Commander Michie Led Virginia Legion Department
Thomas Johnson Michie Jr born June 7 1896 in Northport New York grew up in Charlottesville Virginia. He attended University of Virginia earning AB and LLB and served as an air service officer in WWI. A lawyer with Allen Walsh Michie he taught at UVA law. He joined Charlottesville Abermarle Post 74 of the Legion and rose from adjutant to commander of the Department of Virginia for the current year.
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Thomas Johnson Michie, Jr
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Northport
Long Island
N. C
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Thotine Jefferson
Michie
Jefferson School
University
Fort Meyer
Air Service
Cornell Air Service
Faggio
Italy
Tours
France
Phi Beta Kappa
Theta Delta Chi
Allen, Walsh & Michle
University of Virginia Law School
Abermarle
The
Legion
Michle
Department of Virginia
Warning on Loans Against World War Adjusted Certificates
American Legion officials in Washington warn veterans nationwide about money lenders targeting World War adjusted compensation certificates. A Treasury Secret Service report notes certificates used as loan collateral not sanctioned by law, with an example in San Antonio. The act restricts negotiations or loans violating protections to shield veterans from exploitation.
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American Legion Service
Washington
Secret Service
Treasury Department
San Antonio
Texas
Ie Legion
Finnal Loank
District of Columbia
Prevent Silage Spoilage with Proper Silo Care
The New Jersey State College of Agriculture advises tightening hoops on wood stave silos, creosoting interior, painting exterior, and ensuring airtight doors. Proper trimming, thorough trampling, and moisture management prevent molding and rotting, with top layers filled using dry fodder or moist weeds.
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New Jersey State College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Proper Care Increases Life of Farm Tractor
Advice from the College of Agriculture outlines simple rules to extend tractor life and cut repair costs. Handle gently, avoid unnecessary engine racing, throttle wisely, move slowly, inspect for loose bolts, oil and grease regularly, defer major repairs with careful use, and clean thoroughly each winter with water and kerosene, with an overhaul if needed.
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Ssor of
Zee
Shrset
Heifer Calves Deserve Attention of Dairymen
The article urges dairymen to focus on heifer calves, noting early milk feeding is vital. It recommends gradual transitions to skim milk, suggests alternatives like buttermilk when skim milk is unavailable, and advises grain and hay choices plus a darkened shed for protection.
Cut Egg Crop Short In Heat For Poultry Houses
Overheated roosta houses hasten molt and shorten eye crop. Rear ventilators over roosta are essential for comfort. Keep all doors windows and ventilators open as much as possible. Summer drafts do not injure hens. Maintain good egg production with grain plus green succulent feed such as alfalfa pasture finely chopped sudan grass or rape, and a mash moistened with water or milk and cool roasting quarters.
Clover Mix Better Than Timothy Alone
A. W. Blair of the New Jersey agricultural experiment station urges planting timothy with clover for hay. The mixture enriches soil nitrogen, increases hay yield, and boosts protein value. Data from 1921 and 1922 show higher total returns with timothy and clover, including a second cutting in 1921.
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A. W. Blair
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
New Jersey
Timothy
Handle Fruit in Hurry During Harvest Time
G W Peck of the New York State College of Agriculture urges rapid packing and cold storage to preserve fruit quality. He stresses prepped packing tables, picking bags, ladders, and ample harvesting tools, noting delays reduce storage life and market value for peaches and other fruits.
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G. W. Peck
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
Cream Quality Rules in Hot Weather
In hot weather delivering good cream is challenging. Essentials include clean cans and buckets and keeping cream cold. A good cellar, running water or cooling tank helps. Deliver cream often to reduce spoilage. High-grade cream yields better butter. creameries are paying premiums for first-grade cream.
Farming Tips Emphasize Adapted Varieties and Seed Cranks
The piece argues farms benefit from acid phosphate and limestone to raise alfalfa, notes higher yields from 1915 to 1920, and urges planting adapted varieties. It mentions retaining seed cranks in the community and saving home-grown stock as best when varieties suit local conditions.
Kitchen Cabinet Recipes From a Bygone Era
A collection of home canning and cooking notes detailing methods for preparing moist fried chicken with steam and butter, plus recipes for chicken au salt and various preserves and drinks. It notes using milk-based sauces, canning wild fruits, tomato jam, and preserving wild and cultivated grapes and berries for winter.
Ophelia’s Heraldry and Family Marks Hint Tragic Meaning
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt the text links Ophelia’s garb and the queen’s dress to cadency marks in heraldry. It explains how the eldest son bears a label and subsequent ranks show differing marks, tying Ophelia and the queen to royal lineage and married status through symbolic insignia.
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Ophelia
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Claudius
Cleveland Plain Desler
Punta Flechas: Sea Spirit Haunts Philippine Coast
Sailors fear an ogre of the sea at Punta Flechas on Palawan’s northeast coast. Legends say the cliff can conjure winds and typhoons to wreck ships that fail to pay homage. Warriors appease the spirit by lashing arrows at the cliff as they sail by Dumaran channel.
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Punta Flechas
Palawan
Philippines
Manila
Dumaran
Shota
Fled From Native Land Emigres of the Revolution
Kansas City Star notes the term emigres for refugees from France during the revolution. Royals princes fled in 1780 after Bastille fall, others followed after 1791. Many returned by 1802 with Napoleon's amnesty. some stayed abroad until Napoleon fell. A 1814 charter blocked recovery of estates, and a 125 grant later funded 30 million francs yearly to those with lost lands, later annulled after 1880.
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France
Bastille
Amiens
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Kansis
Auction finds rare Caxton volume in London sale
An auctioneer in London uncovered a leather bound Caxton specimen among books from a parcel sent to a salesroom. The lot included a fragment of the Royal Book worth over 10000 dollars, nearly all The Book of Good Manners, and part of The Doctrinal of Sapience. a near complete copy fetched 3000 pounds. A unique 1487 Songs and Sonnets by Henry Howard was found in oak wainscot of a Chatham bakery. Lewington mystery surrounds its concealment.
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London
Bodlelin
Oxford
Henry Woward
Earl of Surrey
Chatham
Lewtong
Cyclopean masonry tied to ancient walls across regions
The term Cyclopean masonry describes walls built with enormous irregular stones, unhewn and uncemented. Such structures, found in Myrenne, Tiryng, Haly, and Greece, were likely built by the Pelasghlins around 1000 B C. Later peoples linked them to Cyclones, with similar examples in Sicily, Ireland, Peru and Africa.
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Myrenne
Tiryng
Greece
Haly
Sicily
Ireland
Peru
Africa
London’s Giant Artificial Reservoir
London built the world’s largest artificial reservoir to boost the city’s fresh water supply. It can hold about 7,000,000,000 gallons and covers a surface over two hundred acres. The nearly circular project spans about one and a quarter miles in diameter and is a wedge-shaped polygon. It lies north of the Thames between Stanford and Shepperton.
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London
Tis Incution
Thames
Stalned
Shepperton
Alabama
Tallapoosa
Robert and auntie hair mishap at night
A brief odd incident recounts three year old Robert and his mother visiting his aunt. While in the aunt’s room Robert, excited by hair being taken down, shouted for his mother that “Auntie’s bolt has all broken off,” describing a comic misunderstanding in a domestic setting.
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Robert
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