Hero Chip Crozier Saves Seven Year Old From River
Chartes Crozier of SyracuseNew York spotted a child’s arm in the river while driving a truck over a Syracuse bridge. He dived in and pulled the seven year old boy from the water, then rode with Hanley Jr to the hospital. His act of heroism is now honored by an effort to award a Carnegie life saving medal.
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Chartles J, Crozier
Tully Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Crozier
William John Hanley, Jr
American Legion
Carnegie
Youngest Member at North Dakota Legion Auxiliary Becomes Four Month Old
A four month old girl, Bonnie Jean Kelly of the Tim Running post at Devil's Lake, becomes the youngest member at the organization of the North Dakota state American Legion Auxiliary. She was modestly adopted by the department as one of the directors of affairs tomorrow. Father is BP Kelly, lieutenant of the Nines squadron of the First.
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Bonnie Jean Kelly
North Dakota State Department
North Dakota
Gold Star Medal Originated by J M Buck Omaha Neb
A gold star medal honoring appreciation was presented to J M Buck of Omaha Nebraska. The award, funded by governors of many states and military notables, honors Buck for originating the gold star insignia placed on caskets returning from European battlefields.
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Omaha, Neb
Gen- Pershing
Vni
J.M. Buck
Omaha
Made World War Pictures Capt. Jackson’s World War in Photos
Capt. B. N. Jackson of the Signal corps photographed America's World War scenes from France to Hoboken landings and Wilson's France visit. Postwar his official photos appear in galleries and public spaces nationwide. Now a staff photographer for the New York Daily News, he remains active with American Legion Post 848 in New York.
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America
France
Hobden
B. N. Jackson
Signal Corps
Wilson
France the Story of His Activities Was Photographed By Captain Jackson
The
American Legion
Signal Post No
New York City
Greetings to the Tommies and the cross continental pioneer
H Nelson Jackson of Burlington VI, a national vice commander of the American Legion, greeted the British Legion and urged lasting Anglo American ties. Jackson, a WWI medical corps veteran awarded the DSO, Croix de Guerre, and Legion of Honor, rose from first lieutenant to lieutenant colonel. Commander Hanford MacNider spoke of deep national bonds and a duty to reinforce ties for enduring world peace.
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Atlantic Ocean
H. Nelson Jackson
Burington
American Legion
Legion
British Legion
British Isles
France
Leutenant
Jackson
Hanford MacNider
Spent Months In An Asylum In New Zealand Veteran
Robert M Thompson of Christchurch World war veteran returned home after months in the Insane Asylum at Elgin New Jersey He had been advised by the Canadian government overseeing New Zealand pensioners in America to visit the Chicago Veterans Bureau A week after his first visit he says he became an inmate with poor food and indifferent treatment He smuggled letters to a former college friend who raised the issue with asylum authorities and he was released on condition he leave the United States immediately.
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New Zealand
Robert M. Thompson
Christchurch
Asylum For the
Elgin
Thompson
United States
America
Veterans’ Bureau
Chicago
Bureau
Higin
Local American Legion in Jesup Iowa Holds 180 Members
A historical clipping reports that Jesup Iowa, a town under 800 population, hosts 180 American Legion members. A community canvass of Clay County veterans by the American Red Cross and the American Legion is noted, with calls for aid from public leaders and businesspeople amid a state misconception referenced at Cedar.
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Jesup
American Legion
Clay ‘County
Iowa
American’ Red Cross
American “Legion
Counterfeiting Rise After Armistice Warns Treasury
Washington officials warn that counterfeiting has surged to unprecedented levels since the armistice, with women entering the field. War disruption briefly reduced forgeries, but postwar demand and new money designs have revived the crime, challenging Secret Service vigilance.
Novelty for Bathers at Washington Tidal Basin Beach
A captioned photo by Miss Muriel Quacken shows a bush at the Tidal Basin bathing beach in Washington and describes surf club comforts offered to bathers. The scene highlights leisure and cooling waters as key attractions for beachgoers.
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Muriel’ Quacken
Basin Bathing Beach
Washington
Race to Lose Power of Walking Warns Doctor
Dr R Kendrick Smith warned at the national osteopathic convention in Los Angeles that the human race risks losing the power of walking if current trends continue. He cited trolley cars, cars, elevators, and other conveniences as factors keeping people off their feet and urged a return to bare feet running to strengthen the hips and restore vigor.
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Los Angeles
R. Kendrick Smith
Beautify Belgrade City Plans and Rising Prices
Belgrade in the Yugoslav capital program expands with asphalt streets and new houses. A city plan prize of 76000 dollars spurred rapid growth, 1400 new buildings rising and 4000 more planned this year. A hotel near the station opened recently, while rents soar and farm lands near Belgrade fetch high prices in dinars.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Alexander
Constantinople
Moscow
Mangera
Ing
Iocetad
Girl Now Well and Strong by Lydia E Pinkham
A testimonial from Mrs Burkholder of Wauseon Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her daughter's health after chronic backache and leg pain. The letter urges other mothers to consider the remedy, claiming it balances the body and relieves distressing symptoms.
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Wauseon
Ohio
Cerstain
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
A. M. Burk- Koldee
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Chartes Crozier
New York
Bonnie" Jean Kelly
GOLD
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Tommies
MacNider
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Cedar
Washington, D. C
Secret Service
Secret Service of the Treasury
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Treasury
Paradise
U. S
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Frederic Jane Waskin
Chicago Daily News
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Allen
Babee
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Tratrt Bseky
Qrablem OH
Holland
Stearns
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