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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
12
A Popular Science Monthly feature suggests a birdhouse shaped mailbox as a remedy for plain tin and wood R F D boxes. The two floor design offers separate access for letters and papers with tin lining to shed leaks.
Workers at Turious Industries in Kingsport Tennessee are covered by four single group policies insuring about two thousand employees. The town of roughly ten thousand people gains significant financial protection for families in case of death illness or accident. The program, active for months, marks the first time the whole community adopts a standardized plan of insurance and draws attention from officials and other municipalities. The financial benefit is seen as secondary to the uplift of community conscience and civic responsibility.
London plans private capital driven housing schemes with government support to ease the housing shortage. Profits capped at seven percent with excess reinvested in town improvements. A practical test of the ideal house from a Daily Mail competition will occur at Welwyn Garden City New York Post.
In alterations to old homes lattices and grills gain appeal for interior decorators. Growing vines on a bay window with decorative jars at the sides replaces curtains. The greenery brightens plain breakfast room walls as vines climb the lattice indoors.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes Lieutenant Podkins has traveled thousands of miles underwater. The joke implies the sailor served aboard a submarine and mocked the notion of breathholding or tying payments to his heels.
An American Legion Weekly editorial derides German propaganda aimed at splitting America from its allies. It likens Von Mach style persuasiveness to a clumsy dog and says his effort only awakens US resolve against Germany and the war.
A Fredericksburg American Legion post increased its working capital from 100 to 1500 by exhibiting a two headed calf bought from a Westmoreland County dealer. The calf earned the post 1500 from a circus bid after state fair profits. The post plans reinvestment in another seemingly safe asset.
The American Legion activity in mining districts of southeast Kansas shows labor and veteran groups uniting. In Scammon District 14 miners held an eight hour day celebration culminating in a ball at the Legion hall under Francis Ellison Post. Weir’s Clarence Smith Post No 272 grows from 21 members in 1920 to 112 enrolled in 1921.
National Legion members mobilize against hyphenated Americans and German propaganda. In New York 25 000 attend All American Meeting for God and Country at Madison Square Garden. Louisville Indianapolis and other cities halt Von Mach events and denounce Viereck.
Joe Kaufman a former caring sergeant and American Legion member in Minneapolis Minnesota is reported to sing three parts simultaneously with one voice. A government music student his ability to produce overtones creates the illusion of multiple singers and is described as a rare skill among voice experts.
An Akron Legion member spins a humorous alliterative allegory about a Benighted Burt facing bonus debates and political buck-burden. The verse lampoons banners big business backers and hopes a benevolent bonus bill will bring bacon back to Burt and Beulah after battle and bruised fortunes.
An unusual photo shows the south portico of the White House through a door to the executive offices. The image captures the arches the President uses when moving between rooms.
A defense of personal liberty states that coercion is only justified to prevent harm to others. It argues that an individual's good or happiness does not justify forcing action and that power over a member of a civilized community requires a clear aim to prevent harm to others.
Mose asks for two bits from Pete and is refused. Mose offers a rabbit's foot as collateral but Pete again declines, highlighting superstition and humor in a quick rural exchange.
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