Hidden Loot and Mistrust Aboard the Walrus
Murray's boastful claim of seven hundred sixty three thousand nine hundred ninety five pounds in coin bullion and jewels unsettles Flint. Silver maneuvers, and Moira, Peter, and O'Donnell observe the tension as the crew weighs a plan to secure the missing fortune aboard the Walrus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Flint
Santissima Trinidad
Filut
Murrey
Long John Silver
Cap'n
Silver
Wei
Funt
Peter
Moira
Bob
Tyre
O'Donnell
St. Patrick
James Fellers
Treasure and Tensions on the Walrus Deck
Darby McGraw fears Flint's dangerous influence aboard the Walrus while rumors of buried treasure circulate. Captain Flint and Silver discuss dividing the spoils, with Murray guiding a six man committee to verify shares as crew eye the captain’s caution and possible pirate bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby McGraw
Darby
Bob
Tre
Peter
Long John
Cup
Flint
John
Silver
Smiley
Murray
Allus
Cap
Osix
John Silver
Stlint
Crannell
Pirates Debate Risk to Seize Treasure After Stormy Night
In a tense shipboard scene, Murray and companions weigh a treacherous plan as Flint’s pirates plot to ambush the Royal James. Peter and the narrator slip from the Walrus to reconnoiter, hearing threats of mutiny and a possible night attack.
Judges Chosen for American Legion Essay Contest
The American Legion names Col Theodore Roosevelt Bruce Barton and Miss Mary McSkinnon as judges for the 1926 national essay contest on The Patron's Flag Creed. Prizes include a $750 college scholarship for the national first prize, $500 for second, and $250 for third. state winners receive silver and bronze medals with certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Frank C. Cross
Americanism Commission of the Legion
Mr. Cross
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Navy
Bruce Barton
New York City
Mary McSkinnon
Brookline
Mass
National Education Association
Legion
Cross
Revised His Opinion After Fall of Apple
Two Arabian men discuss divine balance on a farm under a tall apple tree. One praises God while the other critiques creation’s equality, arguing seeds should produce proportional fruit. An apple falls on his nose, prompting realization and gratitude that it was not a watermelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moira
O'Donnell
Murray
Spain
Chevalier
Peter
DT O
Ile
Cornell
Complete Novel Magazine
Burke on bodily restraint over extravagant minds
Quote attributed to Edmund Burke arguing that while bodies should be governed by the state, minds should not be driven by extravagant or eccentric whims. The fragment critiques excessive mental sublimities and urges balance between bodily needs and intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Burke
Oratory conference adopts card system to pace speeches
Delegates carry large red and white cards to signal audience interest. Red faces toward the chairman indicate boredom, white shows desire to hear more. The chair uses the balance to gently signal time limits.
Kansas Department to Probe Native Trails and Early Explorers
The Kansas Department of the American Legion plans a spring and summer research program with the State Historical Society to investigate ancient Indian battle grounds and unrecorded trails. Historian Thomas Finigan reports a 1630 Spanish expedition from Santa Fe passed near Kansas City and clashed with Quindara people before a mass killing near the Loup and Platte junction. A manuscript by a priest in St. Louis, found in Paris Library archives, is a key source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clarke
Pacific Northwest
Department of Kansas of the
American Legion
Thomas Finigin
Department
State Historical Society
Santa Fe
N. M
Kansas City
Quindara
Loup
Platte River
Nebraska
St. Louis
P Artsibrary
H, FE
Blackman
Bureau Settles Long Claim for Insurance
The United States Veterans' Bureau adjudicated the largest insurance claim for a deceased World War II veteran, with eighty four relatives in the permitted class. The beneficiary list includes nine brothers, six sisters, six uncles, six aunts, and many in-laws along with twenty three nephews and nineteen nieces. The stepmother and fifteen siblings will receive $1.92 monthly for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Veterans’ Bureau
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
Washington, D. C
Bureau
Taylor
Berch
Barnes
Broadwater
Campbell
Davis
Goss
Lemon
Manning
Ponder
Thornton
All-Spanish Sierra Unit Chartered in Costello New Mexico
The Sierra Unit, the first all-Spanish unit of the American Legion auxiliary in the nation, was chartered at Costello New Mexico and will be known as Sierra Unit. The article notes a prior all-Indian unit the West Wind Unit chartered at Bullhead South Carolina a short time earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion, Auxiliary
Costello
N. M
Sierra
Auxiliary
Bullhead
S. C
West Wind
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WNU Service
Tam
Martin
Irlint
James
O'donnél
Nore
Sturrmay
Tom Allardyce
Slint
Dye
Tom
Allardyce
Bones
American Legion Newa Service
Department of Kansas
Sierra Unit Chartered
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