Indiana Legislature Approves War Memorial for State Capitol
Indiana lawmakers allocate nearly 10 million dollars to a war memorial complex in Indianapolis. The plan includes a national Legion headquarters, a plaza, and neighboring federal post office and city library buildings. Architect selection will follow a national contest with a 50 thousand dollar prize. Dr. T Victor Keene is credited with advancing the project.
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American Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
Hearts of
Federal Post Office
Will H. Ways
Architects of America
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Service Star Legion
American War Mothers
Women's Auxiliary of the Legion
Memorial
T. Victor Keene
Indiana
Keene
Mother of the Bonus Ida Walker Honored by Kansas Legion
Mrs Ida M Walker first woman Kansas legislator receives the Mothers title from American Legion in Kansas for drafting and promoting a state World War I bonus of one dollar per service day She helped Belgian relief work and was county food administrator while publishing a weekly newspaper and leading women's clubs The session named women lawmakers legisladles due to gender distinction issue.
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Ida M. Walker
Kansas
American Legion
Walker
Anglican Legion publishes veterans information directory
The directory lists centers for compensation claims insurance allotments travel pay and more. It covers the Bureau of War Risk Insurance Washington D C Army Finance Office Public Land Office and other federal offices with contact guidance for ex service men seeking benefits and services.
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Anglican Legion
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington
D. DC
American Legion Weekly
New York City
Government Insurance
Washington, D. C
Army Finance Office
Washington, D
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Yedera Vocational Education
Washington, D.C
Public Health Service
The
Washington, DA
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Adjutant General's Office
Adjutant General of the Army
Bureau of Navigation
D. C
U. S. Marine Corps
Signal Corps
U. S. Signal Corps
Public Land Office
Department of the Interior
American Legion
Gravis
Quartermaster General's Office
Legion Post
Department W Headquarters
Youngest North Dakota legislator wins labor support
Robert J. Boyd, 25, of Vargo N D, member of Gilbert C Grafton Post 2 American Legion, becomes the youngest house member. He led bills aiding organized labor and Legion backed measures, including Armistice Day as a legal holiday, protecting the Legion emblem, and increasing the tax for the bonus fund. He also backed urging Congress to pass the Fordney five fold compensation bill.
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Robert J. Boyd
Gilbert C. Grafton
American Legion
Vargo
N. D
House of Representatives
North Dakota
Fargo Trade and Labor Assembly
Pressmen's View
Fargo
Mar
Boyd
North Dakkota Department of the Legion
Legion
Congress
Fordney
Victory for the Legion on Tuberculosis Hospital Closure
The United States Public Health Service hospital at Markleton, Pennsylvania for tuberculosis ex-service men closes by order of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ewing LaPorte. American Legion officials call it a victory for veterans policy after I W Galbraith Jr urged action in Philadelphia last November following inquiries and a public appeal from 96 evacuated tubercular veterans.
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Legion
United States Public Health Service Hospital
Markleton
First in Membership Contest Leads Kansas Posts
In the first published list of leading posts of the Kansas membership contest of the American Legion Cal Mathewson post No 280 of Edmond Kan takes first place. Next in order are the Legion posts at Sterling Elk Hart Weir and Logan. Seventy eight posts in Kansas have already passed their 1920 membership while ten posts have not delinquent members.
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Kansas
American , Legion
Cal Mathewson
Edmond
Kan
Legion
Sterling
Elkhart
Weir
Logan
Cannot join husband as Ellis Island detains wife
Mrs Chaya Menkes wife of an American citizen is held at Ellis Island on a disputed passport visa after living in Galicia during the war Her daughter was allegedly killed by Polish soldiers and she baked bread for each army to survive Her husband Mirseh Isaac Menkes became a US citizen on April 6 but cannot claim his wife and two children Feiga eleven and David fifteen
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Chaya Menkes
Ellis Island
United States
Feiga
David
Coin Box in Hanover Gathers Boon Belief
A Hanover coin box is a local boon giver with no legends or wish making, inviting public use as a goodwill gesture through returning coins.
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Hanover
Germany
Oldest living land tortoise call it Buster in Bronx Zoo
Buster the Galapagos tortoise is three centuries old and the largest living land tortoise. He resides at the Bronx Zoological Gardens in New York City.
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Buster
Bronx
Zoological Gardens
New York
Victorian News Snippet Highlights Brief Global Notes
Gerald Dickens, grandson of the novelist, serves as a captain in the British navy. A blank shotgun shell fires confetti into the air as a crowd-pleasing toy. Lloyd George’s first prize was for singing. Jerusalem’s olive trees in the historic garden are over one thousand years old. The U.S. labs produce a hundred rare chemicals previously imported from Germany.
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Gerald Dickens
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Garden of Olives
Jerusalem
United States
Germany
Pedigree Not Sufficient for Satisfactory Hog Management
W. W. Shiny of the North Carolina College of Agriculture notes that pedigree alone cannot guarantee profit in hogs. He cites two buyers at a pure bred sale where feed quality determined outcomes. one gilt held value with development, while another’s price faltered due to poor feeding. He argues a balanced feed strategy, not exclusive diets or dry lots, drives profitability and warns against overproduction of hogs and reliance on single-crop markets.
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W. W. Shiny
North Carolina College of Agriculture
Inspected Livestock For Disease Under Federal Oversight
U S Department of Agriculture inspectors checked livestock shipments last year to curb disease spread. They dipped tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, vaccinated hogs, and tested horses and mules as shipments moved interstate.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Asong
Mallein, & elLowile
Shelter Needed for Sheep in Severe Weather
Sheep require shelter in bad weather to protect lambs from damp cold. Sheepmen strive to provide shelter and access to green feed with roughage and grain for best results.
Superior Feed for Steers
Wet pulp or corn silage should always be included in steer rations. These appetizing feeds provide subulence that helps keep stock healthy and hearty. Full feed guidance implied.
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Hisfeld
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Duke of Connauglit
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