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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
8
A Western town asked Champ Clark to lecture for a set fee noting it would be a lecture, not a speech. Clark clarifies he charges for lectures and speaks for free only when delivering a speech. A brief aside mentions New York City's population decline tied to high rents driving workers to Long Island commuting.
A historical note presents a biblical verse from Ecclesiastes about the limits of human power over life and death, asserting that there is no discharge in war for the living. The fragment emphasizes fate and mortality in conflict times.
The International Association of Rotary Clubs orders a countrywide inquiry to verify American Legion claims about disabled veterans relief. Chesley H Perry of Chicago says 50 000 Rotarians will gather facts from 800 communities to test if Legion reports reflect hysteria or actual conditions.
Charles H. Kendrick of San Francisco, a member of the national executive committee of the American Legion, served with distinction in World War I and was cited by General Summerall for devotion under bombardment during the Meuse Argonne offensive. Kendrick rose to major before discharge in 1919, later representing California on the national Legion body. Women's Press Club of New York aids welfare work for disabled veterans and supports hospital gardenettes at Fox Hills Staten Island with clothing, tobacco, and reading matter.
The first convention of the Women's Auxiliary of the Virginia Department of the American Legion will be held May 18 and 19. Delegates from posts across the state will attend sessions at the county fairgrounds to elect officers, adopt program plans, and hear reports on community service activities.
Maj A B Welch of Mandan North Dakota is portrayed as the sole full fledged Indian chief and commander of an American Legion fest. He wears the Sioux head chief dress authorized by John Grass and is elected chief of the Sioux. Welch led a detachment of Indians to France in 1917 aboard the Gilbert post unit and served on Gen Hunter Liggett staff. He held civil affairs duties in Cablenz during World War I before returning home in 1919.
Major Welch and state Legion officials will speak at funeral ceremonies for Albert Grass, grandson of Chief John Grass, who fell in action near Soissons. The Indian hero, who served overseas, will be buried at Cannon Ball, North Dakota, with Sioux Nation tribal sites honored.
The American Legion counts Gen. John J. Pershing and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood among its prominent early members. Pershing sided against a national nomination due to military duties, while Wood is linked to Chicago’s General George B. Crook post No. 434 and has supported ex service men’s interests at many conventions.
In France American Legion members named most posts after men who died in action. The Connellsville Pennsylvania post was Mil ton Bishop post No. 801 created to honor heroism of Mr Bishop killed in action.
A terse report notes Dub And Laglon Wealls tied the knot citing homelessness as the reason. The couple, now settled, faces a lean era as they adjust to domestic life.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph humor piece presents a quirky exchange between a landlord and a new tenant. The landlord asks about paying rent while the tenant jokes that the doors in the house will not chat. The tenant notes it is a new house and it takes time to settle.
An advertising notice stresses that genuine Aspirin must bear the Bayer name on packaging and tablets. It cites uses for colds, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and pain, and notes small twelve tablet tins cost a few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
An old advertisement extols Catarrh Medicine as a blood purifier and tonic that cleanses the blood to restore normal body conditions and aid nature. Circulation promotes sales through Druggists with free circulars from B. & Co. Toledo, Ohio. The rest of the text includes stray musings on reading and opportunity.
An eight year old boy objects when a neighbor woman requests to borrow the baby. The mother and other adults dispute the request noting Mrs L is not trusted to return the baby in good condition. The boy cites the neighborhood reputation of Mrs L as careless.
The note suggests heat expands and cold contracts causing days to feel longer in summer and shorter in winter, offering a simple explanation for seasonal daylength perception.
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