President Harding Receives Nationwide Golf Ball Tribute
A Denver based AMERICAN LEGION post reports governors and mayors from twelve states donated engraved golf balls for President Harding during a cross country tour. The gifts began in Denver with governor Shoup and mayor Alley contributing the first items to the presidential collection.
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Harding
Denver
Governor Shoup
Colorado
Mayor Alley
The
Legion Post
Legion honors last Custer scout James Flanagan in North Dakota
Sargint James Flanagan eighty four renowned Indian fighter and Civil War veteran, last surviving scout of General Custer's Seventh Cavalry, was buried by the American Legion in Manetown North Dakota. Five war veterans joined the procession while Grand Army survivors carried the colors he bore as color guard. Born in Greenfield Massachusetts, he sought gold in California before enlisting again in Ohio Cavalry and later the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Lincoln.
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Custer
Seventh Cavalry
American Legion
Northwest
Flanagan
Greenfield
Mass
California
Ohio
Hth Regiment
Ohio Cavalry
Fort Lincoln
Popular Signal Corps Girl Wins Chicago Legion Poll
Helen Hunt Carey, a former signal corps girl, is named the most popular girl in Chicago at the Legionnaire clubs with 46 M4 votes, eight thousand more than the rival actress. Carey later returned from France after four months in the ARLPY and was elected commander of Sig-Yeo post of the American Legion.
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American Legion
Helen Hunt Carey
Signal Corps
Legionnaire Club S
Miss Carey
Got
France
Sig- Yeo
Slgnar Corps
Georanetes
Chicago Legion Acquires World’s Fair Field Museum Building
The Ameria Legion gains use of the former Field museum building in Chicago. The structure, a relic of the 1895 World’s Fair, will house a rifle range for veterans with long outdoor shooting memory lanes. Organizations rushed requests to view the finished space, with the Legion receiving access for a 200 yard range and shorter distances.
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Ameria Legion
Fiers
America
Hyde Park
Legion
Chcago
Varteis
Legionnaires
Femys
Hungry rooster auction nets $328 from corn sales
A tale from Cimarron Kansas follows a hungry rooster in a Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion fundraiser. The bird ate corn, was auctioned twice, and raised $328 for the Auxiliary, with Mrs Selah L. Klein leading the contest and noting her distinguished background.
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Selah L. Klein
Kansas Department of the Austliary
Klein
Wellesley College
New England Conservatory of Music
Argonne Meuse
Merited tribute to the American Legion editorial
An Leslie’s Weekly editorial praises the American Legion as a unifying civic force. It lauds its memory, discipline, and moral influence while contrasting it with wartime splendor, noting its role in defending American institutions and inspiring pride among families.
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Pershing
Leslie’s Weekly
Republic
Dixie
Potsdam
Father Moran Aids Legion Armistice Day Holiday Bill
Father J. J. Moran of Farmington chaired the Armistice day committee within Minnesota’s Legion state legislature. He pushed the Armistice day bill to legal holiday status and, as army chaplain, served ten months overseas. Returning in 1919 he organized Farmington’s Legion post within a week, becoming a key lecturer and organizer.
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App
Heuce
Senate
J. J. Maron
Parmington
Argonne
Father Moron
Pather Moran
Legion
France
Farmington
Legion State Headquarters
Etme
American Legion Girl title goes to Miss Sousa
Miss Margaret Sousa daughter of John Philip Sousa earns the title American Legion Girl for her work highlighting Legion efforts to aid disabled veterans and secure justice and improvement in unemployment conditions after World War I.
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Margaret Sousa
John Philip Sousa
American Legion
Legion Motion
Montana Exempts Ex-Service Men From Poll Tax
The legislature passed a law backed by the American Toxton registering all veterans across Montana. The act exempts ex service men from poll tax and requires county assessors to maintain records of veterans names and their organizations within each county. Other states are expected to follow.
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Toxton
Montana
Ut Ie
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Proven To Cure Catarrh
Frank J. Cheney of I. d. Cheney & Co. swore an oath that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The notice, dated December 1886, describes internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces and urges readers to send for testimonials.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
I. d. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
I J. Cheney & CO
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