Johnson act to be pushed for action by Legion group
The American Legion national rehabilitation committee plans to press Johnson act provisions in the next session. They seek retroactive disability pay to April 1917, new TB benefits, reinstatement of insurance, family allowances for totally disabled, removal of training end dates, no filing deadlines, and a permanent medical corps. An $18.85 million appropriation is needed at the December session to fund new veterans hospitals after only $3.85 million was cashed previously.
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American Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion
Watson B. Miller
Veterans’ Bureau Service
Miller
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans
Bureau
Wilson Memorial Backed by Georgia Department
Friends of Woodrow Wilson nationwide plan a fundraising push to build a Wilson Memorial College in Georgia with support from the Georgia American Legion. Col. Edward M. House, a longtime advisor to President Wilson, says he will help. Pleasant A. Stovall leads the movement and praises House's influence.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Georgia
Edward M. House
Wilson
Department of Georgia
American Legion
House
Pleasant
A. Stovall
Switzerland
Wilson College
Colonel House
Severe penalties for embezzlement of funds by guardians
Federal law now punishes embezzlement of government funds by guardians with a $2000 fine or up to five years hard labor or both. The American Legion announced the measure after letters to probate clerks prompted guardians to return about $100,000 in unpaid or uncashed checks. Veterans bureau records show 9,519 minor guardians and 15,000 adult guardians in permanent total cases, with an estimated 30,000 minors under guardianship.
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Congress
American Legion
Washington
Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Man Without a Country Prompts Foreign Visit Offer
F M Merriam of the Seward American Legion received a commission to find the Omaha youth who asked for a reason to stay in the United States. The post offered to pay his way to any foreign country if he would never return, while the youth countered with permission to visit the U S. periodically.
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Omaha
Neb
F. M. Merriam
Seward
American Legion
United States of America
United States
Seward Post
Favorite Street Yarn Revived In Vaudeville Act
A street storyteller recalls a poker tale told to a stranger, later revived on stage in a vaudeville setting. The man describes a night in a strange town where the prop rule was to accept a winner’s word rather than exposing cards, and he admits losing the first pot but continues playing.
Cross-Word Puzzle From The Next Issue Preview
A scrambled horizontal and vertical crossword list with clues for 1 across through 64 across and 1 down through 50 down. The note promises the solution in the next issue. The item mirrors a newspaper puzzle feature with wordplay and related hints.
Pay Day Fights Between Miners Spark Town Tale
A New York businessman recalls a Pennsylvania youth visit to an Indiana mining town. He describes pay day clashes between Irish and Welsh miners, observed by a calm town marshal who explains he is German and will not intervene. The elder clergyman, his father, is shocked by the scene.
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New York
M.fe
Pennsylvania
Inshio
Brothers and a Tall Tale at the Hotel
Two brothers quarried over exaggeration as a truth telling sibling warns the other to stop. In a gathering the incorrigible brother launches a grand hotel tale claiming a Calforny hotel with dozens of facilities, prompting a sharp signal to temper the exaggeration.
Sucker’s Loss Highlights Local Gambling Crooks
Williams entered a Reno gambling house and quickly lost his roll at roulette. In disgust he confronted proprietor Long Brown about the crooked game. Brown admitted a twenty percent cut for all suckers steered in and refunded Williams eighty dollars.
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Williams
Reno
Ney
Long Brown
Brown
SRE et a BENS How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Guide explains that solving involves placing correct letters in white spaces to form words across and down. The mother defines each word, with horizontal and vertical clues guiding fits up to the next black square. Words are dictionary entries. proper names excluded. abbreviations and slang removed.
Quarrels Endanger Longtime Love in Brief Marriage
A couple Payton and his wife quarrel over a trifling breakfast-table remark and spend a day in unhappiness. The piece urges overcoming small offenses to cherish years together, noting time grows short and forgiveness preserves happiness.
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Payton
Old Books Have Not Lost Charm
The Wisconsin Library Bulletin notes that childhood literature remains appealing as generations pass. Even with attic purges and space concerns, classic works like Tom Sawyer Little Women and adventure tales still draw young readers, echoing the past with enduring fondness.
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Wisconsin Library Bulletin
Dad
Nelly
Gold Coast region described as historic land of gold
The Gold Coast region in West Africa, part of Guinea, is famed for gold and adventure. It borders the Slave coast to the east and the Ivory coast to the west, with about 850 miles of coastline.
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Gold Coast
Guinea
Africa
Slave Coast
Ivory Coast
Kansas
Ten most injurious insect pests in the United States
The ten most injurious pests, chosen by votes of eleven government entomologists, include the boll weevil Hessian fly codling moth corn earworm mosquitoes chinch bug Colorado potato beetle grasshoppers the house fly and the San Jose scale.
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United States
Colorado
San Jose
Keeping Well in Tuberculosis Care in 1936
A Western Newspaper Union restatement on tuberculosis treatment emphasizes outdoor air sunlight and especially rest as key. It warns patients recovering from consumption against overexertion and urges supervision by knowledgeable caretakers, suggesting sanitarium care over home treatment for best outcomes.
Night Vision Variations and Animal Sight Adaptations
A 1925 Western Newspaper report reviews how some people see better at night and why nocturnal animals like owls tigers and lions excel in darkness. It cites Dr Sidney Russ findings on daytime rest protecting night vision and explains prism split sunlight showing violet versus red sensitivity.
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The
Royal Society of Medicine
Sidney Russ
Doctor Russ
Russ
Dog Responds to Noise With Barking Joke
A humorous quip from Le Rire features a dog question and answer about keeping a dog. The joke concludes that the dog would bark back if it hears a noise, playfully turning the idea of pet ownership into a self defending act.
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le Rire
Tanlac credited with restoring health and weight gain
Mrs. George Hernigle praises Tanlac for 17 pound weight gain from 99 to 116 and improved health after years of nervous indigestion. She says the medicine helped her eight year old daughter as well and urges readers to buy from all good druggists, no substitute.
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Tanlac
George Hernigle
Unclear Prompt Fragments on Favors in Ordered World
The text presents a reflective statement about rare opportunities to help others in a well ordered society. It emphasizes scarcity of occasions to grant favors and invites consideration of generosity within controlled systems.
Demand Bayer Aspirin Says Bayer Cross Marks Genuine Product
Advertisement urges buyers to ensure Bayer name appears on package or tablets to guarantee genuine aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. Warns against imitations and stresses buying Bayer to avoid unsafe substitutes.
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Bayer
Well Merited Dr R V Pierce Honored For Longstanding Herbal Remedies
Dr. R. V. Pierce receives recognition for fifty years of popular herbal remedies. His Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a blood purifier and stomach conditioner that clears skin and enhances circulation. The copy notes the product is sold by all dealers and offers a 10 cent trial tablet package from Buffalo NY.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Farm Acreage Declines in New York and New England
The latest federal census shows improved farm land acreage in New York and New England has fallen by more than 11 million acres over the past forty years.
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New York
New England
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Harmless Fabric Whitening
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as safe for fabrics and suitable for every home claiming it makes clothes white as snow and never injures the material, urging shoppers to buy from all good grocers. The closing line adds a satirical jab about deception.
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Ibe
Bill
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Bens
Laer
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Western Newspaper Union
Frederick R. Green
Health
Cuticura
Talcam
Cuttcura ‘Laboratories
Teriea
Dept. M
Halden
Fon
Mase
Beleans
GE Bellans
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