Courtney Ryley Cooper Circus Man and Writer Biography
Courtney Ryley Cooper, versatile author and circus expert, started as a clown at age five with Buffalo Bill Wild West show. He later joined the Kansas City Star as a reporter, worked for Chicago Tribune and New York World, then joined Sells Floto circus as press agent and Cody associate before becoming general manager and a prolific magazine writer.
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Courtney’ Ryley Cooper
Cooper
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
The
Star
Chicago Tribune
New York World
Denver Post
Sells-Floto Circus
Col
William F. Cody
Ten Years, A System, And A Driftwood Flame
Medanie Carrington declares she will leave John after ten years of a flawless marriage. He insists she stay, but she reveals her plan to end the union. The couple discovers their true needs and rekindles their bond, realizing their happiness lies in shared imperfection.
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John Carrington
California
John Charrington
John
Medanie Carrington
Carrington
Bentley
Medanie
Iis
John Cartington
Chiffrove
Illinois Men Win Bonus For World War Veterans
The Illinois Supreme Court upholds the state bonus act, paving the way for about 300 000 ex service men and women to receive 50 cents per day for each day of service, with a maximum of 300 dollars. Bond issue of 55 million dollars issued to fund payments. payments begin around July 1 at about 24 000 monthly. The ruling, written by Chief Justice Thompson, found no constitutional violation, aided by American Legion support that helped passage.
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Supreme Court of Alinois
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Palmer, D. Edmunds
Supreme Court
Legion
Springfield
Thompson
American Legion
Bonus Board
Legion builds national archive of World War II biographies
The American Legion national historian's office in Indianapolis completes biographical data on nearly 8,000 Legion members across 11,000 posts as part of a World War history project. Harvey G. Thomas leads data collection, with posts supplying organizers and officers since chartering, shaping post and department histories for a forthcoming Legion history publication. Thomas enlisted in May 1917, served in the 58th Infantry, saw action in Alsace and Marne, was wounded at Fismes, returned home on Armistice Day, and retired as a captain in July 1920.
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National Historical Archives
National Historian of the
American Legion
Legion Machine
Indianapolis
Legion
Eben KE. Putnam
Wellesley Farms
Mass
Harvey G. Thomas
Monticello
Ind
Thomas
Eighth Infantry
Alisne- Marne
Fismes
United States
American Legion Auxiliary Raises Dough With Flour Fund Drive
The Watuke gan HL unit funds club-room furniture for the nearby Legion post through a house-to-house flour canvass. Each flour bag sold nets $1 for the workers, with a $1,000 goal hit quickly as local grocers stocked up to meet demand.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Watukegan
Legion
Campaiign
Memorial Day Tribute To Sea Dead From World War
The American Legion honored Americans who died at sea in World War I. Hundreds perished on submarines and in unmarked graves, including 213 aboard the Ticonderoga. Posts laid flowers on wave washed graves to recognize sailors’ wartime service.
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American Legion
Ticonderoga
Legion
Sen, Dow
Heavy Load for Legion Prediction by Landis on disabled veterans
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball arbiter, warned that within five years many veterans will falter due to war trench exposure. He praised the American Legion for seeking justice for disabled men and urged Congress to fulfill its duties.
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Legion
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Legion
Congress
Flowers Honor Nurses Graves in Suresnes Ceremony
United States representatives and American residents in France attended a ceremony at Suresnes cemetery marking the decoration of eleven American nurses graves. Maj. Julia C. Stimson presided, with Col. Francis A. Drake and Elliott Wadsworth among dignitaries. Prayers were led by Dr. Frederick Beekman at the American church in Paris.
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Suresnes
France
United States
Maj
Julia C. Stimson
American Nursing Service
Jane A. Delano
American Legion of
Washington, D. C
Stimson
Francis A. Drake
Paris
American Legion
Continental Europe
Elliott Wadsworth
Treasury
Col
T. Bentley Mott
Frederick Beekman
Church of the Holy Trinity
Additional Wards Authorized for Veterans Homes
Oklahoma legislature approves an extra ward for the Soldiers' Tubercular Home at Sulphur and another ward for mentally incompetent and shell shocked veterans at the Norman hospital. Total expenditure for both projects projected at $200,000 due to efforts by the American Legion.
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Oklahoma
Sulphur
American Legion
Norman
Okla
Legionnaires
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Matrimonial Adventures
Courtney Ryley Cooper
White Desert
United Feature Syndicate
Illinois
Harvey C. Thomas
Waukegan
Ith) Legion Auxiliary
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