Paris Likely Site For 1927 American Legion Convention
Authorization by the national executive committee to appoint a France travel panel spurs a movement to hold the 1927 Legion convention in Paris. The 1927 dates are set for October 5 to 9 in Omaha with elaborate plans including an Ak-Sar-Ben parade and various contests.
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National Executive Committee
James A. Drain
American Legion
France
The
Legion
Paris
Drain
America
Ak-Sur-Ben
Nebraska
Auxilary
Watson B. Miller
Washington
Mark T. McKee
Detroit
Mich
Americanism Commission
I. K. Bixby
Muskogee
Okla
Foreign Committee
Tarry W. Berdie
Tampico
Mex
O. L. Bodenhamer
Dorado
Ark
Rinnee
Wilder
Metcal
Lawrence
Kun
Spafford
New York City
George Se. Leach
Minneapolis
Atlanta
J. Robert Reichardt
Fort Smith
Samuel Reynolds
Omaha
Neb
A. Eugene Pattison
New Jersey
Legion speaker Woolley praises American Legion in Ogden speech
The nationally known Legion author Woolley extols the American Legion in a series of talks nationwide. In Ogden Utah he calls the Legion one of the greatest organizations and the most select fraternity, noting it influenced congressional action on veterans’ legislation and vows to keep alive wartime memories to avoid future wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athor Woolley
American Legion
Ogden
Utah
United States
Congress
Legion
Forests as Memorials for World War Heroes
P. Q. Anderson, state agriculturist and World War veteran, urges national memory forests as lasting tributes to fallen soldiers. He cites Europe’s timber economics and warns of shortages without wide reforestation, noting the American Legion’s pledge to conservation at national and state levels.
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P. Q. Anderson
Anderson
American Legion
Europe
Puzzle of definitions and clues across many categories
A dense list of crossword like clues with numbers and letters, including defintions for words such as plateaus garments notices and nautical terms, plus archaic spellings and misc entries, concluding with a note that the solution will appear in the next issue.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle Primer
A compact guide explains placing correct letters in white spaces to form vertical and horizontal words. It notes that the first letter of each word is numbered per definitions below the puzzle and that words fit until the next black square. It emphasizes dictionary words and marks abbreviations initials and obsolete forms in definitions.
The Gyrating Llamakin Comic Beast
A whimsical verse introduces a thin beast named Gyrating Llamakin. It hides behind a clothesline pole, has woolen skin and coal dark eyes, and a short tail. It dances like a windmill, sleeps often, winds itself up, and vanishes as yarnlike cloth, joining a humorous list.
Eyeglasses in Profusion for Puccini Revealed
The article notes Giacomo Puccini kept multiple eyeglasses to aid his genius. His wife supplied several pairs, and in his study alone there were at least five sets placed on a piano desk table near the fireplace bookcase and music rack.
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Giacomo Puccini
Color and Space in Room Design
The article explains how light colors create an impression of more space in a room. It notes that a lighter wall with darker rugs expands perceived size and that continuity of color across adjacent rooms enhances the sense of openness.
Mrs Ethel Thurston Praises Pinkham Remedy in Lima Letter
A Lima Ohio woman details severe abdominal pains and backache eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors recommended surgery. She credits the product with relief and notes she continues taking it while inviting questions from other women. The letter also mentions another Texas reader who reports improvement from the medicine for life changes and weight gain.
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Ethel Thurston
Pink
Treet
Lima
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
West
Ethel
North Pine Street
M. E. Bearp
R. No. 1
Box 143
Eddy
Texas
Provo District Cartoon Snippet and Ad Snippet
Comic caption jokes about marriage lines and a quip on daughters sneaking cigarettes. An ad note promises a study on rats destroyed in a city block for under one dollar. L. C. Martin is credited in the Florida message, with a Bilings reference and a November 13, 1925 indicator.
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Bpormula Trie
L. C. Martin
Barasota
Faw
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