Maj Reed Landis Heads Legion Aeronautics Committee
Maj Reed G Landis chairman of the American Legion national committee on aeronautics is praised for a war record including ten official enemy planes and Flying Cross. He served in the First Illinois Cavalry then air service, commanded the Twenty fifth squadron, and worked with General Woods in Chicago before becoming a noted writer and speaker.
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Reed G. Landis
American Legion
National Com
Tee
Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Major Landis
First Tinois
Air Service
University of Illinois
England
Fortieth Squadron
British Expeditionary Forces
General Woods
Chicago
National Aeronautics Committee
Minnesota Supreme Court eases bonus case residency rule
The court ruled that temporary residents who registered in Minnesota and later were inducted can claim the state veterans bonus. The decision affects about 10,000 to 15,000 veterans and nearly 3 million dollars, including many who floated in and out of Minnesota on June 5, 1917.
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Minnesota
Bonus Board
State Supreme Court
Everett Baum
Supreme Court
Baum
Pennsylvania
Minneapolis
Oregon
Washington
American Legion
Legion and government plan care for World War veterans' children
Grace Abbott of the Children's Bureau outlines joint efforts with the American Legion to care for dependent children of veterans. The emphasis is on keeping families intact, using foster care over institutions when needed, and reporting outcomes to improve schooling and support, with appointed capable Legion members guiding the program.
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Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
American Legion
Legion
Grace Abbott
Miss Abbott
George A. Withers
Legion's
Veterans’ Organization
Legion Posts
Withers
State Department
The Red Apple and the Yellow Pear on the Cart
A red apple boasts of beauty while a modest yellow pear contrasts. A horse plucks the crowning fruit, and the scene ends with the apple regretting its fate as it is eaten, highlighting vanity and chance.
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Miss Pear
McClure
Legion Fights Deny Citizenship To Conscientious Objectors
Federal Judge John M. Killits of Toledo denied citizenship to foreign born men who objected to bearing arms, ruling oaths cannot be taken with reservations. The decision ends a long Legion backed battle, believed to be the first federal ruling on the issue.
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Killits
United States
John M. Killits
Toledo
Ohio
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Klllits
Legion
Ohio Leads In La Societe Voitures Nationwide
Ohio tops the nation with 45 voitures of La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, the playground of the Legion, though half the state isn’t organized. Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York follow with smaller counts, while Los Angeles county hosts the largest local membership at 316.
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Ohio
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et
Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago
la Societe
the American Legion
Men You May Marry
Description of a slender tall man with a pink oval face, fair hair and moustache, wearing creased trousers and delicate ankles. He is presented as a salesman at Foppey’s Ladies Hosiery Shop and attends a dance, boasting refined tastes and a claimed mastery of women’s desires.
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Woolworth Tower
Foppey
Ladies Hosiery
A Line o’ Cheer Am the Friend of God’s Green Earth
A poem praising nature and daily gifts, celebrating gratitude and the beauty of creation. The verse reflects a humble speaker acknowledging the earth as a treasury of blessings and comparing life to a gracious visit to a welcoming shore.
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McClure Newapnaper Syndicate
Clergy-Backed School for Courtship Suggested in England
An England proposed solution to discreet meetings among youths suggests clergy run a courtship school. The idea argues family sympathy drives dating trouble, not the youths, and urges parents to open home spaces to reduce clandestine meetings and improve prospects for a future marriage.
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England
Myrtle Yrtle as Floral Name and Mythic Tie
This piece traces Myrtle as a floral name linked to ancient myth. It notes Venus sacred associations, English vogue, and the belief in love luck with emerald talisman and prophetic vision, adding Tuesday as a lucky day and a numeric charm.
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Olympus
England
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Embargo Acts of 1807 1809 and 1812 Repealed
The embargo act of December 22 1807 detained vessels in port and ordered U S ships home under Jeffersons second term. It was repealed March 1809 as unsatisfactory to France and ineffective toward England. A second embargo enacted in April 1812 was repealed after 90 days.
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United States Congress
Jefferson
United States
France
England
The Call of Challenging Paths in Life and Nature
The piece urges embracing difficult journeys over easy ones, praising rocky climbs and mountain trails. It extols nature’s beauty in pine groves and meadows, yet notes true reward comes from honest effort and persevering through hardships. The author concludes effort yields value, regardless of outcome.
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Ife
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
No, I Shall Put Railroad Bones in Deposit Box
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript features an uncle’s railroad bones and a wife urging a different plan. The exchange frames a family dispute over preserving heirlooms versus paying storage costs.
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Jack
Boston Transcript
Twin Brother to TB Johne's disease threatens dairy herds
Veterinarians call Johne's disease the twin brother to tuberculosis. It devastates herds, mainly young heifers, with rapid spread and high losses. The Wisconsin College of Agriculture cites possible 12 percent losses in infected herds. Control relies on testing, isolation, and prompt removal of reactors per bulletin 843 from Madison.
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Johne
T. B
B. A. Beach
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Johnnn
Mr. Hastings
Denmark
Madison
Wis
Economical Hog Ration Comparisons From Ohio Station
Ohio experiment station bulletin on supplements to corn for fattening swine presents feed costs per 10 pounds gain for purebred pigs averaging 82 pounds. One group: 12 parts corn to 1 part tankage costs 2.91 per 100 pounds of gain. Another: 1 part corn to 2 parts skim milk yields value 1.15, 18.7 cents per cwt, vs tankage. Tankage often more economical, though skim milk can outperform tankage for young pigs if milk is ample. otherwise buy tankage.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Making Pork Gains with Balanced Rations
Many believe feeding corn alone fattens hogs quickly. Studies show fastest, cheapest gains occur when corn is supplemented with protein rich feeds, combining rapid growth with economical costs.
Livestock Notes on Farrowing, Silo Use, and Feed Rules
Notes cover heated farrowing pens during storms, silo benefits for labor and feeding, economical combined hay and cattle barn layouts with an 8 by 12 feet hay door, salt for sheep, and feeding strategies. It notes that sheep should have free access to salt and that succulent feeds raise steer values by 15 to 75 cents per cwt, balanced by water cost.
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American Legion News Service
Legion AD
Maj. Reed Landis
Committee On Aeronautics
Maj
Minnesota Supreme Court
WII
E. R. Peyser
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Thomas Meighan
Pittsburgh
Mr. Meighan
Frances Ring
John Kendrick Bangs
Mary Marshall Duffee
Mildred Marshall
Myrtle
McClure Syndicate
Walter I. Robinson
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