Topographic Survey Maps and Their Makers Describe a Vast Federal Project
A long piece extols the U S geological survey and the national topographic map program. It highlights director St George Otis Smith and Col. O H Birdseye, explains the Temple Act funding goals, and notes the vast scale, tools, and benefits of precise maps for irrigation, drainage, roads, and planning along with adventurous expeditions by surveyors like bridges and Kiluea crater exploration.
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Uncle Sam
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Toole
Sam
Hame
Bridgeye
Kilauea
Hawaii
Thia
United States
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
St George Otis Smith Ia
Maine
United States Coal Commission
Col
O. H. Birdseye
New York State
Unc de Samsella
Engineering Council
Congress
Smith
Birdseye
Scientific American
Patriots Not Pacifists Lead Fidac Congress in Rome
Brig. Gen. Leigh Gignilliat announced the Fidac perce program as the soldiers’ call to intelligent patriotism against Russian Internationalist encroachment. The American Legion delegation included William B. Follett Joseph H. Thompson A Platt Andrew Rev. William P. OConnor Lemuel Bolles and other officials. Fidac’s 1925 activities featured Geneva army conference cooperation with the League of Nations a broadcast bulletin and plans for a women’s auxiliary. Gignilliat, born in Savannah, joined the Army in 1917 and rose to brigadier general, with honors from Pershing and the French Legion d’Honneur.
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Rome
Italy
Leigh Robinson Gignilat
American Legion
Gignilliat
Congress
William B. Follett
Winter Park
Fla
Joseph H. Thompson
Pittsburgh
A. Platt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
William P. O'Connor
the Legion
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lemuel Bo
Fidac
Lemuel Boiles
Thompson
Geneva
League of Nations
Fidae
Germany
Marshal von Kindenburg
Gignillini
Savannah
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Chicago
Oicers
William Alexander Fleetwood
Legion
Indiana Department
National Executive Committee
Permanent Foreign Relations Commission
The
Pershing
France
Archery Revival Noted In 19th Century America
Stewart Edward White writes on archery revival amid changing fashions. The piece recalls a fifty year old surge sparked by Frank Stockton and the Our Archery Club vignette, noting archery’s romantic, antiquarian appeal and its spread from England to America, with Sir Walter Scott influencing popular interest.
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Stewart Edward Wihle
Frank Stockton
Springfield
England
Sir Walter Scott
Hobib Hood
Self-Supporting Students at Nebraska and Ohio State Report
The Ohio State Journal notes first year NU data showing 78 percent of men and 88 percent of women were wholly or partially self supporting. Average nine month expenditures were 8714 for men and 720 for women, reflecting early student finances.
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University of Nebraska
Met
Ohio State Journal
Prehistoric apartment house found near Globe Arizona
Archaeologists uncovered ruins near Globe Arizona of a permanent style dwelling described as a 120-room apartment house with traceable Roma features, shedding light on ancient housing patterns in the region.
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Globe, Ariz
Hold On to Federal Insurance Policies
Rehabilitation officials of the American Legion urge keeping federal life insurance policies, citing John Chard whose heirs finally received the full $1,000 after a delayed cash settlement check. Chard died June 27, 1921, with a $30 delay causing the government to owe the full policy value per Comptroller-General McCarren's ruling.
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American Legion
John Chard
Chard
Veterans’ Bureau
McCar
Medal Presented to Elsie Janis on Lincoln Vaudeville Tour
American Legionnaires awarded a gold medal to famed vaudeville actress Elsie Janis during a Lincoln performance. The medal bears the American Legion emblem and the inscription With love to our friend and buddy, honoring her as a sweetheart of the A. E. F. during World War I.
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Colmisie Yung
A. St. F
American Legionnaires
Lincoln
Neb
American Legion
Mrs Durbin Recovers From Chronic Catarrh With PERU-NA
March 6 1902 Mrs Monge Durbin of 139 Riverside Ave Little Rock Arkansas describes five years of chronic bowels illness once blamed on catarrh or consumption. After two bottles of PERU-NA she improves and remains well as of December 12 1923. The PH MU-NA Company Columbus Ohio offers a booklet on catarrh.
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Monge Durbin
Riverside Ave
Little Rock
Arkansas
Peru
Belief Gaps Leave Us Forlorn In Unseen Strains
Those unable to believe in preferred ideas feel the deepest forlorn, confronting gaps between wishful faith and reality. The sentiment frames a quiet crisis of confidence amid persistent doubt and longing for conviction.
His Luck in Garden Leads to Health Insurance Payout
Quote from Heston Transcript notes a man asking about luck in a garden. The reply says he earned sunstroke and collected 200 dollars from a health insurance agency. The pair discuss the outcome as a humorous, possibly staged remark.
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Heston Transcript
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Dickinson Sherman
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Pele
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Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier National Park
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Bam
Canada
People Patriots
Elsie Janis
Benans
Indigestant
Caticura
Taniac
Andrew Croeschner
Tanlsc
Druggiata
Koenig Medicine CO
Wells
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