Uncle Sam's Pension Rolls Revealed by 1921 Figures
The 1921 pension roll totals show 566053 beneficiaries across soldiers widows trainers helpless children and dependents with 5.993 billion paid since 1866. Civil War and World War veterans dominate, while 1812 widows age into their nineties and beyond. The piece notes age trends and lists veterans from wars including Mexico and 1812. It highlights long-lived widows and names Mrs. Elizabeth Riggles Tyler as the oldest on the rolls.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Republics
United States
Mexico
Spain
Uncle Sam
Elizabeth Riggles Tyler
South Cary Street
Baltimore
George W. Tyler
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Tyler
Connecticut
Georgia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
U. 8. Artillery
Showacre
Vera Cruz
Matamorcn
Monterey
Palo Alto
Chapultepec
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
Contreras
Churubusco
William Roddeto
Cross Plains
Tenn
Tennessee Volunteers
Abney
George H
Clay
Miss
White Dominates Summer Fashion in All Attire
A New York Times fashion note declares white the season’s must color in dresses, suits, coats, and accessories. It highlights Paris influence, versatile fabrics from moire to homespun, and varied silhouettes from white linen coats to silk dresses with trimmed organdie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Jersey
COL. F. J. Owens Electric Park
Bansasb City
Edgeworth Smoker Claims Largest Record by Living Man
Advert promotes Edgeworth tobacco with a boast of the highest smoking record among living men. It invites old and new Edgeworth enthusiasts to request free samples, offering Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed, and asks readers to send dealer details. Retail tobacco merchants can obtain prepaid cartons from Larus & Brother Company in Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgeworth Smokers Club
Edgeworth
Carolina
Beaufort
8. C
Savannah
Charleston
D. C
H. F. Baldwin
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Richmond
Green Mountain Boys Led by Allen to Guard Vermont Lands
The Green Mountain Boys formed in 1773 under Ethan Allen and others to resist New York Governor efforts to claim Vermont. In the Revolutionary War, about 300 men secured Canadian passes, hindering British advances into Vermont. The text also notes debates on why water rises to tree tops and describes a plaster tree experiment showing upward water movement beyond 40 feet while unclear on the exact mechanism.
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Green-Mountain
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Seth Baker
New York
Green Mountain Boys
Canada
Plaster of Paris
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Uncle Sam’‘s
Palmetto Regiment
Ballard
Thomas T
St. Joseph Ky
Kentucky Volunteers
Bartleson
Augustus C
Muskogee
Okla
Illinois Volunteers
Baskett
James P
Onaga
Kan
Missouri Mounted Volunteers
Benson
William V
Los Angeles
Iinois
Boyd
James F. Dinuba
Cal
First
Arkansas Cavalry
Brown
Calvin M
Ina
DIL
Illinois Foot Volunteers
James N
Concord
N. C
Buckner
William I
Camden
N. J
Chandeur
Urban
San Francisco
Tenth
United States Infantry
Choate
Gabriel
Field Creek
Texas
Texas Rangers
Clark
Amos
Bandera
Third
Davis
William
James
Princeton
Read
John
Perry
Shirk
James W
Vonore
Stough
Oliver J
San Diego
Ohio Infantry
Thompson
Calvin R
Smithshire
Ill
Indiana Infantry
Truesdale
Matthew C
Kempner
Wedig
Granite City
United States Dragoons
Williams
Isaiah H., Jr
Stafford
Iowa Volunteers
Wise
Josephus
Ladonia
Wright
Charles
Ionia
Rio Grande
California
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
IBIZ
White
Clarke Street
Cor. Grant
Burlington
Lerus & Brother Company
Richmond, Va
Green
Mountain Boys
Mirs
Radio Merchandising
The
Radio Industry
Radio Publishing Corporation Incorporated Dept
Madison Ave
New York City
Commission
Brown Brothers’ Nurseries
Rochester
Des Moines
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