New York Officer 4944 Wins Medal for Valor in War
Patrolman John L. Piazza of the New York Police Force, badge 4944, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for rescuing a wounded officer in the Argonne in October 1918. Later he saved an invalid woman from a burning building and stopped a runaway horse to protect civilians. He is 29, married, with a son.
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Ives
New York
Three Hundred and Twelfth Infantry
Lafayette
American Legion
New York City
Piazza
John L
Argonne
Grand Pre
No Man's Land
Bronx
Veteran at sixty-two joins army and rises to Legion role
H. E. Lamb of Worthington Minnesota enlisted at age 62 after urging from recruiters and endured nine months in Siberia. A former train dispatcher, he later stayed active with the American Legion driving 200 miles to conventions and becoming vice commander of the state department. He plans to attend the national meeting in Kansas City this fall.
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H. E. Lamb
Worthington
Minn
Siberia
Mr. Lamb
Worth Suslington
America
Army
Lamb
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Winona
Legion
State Department
Kansas City
Movement to oust married women from work in Oregon
Mrs. W. A. Elvers of Portland announces a campaign to deny employment to all married women not driven by necessity. The ex-state Legion Auxiliary president argues wives with husbands support should not keep needy men from jobs, citing wartime labor and a push to stop it in Oregon.
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Oregon Women's Auxiliary
W. A. Evers
Portland
Ore
Oregon Department of the Women’s Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Elvers
Rattler bite prompts price dispute in the West
An Arizona man demands cheap whiskey after being bitten by a rattler. A local reaction from a bartender in Los Angeles stalls the request, with the exchange framed as a tongue in cheek moment in the American Legion Weekly.
Legion couple in Seattle quarrels over editorial roles
Mr and Mrs Charles Reavis longtime Legion members feud over who holds the editor’s reins. Reavis, a former city editor, says Dora Deane now runs the paper while he has sunk to AP correspondent in Seattle. Dora Deane remains with the Seattle Daily Times.
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Charles Reavis
Rainier-Noble Post
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Seattle
Wash
Reavis
Dora Deane
41St Division Cavalry
Dora
Miss Deane
Associated Press
Cub
Seattle Daily Times
Indian Legion Post Boss Brings Yakima Family Influence to White Swan
Elias Wesley full blood Yakima Indian leads sixteen Yakima allies who control White Swan Washington. The group dominates the Commercial club and runs businesses. Wesley, a meat cutter by trade, became ship's cook on the U S S Western Chief after enlisting in the navy. The post includes soldiers with honors such as Medal of Honor Medaille Militaire Croix de Guerre and Victoria Cross.
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Elias Wesley
American Legion
White Swan
Wash
Wesley
Commercial Club
United States Navy
Grand Old Man of 137th Infantry Wins Distinguished Service Cross
John H. O Connor editor of the Winfield Courier receives the Distinguished Service Cross for valor in France. He led a battalion in Montrebeau Wood in 1918, organized a brigade front, repelled two German assaults, and directed the advance on Exermont before serving as lieutenant colonel. He helped name the American Legion in Paris in 1919.
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John H. O'Connor
Winfield
Kan
France
O’connor
Montrebeau Wood
Exermont
Mr. O'Connor
American Legion
Paris
Legion
Farm cure for shellshock study shows gains from farming
A survey studied by the American Legion finds thousands of World War veterans who took up agriculture after the war recovered from shellshock. City veterans lag in health while those on farms in Canada under the soldiers re establishment act gained health and finances, with government loans over 110 million and first year crops about 14 million.
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National Organization of the American Legion
Canada
Etnicedea
Manitova
Sasketchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Fare hearing arguments loom in Public Service case
Judges Wooley Davis and Rellstab heard two hours of municipal counsel arguments over a ten cent fare proposal by Public Service Railway. The hearing addressed whether Public Utility Board can alter local five cent fare contracts and featured affidavits on capitalization and depreciation as Camden Newark and Paterson supported the municipalities.
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Trenton
New Jersey
State Public Utility Board
Public Service Railway Company
Public Utility Board
Victor C Wooley
J. Warren Davis
United States Circuit Court
John Rellstab
United States District Court
George L. Record
Jersey City
Frank H. Sommer
Newark
League of Municipalities
Camden
Elizabeth
Passaic
Paterson
Edmund G. C. Blakesley
Record
William Pett
Public Service Company
Edwards
American Prison Association
Jacksonville
Richard P. Hughes
Florence
Hughes
Suceedavaumes H. Mutheron
Lewis
David I. Kelly
Institutions
Calvin Derrick
State Home For Boys
Jamesburg
Henry A. Cotton
State Hospital For the
This City
Marcus A. Curry
Morris Plains Hospital
E. R. Johnstone
Vineland
Patrick J. Sullivan
Hudson County
Mary B. Harris
Nome
Grace M. Jobson
Clinton Reformatory
James H. Mulheron
State
Frank Moore
Don Clyde Kite
Martin
Tenement House Commission
Tenement House
The Caddie's Retort At The Club
A golfer answers our question about his game saying his regular play is careless work but occasional good shots occur. He notes that good shots appear through the day like plums in a pudding.
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted in Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick, mild relief from a gentle vegetable compound and offers sample bottles of ten cents via mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Child protests being dressed in pants by mother
A mother asks Harry to be dressed, but he refuses and asks to keep wearing trousers, saying please pants me. The moment captures a boy’s preference and a playful family exchange.
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Harry
Castoria and a sly sly remark in a Boston Transcript column
An old advertising line for Castoria appears alongside a satirical jab about truth and lies. The snippet notes Mothers examining Castoria bottles for the 30 year claim while a comic exchange about a Murphy boy具 and a biblical dig about Satan surfaces.
Building Up Your Reserve Strength
How to store up fighting power to resist disease and overcome illness. The article promotes Father John’s Medicine as a non alcoholic tonic that nourishes the body, stores energy, and helps withstand fatigue and hardship.
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Father John
Fraudulent Alchemists and Roger Bacon Referenced
University of Pennsylvania scholar William Romaine Newbold argues Bacon’s thirteenth century writings reveal extensive alchemy references. He notes many practitioners were honest in belief while others were impostors exploiting gold seekers.
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Roger Bacon
William Romaine Newbold
University of Pennsylvania
Bacon
New York
Sup
Poem Book Sells Fast as Autographs Flow
The exchange notes growing sales of a poetry collection as author reports high demand for signed copies. The brief highlights strong reader interest and brisk autograph requests boosting overall sales.
Her Reason. Alice asks how you know you love George
Virginia explains the test of love by noting Gladys wants George, a brief Town Topics social snippet reflecting romantic intrigue.
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Alice
George
Virginia
Gladys
Badly Bitten and The Despised Them
A novice angler clueless about fishing asks the price of the red floats. the experienced user replies. The Brookline seven year old dislikes practicing on the piano and complains she despises the little black things on the fence as neighbors react.
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Brookline
Mary
Boston Transcript
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