time when he may return to his duties.
Yours obediently,
Annie Keeping.
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Anonymous — to Felix Yusupov
Moscow, 21 December
Many thanks to you and to the whole company for delivering us from Grishka. Shame upon all Russia for the rumors that circulated about Grishka and our Sovereign and her daughter Olga Nikolaevna.
A noble heart cannot endure such rumors!
Even the backwoods heard all that filth. Could they not have found a lover from among the nobility who would conceal such a liaison, instead of a peasant boor?
Thank you on behalf of all Russia.
(unsigned)
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Telegram Opposing Women’s Suffrage to Knute Nelson
[[MORE]]Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or TabledFile Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 64th Congress
Mrs. C. T. Jaffray, Mrs. W. S. Dwinnell, and Mrs. C. M. Hanson sent this telegram to Senator Knute Nelson urging him to vote against the federal amendment to grant women suffrage.
RECEIVED AT
A 489 CH 48 NL 8 EX JAN 13 1916
MINNEAPOLIS MINN’ 12
HONORABLE KNUTE NELSON 1887
U. S. SENATE WASHINGTON DC
WE EARNESTLY URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE FEDERAL AMENDMENT GRATING SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN UNTIL NOW THE STATES HAVE RESERVED TO THEMSELVES THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUFFRAGE AND NO GOOD REASON HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR DEPARTURE THEREFROM
MRS CT JAFFRAY
MRS W S DWINNELL MRS C M HANSON