American Legion Speech Highlights Miner’s Merits
Agher Miner, president of a large company, praises the privileges of membership in the American Legion amid the organization’s first trip. He recalls losing a leg in battle and inspires his men to persevere. His military career began in 1884 with the Pennsylvania militia, with service in the Spanish American War, command roles in the Ninth Infantry and Third Pennsylvania Field Artillery, service in Mexico, and France in 1918. He earned a Distinguished Service Cross and a Distinguished Service Medal for bravery.
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Agher Miner
Salt of & Ahrapne
Miner
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Building Corporation
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Ninth Infantry
Pennsylvania Field ‘Artillery
France
Grace Jackson Named Little Mother of Uncle Sam’s Boys
Grace Jackson, widow of Afra Jackson, heads the welfare committee of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the American Legion in Wichita Kansas. She makes weekly hospital visits to three military wards bringing fruit, candy, magazines, and warm dressing gowns to American soldiers wounded or ill from World War I service. Her efforts are supported by committee members and her large family. one son serves with the French front line artillery unit while others are too young for service.
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Uncle Sam's Boys
Wichita
Kan
Allard
American Legion
Afra
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Hera
Thayer Kan Mayor Mire Abby Howe Forest A Legion Friend
Abby Howe Forest mayor of Thayer Kansas is the first woman in the United States to hold such an office. She supports the Anoricae Legion post and backs plans for a community house to serve town and surrounding areas. Forest is active in the Daughters of the American Revolution and an officer of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Mire
Abby Howe Forest
Thayer
Kan
United States
Mayorssa
Forest
Legion
Thayer Pont Ia
Mra. Forest
Clvic
C. B. Adams
American Legion
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Lighthouse Keeper Wins His Bride at Sand Shoal
Ben Raymond, keeper at Sand Shoal Light, after a broken engagement, rescues four shipwreck survivors including Marjorie Lee, a Boston woman, during a Christmas week snowstorm. He marries her on their return to the isolated lighthouse, where their love blossoms amid sea and storm.
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Daisy
Boston
Tulase
Dalsy
Mrs. Brewer
Ben Pateed
Dalny
Sanhound
Ben Raymond
Iun
Sunda
Ken
Kittent Beach
Kéittent
Benny
Kiticut
Boant
Marjorie
Fragmented ancient battles and a fitness claim analysis
The passage mixes chaotic figures of ancient Persian and Greek generals with exaggerated army sizes and a dubious fitness tip. It mentions Darius, Croesus, Cyrus, Artazerzes, and the Granicus Cunaxa campaigns, then awkwardly shifts to a dubious exercise routine promising waist reduction if followed.
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Xerxes of Perala
Greece
B. C
Darius of
Persia
Granicus
Croesus
Cyrus of Perala
Artazerzes
Saldigny
Cunaxa
Florida Coastline Longest At About Eleven Hundred Miles
Florida holds the record for the longest coastline, estimated around 1,108 miles, with California following at roughly 100 miles of sea access. The claim notes the vast stretch of shore along the state and its implication for maritime access and geography.
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Florida
California
la Pacond
Vivypace and the memory of Vivian the rider in Cornwall
Fragmentary notice recounts eight hundred year old legend of Vivian living in old Tretowatres Cornwall Rug and the great flood. It mentions an escape on horseback and a line about indignant Pat and O'Brien remarks. Ends with quotes about world progress from Boston Transcript and Dallas News.
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Cornwall
Rug
Vivian
O'Brien
Boston Transcript
Beara Were Bagilis and Fossil Bear Origins
A London Post style note discusses Beara bears and extinct dog like ancestors, citing the Amo can Forestry Megazine about fossil remains of bears in Europe. It mentions the Cave bear of Europe as a large member of the bear family and humorously notes a clergyman with two maids, both named Kate, one in a Cockney household and the other a Boot.
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Amocan Forestry
Europe
May
London
Kate
London Post
Amending a Famous Prayer Allegedly Pitched by Beecher
The Boston Transcript reports a proposal to amend a well known Sunday morning prayer attributed to Beecher. It suggests changing a phrase about “those on beds of sickness id chairs of wellness” to read “in anit of wellness.” The note reflects a public discussion of altering prayer language.
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Beecher
Hays
Boston Transcript
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