Doughboy of Idaho statue selected for war memorials
Avard Fairbanks of Portland and Salt Lake City created a lifelike World War I infantry statue titled Doughboy of Idaho. The Idaho War Memorial Commission ordered counties to place similar memorials with this sculpture as the main feature. The American Legion of Idaho praised the statue and Fairbanks urged Legion support for patriotism and Americanism.
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War Memorial Commission
America
Idaho
Avard Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. I. Ff
Amer
Ican
Idaho Commission
Fairbanks
American Legion of Idaho
Tam
American Legion
Legion
Legion Man Union Officer Bebergall A California Legion Pioneer
Fred F. Bebergall of San Francisco serves a second term as department adjutant of the American Legion in California. A prominent labor union official, he rose from poverty after his father died when he was nine. He worked nights to educate himself and held many posts in San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21 and the California State Federation of Labor. He served in Base Hospital Company No. 87 in France, discharged as sergeant first class in 1919, and helped organize the California department of the American Legion.
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Fred F. Bebergall
San Francisco
American Legion
California
Legion
Bebergall
Od College of Hard Knocks
Lie
Secretary of War
Medical Department
United States Army
Russell C Gross honored by Overbrook American Legion post
Overbrook Pennsylvania American Legion post plans to name its future community house after Russell C Gross of Philadelphia, the soldier killed in action in France after earning a bravery citation. The post will also rename itself the Russell C Gross post.
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Philadelphia
Slacker Bergdoll
France
Overbrook
Penn
American Legion
Russell C. Gross
Hog Lice Cause Growth Delays and Losses in Swine
Agricultural bulletin notes lice infestation in pigs worldwide and across the United States. It details skin irritation, hair loss, wounds, and reduced weight gain from infested hogs, with direct losses estimated at 2 to 6 percent of market value and broader costs from lowered vitality and disease susceptibility.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Idee
Benefit of Purebred Sires Promoted in Rural Letter
A Nebraska stockman writes to the USDA praising purebred sires. He notes yearling steers reach 1200 to 1225 pounds while scrub steers at three years old weigh 800 to 900 pounds. He argues purebreds cost no more to produce and are cheaper in the long run, urging wide adoption.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Elke County
Ney
Beet Molasses Valued As Feed For Livestock
Beet molasses holds value beyond purchase price when fed to steers or lambs at current feed costs. It is especially beneficial when combined with wet pulp or corn silage and remains worth more than twice its purchase price.
Salt for Sheep Importance and weekly feeding
The article stresses regular salt for sheep, recommending ongoing access to rock salt or medicated stock bricks. It notes sheep require substantial salt to prevent general unthrifty condition and advises furnishing salt at least once weekly or continuously.
Comic Opera Uniform Favored by Royal Air Service Officers
The new full dress uniform for officers of the British air service amuses army circles. It features a black leather helmet trimmed with fur a gold and blue front plait and a blue and gold belt with a gold clasp. An ostrich feather dyed blue sits in the center held by a hidden gilt ring.
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Royal Ade
Air Service
Baby Hercules twins from Somerville stun with feats
Eight month old Harry Lafleur Jr. of Somerville weighs 15 pounds and can chin the bar like a veteran. The baby shows unusual chest and arm development for his age, earning the nickname Baby Hercules.
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Somerville
Mass
Hercules
Harry Lafleur, Jr
Harry
Tie
Christmas in the City of Mexico tale in verse
A child named Catherine spends Christmas in Mexico City with Mother Goose as a gift. She visits Chapultepec Castle seeking the king and jokes about finding the merry old soul, peeking behind doors and under the royal bed as the rhymes amuse her.
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Catherine
Mexico
Mother Goose
Santa
Chapultepec
Quote exchange on heart and brains in Senate debate
A senator quotes a moral line about a good heart, then another character questions the value of virtue if the brain errs. The dialogue pivots on whether sincerity compensates for flawed reasoning.
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Senator . Sorghum
Champion Broad Jumper in Action
Ned Gourdin, Harvard’s renowned track star, reportedly smashed the world broad jump record with a 25 feet 8 inch leap at Harvard Stadium during the Yale Harvard versus Oxford Cambridge meet. The sensational feat positions him as one of the day’s fastest rising track field athletes.
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Ned Cgourdin
Plarvard
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
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The
News Service
Army
Ust
William G. Rockefeller
John D
Greenwich
Conn
Florida
Jacksonville
Joe Berchan
University of Georgia
Jacksonville Soldiers
South
Ephrata
Washington
BL W, Galbraith Jr
Thopewood Post
Iittsburgh
Anthony
Kansas
Blue and Gray Association of Oklahoma
Bridgeport
Oklahoma
Wiliam D. Stephens
American Legion Department of California
Seret
Alvin York
David King Summers
Chattanooga
Tenn
York
Organization of the Legion
Paris
American Legion of
Hardin, Mont
Ralph Altman
Melrose
Milan
Rayne
Legion Post
St. Charles, Mo
Azalea Post
Oteen
N. C
New American Legion
Minnesota
Brook Park
Clarissa
Morgan Park
Duluth
Birchdale
Albany
Rose Hill Burial Park
New Orleans
Nevada
New York
Hideo Kimura
Mme
Komako Kimura
Mime
Kimura
Ickino Noda
Masukia Katayama
Comic Opera
Maryland
U.S
Rtf
London
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