Armstrong leads Connecticut American Legion efforts in 1920s
The article chronicles Armstrong’s rise in the American Legion within Connecticut. It highlights his post leadership, creation of 14 new posts, turning the department into a top national performer, organizing a Legion band, founding a department newspaper, securing a $100,000 Legion home in Waterbury, and his national role as a deputy commander. It notes his leave from Scovill Manufacturing to focus on Legion work, tours delivering speeches, and subsequent national calls to service, including work for the disabled and orphans through the American Legion Endowment Fund.
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Rotest
Legion
Armstrong
Foumd
Post
Secar
Ing Legion
Waterbury
Scovill Manufacturing Company
Connecticut
Fall Armstrong
Subject Announced for National Essay Contest 1925
The American Legion announces the national essay contest for 1925 open to American school children ages twelve and up. The topic: Why has the American Legion dedicated itself to uphold and defend the Constitution. Prizes of 750, 500, and 250 are offered for top entries, to be used for study in recognized colleges. Medals awarded to winners, with rate and county schools to cooperate in conducting the contest.
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American Legion
The
Legion
Indianapolis Teche
United States of America
Animals With A Sense Of Humor Across Species
A survey of animals shows varied dispositions and humor. Dogs imitate calls to amuse, parrots trick people, monkeys prank others, bears and walruses display differing temperaments, elephants sense humor while rhinoceroses appear dull, and apes seemingly lack humor.
Voices of Insects and Their Hidden Meaning
The article discusses insect sounds and their potential meanings with claims by Dr Franketts of the American Museum of Natural History. It notes naturalists' fascination with interpreting insect voices and suggests sounds serve as signals or warnings to others.
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New York
Franketts
American Museum of Natural History
New ‘York
Travelers demand wakeup call after lost bill in village inn
The eight country tourists complain of sleepless night at the inn and plan to search for a twenty dollar bill at daybreak. They ask the landlord to call them at dawn as they prepare to leave the area to search for the missing money. The landlady and guests remain undisturbed after the request.
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Ully
EL Country
Remark on currency cleanliness by an elderly depositor
In a Pittsburgh Post item quoted by Sir Robert Kindersley, a National Savings leader and Bank of England director, a cash clerk notes that cashiers are used to dirty notes. An elderly woman deposits bundles of immaculate notes, remarking she stayed up until two then cleaning and ironing them, causing a witty exchange about their pristine appearance.
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Treasury
Robert Kindersley
National Savings Organizaton
Bank of England
Pittaburgh
Candles as Auctioneers in English Traditions
The piece explains the old practice of selling by candle in rural England. At Warton grazing rights are auctioned annually by candle while Alder Marton’s church meadow is auctioned every three years using a candle flame, a pin, and a pie as the marking method.
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Warton
Aldermarton
London
World's Largest Tome Emerges From Dominican Cloister
Vienna showcases the World’s Largest Tome, a four by three foot parchment book mounted in a case within a corridor. The tome features biographical notes and death lines from Dominican monks, with origins dating back to 1226 in the Babenberg era.
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Vienna
Feeding and housing lift Arkansan cows to higher milk yield
An Iowa experiment shows seven cows and calves improved with balanced rations and good care. Over seven years they averaged 4007.7 pounds milk and 229.91 pounds fat, up about 49 percent and 46 percent respectively from better feeding, despite initial poor condition. The study argues feeding strength can trump breeding in improving herds.
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Iowa
Arkangay
Arkansan
Control Tomato Blight By Spraying Or Dusting
Tomato blight injures leaves delaying fruit maturity and causes sun scald. Spraying or dusting with Bordeaux mixture helps on rich soils though less profitable on poor soils. Start with stocky plants, keep gardens clean to prevent disease, and consult USDA Bulletin No 1288 for full details.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Field Feeding of Corn and Weather Rules
Field feeding of corn works best in dry weather. Keeping pigs in the field after heavy rains ruins corn and hurts soil. Unless very early corn varieties are grown, the new crop won’t be ready early enough in fall to feed pigs finished for market in September or October before price slumps.
Cockleburs Fatal to Cattle, Purdue Expert Warns
Purdue weed specialist A A Hansen cautions cockleburs can kill both large and young cattle. He notes uncertainty about whether injury comes from the plant or the burs. If burs are mature, remove hogs from fields. if plants are small and burs soft, it is generally safe to leave hogs in place.
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A. A. Hansen
Purdue
Cockleburg
Airing Tomatoes Boosts Stocky Growth
Airing tomatoes helps them grow stocky and strong. Open windows slightly on mild days to avoid cold winds while giving fresh air as much as possible for healthier tomato plants.
Alfalfa Pasture Proves Valuable For Hogs
B W Fairbanks of the Colorado Agricultural College Extension Service argues alfalfa is an ideal hog pasture due to its early green growth and high nutrition. He notes alfalfa supports broods with limited grain, suggests barley, and states an acre can sustain nine to twelve pigs from weaning to market with a balanced ration.
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B. W. Fairbanks
Extension Service
Colorado
Agricultural College
Summer Season to Build Silos for Storing Feed
A farmer should start summer repairs and ensure housing for stock and storage for feed to last winter. The silo secures green feed all winter and boosts farm wealth. Indiana experiment station found 28 acres fed 20 steers 160 days with corn silage and clover hay versus 85 acres with corn and clover. Forestall waste by saving corn leaves and stalks. concrete silos gain prominence as permanence grows.
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Isathia Aolinala
Testa
Indiana Experiment Station
Sweet Clover Seed Production in Second Year Care
Sweet clover is a biennial plant producing seed in the second year after planting. In spring a first year hay crop or pasturing may occur, but pasturing should not be too short. By June 1 the crop should be pasture fed, clipped, or cut for hay. clipping and cutting pose danger to stand, so pasture until late August harvest for seed.
Crop rotation and fertilizer tips for farm efficiency
The article urges farmers to rotate crops and choose clean cultivated crops, order repair parts for farm implements, and consider cooperative selling to improve returns. It highlights sweet clover as a top honey source, encourages beekeeping, and stresses using complete fertilizers with nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potassium for higher yields.
Kitchen cabinet tips and household remedies mix
This vintage column offers practical household advice and recipes. It covers using iodine with ammonia for stains, tobacco spray for garden pests, a cholera remedy with soda and ginger, cucumber whey lotion, and diversified cooking notes. It includes food value ideas, onion zest, orange and grapefruit tips, and simple hair care and cleaning hints.
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E. P. Armstrong
London Zoo
Rase
Arkansea
Cropa. Co
Dees
Charles Kingaley
Uuto
Elesa
Engishman
Theta
Lina
Werte Prise
Littie
Wonder
Metter
Bpring-Stef Hecie
United States Rubber Company
Society of Miniatura Misfe Cluba
England
Ita
France
Ruby Brandon
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
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