Rupert Hughes to chronicle Will of Robert Stowe Gill post
Rupert Hughes, noted author, chosen as historian for the Robert Stowe Gill post of the American Legion in New York. The Lambs club group forms most of the post, with Hughes recounting a career from private in 1897 to adjutant general NY raises troops, noting deafness shaping service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Hughes
Will Chronicle
Robert Stowe Gill Body
American Legion
Rupertt Hughes
Robert Stowe Gill
The
Legion
New York
Post
Lamb's ‘Club
Mr. Hughes
Intelligence Service
Mrr
Huerhes
High on Legion Honor Roll for Grimes Letter Writing
M W Grimes editor of the Le Sueur News is honored by the Minnesota American Legion for self appointed correspondence during the war. He wrote 8286 personal letters to 230 local men and seven women and mailed weekly copies of the hometown paper. After veterans returned he helped form a Legion post and dedicated an edition to fallen Le Sueur soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Grimes
le Sueur
Minn
Minnesota
Jim-I
Grimes
American Legion
Ex-service Men Hold Strong in Congress Predictions
The piece notes 31 World War I veterans already sit in the House, with 21 states represented by ex service members led by New York with four and Massachusetts and Tennessee with three each. It also cites two veteran senators, Newberry of Michigan and Elkins of West Virginia, as part of a broader forecast that November totals will show more ex-soldiers in the House.
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Washington
Congress
House
American Legion
Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Elkins
West Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Ex-Service Men Wanted for Hines Lumber Yards
Edward Hines a Chicago merchant seeks help in his lumber yards and directs American Legion employment officers to hire only veterans of the war. Hines has donated a memorial hospital at Maywood, Ml.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hines
Chicago
American Legion
Hines
Maywood
Daughter's marriage plans teased in humorous Legion Weekly item
A brief gag from the American Legion Weekly asks when a daughter will marry with the reply Constantly highlighting the light social tone of the era.
Ex Soldier Earl Vance Becomes Miles City Aviator Company Head
Earl Vance, former stenographer and aviation enthusiast, logged 1000 flight hours without an accident and now runs an airplane company in Miles City Montana. He also operates a taxi service used by doctors visiting distant Montana farms and attends aviation conventions.
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Earl T. Vance
Lemuel Bolles
The
American Legion
Vance
Montana
Texas
Miles City
Service for Legion Also From Marblehead Navy Lieutenant
The life of Raymond O Brackett a Marblehead Massachusetts hotel keeper shows his wartime service in the navy He joined after his family military background and later commanded minesweeping at the North Sea aboard the USS Lake View He witnessed the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow and returned to find election as a national vice commander of the American Legion still in service.
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Raymond O. Brackett
Marblehead
Mass
Mr. Brackett
Navy
U.S. S
Lake View
North Sea
Scapa Flow
Beackett
National v
American Legion
Man wipes car with American flag in Tampa dust cloth scandal
In Tampa Florida a man works a dusty cloth over a car and uses an American flag as a dust cloth. A member of the local American Legion identifies the flag rubbing and a committee calls the act ignorance. The Legion plans to educate the offender on proper dusting etiquette and respect for the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
American Legion
Legion
Carrying On With the American Legion
The American Legion activities are noted across locations including Buenos Aires and Quincy Massachusetts. War dead are honored with twenty two squares dedicated by the Legion and plans are mentioned for 1,000 British and 1,000 American soldiers visiting the Italian front next summer. The Colone North Dakota Legion unit promotes the motto Start them right and has taken over local Boy Scout instruction. Prisoners in Los Angeles County Jail allegedly borrow Legion buttons to seek sympathy in court as a judge is described as wise.
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Quincy
Mass
American Legion
Colone
N. D
Boy Scouts
Los Angeles ‘County
Poultry income project helps Orchard Gardens farmers
United States Department of Agriculture home demonstration workers guide Orchard Gardens in Dakota County Minnesota to boost farm income via poultry and eggs. Members form a poultry association, pool feed orders, create an egg circle with by laws, and label eggs to trace quality. A market is arranged with Minneapolis buyers and Women’s Community Council.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Orchard Gardens
Dakota County
Minn
Igent
Women’s Community Council of
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Home Demonstration Agent
Eye Circle
Orchard Cardens Poultry Association
Baked Bones for Poultry Feed
Article explains using baked bones to supply minerals for chickens. It describes drying bones until brittle then grinding into crumbs, notes green bone as best mineral source but not always available, and states bones for baking are commonly found on farms.
Rice Claims as Lice Hazard to Turkeys
Experienced turkey breeders warn rice is highly injurious to adult turkeys in fall and winter. It has been known to destroy dozens of birds in weeks as turkeys cannot find dust baths to combat lice, allowing a strong foothold for pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkeys
Profitable to raise ducks for market and breeding
Ducks mature rapidly and reach market weight at ten to eleven weeks. For breeders, ducks fetch good prices when matured and held over until the breeding season.
Viske Reading Machine Invented by Adm. Viske
The Viske reading machine by Admiral Bradley A. Viske of Washington uses a small eyepiece lens and a roller to move along a vertical column of text. When reduced to one hundredth of its original size ordinary copy can be read with near the ease of standard printing. The device measures six and a quarter inches and weighs five and a half ounces.
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Viske
Ty Rem
Bradley A. Viske
Washington
Woman psychologist leads Arkansas parental school in Little Rock
Miss Emil Reiman supervises the Little Rock parental school guiding the city's delinquent and incorrigible children. She acts as a psychological doctor for mental and moral defects, aims to return students to normal life as satisfactorily adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Reiman
Arkansas
Little Rock
Desperate Applicant Seeks Railroad Pass in Cleveland
A derelict recounts failed job attempts in Cleveland as he asks for a railroad pass. Charles Gibson reports the man sought work at several firms without success and hoped a railroad pass would help him return home. An official explains the law forbids giving passes to anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gibson
Cleveland
Mr.ihgon
Cleveland’ Plain Dealer
Crowd size contrasts with ship numbers and landmarks
The article notes a crowd of 1 000 000 would cover seven acres, cites more than five times as many steamers as sailing vessels, and states Eiffel contributed 700 000 with 300 000 from France for the tower. It compares Haiti’s area to Massachusetts and discusses steamship routes versus sailing detours. It also mentions snuff use in the West Indies before tobacco.
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Eiffel
Eiffel Tower
Republic of Haiti
Massachusetts
California
Honolulu
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Man
American
Legion Weekly
Earl Vance
Miles
Mont
Raymond Brackett
Tampa Legion
Starry Banner
Buenos Aires
Victor Emmanuel
Pope Pius XI Was
Desio
AchiNe Ratti
Papal
Pope Pius XI
Pope Benedict
Leopold Godowsky
Airs
Dagmar Godowsky Maye
Iivia- Clon Cnthausiists
San Francisco
Mars
Ramid
Johannesburg
South Africa
Promnler Smutsen
Daniel Webster
West Indies
Europe
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