Traylor Family Journey Toward Sangamon Country
Samson and Sarah Traylor with their two children travel from Vergennes Vermont to the Sangamon country in Illinois. They meet John McNeil at Niagara Falls and join the journey with Harry Needles. They arrive at New Salem where Abe Lincoln and others welcome them. Lincoln becomes a candidate for legislature and the Black Hawk war elevates him to captain.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of Plenty
Ilinois
Niagara Falls
John McNeil
Sarah
Harry Needles
Traylors
New Salem
Illinois
Abe Lincoln
Jack Kelso
Bim
Sanson
Lincoln
Armstrong
Harry
Bap McNell
McNell
Ann Rutledge
Ann
Traylor
St. Louis
Eliphalet Biggs
Biggs
Abe
Vermont
Beardstown
Star of the North
Elphabet Biggs
Ramson
Darky
Peoria
Illinois River
Rutledge
Kelso
McNeil
Jesus Christ
Bim Kelso's Elopement Alters New Salem Dramas
Samson and Sarah face disillusion as Bim Kelso marries Biggs and moves to St. Louis. Abe and Harry, after frontier service and personal trials, travel homeward via river and road, weighing love, home, and the evolving democracy shaping their spirits.
Raiders Aim at Traylor’s Underground Station
Raiders attempt arson against Traylor’s underground rail road station, seeking to burn the facility and disrupt rail service. Investigators probe motive as authorities secure the scene and interview witnesses.
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Traylor
Frankenstein romance by Mrs. Shelley reviewed
The text describes Frankenstein as a romance by Mrs. Shelley wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It notes the creation of a soulless monster craving human sympathy and the torment of its creator. It adds the tale may allegorically reflect Shelley himself as an isolated idealist.
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Shelley
Alastor
Helen Moore
Minnesota Legion Leader Found Jobs for 1800 Ex Soldiers
Dr. A. A. Van Dyke of Minneapolis newly elected Minnesota Department Commander is acclaimed for finding employment for about 1,800 ex servicemen. A veteran, physician, and Legionnaire, he led St. Paul Post No. 8 and chaired Ramsey county welfare efforts. Born in Alexandria, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1903 and studied dentistry at Minnesota. He served in the signal corps during World War I.
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Ramsey County Welfare Committee
Disabled Veterans Gain From Forbes Policy Reform
General Red Tape hindered disabled veterans but the American Legion helped pass the Sweet bill and Charles R Forbes led the veterans bureau. Forbes seeks out disabled claimants and presumes doubts in their favor, ending divided authority and streamlining insurance hospital care and vocational retraining to restore or create earnings.
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Red Tape
American Legion
Charles R. Forbes
Government
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Cure for Unemployment Proposed in Legion Weekly
James J. Davis outlines a plan to reduce unemployment by tempering demands and profits. Employers would restart mills and build houses and factories, merchants would curb profits to boost purchasing power, and landlords would lower rents to enable a living wage.
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American Legion Weekly
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
American Legion Returns After Record New York Rio Run
After shaving ten hours from the record run between New York and Rio de Janeiro the all American manned steamer American Legion returned to New York. The maiden voyage was greeted by Legion posts in South American ports with launches at shore and ships’ owners sharing wine and champagne as the vessel moved upriver from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, signaling the Legion’s welcome.
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New York
Rio de Janiero
American Legion
Legion
Platte
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
South American Legionnaires
American Officer Hero of War Rescue
George A. Dunagin, then a lieutenant in the U S Army, dived into a 70 foot drop to save a civilian woman amid a French bridge sea of fleeing refugees. He earned the French Medal of Honor and the Congressional Life Saving Medal. Dunagin later led the Shreveport substation of the U S Veterans Bureau in Paris and London and aided Gen Dawes in disabled veteran needs. He was born in Laurel Mississippi and studied at Mississippi A M College. His service spanned 17 European countries after an injury redirected him from frontline to diplomacy.
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France
George. A. Dunagin
Legionaire Town Emerges on Arkansas Farm Colony
A 16 man World War I veteran colony from Tulsa settles on 2500 acres in Scott County Arkansas forming a Legion post led community named Legionaire. They plan a trading center and town with many men expected to own land within two years.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Carson
American Legion
Legionaire
Doughboy
Scott County
War Worker Aids Jobless Ex Soldiers In New York
Miss Ellerbe Wood famed for entertaining doughboys in France with her Y M C A troupe spent a year boosting morale overseas and remains active aiding unemployed ex service men in New York. She volunteered at film showings of The Man Without a Country for American Legion welfare work, reading the Legion preamble and delivering a patriotic reading to benefit jobless veterans.
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Ellerbe Wood
France
New York
Edward Everett Hale
American Legion
Americans Legions trains aliens for citizenship in Great Falls
The Americanization committee of the Great Falls Montana post of the American Legion reports 87 aliens completed training with 37 gaining citizenship in a recent class. An additional group of 100 foreigners is now in training for the citizenship test, receiving twice weekly instruction and preliminary examinations to judge fitness.
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Americanization Committee
Great Falls
Mont
American Legion
Legion Committee
Graves Remain Unmarked Across U S War Graves
The American Legion reports thousands of American graves overseas lack markers due to shortages and Congress funding gaps. The Legion legislative committee will urge Congress to allocate funds to buy official markers for every eligible grave.
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Congress
American Legion
Washington
Legion
Legislative Committee
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Jack
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Zachary Taylor
Iles
Independent Rangers
Early
Whitewater
Wisconsin
James Rutledge
Havana
Bay of Biscay
van Dieman’s Land
Sfe
Jeaven
Nara
American Legion News Service
Minnesota
Secretary of Labor
Legion Weekly
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Americanization Committee of
Montana Post
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