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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
6
The readable text references Sullivan and Isaldo proposing a regional act to support service members. It mentions hospitalization work, "work on" drives, and general efforts for veterans. Details are unclear due to OCR damage.
General Pershing was captured moving through friendly territory when Amereeican Legion members blocked a trolley in Bement. The old leader spoke for ten minutes on the rear platform as Legionnaires, led by Sidney Morgan, secured the right of way with a show of force.
A historical note profiles Hanging Cloud a Chippewa girl known for three war scalps near Rice Lake Wisconsin about seventy years ago. She wore three eagle plumes after slaying three braves and, after her father Na-fong ga-bee fell, feigned death to ambush Sioux seeking the scalps then killed two more. She chose to marry a white man and lived near Rice Lake for years.
The United States Chamber of Commerce secured a decisive nationwide win with 4,116 chambers voting yes and 2,657 voting against Menpure. The chamber has opposed the bill from the outset. In Toledo, Ohio, the local chamber protested the questionnaire as unfair in its presentation.
A hungry man named Tim asks for work and a proper tool set, while an old lady welcomes him with a warm meal. The tale contrasts Tim’s claim I would with I would work and highlights a country humor thread across several short jests about size, misfit uniforms, and social scenes.
A local American Legion post in Nashile Tennessee forms to build and maintain a community playground funded by ex-soldiers and missionaries. The piece notes cost comparisons for soldiers clothing, cites Jean Hodson of San Francisco as the Army’s only woman field clerk with Major General Morton, and references Legion activities across the North and South.
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