Medal Honor for Indian Achievers at Chicago Ceremony
On Indian Day Friday September 22 a ceremony at Century of Progress in Chicago will award a medal to the Indian of today whose achievements in arts, religion, medicine, law, science, politics, education, social service, or government service are outstanding. The Indian Council Fire sponsors the award with a committee including Lew Sarett, Ernest Thompson Seton, John Collier, and others. The list of more than 560 nominees features prominent individuals such as Gertrude Bonnin and Charles Eastman, among many others from tribes across the United States. The honor marks an annual celebration of Indian achievement amid efforts to overcome Bureau restrictions and prejudice.
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Chicago
Indian Council Fire
W. Carson Ryan
Washington
W. D. Weeks
Bacone Indian College
Oklahoma
Harold J. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
George H. Heafford
Indian Cemetery Restoration Service
William J. Rogers
Indian Welfare Committee
Third District
Ninols Federation of Women's Clubs
R. C. Eaton
Scott Y. Peters
Indian Council
Indian Bureau
Spencer Asah
James Auchiah
Monroe Huntinghorse
Steve Mopope
Gilbert Mopope
Klowa
David Buffalo Bear
Red Cloud
Luther Standing Bear
J. A. Belgard
Chibiaboos
Roosevelt
Haskell Indian School
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Appears with Answers Next Issue
A large crossword puzzle page presents horizontal and vertical clues with numerous wordplays. The grid includes terms such as holdings on religious texts, musical terms, and common objects, awaiting solution in the next issue.
Senator Sorghum Discusses Family Social Life
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum on family life and society. He says his family will be active but he plans to focus on work and aim for advancement, joking about joining the airplane class.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Paris and Bust Elopement Plot via Zeppelin Trip
A flirtatious exchange chronicles a couple planning elopement by zeppelin to South America then marriage in Rio de Janeiro. They intend to announce from New York, seek forgiveness in Cherbourg, and wire for return fare, per the Border Cities Star.
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South America
Rio
New York
Cherbourg
Vparis
Border Cities
Ali Baba and the Missing Presence
A classroom joke frames Ali Baba as a man not present during the crime. The teacher asks about famous characters in prose and poetry and a student answers with humorous irony. The dialogue highlights memory and absence in storytelling.
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Ali Baba
Canoe at a Bargain Promises Boating on Your Property
Pathfinder Magazine quips about selling a canoe for $40 to enjoy boating without leaving home. The playful ad line suggests a clever, low cost way to access waterfront pleasures and buyers’ imagined freedoms.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Tales of the Talker Across Endless Adventures
The Talker, once everywhere, tells hours of exploits. He begins a new tale claiming he saw a man eating tiger, and a weary listener retorts that he has seen a man eating rabbit as well. The banter echoes a carousel of daring and playful bravado.
His Lucky Day Policeman Bug Stop Thief
A policemen thwart a thief in a bold scene with a soto voce aside. The thief faces a tough break as bombs become a dangerous business tool.
Fortune Notes From Letters Inspire Neighbors’ Win
An illustration in Gazzettino Illustrato cites a father praising his daughter’s music lessons as priceless while joking that such funds would let him buy neighboring houses at half price. The piece highlights the humorous side of wealth perceptions.
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Gazzettino Illustrato
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Elmo Scott Watson
Fred Cardin
Town Hall
Henry Roe Cloud
American Indian Institute
Wichita
Kan
Indian Service
Elizabeth ‘Bender Roe Cloud
Czarina ‘Colbert
Conlan, Chaft
Europe
America
Mourning Dove
Okanogan
Coyote
Charles A. Eastman
Chiyesa
The
Boy Scouts
Brooks-Bryce Foundation
George R. Frazier
Ethel Frazier
Evanston
Ralph Fredenburg
Charles J. Frechette
John Frost
Plenty Crows
Crows
Frank S. Gauthier
Philip Gordon
Hayward
Wis
Centuria
Joseph H. Jacobs
McGill University Medical School
Caughnawaga Reservation
William J. Kershaw
Wisconsin
Theresa la Motte
Menominee
Eugene B. Lawson
Delaware
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
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William B. Newell
Rolling Thunder
Mohan's
Syracuse University
Society For the Propagation of Indian Welfare
Joe Noonan
Associated Arts Club of
Los Angeles
Roy Oshkosh
Menominee Tribal Advisory Board
W. David Owl
Arthur ©. Parker
Rochester
Museum of Arts and Sciences
New York State
Congress of American Indians
George O. Peake
Little Moose
Rock
Imaita
W. T. McGillycuddy
Ogallalas
White Man’s Road
Ann Ross
William Shelton
Snoqualmie
Houston B. Tee Hee
Tahlequah
Okla
United States
United States Treasury
Supreme Court Commission of
Mary Thompson
England
James F. Thorpe
Sac and Foxe
Sweden
Silver Tongue
Hoopa
Elizabeth ‘Toptllot
Keshena
Scott H. Peters
Ruth Muskrat Bronson Cherokee
Francis LaFlesche Omeha
Y William L Kershaw
Marie Martinez Saglidefence
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Rock Sioux
Gertrude Bonnin Ageomran
Te Ata Chickasaw
Neverage
Longatick
Hiblicnl
Western Newspaper Union
Paris and Bust
Talker
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