Minnesota Legion Names Dr A A Van Dyke Commander
Dr A A Van Dyke of Minneapolis, newly elected commander of the Minnesota Department of the American Legion, is credited with helping 1800 veterans gain employment. A veteran, citizen, and former St Paul Post No 8 leader, he chaired welfare work and lobbied for the soldiers bonus bill. Born in Alexandria, he is a 1908 University of Chicago medical graduate involved in dentistry studies later. He served in the signal corps during the war and taught artillery at a New Jersey camp.
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A A. van Dyke
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
American Legion
van Dyke
St. Paul
Largst
United States
Ramsey County
Doctor van Dyke
Alexan
New Jersey
Disabled Veterans Gain Favor in Forbes Policy
General Hed Tape’s assault on disability rights is reversed by the American Legion and Mr Forbes. The veteran affairs chief champions quick claims, compensations, and restored earning capacity for disabled men and women, declaring no claim shall be disallowed unless imperative while doubts are resolved in the claimant’s favor.
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Hed Tape
American Legion
Char J
Forbes
How to Cure Unemployment Prompts Legion Guide
James J. Davia, secretary of labor, argues in The American Legion on seeking an unemployment cure. He urges wage moderation to allow mills, housing, schools, and factories to restart, with merchants lowering profits to boost clothing and general goods sales. Landlords should reduce rents to restore living wages. The piece notes welcoming the steamer American Legion back to New York after a ten hour shorter Atlantic crossing.
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American Legion
James J. Davia
Secretary of
Labor
Ingla
Hero American officer saves woman under fire earns French Medal
Lieutenant George A. Dunagin of the United States Army Maison service risked his life to rescue a submerged woman after she fell from a parapet into a 70 foot stream during a civil retreat in France. He received the French Medal of Honor and the Congressional Life Saving Medal. Dunagin later led the Shreveport veterans bureau substation and assisted Dawes in veteran needs investigations. Born in Laurel, Mississippi, he studied at Mississippi A. & M. College and served seven European campaigns.
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France
George A. Dynagin
Maison
United States Army
Dunagin
Shreveport
United States Veteran’s Bureau
Paria
London
American Legion
Dawes
Laurel
Miss
Mississippi A. & M. College
Oury
Legionaire town formed by World War I veterans in Arkansas
A group of sixteen former service members from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Joe Carson post of the American Legion settle on a 2,500 acre tract in Scott county Arkansas to form a trading center and town named Legionaire. They plan to own land within months as war service residence rules apply while clearing timber building and hunting on their plots. Estimates suggest up to 100 veterans may settle with government funds aiding the move.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Carson
American Legion
Legionaire
Doughboy
Scott County
WAR WORKER AIDS Mies Wood Remembered For War Effort
War worker Mies Wood, once with the M. O. A. corps in France, is remembered by ex-service men for a year of cheering doughboys overseas. She now aids unemployed veterans in New York, volunteering at film showings of The Man Without a Country to read the Legion preamble and support welfare work.
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Mies
American Legion
Miss Wood
Constitution of the Legion
Citizenship training for aliens by Great Falls Legion
The Americanization committee of the Great Falls Montana post of the American Legion has completed a class of 87 aliens prepared for naturalization with 87 admitted as citizens. An additional class of 100 foreigners is now in training, receiving instruction twice weekly and undergoing preliminary exams to judge fitness for citizenship.
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Americanization Committee
Great Falls
Mont
American Legion
Legion Committee
Many Graves Remain Unmarked Across Overseas Battlefields
The American Legion reports thousands of American graves overseas are unmarked due to a shortage of government grave markers and Congress failing to appropriate funds for purchases.
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Congress
Thip
American’ Legion
Simple Poultry Methods for Hen Flock Foundations
Advises securing purebred stock and avoiding excess spending on elaborate facilities. Emphasizes simple, well-ventilated buildings, natural ventilation, wooden construction, and proper feed. Warns against costly gear and suggests a global cost rule: grain and mash about 60 percent of total input, with 40 percent for other expenses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Santa Cruz
Wtel
Birds Effective in Destroying Insects in Crops
United States Department of Agriculture notes birds mobilize with farmers to fight pests. Orchard oriole and English sparrows feed on boll weevils, green bugs and other pests, with counts reaching hundreds of millions in a season. Colorado, Utah, and North Carolina examples illustrate birds reducing aphids, weevils, moths, and beetles, saving crops during migrations and outbreaks.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Utah
North
Carolna
Gralo
Department
Rocky Mountain
Importance of Ventilation for Winter Poultry Housing
Proper ventilation is the key to winter poultry housing, more critical than cold or humidity. Poor air flow leads to freezing glickena' combs and winter lay strike, while good ventilation prevents illness and stress in flocks.
Powerizing the Farm: Powering American Agriculture
Secretary Wallace argues that greater production and stable agricultural economies depend on better farming methods and improved machinery. He envisions powerization as inevitable, with refined power sources lowering costs and smoothing farm profits.
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America
Wallace
Truth in advertising warned by New York expert
Frank Irwin Fletcher urged advertisers to curb exaggeration and mendacity in ads. He criticized past promotions likening them to a dialogue between a dealer and patron, noting how fake scarcity and inflated promises mislead buyers.
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Frank Irwin Fletcher
New York
Daleyman
Turn of Affairs in Mrs Wiggs Story
In dialogue Mr Huggins asks Mrs Wiggs about proposing to her daughter Sadie who directs him to her mother. Mrs Wiggs says Sadie is dutiful and if he insists they could set the wedding for next Thursday.
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Jack
Joe
Jos
Visitor cites missing fly in the ointment in natural history rooms
The visitor notes an omission in the collection, asking what is meant by the baleful bug that brings disappointment and spoils pleasure. The exchange highlights the classic phrase the fly in the ointment as a metaphor for unmet expectations.
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Natural History Rooms
Always In Luck Says Richmond Paper On Hard Times
A Richmond Times Dispatch column notes that luck varies with need and means. It remarks that a person with nothing to eat might find relief, while lack of funds for travel keeps others unlucky. The piece uses a blunt, practical tone about hardship and endurance.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Infailible Signs in First History Lesson
Miya Cross questions John about his English history study as they begin their first lesson. John replies his history book is dirty, and the glisters settle in for instruction.
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John
Miya Cross
Miss Cross
Profiteering Quip Sparks 19th Century Bond Market Snag
In a Boston Transcript excerpt, a mock dialogue on profiteering exposes a shady scheme where a marriage officiant boasts charging five dollars per ceremony and ten dollars extra for rapid service. The exchange highlights early 20th century fiscal skepticism and comic irony.
Of No Use to Him Hewitt and Jewett Exchange Banter
In a brief humorous exchange Hewitt asks why Jewett "doesn't get his goat." Jewett replies that he is a vegetarian, turning the tease into a lighthearted quip.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Deadly Weapon of Savages in Native Warfare
A National Geographic bulletin describes Mosal and Andorobo use of poison arrows from Accati therngchimpers. Leaves are boiled to form a thick poison, applied to bark-smeared arrows. Wounds are cauterized, flesh discarded, and blood consumed. tribal practices include drinking cattle blood and porridge mixtures. Also promotes Cuticura Baby care products with hot baths and ointments.
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National Geographic Society
Condensations on life and money and human folly
A compact collection of wry sayings on credulity money work and social behavior. It touches on incompetence contested wills moral lapses and the ironies of aging and ambition with a dry contrarian tone. It remarks that money shapes actions and reputations while human folly often undermines virtue.
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The
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Boston Transcript
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Solomon
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